Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Boy Sentenced to Hang November 4, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 4, 1904
Convicted Of Murder Of Hunter In British Columbia
Vancouver,B.C.Nov 2-john Kay.aged 17,was this evening found guilty of murder 
and sentenced to be hanged January 17.The boy is in th elast stages of 
consumption,and it is prbable that he will never live to be hanged.
The crime for which Kay is sentenced was particularly cold blooded.He went to 
a shack occupied by John Spittal,a hunter.Spittal was absent and kay started 
to steal  his rifle and shotgun.Spittal returned and the boy shot him dead.He 
dragged his body into the cabin,placed blankets over it,exchanged his own coat 
and hat for those of the murdered man and started out with the guuns,these he 
sold in Vancouver.
The evidence wa spurely circumstantial.It was a month and a half after the 
crime before the body was found.

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