The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-06
JOSEY SULLIVAN.

NOT ABDUCTED, BUT LOST IN THn HAS-A SAD
STORY.
The mystery which has hung over the fate Of Josey
Sullivan for the past three weeks has at last been
solved but in such way will carry sadness to many
hearts besides those of the bereaved parents About
three weeks ago the child reported at Police Head
quarters as missing His father Mr. Dennis Sullivan,
OF No aI2 Greenwich street, thinking that be had been
abducted made every effort in his power TO discover
his whereabouts Detectives were employed, largo
reward offered, and tho father himself neg
lecting his business, personally attended 10 the
search and eagerly followed up every supposed Chew.
All his efforts we're unavaillng, however, and the
parents began lose all hope OF learning the fate
of their child when suddenly by tho merest accident
tho Of his disappearance cleared
beyond doubt on the corner Of Laight and Washing
ton streets just around the corner from the house
where Josey Sullivan lived is the hay and feed OF
Messrs Devine Rush The keeper Of tho store while
removing yesterday afternoon at three O'Clock, some
OF the bales OF hay had been Sold proruding
from under OF the bales the leg of young child
He Immediately notified his landlord and then conveyed
the intelligence TO the Fifth precinct police station in
Leonard street The advanced state of decomposition
in which the body found coupled with the length
Of time that had elapsed since the loss Of Josey Su
van led Mr. Devne infer that this might be the long
missing child.
A clerk was summoned from the store OF Mr. sun-
van and Mr. Michael Sullivan, hts brother, also
called from his place OF business. They both con-
frmed these suspicious, identifying the child by his
clothes and the color Of his hair, Ofcer Albers
at once detailed to keep watch over the remains and
several others stationed the street TO keep
away the crowd which began TO collect around the
doors OF the store where the body was found.
The body lay wedged in between two bales Of hay
A. tan Of fhn Grutl from Tho hQ ptlA
had been Eve tiers high, and there marks in the
next tier which had not been moved The print OF
the child's body clearly seen the hay where
he had worked himself down from the top Of
the pile. The bales being placed slightly apart
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on little calico Dress blue flannel underskirt with
capped shoes and white stockings. II was by these
that he identified as the features were destroyed
TO render all attempts at recognition impossible
Josey Sullivan well known to the members OF the
firm and all their employees He often tho habit
OF coming their Office to play with the kept
there Many other children of the neignborhood were
accustomed TO steal into the building to play in the hay
but this prevented far possible by the
Ii clearly evident from the mute testimony OF the
bales OF hay that Josey Sullivan, who often played
around there, shipped In unknown 10 any one, and
climbed up on top OF the tiers There was window
top Of the part where he had been climbing, and
perhaps his childish curiosity had been excited TO
reach IL In order to have q view OF the street On
arriving at the top of the tier he must have slipped
down between the bales, winch were but loosely put
together. Becoming frightened he must have strug-
gled and thus worked hts body the horizontal posi-
ton in which he found. His cries would hardly
have been heard outside the premises owing to the
deadening effect the hay would have sound Life
must have been extinct in few hours IL would have
been very difficult for him 10 breathe In the position In
which he discovered
The load of hay where he was found formed part Of
139 bales received the 9th Of September and which
when stored covered the entire side Of the house Mr.
Devne expected another load last Saturday and should
this have arrived II would have been stored on the
side OF the house. and the discovery would have
/ been deferred at least Ave months more
About eight O'Clock In the evening permit was re-
coived at the police station from the Coroner allowing
/ the body TO be removed Mr. Sullivan, who bad been
notified of the finding Of the corpse viewed the remains
and then sent for an undertaken II was not unh
quarter OF ten that the latter arrived but the body was
Immediately taken TO the house OF Mr.. Sullivan Inc
\ decomposition had been so far advanced thai the
/ clothes had TO be cut from the child's body.
This Is the sad answer TO the queries which the pub
lie supposina the chd's have been similar 70
that OF Charley Ross has been asking itseh snOo ms
disappearance