Hit by Thrown Brick, Camden Youth May Die

1415 Kaighn Avenue, Philadelphia Inquirer August 9, 1916, Hit by Thrown Brick
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 1916
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Hit by Thrown Brick, Camden Youth May Die Innocent Victim of Street Fight Taken to Cooper Hospital in Dying Condition Struck on the head by a brick thrown in a street fight at Ann and Sycamore streets, Camden, Meyer Pinsky, 16 years old, of 1415 Kaighn avenue, received a fracture of the skull and physicians at the Cooper Hospital fear that he cannot recover. Late last night the boy was still unconscious, efforts of the physicians to revive him having been unsuccessful. Young Pinsky was an innocent victim of a street brawl. He was passing the intersection of Ann and Sycamore streets when a number of other youths are said to have become engaged in a fight. Several bricks are said to have been thrown before Pinsky was struck. The police are making an effort to locate the participants in the fight with the hope of arresting the youth who is responsible of Pinsky's injuries.

Innocent Victim of Street Fight Taken to Cooper Hospital in Dying Condition

Struck on the head by a brick thrown in a street fight at Ann (now Maurice Street) and Sycamore streets, Camden. Meyer Pinsky, 16 years old, of 1415 Kaighn avenue, received a fracture of the skull and physicians at the Cooper Hospital fear that he cannot recover. Late last night the boy was still unconscious, efforts of the physicians to revive him having been unsuccessful.

Young Pinsky was an innocent victim of a street brawl. He was passing the intersection of Ann and Sycamore streets when a number of other youths are said to have become engaged in a fight.

Several bricks are said to have been thrown before Pinsky was struck. The police are making an effort to locate the participants in the fight with the hope of arresting the youth who is responsible of Pinsky's injuries.

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