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    2. Susan Bedson
    3. Hi All, This is a newspaper article - very old and barely legible. There is no name of newspaper on it. If anyone knows who this family is I sure would love to hear from you. It is part of my family but I don't know just how. My husband was born at this address - his mother was a Kelly. Best, Sue Torn corner - BOY KILLED BY HALSEY STREET CAR Howard Kelly struck Down While at Play (hand written - Citizen, April 25, 1908) Lad Ran in Front of It. Two Little Companions Witnessed the Affair-Women Passengers Become Hysterical While playing with his little companions in the street yesterday afternoon, ten-year-old Howard Kelly, who lives with his parents at No. 228 Halsey street, was knocked down and run over by a Halsey street car and was instantly killed. The outside wheel of the car ran over the middle of the little chap's body, breaking the spinal column and mangling the body terribly. The motorman was arrested on a charge of himicide. >From the account of the accident given by the boy's playmates, James and Myron Beil, seven and ten years old, respectively, who live at No. 203 Halsey street, the accident occurred shortly before 6 o'clock on Halsey street near Marey avenue. The threes boys had been rolloing hoops and, just before the car came along, they were in the gutter, struggling over the possession of a hoop. Howard succeeded in getting it away from the others and darted acrossed the tracks with the Beil boy in full chase. West-bound car No. 2526 was coming along at what witnesses describe an ordinary rate and Howard darted directly in front of it. He went down between the fender and the forward truck went over him before Motorman Peter Snider of No 696 Hancock Street stopped the car. The boy's body was clear of the rails when he was lifted out. Officer Harry Thompson was on post half a block away and he ran to the spot when he saw the crowd and placed Snider under arrest. The accident was witnessed by a number of people, but no one attempted to molest the motorman, who was much distressed over the accident. Some of the women passengers in the car became hysterical when they were told the little fellow was dead. Snider was arraigned in the Gates avenue court to-day on a charge of homicide and was held in $2,000 for examination on May 10. Bonds were furnished by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

    12/04/1998 03:04:30