Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-28

little. NJ any ratio tho Englishmon CON
trivcd to stcor ono Of their oOuntrymnn
named Cockburn against Tatho, believing
that the American would soon be- taught TO
respect English cruftlncss and would incl
dentally In relieved Of large portion Of
his fortune gained In Austrnlm.
'lprbo accepted CookhurnH invitation
TO play and they played heavily, The
Yankee met every onslaught, and when tho
game closed 1Arbo had ~, 600, or SO, 600,
OF tho Engllshman scoln Cuckburn could
not get over his defeat He tool, II bitterly
TO heart and could not lot the matter drop.
So pcrsistontly did ho prc.s his kick that u
fierce quarrel sprang up between Tarbo
and himself, but after tho passage of some
months tho foud WINS patched up and tho
two resumed friendly relations
According to tho London story, thoy
wcro drinking together at tho Criterion
ono night when Tarbo said hc must 40
homo TO his club, and Cockburn offered to
drive HIN thurc a friend OF Cockburn
accompanied thum, and whom they reached
Farbo's club tho latter invited thom In To
have bottle OF wine, The invitation was
accepted, and they went inside and began u
lively drinking bout, In some way tho old
Iuuu nhout the AZ 900 oamo up again and
resulted In hot words
Both Cockhurn and his friend were
hthlctos and expert boxers, They both at.
tackled TArhO and were making short work
OF him whom help arrived from nm uucx.
rcctod quarter William @. Woodward "A
close friond aud follow OF Tarbo's Kind
was roOmlnu In tho clubhouse and hoard
tho fight, Looping out OF bed. he ran
down stairs md started In tn hOlp out his
follow American.
However as mother he nor rarbo knew
anything about boxing, thoy wero al a do.
cidod disadvantage with tho two husky
and experienced English sparrurs They
We're getting soundly punished when ono
OF them happened to SPY two cutlnsses
hanging on tho wall, where they had boon
placed for purely ornamental purposes
woodward 6raspcd ono Of them, and, 10 Il
said Tarho tho other Then tho lido OF
battle turned, and when they were through
with the two Englishmcn tho latter wrro
huokod mp until thuy had the appearance
OF having fought duel with gang saw.
mill.
Iarbo made quick exit from London
To Africa while Woodward sailed to Aus.
iralia and from therc TO America, Asa
consequence OF his sudden departure no
was not able to pay for tho furnishlnes In
his clubhouse, aud whom he recently re.
turned to London he was arrested, and. as
reports show convicted for swlndllng,
They could do nothing with him ON tho
charge OF assault, but tho affair passed
into history us tho 'cutlass duel.
Tho ohurgu that Woodward was mixed
up IN tho big Ceylon robbery is without
foundation, us tho Scotland Yard peonlo
Know as well as do that he was elsewhere
at the time Moreover, tho story that
Tarbo had something TO do with tho Mn.
Ing OF Kid Waddles Is clear fake, for he
was In custody In London at tho dino
Waddles was killed. The most amusins
thing OF all, however, is tho statement
mat Inrho was a member OF tho Johnny
Irving gnng OF New York. Why, whnn
mat gang was In operation Tarhu wal a
iau ON farm In tho western part az uils
STATED Such talk is simply ridiuuloasri