The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-27
County Judges Statement Explains Why
No Warrants for Conspiracy in
Fight Affair Was Issued
STATUTE APPLYING
TO CASE is QUOTED
Declares Bout Advertised as Boxing Con-
test, Leaving No Ground for Legal
Action Required by Venable
(By R. E. Davenport.l

In the Daily Express OF date July
26th, there appears a long article by
Mr. Venable, at least the whole article
is in quotation and from its appear
ance is quoted verbatim and appears
to have been prepared by Mr.. Vena-
BILE 1t has been my practice to try
lawsuits in the court house and not in
the daily papers. have never desired
to rush into print, but after reading
Mr.. Venable's statement ! feel that it
is due the county judges office to
make a statement about the matter,
When the prize fights or boxing
matches we're first started in Chick-
asha and after one Of these bouts had
been pulled off, went to the sheriff
and told him from what had heard
that they had violated the law and
suggested the next time they had one
that it would be a good idea to be
present and if they violated the law to
arrest them am informed by the
sheriff that he went to the county at
torney in the matter and did not get
very much satisfaction. That he went
back to him the second time and was
not given orders to act, One day last
week Mr.. Venable applied TO the dis
trict court for an Injunction, which
was refused The paper states he ap.
piled to the governor to stop the fight,
and he declined. On Monday morning
he asked me If / would be at home
Tuesday night and said he wanted war
rants for the prize-fighters. was
needed in other parts of the county
about my campaign. but ! came back
to be here to issue the warrants. When
got in Tuesday evening, that was the
first time he said anything to me
about issuing warrants for a conspira-
cy.
Article 1929 of Revised Statutes IT
1910, being the Statutes now used, eso
vides when complaint verified by
oath or information is laid before
magistrate for the commission of a
public offense HE MUST IF Salts
FLED THEREFROM THAT THE OF
FENSE COMPLAINED OF HAS
BEEN COMMITTED AND THAT
THERE is REASONABLE GROUNDS
TO BELIEVE THAT THE DEFEND
ANT HAS COMMITTED IT to issue
warrant of arrest"
The information stated among other
things that the parties against whom
the warrants were asked "Have adver-
Used the prize fight and sold tickets
for admission" At the time Mr. Ven
able presented this information to me
which he had prepared, told him that
had understood he wanted a warrant
against the parties engaged in the
prize fight, and that had come back
to be ready to issue the warrants and
would issue them after they had start
ed to fight. Mr.. Venable as under
stand, agreed with me that a warrant
could not be issued charging them
with engaging in prize fight on the
ground that they were going to fight.
When / read the information ] had
seen some of the advertising, and the
advertisement | had seen, advertised
a boxing contest. so went to the Owl
drug store where the tickets were on
sale. on the front window I found a
large placard which read, jim
FLYNN, TEXAS TATE, BOXING EX-
HIBITION. TICKETS FOR SALE
HERE" After examining this card
and reading such other advertisements
of it as could find, hurriedly looked
up the law and came to the conclusion
that had no right to issue warrant
where was put on notice that the
facts stated in the information We're
not correct. and I came to the conclu-
sion that they had advertised a boxing
contest and not a prize fight. 1t vas
not matter with me of what they
we're going to do but a matter of what
they had advertised. I thought that
they had advertised a boxing contest
and wanted to pull off a prize fight.