Stabbed Over Penny

Attack Probably Fatal When Victim Decides Winner.

Philadelphia, May 25. - During a fight over a penny 15-year-old Abe Danzig was probably fatally stabbed by Herman Brown, age 13. Danzig and Joseph Fliegelman, it is said were pitching pennies and called upon young Brown to decide the winner. He decided against Danzig, who then attacked him.

Brown, according to the police drew a knife from his pocket and stabbed Danzig in the abdomen.

--Warren Evening Mirror, Warren, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1909, page 6.