Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
WILL APPEAL TO
STUDENT BODY
SCHOLARS PARENTS OBJECT
TO SENTENCE
Believe II Their Son BE Expelled the
Boy He Injured and His Brother
Should Also BE Denied
Education

For the first time in the history of
the Los Angeles high school self-gov-
crnment body an appeal will be taken
from the sentence of expulsion passed
by that tribunal in the case of Walter
Moore. who is said to have permanently
! injured a younger classmate Moore S
parents will appeal to the student body.
Moore was formerly a member of the
ill-starred fraternity, the Alpha Pi,
which has been the bone of so much
contention in high school fraternity cir
cles. Finally the fraternity's troubles
were ended by its death. and Moore is
said by some of the boys to have been
responsible for it's dissolution.
Several days ago Ellis and Howard
Taylor, with q crowd of other boys,
were teasing Moore and finally, when
one of the crowd struck him on the
back, he turned on his tormentors, and,
seeing young Ellis Taylor laughing
| kicked him In the groin. AS q result of
the attack Taylor is suffering from
hernia. The lad fell to the ground In
pain and his young brother. Howard,
took up his quarrel and leaped upon
Moore's back.
Ask Another Hearing
1t is upon the alleged beating he re-
ceived at this time that the Moore fam
| lily base their right to another hearing
before the high school authorities. We'd
nesday the entire Moore family called
on Prof. Housh. principal of the high
school, and told him they had sworn
out warrants for the arrest of the Tay-
lor boys on a charge of battery, stat
ing that the boys had injured Moore
asserted, the Taylor boys should be ex-
PEELED if the other expulsion was just.
They claimed that the Taylor boys
had made life so miserable for Moore
by accusing him of having broken up
their frat" that he was justified in
kicking Ellis.
The young Taylor boy who is said to
have done great personal injury" to
Moore is a little fellow Is years old,
and witnesses of the affray say that
when the little fellow tried to run away
Moore chased him and tried to thrash
him, but was pulled off his victim by
government officer.
AT the Taylor home the information
that the Moore family would institute
proceedings caused a general laugh.
Mrs. Taylor said: why the idea is
ridiculous. My little son was being
thrashed by him when Stanley Mitch
ell pulled Moore off and told him to
fight some one his size. He was simply
the grand master of his fraternity, as
was his duty.
LAS for suit, doesn't it seem as If
prosecution should come from our side?
We dropped the former suit because Mr..
Taylor is naturally an inoffensive man
and did not want to create trouble.
When the case came up for trial several
of the high school witnesses were alb
sent. Mr.. Moore went up to one of
our witnesses and shook his fist in his
face, threatening what he would do to
him if he gave any unfavorable testi-
mony. AS my husband did not seem
willing to continue the prosecution, the
witness went home, not caring to in
volve himself unnecessarily.
THE matter is not settled yet. In
juring boy in such a way incapaci-
tates him for military duty and is an
offense against the laws of the state.
If we decide to push it we can put that
young fellow in the penitentiary.
Il have not yet fully decided what 1
shall do; but If Ellis father won't fight
the case possibly his mother will. At
least, 1 shall wait till he is able to
testify in person."
Young Taylor is still confined to his
bed, although his wound was a trifie
less painful yesterday.