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Show BOV KILLED BY FALLING BRICK Salt Lake, May 23. Alfred Goodrich, Good-rich, 17 years old, a news agent, who conducted a stand at Third South and Main streets, was fatally injured a few minutes before 5 o'clock yesterday yester-day afternoon when a brick fell from tho top floor of the Walker skyscraper skyscrap-er and struck him on the head while he was conversing with a friend at the newspaper stand In Main street, a few paces north of tho corner. As the brick fell It struck tho highest high-est cornice of tho now building and broko in two pieces, glancing out far enough to fall outside of tho sidewalk side-walk covorlng erected to protect pedestrians. pe-destrians. The lighter piece grazed the shoulder and leg of David Cand-land, Cand-land, with whom young Goodrich wai talking, while tho heavier piece struck the Goodrich boy squarely on tho head, fracturing "the skull badly and stretching him unconscious upon tho pavement An emergency call was sent In and the Injured youth was rushed to St Mark's hospital, whero Dr. Ira K. Humphrey, who had been summoned by tho James Stewart company, brought ovory resource to bear to save the boy's life. The young man never regainod consciousness and died at C IS o'clock. Goodrich was tho son of Mrs. J. E. Munsey and went with her and his step-father, J. E. Munsey, Mun-sey, to testify In the McNamara trial at" Los Angeles Mr. Munsey had left the labor temple tem-ple In Second East street and passed tho corner where the accident occurred occur-red while a large 'crowd was still assembled. as-sembled. He then first learned the news. Mrs. Munsey had been prevl ously .informod and was prostrated. Doth reached the hospital by automobile automo-bile and were present when tho bov oxplred. The body was removed to Eber W. Hall's undertaking establishment establish-ment and the funeral will be held at tho close of the week. Goodrich had conducted a news stand at the northwest corner of Main and Third South street for some time, being In the employ of Frank Polen-ski. Polen-ski. Ho was a familiar figure and held a place of high esteem among those with whom he worked and associated as-sociated He camo hero from Colorado eight years ago with his mother, who lhcs at tho Monterey hotol, 372 1-2 South Main street. |