Emery County Progress | 1905-12-30 | Page 2 | Boy Accused of Horrible Crime

chicago lad who hacked hi employer to pieces with a hatchet after committing atrocious murder the youngster sat down and calm ly finished his meal which had been disturbed by the crime chicago rudolph dumoff 17 years old has been placed on trial in the criminal court to answer the charge of killing jacob lieb ot chicago heights his employer with a hatchet during the recital of the facts of the killing to the jury by assistant state s attorney barbour an ordinary sized hand hatchet still spotted with the blood of the slain man was shown the jury the state because of the youth of the prisoner waived the death penalty but demanded imprisonment for life the boy was employed by jacob lieb in the shoe repairing shop in achl cago heights according to the story of the prosecutor on the afternoon at august piercing screams from the little shop aroused the village when some minutes afterward two or three men entered the place they found the kitchen floor spattered with blood and the body of lieb hacked to an indis mass while at the table eat the boy who evidently had corn bitted the atrocious deed he had finished eating some soup and the empty bowl stood before him