The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-21
THE SCENE OF THE FIGHT.
Pugilists and Spectators on the Way
to the battle-ground.
DUE TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON
AZ Lsng,ry, rexas, just Across tho Rive,
From Mexico Tho Money
Is Up.


| FL Paso. Texas. February 2o.--The pugi-
| lists and the crowd hound for inc pen,
lar, M ,N.,,
Wv ''s'''"'' ""'h ''e' WV
southern racine, leaving her at lO;l5 y.
m. The immediate members OF tho Maher
and Fltzsimmons marty ars rroy,,oa ,,i,,
'' w."
| tickets 10 Langtry, Texas. and sleeping
o,r ,o.,A A., ~, r,. NJ,
N"' N'''"s " bei wv AeAas' east vi
I.anetrv
The train on which the pugilis,s lef, Is
duo nj l.,p,,rv n, ,.a9 ,ororro, ,,,o-
wv ~ i'''is''! ~ A's- 'oihorro" utter
noon
refer Maher, followed by Rangers to
the train bearing him from Ins t'rrces
this morri,e o,d aonn,,n,,,,a, ~. ,,.o,..
''"s ""u "VVV'"F""'u ny o'nViS
on the trip. arrived here ut noon today
He left the train ut the smcltcr. three
n,ilcs o,,, pnrco,.s ,,..,,..,. ,,..,.., .,,....
-, s'' "N'N f"s'v" ~ c'''N
~ INT from tho railway station out to
await him \ carriage was In waiting
nj tb, .,noltor ~, 49,, ,,,, 10
y. NV S''''''e'' anu INTO inns Manner ian
anu quinn, jumped and with the horses
ON n run reached this city. Hot after the
carrlayc cop,c two ,,o,n,od p,,,so,.s ,,,,,,
-. ,'V''''." ''"'9N'9 "''h
tnoir hofses necked with foam, Manner
had evaded them. After reaching here
Mahcr rctratnod In htdlu.y vcvcrn, rc,,rs
,,,,. " ''N'"" ''NN'"' "'"'s'
ihVh ne appeared upon the streets with
his trainers, making no effort TO conceal
his movements
,.
ne lrishinlh looks better than could
be expected for a man who has had tho
"nlinli cvo" and ,,l,,ec ,r,,,,trc hat ,,o,,
interrrptod ue ms ti,,ie w. 10" 'u'"
'' I'm "ii'aou' , iie nus niue TO say,
Flt2sim wv ~, ,hi,, Tue s,uv nlu IN MAKE
a,s H. ,,,, ,,tnN 'u mas nau hsht,
Saw VI "'"' ic'e' mas 10
h,irrirSSnc Ia ,iui ,,s Snpr' lEm,,
H., IN ~ "",N 'oin lhv can ol tlhe'
and si"' ,r r,ha huSS Eonnoliy :! j. Quinn
MN ,'iV" ,'n,,s rum nouiie WI be IN
MI ~ ~, "1 iS HtouScl atl Martin Juiian
VI" ~. prppNhiS care Tor Flt2simmons,
nlano rr n,o a uosTh ruinors US to the
PhVu Oh nneung' iho report That " gem
cain, ~ i ~ W b" vl"NN ,"i!iEht ON INC
r", f ' ,,tt1 ,.', ,'nnuIs Hhu Sah Nnlnnio
tp,in N ,, , n"'t S"uc UNI rhe nortnnound
.aSo, "heh lhe extra cars VIII he at,
t"oucI ~ 1no rror OF me tram ana
,ocii ,, Lax" az a polns he9r rort ran
urhi' T ro,t ,i Mil, nn ISaGnon anou' dny-
s6,,,,, ,d ran,, ,,', H"put ivy inll,h
s t,, n'',t 's" u,t'ouEii '" nc Aip ''rhndc
Iii LII ~" we W"'hiiE "slu"or, ne crowd
TAX, rlnco an ,,a Nh "un 'nH Hbht VIII
Fltzsimmons was 10 have reportc1 nj
stuarts office AT noon lie did NOT M.
pear. nor did he show ip during Inc -.ter.
noon At & o'clock n mesaenper wns ncnt
saying to Fnzslmuons 10 come over In
Stuarts Office az once. Fitzsimmons re-
fused to accompany the messenger. snvinr
he would not come over until . o'clock
lie asked If the money was mn i'm Silcr's
hands and when told II was not. hut ina,
It would be in the shape OF certified
check pavphle to the order OF Thomas
o'Romrkc Eitzsi,n,nans rcni,ed "che ,'.ns
don't 10. No cash no fight I viii lie
over al . o'clock. but If am not shown
the money Mt that time | win rot npht
I will not get on the train until 500 ii -
This was telcphoned to Stuart and the
latter replied: '"All right, IN nN H."
Stuart had refused eevcrnl times during
the day 10 have the checks converted
into cnsh and Fltzsimmons has often de
rlnrod That there would he a decided
hitrh In the proceedings unless the money
was Forthcoming when the word v.as
nronS NJ maj Lulan a{,a ri,Hss,hmons
IN we hands OF holelgc SiIgr thfiirr was
~ lugu usl III 'oN''''S ipi p'H'r'nl
90 mus 'tft't'