Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-05 | Page 3 | Outing Ended in Slaying of Child

9 Outing ui Ended ed in Slaying of Child 1 rl t o 3 r. r Y Y tl l TT r r t I r Associated Press rest W TWO WITNESSES SUBDUED HIM WITH AUTO TIRE IRON L Lyndon Beal Deal 30 Oakland welder admits murdering boy Man an Confesses to Killing Son on 3 1 By Hurling Him Against Rock OAKLAND Cal May 5 UP What lP-What What started as a quiet family drive ended in m tragedy tragedy tragedy-a a year three-year-old boy killed by being dashed against a rock by his enraged father Police Lieutenant G G. W. W Pratt said the father Lyndon Beal 30 Oakland automobile welder wilder had f made a complete confession and undoubtedly would be charged with first degree murder Pratt piecing together the mothers mother's story and Beals Beal's confession confession confession confes confes- sion gave this account of the killing Beal Beai and Virginia Allison 23 with whom he had been living for five years drove into the foothills with their two sons Lyndon Jr 3 and Melvin 2 2 There was considerable considerable considerable con con- arguing and Beal became angry when the children quarreled and young Lyndon kept squirming away from his mother Suddenly Beal stopped the car seized Lyndon by the heels swung him over his head and while his mother screamed dashed the boy against a granite culvert He then threw the body into the car and sped off down a winding winding winding wind wind- ing road leaving the mother and second child behind The body was in the oar car when I. I two men who saw the incident from froma a distance distan e naught Beal inthe inthe in m t the d end dead end ad-end road fought fough him and quieted him with a blow over the head with a tire Iron Lyndon got my goat He wouldn't mind Pratt quoted him He and his little brother kept fighting I decided the only way to stop it was to dispose of one of the kids