"Candy May Have Killed Him." 26 May 1899. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 30 Sept. 2006
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When your parents told you never talk to strangers did you listen? Brownville was an area well known for the large number crimes and it was a sure thing that parents would have told their children never to talk to strangers. It was a place where good wholesome families could lose their love ones at anytime. On May 26th 1899 a ten year old boy by the name of Leon Glassberg was killed by the consumption of poisoned candy. The young boy lived with his parents; his father was a Rabbi who taught Hebrew at his house. Many of the village children would attend the Hebrew lessons. The family was well respected and no one knew why such a tragedy had occurred.
Leon Glassberg consumed a poisoned candy that he got from some Stranger on the street. All night long he cried out for a pain in his stomach. The pain finally subsided at about 3 o' clock. The pain returned shortly after 5, more intense than before. It was not until about 6 o' clock in the morning that the family called a doctor. Sadly enough, it was too little too late, by the time the doctor arrived little Leon had passed on to the other side.
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