The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-26
Big Cooking Main
Pulled Off In
NorthborO.
TWO COUNTIES REPRESENTED.
Program Was Well Ad-
vanced When Officers
Began Their Fun.

Northboro, June 25.-The dead game
sports of this part of Worcester coun-
" and adjacent towns in Middlesex
| county had arranged for great fun in
the cooking main today, ard had it
| not been for police interference, the
plan would have been carried out in
detail.
The spot selected for the battle Of
birds was on what is known as Rock
MIL, and that the sport had been well
advertised was evidenced from the
tact that over 125 sports were present
from Worcester, Shrewsbury, Marlboro,
Hudson, Westboro, Southporo. North
boro and every Old "boro" hereabouts
shed had been erected for the
nights, and commodious pits had been
arranged. The crowd of sports had not
omitted the care for the inner man.
and brought beer by the case, hard
stuff by the gallon and sandwiches
by the basketful
a dozen or fifteen mains were scheG-
uled on the program, the first half
dozen being run off without incident
other than the customary killing of the
losing bird In these bouts, honors W re
easy between Hudson and Marlboro.
Worcester was waiting to place the
most of its cash on the events to come,
which did not materialiZe on account
of the unexpected which happened.
Constables Conway and Gibson got
wind that an intertown cooking main
was on within the town borders, aad
after quiet search, easily located the
spot where the ROSTERS were sending
their steel spurs into each others head
with fatal effect.
Conveyances of every description
We're htched about the improvised
shed on Rock hill, when officers Con-
way and Gibson arrived. The men
caught sight of the officers about the
time the officers saw the men, and there
was fun galore. In less time than it
takes to tell it, out of the general mix
up of ROSTERS and fleeing men. there
disappeared in every direction monde
script vehicles filled with dead game
sports of a few moments previous
The officers worked quickly, how
ever and succeeded in capturing two
hacks, one carryall and one carriage
belonging to Marlboro parties, and two
hackmen. to wit: Carl SOuthwick and
Fred Fitzpatrick of Marlboro. The men
cOntended that they were there purely
in the capacity of hackmen, and not
as sports. The officers could not see it
the men to Clinton and placed them in
care of Deputy Sheriff Charles \
Bartlett, and they were afterward sd-
mitted to bail.
The officers continued their search
about the grounds in the vicinity of the
shed and captured quite an amount
of paraphernalia indispensable to A
cock fight. They also confiscated the
remnants Of beer, whisky and sand
wiches, which the hungry sports mad
left in their preciptous flight.
Several dead roosters were found and
10 live birds We're secured by the OFF,
GERS, which have a marketable value
of 5000 as game cocks. \ couple If
dozen names were secured by CCnsta
bles Conway and Gibson, and 1t is sta
ted that warrants will be served ga
lore within the next few days.
The hacks and carriages secured by
the constables, later found their way
to the owners in Marlboro. Much eX-
element was occasioned in all of the
towns interested in the cooking main,
by the events of the day.