St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-13
BOTHKp0cKED OUT
iOV. CLOUGH GETS THE BET
TER OF THE TWO
FIGHTERS,
AND THE MILL IS OFF.
DANNIE NEEDHAM ARRESTED
AND PLACED UNDER A
PEACE BOND.
MOORE KEPT UNDER COVER.
The Action of the Governor Re-
suits in IL disappointment
to the sports.

1.-THE best laid plans of mice and
! men gang aft aglee."
The philosophy expressed in these
) words by poor old Bobby Burns is
| the philosophy with which-varied
With a few cuss words mentally eX-
| pressed-Dannie Needham braced up
his dropping spirits last evening,
while Dick Moore appealed to the
flowing bowl to sooth his aching
soul-aching for the fight that will
| never come.
While those most directly interest
ed in the great fistic contest were
pushing to a final completion the ar
| rangements for the mill, the mills
of the gods were grinding, and not
very slowly either, for from 4:90 to
$50 o'clock last evening the move
| ments of officials about the offices of
Sheriff Chapel and Clerk of Courts
Rogers and the state executive
chamber and office of the attorney
general in the state house seemed to
indicate that all the executive and
judicial machinery of the state, and
county of Ramsey particularly, was
at work, and running a a high rate
of speed at that. The result was
the grinding out of enough legal
| processes in half an hour to stop a
| whole regiment of soldiers for forty
| days.
In the face of such a legal grist
as that who could hope for a prize
| fight? Not one. No, the stuff was
| aff
which the true sport had gone down
in his pocket and dug up his last V
| to pay for a ticket to go and witness
that fight, the deeper his chagfin.
Well, it's all over now. The pros
poets of the greatest prize-ring event
of the year-outside of the coming
| bett-Fftzsimmons conteat-have
been shattered, and by whom? Not
by Needham; not by Moore; not by
| their hackers; not by their manag-
| ers; not by the sports who put UP
their last copper to take in the af-
fair; not by the state and county
officials. No, not any of these, but
by the governor and the courts.
1t all came about in this manner:
Yesterday afternoon w. L. Wilson
and D. R. Noyes appeared in the
municipal court and swore out two
warrants. Wilson's warrant was
for the arrest of any and all per-
sons taking passage on any steamer
that might be heading for the local
ity in which the fight was to take
place. The officers and men en-
ployed on the steamer were included
in the warrant. The warrant Sc
cured by Mr.. Noyes was for the ar
rest of Needham and Moore.
Both warrants were turned over
to the sheriff. Deputy Sheriff Ken
ney was given the one for the arrest
OF the fighters, and Gene Gibberton
and detachment of men were de-
tailed to look after any and all boats
that might go out today for the pur-
pose of taking people to the fight,
Every deputy connected with the Of
flce was called on deck and ordered
to be ready for action in case it be-
came necessary to go to this extreme
to stop the fight.
In the meantime Kenney was out
making a still hunt for the princi-
pals, and about $50 he came in with
Needham in tow. Dannie knew
Kenney some years ago, but never
knew him to be a deputy sheriff. and
instead of lying low when the latter
hove in sight, he simply walked up
to have friendly chat with his old
friend. His dismay may better be
imagined than described when he
learned of the serious mistake he
had made. That mistake was fatal.
but had he remained under cover, it
is very probable the fight would have
been pulled off in spite of the op-
position.
Dannie set up a box of cigars, and
the whole crowd that filled the sher-
IFS office sat smoking for the next
hour and half, while Deputy Ken
ney went out in search of his other
man. Moore was more foxy than
Needham, however, and failed to put
himself in the way of the official,
who finally returned without hav-
ing been able to locate him.
While all this was going on. Attor-
| ney General Childs was preparing
t a complaint and order in an injunc-
ton suit to restrain the principals
and all those interested in the fight
directly, and every railroad running
: into the city as we'll, from doing
anything tending to promote the
fight or aid or abet it in any way
whatever. Judge Kelly was notified
e that his presence might be needed
about o'clock, so he remained ir
his office waiting for the states lega-
t representative to fire his gun.
l Shortly after o'clock j. c. Mitch.
. ell, acting as assistant for the attor.
ney general, came in with a mum.
I Der of legal documents in his hand
; He Immediately appeared before
Judge Kelly, who signed the order
for temporary injunction While
they were considering the matter
: Tams Bixby came in with a whole
= rayload-fgurativel speaking ot
= copies of the papers, and a few min
utes later w. HI. Angel, the gov.
ernor's executive clerk, entered with
II an additional supply. This great
i number of copies was made neces
sary by the large number of de
PENDANTS named in the complaint, a.
t copy had to be served upon each
:. AS soon as all these copies were prop
= erly signed, they were turned oveI
: to the sheriff. and the whole army
Of deputies scattered in the twink
= I'm CT an eye to serve them
EEc Gction was begun in the nam,