The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-15
MAHER CAN SEE.
And the Fight May Come Off on
Monday,
But the Texas Rangers Dog the
Men at Every Step.
FITZ is DISGUSTED.
Juarez Will Witness Big Bull
Fight on Sunday.
City Council DenOunces the
Texas Authorities.

Ell PAso, Texas, Feb. 15.-Late last
evening Quinn, the hacker of Maher,
telephoned from Las Cruces that
Peters eyes were 25 per cent better,
and that he would surely be able to be
in the ring Monday. In the meantime
concessions have been secured for a
big bull fight in Juarez Sunday.
If Makers eyes do not recover with
sufficient rapidity to enable him to get
Unto the ring on next Monday, Fitz-
simmons may decline to wait any
longer. Fitzsimmons is a sore1y dis
appointed man over the turn things
are taking, and is a little inclined to
find fault with Maher for not taking
sufficient precautions during his tram
ing. He is confident of his ability to
beat Maher in two rounds, or four at
the outside, and the obstacles that
have been placed in his way have
tended to discourage him somewhat.
He rode over to Ell Paso this afternoon
on his wheel, and, although Maher
went to Las Cruces this morning, the
Texas rangers at once struck Fitzsim-
mons trail to prevent him from en-
gaging in fist fight with a man forty
odd miles away. The constant dog
rangers has added another feature to
the disgust which Fitzsimmons enter
tains of the general situation.
DR.. White, who has been attending
Maher, said that he had grave fears
as to Makers ability to be in the ring
on Monday.
He may be able to do it," the doc
tor said, but it is doubtful 1t is
likely to be week and he may not
come around by that time. His eyes
are in very bad shape and there is no
telling with any certainty when he
will be able to see clearly"
Governor Ahumada was on the alert
to prevent any fight in his bailiwicl1.
He had his men out watching eagerly
for any signs of men crossing the
river in large numbers. Even the
Mexican collector of the port at
Jaurez, Manuel Bauche, one of the
most genial and pleasant of men, sat
at his desk in the custom house with
tremendous big revolver on the desk
before him, and in the court of the
Federal building stood several horses
ready for him and his employees to
mount and ride to the battle-ground.
All Thursday night and far into the
greater part of the morning, the train
ing quarters of EitzsimmonS in Juarez
were surrounded by a Gordon of
mounted Mexican guards. 1t was
nearly noon before any of the in
mates ventured from the house, and
then Julian went to federal headquar-
tiers, in company with a friend, who
brought him the information that the
whole Fitzsimmons retinue was to be
ordered out of Mexico. Julian thought
it advisable not to wait for the order
He told Collector Bauche that he had
no intention of violating Mexican law,
and that if the fight was to have taken
place in Mexico, all the traps of the
Fitzsimmons party would have been
sent out before. He told the collector
that there was little chance of the
fight being brought off, owing to
Makers condition, and he hoped I'M
der the circumstances his party would
not fall under the ban of the State.
During the conversation Governor
Ahumada called upon Collector
Bauche Julian was introduced, and
the gist of Julian's statement was
translated to him by the collector.
The governor was courteous but non
committal, and Julian was bowed out.
In coming over to the theater on this
side, Fltzsimmons was stopped by the
Mexican officials, and again in return
ing. FitZsimmons explained that he
had no intention of fighting in his full
dress gsrb and that Maher was not in
condition to fight. He was held until
it was found Maher was blind, and
then released, but a guard was posted
about the house.
The situation has worked down to
SlmpIe proposition OF having the
fight before the kaleidoscope. 1t is
practically Stuart's only chance to
win out, and the only hope that the
kaleidoscope people have their side of
the grave for the recovery of the ST.
200 they have already put into the
scheme. The kaleidoscope, of course,
is the strongest thing in favor of the
fight coming off, and an effort will
certainly be made to get the men INTO
the ring as soon as Maher is in any
condition to fight. The location of
the fight is still the same deep i'm
penetrabIe secret. Nobody knows a
thing about it, and only one thing is
certain-it will not be in Texas 1t
may be four miles from FL Paso and it
may be a hundred. Nobody save Stu.
art knows the direction or the distance
Hot resolutions were introduced and
adopted at meeting of the city coun-
ell here last night. The substance of
the resolutions was that the citizens of
FL Paso regarded the action of Gov
ernor Culberson and Adjutant Gen
eral Mabry, IN bringing in Texas
rangers as a bid for cheap notoriety,
and they considered it as such.