The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-23
BOUGHT HIS CHICK
SAM PETERSON AND FRANK GEORGE
GET INTO A SORAPE

Peterson has a Fighting Chicken Which
Cleans Out All Competitors-Boys Con-
clude TO steal the Fowl and Then Sell it
Back to the Owner as a Joke-They set
Big Price on the Fighting Cock.
Which is Accepted by Peterson. Who
Discovers the Trick, and TO Get Even
Visits His Comrades Poultry House.
The chicken war has assumed a new
| phase, and as a consequence two fam
| lies on the West Side are at outs, and
the fathers were forced 10 put up SO
| cost each. TO get their young hopefuls
out of the clutches Of law.
The story as related last night TO an
Eagle representative by Officer Haines
ran as follows:
Sam Peterson had a rooster which
was great on the fight, and he had en-
| tered him in the pit against several
! thoroughbred gamSters and MS bird
| had come out victorious every time and
! as a consequence Young PeterSens
carried off the purse every time.
Peterson was not content 70 carry off
the money but by his Dragging had
| among the other boys whose thorough
bred chickens were sent TO an untimely
grave by the activity Of the descendent
OF the "dunghiu," as they called the
fighting cock of Peterson.
A council Of war was called as 70 the
best efforts to get even with Peterson.
and as a consequence Of the councils
verdict it was agreed that the boys
would steal the rooster of Peterson 8
n all ~ h2r To i'm Ma n
was a capital one, so they thought, and
IL was carried into execution.
How they sympathiZed with the late
owner of the fighting cock of the West
Side when he informed them that some
unprincipled scOundrel had stolen his
bird. They promised Peterson TO lend
him all the aid in their power 10 get
back his chicken, or at least replace
his loss with another bird.
Peterson at once notified Officer
Haines of his loss. and the officer called
in Kansas City Jim, and put him on
the trail. Jim visited the late habita-
tion of the fighting cock, and returned
with a dOwncast look upon his face
and mOtioned Haines down in the Gel
lar before he would unbosom himself.
When he was sure that no one was near
he said:
Captain, Use sure Of one thing, and
that is that none of the 'fessiOn had
done took that antagOnistic bird Il
has been took by boys who knows moth
ing more bout the scientific abstraction
of poultry than a rabbit" And thus
for a time the whereabouts Of the bird
remained a dark mystery to all But
Ike the old adage murder will OUT the
rooster was brought 10 sight. but it
would have taken more than one Of
Bob Cooks pedigrees TO prove 10 a
person that he was the same bird who
had Won his spurs in the cock pit.
His huge tail was bobbed off; his wat
ties had been cut off, yet his dander was
just the same, and although somewhat
disfgured he was still in the ming" so
to speak. The new owners tried him
and he readily whipped everything he
came across. They were satisfied and
called Peterson's attention to the bird.
Peterson resolved to be the owner
of that bird and at once bantered the
boys for a trade. They wanted s. and
nine hens. 1t was a terrible price, but
Peterson having once been the owner
Of a fighting cock determined TO be
the owner. He paid the s. and prom
ised to believer the hens the next day
The bargain was made and Peterson
went home with his rooster under his
arm
That night he started out and by mid
night had secured nine hens, taking
three from the hen house of Frank
Georges mother and three from each Of
the parents Of the other two boys
Royse and AddingtOn.
The next day, which was yesterday.
the three parties who had lost chickens
came TO the police station and regis
tered their complaint Of having chick
ems stolen Another council of war was
called and TOfficers Haines and Jim
went forth TO look UP the nine hens
and finding them in the possession OF