Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-19 | Page 8 | Revolting Case of Youthful Depravity

if j) REVOLTING CASE OF 1 1 ! YOUTHFUL DEPRAVITY Kj 11 ; Special to Tho Tribune. WA '', OGDEN, Aug. IS. One of the most re- JKj- i 'J j voltlng cases of youthful depravity ever f ( recorded in tho criminal annals of this lo j. 1 State was brought to light Tuesday when IJF t I ' i"oiirtcen-ycar-oTd Vernal Wheelwright 'l , ' ' I confessed to a criminal assault made upon fo'j v J the person of three-year-old Olive Roy- l i . i nolds, daughter of Conductor George 11. fg. i ! Reynolds, of the Union Pacific Railroad K" ' I I ! company. When the facts became known f. M I : it was thought best to arrest ihe lad. f r I At first he stoutly maintained his inno- (;i i cence. but finally admitted his crime. I The father and other members of the fti . Jad's family arc grief-stricken over the A nffalr. The father. Matthew Wheelwright, U : ! visited his son in the jail Tuesday after- k noon. i j Conductor Reynolds, father of the little j girl, was out of the city at the tlmo of " , The affair making his regular run between iQ iff this city and Green River, Wyo. 'l A 1 V Ju3t what charge will be made against r - ; young Wheelwright has not yet been dc- S l termlned upon. It is possible that the t- I liclnousness of the offenso charged will . I h warrant a trial in the District court, not- :' I I- j withstanding the boy Is under the Jurls- f- J r diction of the Juvenllo court bv reason of tL li ti Ails age.