Evening star., 1896-02-21
FITz winner
Fistic Encounter on
Mexican Border.
TRIP TO LANGTRY, TEX.
Men Were in Readiness When the
Train Arrived.
TEXAS RANGERS DRAWN UP IN Line
Prepared to Prevent a Fight in the
State.
TEXAS RANGERS DRAWN UP IN Line
LEASANT WEATH Err

FL PASO. Texas, February PA tele-
gram from Alpine, Tex, says two engines
hauling ten coaches loaded with sports and
principals Of the prize fight have passed
there two hours late.
Weather is threatening. The crowd is
evidently going to Langtry, the nearest
point to the Mexican side, one-half mile
distant from the Rio Grande river and the
Mexican boundary.
SANDERSON. Texas, February 21.-Fitz-
simmons and Maher passed a comfortable
right on the train, and both Of them today
are in good condition and confident of VIC
tory. Mahsr's eyes are much improved,
and le will he able to fight without any
difficulty whatever.
The fight will he brought off late this
afternoon If it is possible thing, but the
train which is due at Langtry at i ID CEN
tral time is rearly two hours late 1t will
be nearly 3 O'Clock before the men are at
the ringside, and probably an hour later
than that before preparations for the mill
are made.
If preparations take too long the fight will
go over until tomorrow morning.
MARATHON, Texas, February 2l.-The
train will not reach Langtry before 3 O'Clock
central time This may make it too late for
the fight this afternoon.
The day is cloudy and the chance of op-
Grating the kaleidoscope is poor. This may
also help to put off the fight. If it does not
off taIa he L.
sage brush all night and the fight will come
off in the morning.
SAN ANTONIO. Texas, February 21.-The
prize fight train will not reach Langtry un-
til pm. at the earliest The last heard of
the train it was two hours and "A half late
ard running slow.
1t is stated that it Will require one hour
and half and possibly two hours for the
kaleidoscope people to arrange their appara-
tus.
The general impression is that the fight
will not come of until carly tomorrow
morning
DENVER, February 21.-A special reports
that the fighters train has just arrived at
Langtry Gas p.m).
Arrival nt Lnngtry.
LANGTRY, Texas, February 21-The
train arrived at this place at $3.50 (cen-
ira! time) and the five cars. containing the
crowd and Pullman cars, with the pugilists
from El Paso. We're at once switched on to
a side track.
FitZ and Maher were instructed an hour
before the arrival here to be ready to en-
ter the ring at moments notice after
Langtry was reached.
Both were stripped and rubbed and were
prepared for the fight.
When the train stopped twenty-six Texas
Rangers, under command of Gen. Mabry.
were drawn up on one side of the train
prepared to stop a fight on Texas soil
The weather is cold and a drizzling rain
is falling.
The working OF the kine:oscope, which
is to take record of the fight, must ne
cessarily be done under great difficulties
40 p.m.-The crowd has started from
Lanstry afoot to cross the river.
Maher Knocked Out.
Fitz knocked out Maher in the first round
with right hand lick on the jaw.
Grand Jury Indictments.
The following indictments were returned
by the grand jury this afternoon: Arthur
H. Harris, false pretenses: William Miller
alias Fields, larceny; Abraham Banks, do ::
James H. Dickinson, adultery: Walter Ses-
co. larceny from the person: James Willis,
second offense of petty larceny: Samuel
Jones, setting up gaming table: Samuel
r. Beach. false pretenses. The charge of
grand larceny against William Hunt was
ignored.
For Divorce.
James Beverly today petitioned for q d.
vorce from Sophia Beverly, to whom he
was married mere July g, 1891, her maiden