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Show BROTHERS MURDER 1DAH0RAHGHER YOUTHFUL THIEVES SHOT DOWN MAN WITH HIS OWN GUN I AFTER ROBBING HIM. Eleven and Twelve-Year-Old Boys Confess to Brutal Crime After Being Caught in Act of Robbing Rancher. Twin Falls, Idaho. Lynn and Harold Har-old Lovelace, 11 and 12 years of age, were held by a coroner's jury here for the murder of Prof. Thomas Ham-ill, Ham-ill, a teacher from Carson, Nev., whose body was found near his homestead, forty-five miles south of Twin Falls. The two boys were apprehended near Buhl, twenty miles west of Twin Falls, Sunday evening, six days alter the murder. They had traveled about 120 miles with Hamill's horse and light wagon, sleeping in the sagebrush sage-brush without bedding and thinly clad. They had with them supplies which they had taken from Hamill's house, also eight guns and revolvers of various var-ious kinds. They also had stolen guns and other things from ranches along the way. Upon arrest the boys confessed the crime, admitting that they had robbed Professor Hamill's house a week ago Sunday while he was absent. Returning Return-ing the next day Professor Hamill went to a neighboring ranch where th Lovelace boys were and forced them to return the stolen property. He started to take the boys to another neighbor, but they escaped. The boys returned to Professor Hamill's home, arriving there before him, armed with rifles, and awaited his return. Hamill ordered the boys away, but they retreated into the house and covered him with his own guns. He parleyed and asked for food, and after they came out Lynn stood guard over him while Harold entered the cabin to get him some bread. Hamill grabbed the younger boy. Lynn ordered Harold to sheot. The bullet passed so close to Harold, whom Professor Hamill held in front of him as a shield, that It tore a hole in the boy's undergarment, after which it struck Professor Hamill in the eye, penetrating the brain. Professor Hamill Ham-ill died instantly. The boys kicked the body aside and then left in a wagon and drove 120 miles over a trackless country in six days, camping out at night. They were headed for Lebanon, Ore., where they said a grandfather lived. Their stepfather went to Colorado two weeks ago, leaving them with neighbors from whom they ran away. |