The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-05

The Evening Telegram of Wednes-
evening gives the following sad account
of the tragic death of two little boys
at ConnOr's Point. The boys failed to
return home from school Tuesday
evening and searchers were out nearly
all night looking for them, and the
opinion prevailed that they had got
into an open freight car and had been
carried off in that way. But this hope
was to be cruelty blasted. We quote
from the Telegram:
Little Gus Swanson, aged eight, and
Elmer Glover, aged seven, of ConnOr's
Point, met with a tragic death last
night while on their way home from
school They stopped to play in the
great sawdust bank back of the office
of the C. s. Murray Lumber Com
pany's Office, and within three minutes
walk of their homes. The dead bodies
were discovered this morning by
teamster named A. Ferguson, who
was getting load of sawdust and
happened to uncover a hand of the
Glover boy. He was greatly startled,
but at once jumped at the right con-
clusion that he had discovered the
Swanson and Glover lads. whose alb
sence from home created much arlarm
on the Point last night. He procured
assistance and the body of the little
fellow was taken out. Mr.. Swanson
heard of the discovery of the Glover
boy, and almost frantic with despair,
he procured a shovel and commenced
to dig in the great heap of sawdust.
feeling sure that his son had fallen a
victim also, yet hoping against hope
that he was not there. The body Of
his son was found shortly afterward
and only a short distance from the
body of the Glover boy. At the the
time the Glover boy was found his
father, c. ii. Gloyey. was at police
headquarters and arrangements with
Chief Paden were being made for
thorough search today. The discovery
Of the bodies was made about nine
O'clock.
An Evening Telegram reporter Wis.
tied the scene of the accident shortly
after the bodies were discovered. 1t
was a sad spectacle. and the curious
thrOng that had gathered there were
impressed with the scene of death.
Under an old piece of large figured
calico could be discerned the outline OF
the two bodies lying side by side. their
heads resting upon 4 piece of slab.
The cloth was removed for an instant
ane the bloody, discolored faces and
broken limbs OF the little fellows WAS
something terrible to view. They
were nearly of the same size and were
dressed neatly and very much alike i'll
brown suits an caps.
The story of the fate Of the Lads is
easily understood, now that the dead
bodies have been found. The big
sawdust bank is fully fifteen feet high
and covers considerable territory.
Teams have been busy hauling from
the pile for several weeks. The top
crust, for a thickness of two feet. was
frozen quite solid, us the dust was
wet, and the teamSters tnnneled under
to get at the dry dust The result was
that a cave of considerable size and
length was dug. 1t was a fayOrile
place tor some of the boys in the neigh
borhood to play. Yesterday being a
mild day, the frost in the Overhanging
crust relaxed somewhat. The natural
conclusion is that the boys, Gus Swan
son and Elmer Glover, stopped to play
in the cave on their way home from
school, and that while thus engaged
the bank fell in and caught them.
What adds to the sad character of the
incident is the fact that the mothers
of the two children are both ill. The
news was broken to them as gently as
possible, but both of them are over
come with grief.