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Show I DOG IS CAUSE I OF A BIG I HUMREL H Dogs, children and neighbors were H Implicated in a. neighborhood quar- H rel that received a preliminary air- H lng in police court this morning be- H fore Judge W. H. Reeder. H The trouble was caused by a viciou3 ( HI dog alleged to be in the possession i of Martha Hall, which bit the little I daughter of William Morra, a nelgh-Hl nelgh-Hl hor. Through a quarrel that fol-Hj fol-Hj lowed the Injury to the child a cora- plaint was made by .Martha Hall, charging that William Morra disturb- ed her peace last night at 7 o'clock. Mrs. Hall testified that that Morra came to her house last night and H called her several vile names, after kicking on the door The witness H stated that Morra refused to leave H the place when so oidered, and that H when a joung man was called in to H eject the dlBturbcr he drew out a gun H and ordered the young man to "mind H his own business." H According to Mrs. Hall, Morra made several threats against herself and H children. H James Trappitt, the young man who H , hadtried to eject Morra, was called to I - " the stand and he testified that the defendant had cuised Mrs. Hall. He HI did not know whether a gun was Hj pointed at any one, but vas sure that H Morra had done some cursing and had HI made threats. H In his own defense Morra stated H that for several weeks his daughter H has been annoyed by the children and H the dog of Mrs Hall, and his eom- H plaints that the dog was frightening H his daughter received no attontion. H Finally, he said, when his little girl H was bitten on the leg yesterday, ha H became angry and took a revolver H from his house to shoot the dog. He H denied that he had used vile lnn- H Ruago or had made anj threats, or H that lie had used his revolver to H threaten the young man. HI His wife substantiated part of his HI testimony, as did Thelma Thorn, a HI little girl who lives in that nelghbor- H hood. HI Morra removed his little girl's HI stocking and showed the marks of B the dog's teeth. H To hear other witnesses and give H loira a chance to swear out a coin- M plaint against the owner of the dog, M the trial was postponed, to bo resum- H cd next Monday morning. H Mrs. Hall claims that she does not M own the dog, but that E. H. Montgom ery, residing at her place, 21 C4 Reeves avenue, is the owner, and so a warrant was made out for Montgomery's Mont-gomery's arrest |