Eureka Reporter | 1906-09-21 | Page 2 | Brutal Murder of a Messenger Boy at Goldfield, Nevada

brutal murder of a messenger boy at goldfeld nevada goldfield nev john moritz aged 19 was shot to death by jack thomp son a gambler early sunday morning moritz was a messenger for the tele phone company and had occasion to go to one of the notorious dance halls of the red light district there it Is said he accidentally bumped into thompson who was dancing thompson swore at him and threatened that he would fix the boy later about 3 clock in the morning moritz was passing by a saloon on his wheel when sc drew a pistol and fired the shot striking moritz in the hip he fell from his machine and thompson deliberately walked to the fallen boy leaned over him and de levered another and fatal shot