Spanish Fork Press | 1906-09-06 | Page 1 | Awful Crime of Youth

AWFUL CRIME OF YOUTH Stun Boy With Brick and Then Buries Him Alive Chicago Robert Gordon aged 16 r has confessed that ho struck Joseph Reed 8 years old with a brick stunning stun-ning him and then burled him alive beneath the sidewalk In front of his fathers homo 2878 Archer avenue Tho boys body was found whom Gordon Gor-don said he had burled It After an Investigation In-vestigation by tho police Gordon was taken Into custody When taken to the station and questioned by the police po-lice Gordon broke down and confessed that he enticed the boy to the basement base-ment of the Reed home mlstreatea him and when he attempted to escape struck him on the head with a brick Ho then burled him alive Five other boys ranging In ago from 15 to 20 years old who had been drinking with Gordon at the rear of the Reed home before the murder became known were taken Into custody The Reed and Gprdon families live near one another an-other and have been friends for years