Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-08-07 | Page 10 | Brutal Murder near Reno, Nevada

BRUTAL MURDER NEAR RENO NEVADA RENO REND Nov Aug 7 Ono One Ono of th the most brutal murders ever eyer recorded i in inthe inthe the he history of Renos Reno's s 's crimes was com committed corn com last night within yards o ohe of the he home of United States Senator Nixon when R. R J. J Little agent fo foa for fora a San Francisco collection agency was wa shot beaten about the head held with rocks rock and In thrown face faco aco do downward ny int into a an irrigation ditch his body then being bein weighted down with a pound stone While tho the clothes of the victim were carefully searched by his assailants robbery is not believed to have been bee ho tho motive for the tho crime Irime since valuable val cal aI jewelry which the man wore Was wa not taken The body was found this thi mornin morning by a little girl who was attracted attracted at at- to it by the barking of he her clog log Authorities were notified and hache had hac the he body taken to an undertaking par par- lor br or where it was identified by the hotel hote people with whom Little had been stop stop- ping ing The police are arC working on the case cas but so far without result