Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1908 — LIFE SENTENCE [ARTICLE]

LIFE SENTENCE

Given Negro Hoy Who Murdered a. Woman For Discharging Him. Savannah. Ga.. November 11.— Solomon Reilly, a negro boy 10 years old and small for his age. Was yesterday glvsi a life sentence/ for the murder of Mrs. Walter Tof J rence at Pooler, near this city. Mrs. Torrence for whom the boy had-| been working* discharged him, and' the following nay he shot her. kill- i fng her instantly. The boy stated j that be did the shooting because "she did not have any right to Are me."