Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-04
L0NG-EARED MOKE
CAUSE OF A RIOT
Sad-Eyed Burro Is Responsible
For a Decidedly Novel
Family Rumpus.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES BROUGHT
Tale OF Pitched Battle Fought In
oakley Addition l. i,ccited ia
Justice Hanks Court.

Behind a suit for damages for $169
! nled yesterday in Justice stlnioy A..
! Hanks court Is long-earned lazy
burro, whose stubborn aud indolont
lie has led TO nothing but trouble
until now the residents of oakley adj
dition arc divided against themselves.
While dip" the buTo, has taken no
active part In the disturbances FOR
some time, he started the family
rows. which have become a deadly
fcud, and end either IN police court
or the Justices court As result
Justice llauks believes that this dis
turbing element should be removed
from oakley addition and the diff
foronces settled in % peace conference.
Little Grace Mourda, "a years old
declares mat she lost a $40 dress, a
IS hat and a 50 gold chain besides her
job because OF diStigurcd cOunten-
auCe on account OF the last row. The
physician charged $50 for his services
and hor feeling wero also hurt To
the extent OF 500. The total. $3.50,
snc wants Mrs. Edwin Trevillyn 10
pay as damages for backing her eye.
kicking her and tearing her dress and
hat and pulling of her chain.
Grace had Just left the Moorda home
Ia oakley addition and was making
FOR the street car In her host clothes
the Trevillyn children. one of the
boys threw mud on her and Grace
bounced rock Off his head. Then
Mrs TrevillNn appea red and while tho
children held her. Grace claims that
Mrs. Trevillyn made rag baby out
Of her The most undignihed thing
about this assault was that Grace was
going to meet her new employer hut
when she recovered found that some
body had secured her place
TAUGHT HIM SOME TRICKS.
The Treyillyns fell heir to the hur9
about six months ago and the othee
children IN the nelghborhood were jeal-
Gus because they did not have one.
Eddie Trcyilyn taught old Zip" the
trick which caused all the trouble.
When any Of the other kids" attempt
cd To climb on behind him Eddie
spurred the mule and Zip" kicked with
both feet. Before long "Jlp' had taken
kick at every child in the neighbour
hood with various results. Finally he
became so wise that he took a kick or
two at Eddie. and they dissolved part
nerahip. Now Zip" stands along III
ditch bank In the sun keeping on the
dies. with a reputation that noHoiy
Gun get within 20 feet OF him.
E1die was held Responsible. however
for the kicks and bruises that the other
children received and he was partly
paid back In the same manner Eddie
came home with a swollen lip and than
he took his older brother along with
him and the Moorda children got this
worst OF II.
on July 10. a pitched battle was
fought between the six Trevilyn chill
dren and the five Moorda children who
were reinforced by four cousins from
ogden. The Trevillyns we're whipped
ana the next day vengeance was meted
out to Grace.
Mrs. TreVillyn enters a denial 10 the
charge that she assaulted the girl say
ing that her children aid II. Further
more Grace Is charged with taking She
declares that Grace was put to bed
after she had been beaten, and that a
physician was called Within 10 min
iitcs after he left. she recovered from |
her hysteria ana sinking spells ani |
was washing dishes in the Kitchen.