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Show Hit by a Stone and Killed. New York, July 5. Henry Alexander, Alexan-der, 19 years old, died in the Hempstead poorhouse on Monday afternoon of a fracture of his spine. He was employed em-ployed on the farm of Gotlieb Meyers, at Island Tree, about seven miles from Hempstead. While he was in a tree picking cherries, on Friday afternoon, a crowd of boys, between 18 and 15 years old, gathered about the place and began throwing stones at him. A stone struck him over the right eye, stunning him. He fell head first from the tree, striking the ground on his shoulders. 1 ho boys fled. Alexander was unconscious uncon-scious when he was taken into the farm house. He was conscious at intervals afterward, but was unable to tell who his assailants were. Ou Sunday he was removed to the poorhouse. Dr.'Rhaines found that the spine between tho shoulders was badly fractured. Coro-nor Coro-nor Horton weut to Island Tree to find out the names of the boys and have them arrested. |