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tBOY S PRANKResults in His Arrest by Detectivescl]1i£iRaymond Dean Cot a Train Causing Some Damage—Charged With MaliciousDestruction,Raymond Dean, a little ten-year-old fellow, son of George Dean, was arrested this morning by Erie detectives, Fenstermaker and Edge-worth, on a charge of malioious destruction of property. On Wednes- ? day young Dean was playing near 1 the C. E. water tank, when a ® freight train was pulling slowly on to a sidetrack, The boy, just for ^ fun, ran up and pulled the draw * bar which controls the emergencybrake. The train was stopped in *sfcantly and cut in two, ruinning Ithe air hose, breaking the bar and a large knuckle in the engine and causing twenty-tive dollars1 damage. The boy had learned the trick from a brakeman while living c at Van Buren, but said he didn't c know it would hurt anything. He admitted his guilt and said he was {^ willing to serve a jail sentence for one week as a punishment for his carelessneess. Prosecutor Moron had a call to Kirkland townsh p and the case was postponed for a day or two, the toy being sent home until wanted.c\saec•mmm(
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Decatur Daily Democrat
Decatur, Indiana, US
Fri, May 26, 1905
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