The herald., 1896-02-21
Pugs and the Sports Take 4
Train
BOUND FOR LANGTRY, TEXAS
The Cash Stake Handed Over to Referee
Siler
The Destination Of the Train 10 Known, But
Where the Fighters Will
Leave II ID Not
Annotated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
Ell PAso, Texas, Feb. 20.-The pugilists
and the crowd bound for the fight are
aboard an east-bound train on the South
ern Pacific, leaving here at 9:O5 pm.
Members of the Maher and Bitzsinmons
have tickets to Langtry, Texas, and sleep
ing car berths to Del Rio, Texas, the Sec
ond station east of Langtry. The train ON
which the pugilists left is due at Langtry
at :32 tomorrow afternoon.
Fitzsimmons was to have reported at
Stuart's office at noon. He did not sppear.
nor did he show up during the afternoon.
At o'clock messenger was sent for hiIns
saying that he was ordered to come over to
Stuart's office at once. Eitzsimmons ro-
fused to accompany the messenger. saying
he would not come over until 8 o'clock. He
asked if the money was in Siler's hands.
and when told it was not and that it was in
the shape of a certified check payable to
Tom O'Rourke, Fitzsimmons replied ;
"Checks don't 60; no cash, no fight. will
be over at home, and il am not shown the
money at that time l will not fght. will
not get on the train until l see it."
This was communicated to Stuart, and
the latter replied: ''All right. I'll fix it
up" Stuart has refused several times
during the day to have the checks con-
often declared that there would be a decid-
cd hitch in the proceedings unless the
money was forthcoming. When TIE word
was brought back that Julian and Fitzsim-
mona would not hear to anything but cash
in the hands of Referee Siler, ther was a
mad rush of couriers for the different
banking houses. BY a mere chance the
president of the State National
bank was found. This Is the
only bank in the city without
a time lock. Dan Stuart is good for twice
ten thousand in any bank in the city, and
the cash from the State National was
quickly Forthcoming. After the money
was counted and turned over to Siler he
sent a second message to FitZsimmons,
saying that he had seen and counted the
$4,000 in cash and that it would be turned
over to him to hand to the winner at the
conclusion of the battle. Fitzsimuions at
once declared himself satisfied, and came
back with the messenger. He and JuliaI
reached Stuart's office shortly after 2
o'clock and Fitzsimmons declared himself
ready for the fight.
Soon after 10 pm. Fitzsimmons started
| for the train attended by Martin Julian.
| Jack Stelzer, and William Mccoy. all of
whom will probably be in his corner.
| Fitzsimmons went to a sleeping car which
was lying on side track. A ste teroom
! had been set aside for his party. He re-
NAMED at the house of DR.. A. X. Albers
time. During the long wait for the
train the rangers seated themselves
in a row along the station with their Win
chesters resting on their knees. 1t did not
seem there were more than 200 sports
ready with the $50 or more require i tor a
ticket and railway fare. The newspaper
men formed a considerable proportion of
the party. The tickets read to Langtry,
Tex, and this verified the story that the
spectators would have ride of over 800
miles to see the fight. AT IL :05 p. M. the
train started for the east.
Just before the train pulled out it was
discovered that every available inch of
space on the trucks was occupied by hoo
dlums, bent on beating their way to the
fight. Bat Masterson took a survey of
the situation and remarked that the impe-
cunious sports would have n long walk
back to El Paso. Masterson's plan was
to get his men together and cl lear the
trucks when the train reaches point
twenty-five miles east of here. Several
clambored to the roofs of the coaches.
CORBETTs CHALLENGE
CHICAGO, Feb. 2O.-James j. Corbett
sent two kilograms to Ell Paso tonight, one
to Fitzsimmons and one to Maher, asking
the winner to meet Coroett in Chicago any
day between March 1st and March 9th
and arrange for fight.
NO RANGERS HERE
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb. 20.-Kid Ryan
of Chicago and Joe Drew of Little Rock,
fought at Hot Springs today. Drew
knocked Ryan out in the third round. The
fight occurred in public.