Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1893 — ROBY RECEIVERSHIP. [ARTICLE]

ROBY RECEIVERSHIP.

The Sporting Resort in Hard lines, The State Militia and the Circuit Court ... Too Mach for PagUUm. Saturday afternoon, the State by McMahon. prosecuting attorney, filed in the Lake circuit court, complaint against the Roby Athletic Club to ■enjoin it from giving exhibitions in the nature of prizefights,and fqr the appointment of a receiver for its property.—The judge-ap-pointed Benjamin Hayes,a deputy sheriff, -receiver, sheriff was directed to put the receiver in immediate The judge called the special of the grand jury to the Roby prize-fights. It is charged that the act >of ’93, authorized associations for athletic exhibitions and physical contests of scfence and skill, but did not permit prize-fighting. Seven hundred officers and men of th Indiana National Guards, fortified with swords, bayonets, rifles, a Gatling gun and litT 27,000 rounds of ammunition, bivouacked at Robey, Monday night outside the arena of the Athletic Club. The finish lights which had been announced to take place between young Griffo, champion feather-weight of and Kid Lavigne, of Bay City, Mich., for a purseof $9,500, and Jimmy Barry, of Chicago, and Johnny Conners, of Springfield, 111., for a purse of SSOO, were called off beo re the military demonstration was made at the club house. Benjamin Hays, of Crown Point, Ind., who was appointed receiver for the club, served an order on Charles Fredericks, sheriff of Lake county that he should allow no more prize-fights at the clubhouse. The sheriff went to the clubhouse at 6 o'clock and gave notice to the men in charge, leaving a dozen deputies to see that the orders were respected. Domerick O’Malley, president of the club, and the men who intended to fight, threw up the sponge after 4 o’clock and, therefore, no special trains were run from Chicago. Gov. Matthews was seen by a Journal reporter at Indianapolis, Monday night, und asked as to the disposition of the troops. He said: "The troop 9 will remain there as long as there is any indication of the Athletic club attempting toearry hut a programme. They will remain a few days, at least, to await further developments. The clubhouse will continue in the hands of the receiver, and he will have the troops at his back if another tight is attempted. It is my opinion that the fight has been postponed indefinitely. I believe the organization has about concluded to give them up. I wish an attempt had been made last night to carry out the programme. If it had been a largo number of arrests would have been made. The authorities had been instructed to seize all the principals, hackers, and as many visitors as possible, and I am sure they would have succeeded.”