The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
IT WASAFAMILY JAR.
A Peculiar Case Of Trespass Be-
fore Judge Piper.
A FATHER FIRES HIS ELDEST SON.
Violating the Hack Lava Couple of Water
Cases-Business Before Judge
Marshall Yesterday.

The every day spectators at the police
court yesterday were treated to sensation
1t was the same old story wherein the
father, through drunkenness, had created
dissension and discord in the family.
Through drink the father had brought sor-
row and shame to his wife and children.
so helplessly addicted to drink was he that
for months at a time the red-eyed monster
would have perfect and complete control
over him. The family had become almost
entire strangers to uthe father, but they
had unwillinglybecome perfectlyacquainted
with the evil effects of liquor
The old man owned the homestead, in
whose name the deed was recorded In
order to continue his drunken sprees and
satisfy his thirst for drink il
was absolutely necessary that money
should come to him from some source; he
had already drank a part of the homestead,
and now desired to further involve the
family by mortgaglng the same in order
that he might raise the money. This
could not be done without the mothers
sanction, and the elder son, who seemed to
be looked upon as the head by the rest of
the family, of course advised his mother
not to submit to anything of the kind. This
enraged the father to such an extent that,
he repeatedly demanded his elder son to
leave his home; that his presence was not
desired under the roof which belonged
wholly and solely to him the
father. The mother interviewed, and
as all good mothers do, said that her son
should and would remain with her. The
father then demanded all the children to
leave-and they are large family-declar-
ing again that the premises were his own,
and that he was determined to exercise his
rights. From that day until the present
some two months ago, the elder son has
not spoken to his father, although, through
the urgent request of his mother, he has
remained at home for the protection of her,
his brothers and sisters. Determined that
he should not remain, the old man brought
an action against the son for trespass,
and the trial was had yesterday A great
many unnecessary and unfortunate details
came out during the trial, among which
was the above. The whole proceedings
were of such character that they verged
on the deplorable. Three of the children
were before the court, the elder son, against
whom the action for trespass had been
brought, a good-looking young lady, prob
ably eighteen or twenty years of age and
younger brother, probably sixteen or
seventeen. They had certainly been well
brought up, and were intelligent beyond
the average. All seemed DESTROYS of offer
ing such testimony as would free their
brother, knowing full well that
if he should be found guilty, it
would mean that his presence would no
longer be found around the home. After
the testimony had all been offered, the
judge announced that while he did not wish
to subject the son to any punishment, it
became his painful duty to declare him
guilty of trespass; that the home was the
of the father, and as the son was
no longer minor, but had reached the age |
of manhood, he could not now claim resi- !
dence under the paternal roof if the father |
desired him to vacate Sentence was sus-
pended during good behavior. The young |
man will, of course, leave the home of which |
he has been member from infancy, and |
all because a once kind father has lost !
his manhood through the curse of drink.