CHILD ELECTROCUTED
CAR OWNER’S THEFT. PRECAUTION. LEADS TO MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Received September 19, 7 p.m.) CHICAGO, September-18. Alfred Vivent, aged thirty-four, a mechanic admitted connecting electric live wires to the window screens and doorhandles of a motor trailer which was parked in his backyard. He was arrested on a charge of manslaughter, following the electrocution of a boy aged five years, who was playing around the trailer. Vivent said that his reason was the,,.recent theft of a wireless set.
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Grey River Argus, 20 September 1937, Page 8
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83CHILD ELECTROCUTED Grey River Argus, 20 September 1937, Page 8
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