Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, September 1, 1884, p. 1. KICKED TO DEATH Lexington, Ind., Aug. 31-This evening about eight o'clock, the 5-year-old son of Melvin Chasteen, who lives near this place, was sent to his father's stable to get a horse. The boy walked up behind the animal and slapped its leg when, with terrific force, the horse kicked the boy with both feet in the breast and face killing him instantly.