Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-05
MUST 60 TO SCHOOL.
That Is The OTdsf Of Court Rssplc.
Ing Truants.
If SOr DISTRICT THEN Reform,
Two Boys Held for Truancy Today
The Murray Sulsance-Divorce
Grauted-Notes.

Superintendent Millspaugh, Of the
city schools, works with great deal Of
patience, ant meets with much sue
cess, In supptersing truHGcy ar oug
the children VI school age In this ~.
IL IL not oitsn that boy wants TO plny
ttuant after his parents and himself
have been visiled ami he listens 10 tbs
kind and fa,herly talk Oi the fuperln-
tondsnt. There have been a great
many cA,es OF this Kind where the visit
has proved thoroughly effective. Oe.
ossionslly, however, the doctor meets
with boys who give no heed to all that
can DO done IN this line, and are open.
ly defiant Of sny efforts to get them In
school. Two OF these wore up before
u. 3. Commissloner GrecnmAn today.
Tue complaint, were signed by Dr..
Millspaugh, aud charged wills Wade.
/ 2 years old, and While Gaylor, aged
~, with being habitual truauts. tbu
doctor has talked 10 them many timer,
AMI has consulted with their pRron,s,
but still tue boys persist IN running
away from school. The Wade boy Ia.
Ututi that he Will not attend, qnu does not
trtm 10 believe that the law requires
| ~. lie has boon Induced 10 attend
school part OF tho time until lately, but
WHOM there was ~ unfuly that his
presence almost cautei riot among
| the children. Hl6 parents have
/ whipped him often anu severely, but
| apparently 10 no good purpose. Tho
| 6aylor boy also avoids school on every
| possible occasion, lie behaves him
self fairly well Ia tho HchOOlrO5m, but
prefers 10 play uuaut and spend his
| time with very bad boys, Both ho aud
young Wade were formerly pupils at
the Sumner school, but later young
Gaylor wins Transferred TO the Emer.
son school; but although he Lett home
each m1Tning Csteusibly for tho school
house, and HE parents supposed he at
tended, during two weeks ho never
presented himself Ut thu echOOlroom
dOor-ho had played ttuant.
This account OF the bOys' doings was
stated In u. +. CommissiUner Green
mans court today. The GAylor boy
was accompanied 10 court by his
father, VINO was Of opinion that the
Reform school waa the only hope left OF
| discipliniug the lad. Tho Wade boys
| IhNNuAH Alu nbk hllfhis hhh Nht0 HN'h
to have given up all hone OF keeping
him In order. Both toys were In de-
liant mood, and did not ssem 10 think
that the court would make any order
restricting their liberty. In this, how
ever, they were disappointed.
Attor listening carefully TO the full
statement Of the case, and questioning
the boys closely ~ to their acts anu
Intentions, Commissioner Greenmnn
u cidod that n the boys would not 10
to the public schools, thon thoy must 70
% the Reform school. Once In the
latter place ibey cannot be released
under a bix,moutnp term; and n boys
arc habituhl trusntg, tho law
oompols the rfliclala 10 proceed
against them, Commiasioner Grsenman
ordered tho two Utys taken into tho
custody Of the sheriff, whore they are
10 IomAiu until tho rblrd district cCdtt
can Investigate on this application to
commit them 10 tho Reform school.
II, by the umo the cases come up, they
have ha1 enough PRISON experience 10
cauns them 10 look upon school with
more iavyr than they have manifested,
, ihon the district Judge may make it
oRrioi but II they are still defiant there
seem, 10 be TO other recourse than the
Reform school.
THE MURRAY NUISANCE.
Augnlt Rolnni, st murray, was
before u. +. Commissioned summer
) today on another charge OF maintain
ing y nuisance IN tn form OF some
lard.rcndtTing watts closo 10 the Stats
road IN Murray. hr. R~wland was
: fined lost week for n similar ononse,
! ! tn, WIS arrested again. Today he
was Represented by an attorney, Geo.
l.. NV, VINO stated that plea OF
. gu!ty would be ,ntefed N tue defend-
ant v az allowed ous week 10 abate the
/ nuisance. After some DISCUSSION this
, rule was agreed 10, nud II wlAEd IL 10
appear next Thursday, Dec. l0lb, 10
report what he has done aud have SEN
len9e passed upon him.
COZ HER DIVORCE.
In the Third district court today,
> Judge Merritt granted one divorce. Il.
, was asked by Mary Ann Nnntieet. who
: sllegod that her husband, Elias Van
/, fleet, had deserted her. Mrs. Vauiieoi
/, snu her daughter went on the witness
, stand and testified to the fact OF the
. deserlion, snd Judge Merritt issued the
4 decree Of divorce an prayed tor.
:, NOTES.
: Ex.Pcloeman Mcdonald II 10 come
J, TO court tomorrow morning to receive
a sentence on the conviction OF assault
tn kiIl Emil SackeTsOn. A motion for
now Trial will be 6ubn,itted.
Z In the case OF 4. W. Morrison ct al
+, vs. ID, n. Gamble, Judge Merritt
cOnnrm,d the report OF tho referee
today.
The district and commiIsioEtfs'
p. courts have very little business now.
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