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Show Boy Rune Railroad Gates. A ten-year-old boy operating the safety gates at the Grand avenue. Corona, Co-rona, crossing of the Long Island railroad, the other night led to the' discovery In bis shanty of the gate-man. gate-man. Michael Francis, cither Intoxicated Intoxi-cated or overcome by the beat A telephone message brought Special Spe-cial Officer O. W. Howard of the rail road and he arrested Francis on a charge of Intoxication. Before Magistrate Mag-istrate Connolly In the Flushing police po-lice court Francis said be had drunk a little, but was affected by the beat and the magistrate suspended sentence. sen-tence. The name of the boy who took charge of the gates could not be learned, but It Is said that bs worked the levers for two hours. Express Ex-press and local trains rushed by through. ::t LU ku-iujpoed term ol duly snd the toy worked the t.stes like a vetervi. |