Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1917 — Dare Ended in Boy's Death. [ARTICLE]

Dare Ended in Boy's Death.

Scranton.Pn — While playing around railroad tracks, George Alexander, aged 12 years, was dared by playmates to climb a pole ahd touch an electric w&e. On reaching the top he grasped a carrying 2,000 volts and his dead body fell to the ground.