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Show A FICHTER UNDER FIRE. Tom H.nn.aiy, Ii.chHri;d on Writ at flat)... Corpus. Ke.rrt.if The feature in police circles during the past few hours has been the struggle on the part of the local authorities to held Tom Hennessey the w-ll kuo n pugilist in durance until such time as the train arrives from Denver. Among its passengers is an ollicer who comes with a warrant and reipiisitiou papers and, if everything favorable, the prisouer will go back to answer a charge of grand larceny. As was announced an-nounced yesterday in this column Hennessey was arrested Thursday night about 10 li0 o'clock on a telegram from Chief Farly of Denver to Marshal Vouug, the message stating that the accused was charged with robbing J. M. MeCormiek of somo iffO. There Hera a number of-pursous present at the time of the arrest, among tUern La Hlanehe, w ith whom Hennessey was negotiating for a sparring match to take pla 'e on Tuesday Tues-day night uext. The Iriends of the pugilist having been notiliod of his arrest ar-rest they began a diliigent effort to secure se-cure his release and judge Powers and D. N. Slraub were taken on their stall'. Habeas corpus proceedings were beguu before Judge Zane, who discharged dis-charged the prisoner on the grounds that he was not held on a warrant. Hennessey was rearrested on a w arrant issued from Justice Wells' temple of justice, jus-tice, and at 10 o'clock this morning went before that court. Mr. Stiaub appeared ap-peared for tiio accused nuit Prosecuting Pros-ecuting Attorney KicJiiior for the authorities. Arguments followed fol-lowed and the justue held his decision iu abeyance until 'J o'clock this afternoon. The defence represents that tho charge of robbery has been trumped up against the thumper that his presence may lie had in Denver us an eye witness wit-ness in a murder trial, the tragedy hav. ing grown out of the Icgislnt;ve em-broglio em-broglio at Colorado's capital, and on which occasion Hurry McCoy killed bis man. Hennessey is a quiet, retiring man of listie fame, and his fiieiids are doing everything in their potvpr in his behalf. ' Tho officer will reach Zion this evening and will tako the. struggle oil' the bauds of the local authorities. Tom Hennessey knocked out his adversaries ad-versaries before Commissioner Hull this afternoon and is again a free man, the court holding that the telegrams were not sufficient authority upon which to hold bim. |