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Show SCHOOL BOYS IN A BIG SCRAP Judge Volnoy C. Gunnell held n busy session in the juvenile court today, to-day, threshing out tho evidence In a case requiring the testimony of seven boj-s from tho Lorin Farr school. They wero all accused of participating In or Inciting an assault upon Gilbert Rceder, ono of their schoolmates. It developed during the course of the hearing that two young boys who are twins had joined several ringleaders ringlead-ers of the class In an effort to elect a certain officer for the class. The Rceder boy held out against the majority ma-jority and tbo majority flopped over and favored tho election of a colored boy. At that juncture the Reeder boy expressed the opinion that a girl should bo elected and the fight was on Several members of tho class proceeded pro-ceeded to give Gilbert Reeder a thorough thor-ough and artistic beating, and they then chased him down tho street and Into the homo of Judge Harris. Some of tbo boys, when rounded up by Juvenile Officer Jacobs, went to Mrs Harris and apologized and also apologized to the mother of the Reeder Reed-er boy. Other amends woro made and then the case was called in Juvenile court, Judgo Gunnoll did not render his decision today. |