Show IN HOT WATER texas authorities still torment the sports CHARGED WITH conspiracy ringleaders Ring leaders loaders arrested and held as witnesses before the gra grand n d jury penalty is two years in the penitentiary tent iary right fight can be pulled off at hot springs cleveland wins the temple cup dallas tex oct 8 A puzzling turn was taken by gov Culb araon anil and his administration this morning which created som aut prise not 0 only at the ile headquarters ad quarters ot of the florida athletic club but among the people generally gene rally who heard of 0 it it looks an a it if the clove 0 contest affair has reached the 09 war to the knife stage so far as gov Cul beison belson and attorney general crane fire arc concerned attachment papers were received by sheriff cabell from austin to be served on oil W K wheelock secretary ot of the tha florida athletic club IV A brady manager ot of J J corbett mm mattin tin julian manager of cob fitzsimmons and joe these parties are summoned as witnesses before the travis county grand jury W A brady accompanied by john farrell fanell arrived in the city at it 9 a m coming from rom san antonio they at once proceeded to the headquarters of the florida athletic club where mr brady met mayor waters and city attorney martin of 0 hot springs who liale have been several days in consultation with president dan stuart while mr brady was talking to the arkansas men sherler cabell entered the office of the club and announced that he had attachments tor W K X wheelock W A brady martin julian and joe V vendle the latter Is the eastern representative of 0 the florida athletic club vendle and julian had not dot at that hour reached the city brady arid anil wheelock Who elock rave gave bonds in the sum ot of 1150 each for their appearance martin julian accompanied by ernest roeber arrived at 11 a ni in on an tile the katy train from the south and proceeded to the oriental hotel the first man mail to introduce himself to julian was sheriff cabell julian also gave cave bond mr St Stu urata rats friends say that it Is now clear that tile the governor and the attorney general are not so fiercely after the prize as they are after dan stuart whom tor or political and other reasons they have determined to crush it if there Is sufficient power in their the friends of mr stuart pay bay that the v very ry fact act that stuart Is summoned before the travis COU county n ty grand brand lury jury shows that his bl tee testimony io ny Is not do desired a fred but rather testimony against him they claim that the governor and at torney general have trumped up an old musty law which they hope to make serve their purpose it is 1 i article title IS chapter 1 2 renal penal code of texas which provides that a con conspiracy pIracy entered into in this state stale for the purpose ot of committing any felony in any other ot of the states or territories of the united states or in any foreign territory shall be punished in the same manner as jf the conspiracy so be entered into was to commit the offense in this state slate the ahe penalty tor for such euch conspiracy under the texas code 1 Is confinement in the lie penitent penitentiary ary tor for not less than two nor more than live years the question has tea been asked what Is the matter with the dallas county grand jury the to select and settle upon the battlefield will take place sonio some time tomorrow the governors action Is regarded as harsh to an extreme degree vi resident dent stuart at noon received a telegram from new york which reads ila reliable parties in melbourne australia cable an otter offer to corbett and fitz sammons of mr stuart had no deply to make joe was attached on his him arrival tonight na as a witness to appear before tile iho grand jury joe at austin bec secretary IvI wheelock leel of the Florl florida dia athletic club brady julian aud and vendle so go to austin tomorrow tomo irow row arrangements TO BE COMPLETED bilat maitan tin julian for fitzsimmons william A brady for or corbett president stuart and secretary wheelock of the lue florida athletic club met tonight anti and agrenot that tile hie date dale and place of the meeting of the corbett corbeit I fight shall bo be named in tile the next orly beigh I 1 hours by the club A platt plan for selecting A referee was subhi submitted t and julian and brady took it under consideration to decide in the next forty ort eight hours bourn the plan pion Is 1 that tre from 6 six x julian select ono a and brady r one on 14 bach ach shall crits his set selection g 0 on n a all slip of paper und and seal in art an envelope V to 0 tho he envelopes ale to be deposited deposit I 1 in safe by tho the president of the club and remain an I 1 M cret until the iho day of tile tho tight fight if tho the names selected cle cled itro are not the same one of tho the two men melt Is to be selected by a tossup TRAINERS AnTI RESTED san antonio tex te oct OCL f Dol delnay arly don unit ami joe corbett Cor bott trainers of th tho chain champions were arrested today by lapu ty tv sheriff nasher on attachment of tho the travis county grand brand jury citing them to appear itt at austin tomorrow ow iney were given tin tile option ot of savins giving bond and going 11 by themselves but they elected to go 1 with 1111 the iho officers as by submitting to custody the expense of the trip la is thrown 1 on I ho ello state corbett does too pot not know what the tha move means when asked he h said 1 I hear that they are ara colne to charge us 1 with I t to violate a law of 0 tho stat state I 1 wast waa not as an are that me were era I 1 for an any el such but as soon boon as no a learne learned there n as a liw lit in texus texas prohibiting hibi hi the iho light we aba abandoned d boned alt all in acu lion ot of in tills thin S state ate the matter floes does not worry corbett in the least ox empt er ert pt that tho the absence of ills file he will rout d work for a day or tw two 0 ho received a telegram during tile the afternoon from rom brady at bollis llis aying abing that the prospects oro am that hot springs or some place in new kow mexico strings bo chobin for or the batelle ground PLAIN SAILING IN ARKANSAS little rock ark oct 8 you can say bay for me that I 1 will riot not coal convene ene the legislature in special session to stop it it they were to light it in the state hodoe louse yard governor dark clark used this language in conversation convere atlon with an associated press today in reference to hla his probable action in the event that the corbett contest should bo be advertised to take lake place in hot springs alb manner was so go deliberate and cm CID that there could be no possible doubt of the earnestness earnest Besa of the gov cernok gov cov dark clark was in a most amiable frame of mind and talked freely con corning the latter phase of 0 the situation 1 I do not really know anything about it lie he began but I 1 hate haie heard it a great many rumors about schemes to hold the contest in arkansas it looks though as an if they mean to bring it ore ac at hot STr Inre sure enough the fact act tj t it t 1 mn I I 1 r waters and city attorney it in f H it springs arcin dallas I 1 i ith alt tile the managers of the an all ill III i it di beyond doubt that hot sr aj I 1 i it and t they will i very ilk get li IT hlll will you Inter interfere fore should they at to in it it on IT there 1 lf P pr linn ITI III that regard to Is well kw known w you n I 1 xv that I 1 will do i N than t 1 in in oi I 1 cwi to prevent t the he ll 11 allt hi tl I 1 n I 1 v hlll III in a far as the in law w n it it I 1 i di me authority t to 0 B antl no u i 01 mi alk M ui tin I 1 fir attorney at ilot hot sp I 1 nd id a of much abill 1 I 1 1 14 uno at ai w I 1 11 myself or any wo nl if 11 ui h b I 1 i fur far rny my authority K g a and lit bt me ma to bar do de 1 I as an an ollie r who has taken the oath ath to enforce the law as I 1 find it will go BO to tile the end of my and mop there and that Is just what I 1 1 will l I 1 1 do 1 am m not dis disposed posea ju jutt now however ii ver to say oy what my action will be should they they attempt to bring brine the contest off in arkana arkanna Ar kanBa but youcan you can say tor for me that I 1 would not contend the legislature in special ser bertalon talon to stop it 11 it if they were to light in the statehouse state house yard I 1 hall ahall see sec the law enforced but I 1 will not put the people to the expense of 0 a special session of 0 the legislature to 10 prevent a misdemeanor and then per helps hads have the legislature refuse to indorse the action P e r a i ly I 1 a nm m c opposed p p 0 e d t to 0 P pugilism u g ll 11 in 1691 g 1 t the h e L legislature egl s 1 a t u r e p passed a e d a an n act making prize prie fighting a fel felony orly 1 I 1 was in the legislature at that time and voted tor for the bill dut but the people were not satisfied with the law tor for the very next session they repealed and enacted in its stead a law reducing the 0 to a 11 misdemeanor that Is the law now find and will be enforced were the legislature to be called I 1 have little reason to believe that the state slate law would be changed I 1 N nine ine out of the toil ten senators Bena tors now in commission are members w lie ho voted for the law as it stands now on the statute books gov dark clark stated that he had no doubt that the local peace paco officers would do their whole duty in the metter matter rhouel a violation of 0 the law be threatened at hot springs or elsewhere in Arkan arkansas sits SULLIVAN ALARMED cleveland 0 oct 8 although confident the battle between corbett and fitzsimmons will be ought fought john L sullivan 1 Is apprehensive of oe the result of 0 the war gov culberson Is making on I 1 prize alze lighting all such attacks as those made by the tha texas governor and the mayor ot of cleveland said bald sullivan tend to degrade the noble art of boxing in the estimation ot of the people it if that fight in dallas Is stopped pugilism will receive a blow so serious that it will never recover until conditions condition are greatly changed although the tendency of the age Is in the direction of depreciation of 0 the art I 1 feet eel so sure sura of 0 tile the american people that I 1 am willing to wager dollars to beans beam the time Is 1 riot not far off od when tho the manly art wl will 11 be lit in its rightful place where all will do it honor such affairs as the meeting ot of corbett carbott and fitzsimmons tend to elevate the art n the minds of 0 men c if right prevails pugilism will have a great future before it do you think corbett has any rivals for the championship now no one can tell anything a about bout it said he be 1 I feel confident however there la is a man in the heavyweight heavy weight weigh t cis class 88 w who he will in time be the champion ot of the world I 1 refer to peter maher I 1 know every hber fiber of 0 that boys body and I 1 tell you he lias has championship blood in him it if corbett wins the fight arid and I 1 am inclined to think he will maher maber will be matched against him later |