Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-31
CLARKE is ON TOP.
His Sheriff from Little Rock Cap.
lures lanky Bob.
WILL TAKE HIM TO THE CAPITAL.

whore the Governors Judges and Attor.
neys Will Dsai the Great Yixxle Its Fins,
Coup-sheri6 Houpt, Of Hot spr,ns.. .,a
III. w"rrens Treated with Contempt and
the sheriff Himself fArressed-Lass New.
from the Front.
LITTLE Rock, Oct. ai.-The club apcnts
who have been selling tickets in this CITY
Tor the CorbO.t.Fit fight last
night notified ticket holders to be in Hot
spring Friday, Nov. 1.
TExARKAxA, Tex, Oct. 3l.-Shcriff Dill.
lard and deputies, Of Miller county, who
len Iexarkana on the Iron Mountain
cannon Ball ut $3.50 o'clock succeeded in
bagging the pugilistic game they were
after. Fitssimmons and his trainer werc
srrcstsSa by them and taken of their train
at Fulton. A special train was tele-
graphcd for to bring the officers and pugil.
lists back to this city, and at o'clock q
train left here for that purpose. They ar.
rived here Mt 1:l5 O'Clock, and the sheriff
with his deputies, with Fitzsimmons and
Julian under arrest, left Texarkana st
f;55 last night for Little Rock. They took
this route 70 avoid any trouble that might
arise mt Malvern, IL the Iron Mountain
ruuto was used.
sheriff iioupt somehow "Gets Len..
The Associated Press correspondent in.
tcrrogatcd Fitzsimmons and Julian while
they were here. Both said they were
rcady Tor tho fight, but could not say
when oT where. 1t would take place, as
tscy were under arrest. Both appeared In
good humor, although under arrest, and
SAIL II was useless to fret over such a
thing, M IL was unavoidable on their
part, The trial of their cases under war
rant issued by Chanccry Judge Martin Mt
Little Rock will be held today. Sheriff
Houpt, of Hot Springs, who sought to
cnrry Fitzsimmons and Julian through
10 that city under the gusc of arrest, was
lost In tbcshufllc when he disputed Sheriff
billiards. authority.
Governor Very Much in Earnest.
The latter arrested him on the Iron
Mountain train, but when the crowd got
oil mt Fulton Houpt remained aboard and
got oil ut Hope, the next station above,
where he tclcgruphcd billiard that he was
not trying To get away and would come
back ON the first train and give himself
mp. sheriff Dillar,i has been assisted by
deputy sheriff Of Little Rock, and every
move has been made according to written
instructions from Governor Clarke Tho
governor ordered sheriff billiard and Dep
uty Heard To get big posse Of men to
take Fitzsimmons ut all hazards and Mt
any cost, and produce them before Judge
Martin mt Little Rock as soon rs possible
after arrcsting them.
Lay the fiascO to "Lanky Bob
Sheriff Houpt and Deputy sheriff Cooper
condemn the Australian and Julian, his
manager, in the strongest terms. Deputy
Cooper, In an interview with u representa-
tive of the Associated Press, said that
when they met Fitz mt Marshall, Tex,
they told him 1t would bc impossible for
him to get through Texarkana without
being arrested by the governors officers;
that they tthc Hot Springs mcn) had
warrant for his arrest, through which,
with the aid Of n special train, they could
get him safely to Hot Springs. Bob re-
fused all their proposals and declared he
was an American citizen and could go
anywhere in the United States. When
the train arrived ut Tcxarkana Julian
asked especially for the governors officers
and said he preferred to be arrested by
them, and asked them to eject the Hot
Springs men. Every action showed that
Julian did not want TO go to Hot Springs