Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-05-15 | Page 10 | Bound and Gagged by Gang of Boys

II BOUND AND GAGGED I BY y GANG OF BOYS DOY OY I William Allen Eight Years Old Roughly Used by Hoodlums William Allen S 8 years yal'S old wac wn lashed to n a i Ilo post t anti and gagged Sunday night opposite his home homo 58 jS West Vest Fifth South street StrOet Pt by n a crowd of hoodlums hoodlum and left heft there thero Until o'clock Monday Mon Men Ion Ion- da day morning the boy hoy stood in the tine rain with hi Ills his wrists t and ankles pulsating with pain lIe He was as released from hl his position by a milkman and taken to his home Tine The exposure shattered hi his nerves and 1 lie I Is now nov confined to hi his led bed It was wa necessary ary to summon n t physician to 0 attl attend IHl him hum Allen will tili recover Efforts ate h holIng being ing made mah to learn the tine names of the boys s who hound Allen n to the post While hile Allen Alien was as bound hands and feet his mother Emily A Allen Alien lip 11 was sas the thc city for her hel ho searching over oven boyThe boy The police were notified hut but as os n near ar as ml can be he learned no officer was cle- cle tailed to f search alch 1 Allen had been playing play play- playIng ing lug In Church ChUlch street with some bo boys until about 9 o'clock at night When hen hi he started home another crowd clod chased chase him ilm He lie was wa caught and his I legs gs tle tied He lie fought but buta was a finally gagged a and dragged to a post on CU the sidewalk all where he was tied Ropes HopeR were wre used to o hind bind Aliens Allen's hands and feet and anda a It large handkerchief r was wa folded and andied til tied cl over r his mouth lIe He was vas unable to o yell loud enough to make anybody h han icar r him He lIe stood there for several I I Ih hours In the rain Ills his wrists were cut antI and his ankles swollen Mrs Irs Allen reported l the affair to the tho I police last lt Monday It was turned ver OVi to the Juvenile court antI and an t ic e estimation of the tine ca case c Is now being I Ie ma made e Chief Probate chafe Officer Ch Charles II IL Hahn Halm says ays 11 he knows knovs two of or th the thebo bo loys hoy s. s The will he Ie arrested and annul probably probably ably abl committed ll to In the state industrial school o ol of Ogden n. n