The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-05
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From FRIDAYS Daily


: tory report 10 Actihg Governor Jester
with reference thereto:
Austin Tex. Feb. 81. 1916
Iioutepont covornor cooroo ~ Tostor
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J Actihg Governor, AUSTIN, lex:
Dear SRI herewith briefly submit a
few facts connoctod with nv nrosonoo ot
III poso VII 90 tha ,,;n'r., aan. s,.a.
,' "''' -''" VI .ne '':"' 'ent o'ei
the wires was all coiored In the interest
of the managers of the prize fight.
In fact two renortors informed mo +bo+
u...-. 49,, - mt ',',''
'''u"r' eAerciseu hlhu vi censorship
over all dispatches; that he demanded
they should be cOlored in his favor, with
the threat that unless it was so worded
they could not see the hight. The dis
patches contained the denunciatory pro-
ceedlngs OF Il city council against the gov
ernors order III sending the rangers and
my action there i'll having close watch
kept over all that was done i'll so far as
It pertained to the bringing OIL OF the fight
but failed, with one exception, to contain
the resolutions of the Ministers union,
who represented large class among the
best citizens, approving the governors
action and upholding my methods. The
exception was Hugh Fitzgerald of the
Post. | talked with many of the best
citizens, among whom were district Off
| tihlS, VIM otuttt th'y DCItNSu
Tight would have been pulled Off ON some
adjacent disputed territory about Ell
Paso. OF course, Mr.. Stuart assured me
that he would not bring the fight off i'll
Texas, but the governor of Chihuahua
also informed me that MIR. Stuart assured
him that he would not pull off the fight
in old Mexico. At the same time Mr.
Stuart had the dispatches to quote him
as saying he would never violate the laws
of Texas. If he does not do so every day
in some of mis- gambling establishments
then common report has woefully mis-
represented him. | had close and CON
slant espionage placed, not only on the
principals but also on the passenger de-
pots and the cars loaded with parapher-
MALTA of the ring, with instructions to fol-
low the latter to wherever hauled. Not
only did do this up to the 18th, but kept
it up to the Dist, notwithstanding Mr..
Albers' outburst of virtuous % indigna-
ton because l kept surveillance over
Maher when taken to Albers' room over
the latter's place of business on the night
of the 18TH the day before the fight was
to occur. | did this on the night of the
10th, when Maher was domiciled in the
same room. BY the way, from the re-
ports of Captains Hughes and Brooks,
find it hard to reconcile Mr.. Albcrs' high
sounding document with his action in go
ing on the bond of some buncO man whom
Captain Hughes arrested for swindling
and placed i'll Jail. They were let out OF
Jail, and Captains Hughes and Brooks
investigated the facts and found Mr..
Albers and man by the name of Burns,
keeper of red light" joint, who were
the bondsmen. Now the surveillance
over men who were advertised to commit
a crime that was felony in Texas made
these people very mad, and much was
said about the liberty of the citizen, mar
tial law, etc, The driBpings from such
sanctuarles should come very seldom ana
then in very broken doses. l usurpeI
no authority nor lntertered WIN the local
01ncers III any uuty they saw III 10 per
form. l was ordered tneTc 10 see thai no
such crime, us was Wlueiy anVerllseu W
cone OH near M ldst sr Tonn oe ReIp or
a,m,eu "pon any naroi ",a+, S'' st,;n
Iatm upHn any s1Sdii r; hep rh srlip
$1,000 f auNms , a.. So NO., dapnti,
Snce OIL my ramsGp i1r h was rt ciae hnsi
moss alomar "tp tboro whom bS tbas" neonIe
nailod on mn for nro+octinn and to pL oave
dota o o u In De- 20 ", nrotoot tbe
%onl,s n,h;in r, i nf nT fo or p' Wonia he
o"t "f th n o;tr on u tbn dov of tho f,bt
Iron, tho nttoronoos Of NJ Stnort md
most Of his friends + wonId opnnar that
tho rongnrs and bo u'ouo tbapra CO.. 't tho
same nnrnos""to nrevent the fUbt 'i IN
Teyos Nnvortboloss Mr. Stmort's sido
tont -, tho;,. n,;srom,osnntot ;oms rn+; H' II
hecan "p ont fnrngopo connluS;on + h,tn no
;Sbt should occSr on opu d;snUtod i" or no NJ
trai gromnd oonron;ont 70 III D. W , N.Y.
with stond;no tho nross d;onatoio $50 uo,nut
od hin, he v Inv; H. pat PIostors arpo nd
i00 mon us 10 nretont be nus unu
boord Of ono not so,a liz r' Io, neaui
ntbor oats to;l oot ,nnhod oeI Tho'. az hn
0om ,ooi,;no ' fn So oth hna'n ,lI. my pe
~ an 'oU y,o. iWt onU ,o,' p,lee anu Ma
ne t,s eses neeaG ~; very soiG anu appar-
eni i iel i ~ siiul eonuil,9n qntii
secure Piace was IouIu III ola mexico,
sollie ioo hiies from III Iasoi then ms
Eyes began 10 improve every DAY. Stlll
lnTy may nave Deen sore, but Or. Yam
aell' VINO was reported as saying Peter
had acut ophthalmla, informed me that
he never saw Maher at that time. The
prize lighters were merely dough in the
hands of Mr.. Stuart ct al, and would
have fought in the ring wherever located
if unmolestcd by officers at that time
1t is hard to believe that Mr. Stuart had
so much respect for law he regarded as
wrong and which he believed was passed
to spite him. To illustrate his great re-
spect for laws generally. Mr. Brooks.
manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph company. came to me the night he
fore the start was to be made for Lang
| try and dpInanded nrotoction Ho etatoJ