Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — KNOCKS OUT THE FIGHTERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KNOCKS OUT THE FIGHTERS.

Arkansas Supreme Court Reverses the Leatherman Decision. The Arkansas Supreme Court rendered a decision in the Corbett case, by which Judge Leatherman’* decision was reversed and the prize fight law sustained. Corbett was remanded back to the custody of the Sheriff of Garland County. Chief Justice Bunn, in delivering the opinion, severely criticised Chancellor Leatherman, saying he had no authority

for his action in the habeas corpus case. Judge Leatherman, when asked what he thought of the decision, said: “I care nothing nalw/ul the prize fight, I^tbiakGov. Clarke has put himself in a ridiculous attitude in view of the unconstitutional positions he has taken. He is perfectly correct in what the Chancellor would decide because he himself knows that the law was unconstitutionally passed. He had no right to any other opinion. He was incorrect, however, when he said he thought no other judge in the State “would render such an opTn-“ ion, for, in order to declare tho law unconstitutionally passed, it would be necessary to nullify or invalidate ail article of the Constitution. I challenge the criticism of all reputable lawyers and courts. I do this in view of the expressions of the Governor on the subject.” Martin Julian,' manager for Fitzsimmons, was seen immediately after the news of the Supreme Court’s adverse decision reached Little Rock, fie said;

“Now that we are barred out of Arkansas by the decision of the Supreme Court, Fitzsimmons is prepared to accept the offer of'‘Corbett’s manager, made in Dallas, that we fight in private. We will go anywhere on earth in order to get a fight out of Corbett. Aijy place will suit us. We will go to London and fight Corbett for the £3,000 purse offered by the Mirror of Life. Corbett has repeatedly Btated that he would fight Fitzsimmons in a

room, in a balloon or in a barrel, and we are perfectly willing to njeet hitn under any of these conditions.”

CORBETT AND DEPUTY. SHERIFF BABCOCK

GOVERNOR CLARKE, OF ARKANSAS.