The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-27
Humane Society Probes Story That Big Cock
Fight Was Staged in the City of
Kenosha Last Saturday.
CITY OFFICIAL AROUND RINGSIDE?
Informant Tells Commission All He Knew Regarding
the Illicit Show Staged by Promoters from
Chicago in North Side Hall.

ing by an official of the Kenosha Coun-
ty Humane Society indicates that a
real for-sure cock fight was staged
in that hall on last Saturday night and
the growing which awakened the rest
less sleepers was probably the squawk
Of victory of the winning game bird
The official could hardly believe the
rumor when it first came to him that
a cock fight was actually staged in
the limits of the city but his investi-
CATION has convinced him that This
is the case and he is preparing to
swear out warrants for the arrest of
persons implicated in the affair in the
event that the final roundup of the
evidence would warrant this action.
Tip Comes from Invited Guest.
The tip regarding the cock fight
came from a Kenoshan who was invit-
ed to attend but who found it impos-
sible. to be around the ringside at the
last moment.
"a friend came to me early last
week." said this man, who appeared
to know some of the details of the af-
L
real cock fight. He did not men
ton the hall but gave me orders to
meet him at eleven o'clock Saturday
night in the event that I cared to at
tend couldn't get away but I I'M
derstand that the fight was staged
according to schedule"
Hall Was Crowded for Match.
IL.
Society has quietly staged an investi-
cation into the affair. From this he
has patched together some of the de-
tails of the show.
1t appears that two promoters from
Chicago were back of the squawking
match and that they brought pair
of gamebirds from Chicago to do the
fighting and growing. The word was
pretty we'll passed around among the
members of the fraternity of Keno
sha County who frequent such exhi-
billions and it is said that there were
few empty seats in the house when
the spurs were fastened on the birds
and they were turned loose,
It is alleged that there was plenty
of enthusiasm from the time that the
birds started their scrap until one of
them had given out his last squawk
and the victor crowed loudly in deris-
ion.
City Official at Ringside?
One of the rumors which have been
circulated about the city regarding the
match, declares that in one of the
ringside seats sat city official and
that among the crowd which watched
| the scrap were many prominent per-
/ sons of Kenosha. 1t is also alleged
that there there was plenty of money
at the scrap and that there was no
aversion to wagering it on one bird
or the other.
Reports declare that large amount
of the "long green" changed hands
during the evening and that the lucky
/ sports who attended the scrap, went
away with bullying pockets.
In the past few months there have
been frequent rumors that cock fights
were staged in Kenosha County but
in every inst@nce it was understood
that all of these sporting contests were
! staged outside the limits of the city
Prosecutions May Follow.
II have heard rumors regarding this
cock fight" declared Truman t. Park
err, secretary of the Kenosha County
Humane Society, one of the officials
of the organization which is said to
have information regarding the bout
eff the investigation brings out evil
4 dence that can be relied upon, / am
sure that the Humane Society will act
in this case. Warrants could be sworn
out for the arrest of the owner of the
hall in the event that it could be
/ shown that he realized that the hall
was being rented for that purpose OF
for the arrest of any or all of the per.
sons who had anything to do with the
fight. We intend to sift this affair t.
the bottom and will prosecute anyone
connected with it no matter who they
might be-"