The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-10-24

erty to engage in such unlawful,
without fear of molestation or raSt.mia!ccn
that the said Corbett and his confedns
ates have advertised the facts that ~
purpose of one Fitzsimmons and ~ Is
said Corbett to engage in a prize fI WE
or glove contest at Hot Springs on IN
31st day of October; that it may ba +f Tue
this cause will not finally be disnoSoddu at
in this court in time to allow the antho VI
tiles of the State to take means to NJ
vent the said fight or contest, becanse os
the immunity granted to said Corbot.
by reason of the action of said chanceIIes
herein; that such a prize fight or olowa
contest will be a prolific source of lawlesS
ness and will create public nusance
and that no means can be resorted to Ia
prevent this unless the court, pending
hearing of this case, will cause said Cor.
bett to be taken into custody or he ra-
strained by order of this court from in
any manner engaging in such a nriza
fight or glove contest with said Fitzsim.
mons; that unless some action on tha
part of this court be exercised under the
authority of some of the writs which this
court is authorized to issue in aid Of
its appellate jurisdiction, the said nm.
lawful act will take place under permis.
sion given by the act of the chancellor in
his judgment discharging said Corbett
llOul tuotUuyb Il 1CNlcW OIL the
same by this court.
A recital of the facts in the case was
then given by the attorney general. The
information filed by the prosecuting at
torney at Hot Springs said that the fight
advertised to occur October 81 would
endanger human life. The attorney gen.
eral stated that it was important that the
court take immediate action on the mo-
| ton. Mr.. Martin, counsel for the other
side, also agreed that a speedy DISPOSE
| ton of the motion should be made as the
case involves the operation of several de-
partments of the State government. He
wanted to see it shorn of all the techn-
| calities and decided upon its merits. He
| then asked little necessary time.
Judge Hemingway said the entire case
| was presented the case was presented
was presented in the transcripts
and there were no eXtraneous
facts to be brought in. There was
no necessity for delay; but there
was great necessity for eXpeditlng the
| disposition of the case. 1t is a matter
of common information that a prize fight
| or glove contest was to take place at
] Hot Springs. The governor had said
! that the affair should not occur and that
| he would exhaust all the means in his
power to prevent it, from ordinary to ex-
| traordinary measures, where the case is
extraordinary.
The time in which the governor may
act is limited. He wants to know how
to proceed, and it was exceedingly i'm
portant that the governor should know
whether Corbett stands released or Is
held in custody. There are three ways
to proceed. Corbett may be held at
large, he may be ordered back to custody
from which the State holds he was i'm
properly released, or he may be restrain
ed In any event the governor should
know at once. Colonel Murphy arose to
state that the danger that the State
spoke of as existing does not exist.
At this juncture the court interrupted
Colonel Murphy and announced that
hearing would be postponed until tOmOr-
row morning at 10 o'clock.
BAPTISTS ENDORSE CLARKE.
Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 21.-The Pine
Bluff Baptist association, in session at
Redfeld last night, adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That we, the messengers
representing more than $500 Baptists in
the Pine Bluff Baptist association, as
sembled at Redfeld Ark, heartily en-
dorse every effort on the part Of the gov
ernor of the State of Arkansas an 9th
ers in authority to protect the good name
of our beloved State from being dis
graced by the brutal scene contemplated
at Hot Springs on the 31st inst.
The Christian Endeavorers at Malvern
last night passed resolutions endorsing
Governor Clarke and eff there be NJ
law on the statute books sufficient t.
accomplish this purpose, also respect
fully petition the governor to call an OK
ira session of the State legislature
A small number of people held meet
ing at Conway and passed anti-fght res
olutions in which they affirm that the
day has long since passed never to re
turn,when toughs, thugs and hoodlums
can with impunity impose their bruta
and barbarous practices upon our rapidly
advancing civilization. A glove contest
at Hot Springs" the resolution says
would cast a stigma upon the whole
State which could not be removed in 6
generation"
1--WE hope" says the resolution, ''tha
no violence may be necessary TO prevent
the fight, but if it becomes necessary W,
hereby inform Governor Clarke that he
may call on Conway for volunteers t.
assist in the good work. if our militia be
insufficient for the task"