 Young also confessed a second time, that he set fire to 16 homes, and that he was also present for Scott Burton's lynching.Young, the first of those charged to be sentenced, was not tried as an adult, but sent to reformatory school.Governor Deneen's offered a reward of $200 (about $5,000 in 2018) to anyone with information about the lynchings; however, he stressed that it was payable only upon a conviction.