Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-21 | Page 1 | Cock Fighting Revival Cause of 111 Arrests

COCK FIGHTING REVIVAL CAUSE OF 111 ARRESTS TORONTO, Ont., Fob. 21. R- vlvnl if et k fighting, banned I i law twelve w-nrs was revealed here tod a with tbe arraignment of 111 prisoners tuken In a raid cm the National Conduit building yes terday. The prtSOUOm ludnde I prominent business men of Toron- to, Hamilton, Chicago, Brant fnrd I and Niagara Falls. Twciltgr-flve live lighting cork? and three" hens and five cocks which had losr their live in battle before the police arrived, were -on-flscated Ono of the birds hod steel ! spurs SttflM hftl and B ."-el of dagger- ! pointed "niallcd spurs'' was found i in o pocket of one of the prisoners. It w;us understood that the raiding raid-ing squad hud been secretly in-fonned in-fonned more iium week ago that the illic it iiattP-s were to tukc plo-e. It was Intimated s loser In tK-ttin on a flKbt hi Buffalo. . V.. in t week gave the tip. Inspector David McKennoy said he had lxen informed that c-ock fights had Ik-'-h -tuf-d recentl In many cities of Canada and the United States.