Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-07-22
WORK OF A POP.
Two Old Men Quarrel Over a Cock
 Fight, and One Gets Killed.

The devotees of the ccck pit are willing to swear that it is the most charming sport
 ill the world, and that chicken fight can produce more excitement and enthusiasm
 to the square inch than any other known
 amusement. As is generally known there
 is cock pit on Allen street, in rear of
 Walsh's saloon, and lovers of the sport
 are in the habit of assembling there in the
 afternoon of Sundays to witness the con.
 tests. The birds were furnished by two
 old men, named Young and Bobier who
 resided on a ranch about two miles and
 half northeast of town. These gentlemen
 brought the original stock from Kentucky,
 and by careful propagation, were the own.
 CTS of several game birds, which they sold,
 matched or rented, at the cock pit, as the
 necessities of the G SC demanded. In ad-
 dition to chicken culture, the old men
 burned lime and raised some vegetables
 for the Tombstone market. A few days
 ago. they sold game rooster to gentle.
 man of this city, and at the main, Sunday,
 this same bird, which they sold few days
 previously, was matched against one of
 theirs. Albert Y. Young, one of the part.
 ners, was referee of the contest, while
 William Bobier, the other partner,
 handled the bird in the pit. It
 is generally conceded that the chicken
 owned jointly by the old men was beaten
 but technicality, however, existed, and
 much chin music was wasted in an en-
 deavor to settle the dispute. Finally the
 matter was referred to Young as referee,
 and ho declared it draw, and all bets off
 This angered Bobier more than a little.
 and he denounced the old nan in unmeas-
 ured terms. He went so far, as was testi-
 fled at the inquest, as to thleaten to klll
 old man Young, besides hurling at
 him all inc vlle names in the calendar of
 vltuberation. Mir, Walsh, the proprietor
 of the saloon, testified that Bobier said he
 did not fight cocks for his health, and that
 he did not like the idea of "outsiders" getting away with him. The old men started home together, Young having corn for the chickens, beef and other things in sack which he earned on his shoulder. According to Young's story as tod to an EPITAPH reporter early in the day, and testified to before the coroner's jury as soon as they were out of town Bobier com. menced to abuse hIm violently, threatened to kill him, and finally struck him blow | With his fist on the ear that knocked him 1 down. Young says notwithstanding that, | he preserved his temper and only remon. strated with his angry partner. Boilers anger still continued 10 rise he used foul | names In reference to Young's mother, | which had the effect of angering the latter
 and he said his mother was as good as | Bobier's; that she had been in her grave | number of years and he would not hear | her abused. At this polnt Bobler com | menced hostilities in earnest and picked | up a rock weighing about three pounds. | When Young saw these he commenced to | run, and some twenty feet ahead of Bobier. | The latter followed him, and Young drew | toy pistol carrying 22-caibre ball and | fired as he run, without taking aim, mere | ly thrusting his hand backward and pull. | ling the trigger. The little bullet entered | Bobler's heart; he run few steps further, | and fell forward dead. This occurred near | the cabin occupied by Golonel Wiggans, who testified before the jury that he heard quarrellng, and came to the door in his | night clothes to see what the difficulty was | Just as he got to the door Bobier fell. | Young approached him and asked him if | he woul Int go and see if he was dead, | saying that he would not have killed him | for the world. An examination showed | life to be extinct, and the body was put in | passing wagon and brought to the un- dertakers. Young also came to town and | surrendered himself. The deceased had the | reputation of being quarresome man and | hard to get along with. He was more or | less under the influence of llquor at the | time Of his death. He was about fifty years old and came from sherman, Texas. His wife is now living about twelve miles from that town. Young is a Kentuckian and | is siyty-seven years old. He has wife in | Kentucky and nephew, a young boy, who | resides on the ranch with him. He came to be possessed of the pistol through means