A riot halts the Scopes Monkey Trial, as reported on the front page of the New York Daily Mirror. This trial, officially known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, involved the prosecution of a high school teacher, John Scopes, for teaching the subject of Evolution. The photos on the page relate to other news items: a missing boy (Bobby Perles), the film actress Alla Nazimova, a family lawsuit over money (Thaw), and a robbery and shooting in Mount Vernon.