The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26


buried him on the ground that belong
ed to the party that they we're visiting.
and at that time extended an abou,
here Now. this claremont mansion and
estate was away out OF the city OF New
York az that time. and suppose wen
never have any show Of finding out
exactly where that boy was buried. a.
We would like 10 End his grave. and.
In fact. have come TO America mostly
for that purpose And they could not
have come for much else They we're
both such old men.
well. l asked them what tho name
was. anl enc OF them saii Pollock
20 said again Pollock IN a surprised
way. because | could not help being
surprised; and be said again Pollock.
Then | said. Well. talnk can lnd
that place for you The grave?' they
said. I believe the very grave you
are looking for said I. and then It
was their turn to be quite moved. too
They both said. Well. Il you can do
that We viii be very thankful 10 you
Il took them 10 a knoll about 500
feet away from the tomb. There. right
on the brow OF the river. Is a tomb
sioae-a nice little marble tombstone
The monument stands perhaps six or
seven CT eight feet high. That was the
very thing the strangers we're looking
for. The oae OF them that talked the
most said TO me: The body OF that boy
was placed there In 1871. The folks
that lived In the claremont House at
that time owned all the land around
about here. We are two brothers.
aad n that child had been living now
he would have been our uncle. We thank
you very much for shoslhs IA tho
grave
Il never heard from or OF the old
gentlemen since. They we're 80 anxl-
Gus that Il Is easy to imagine that
tSare might have been some law quos.
tlon-some question Of the success
sion 10 an osiate-inVolyel.
The little graye5tonc was IN danger
OF being destroyed by relic huntcis
who plcked away al u simply because
It was near Grants Tomb. ana they
thought that Il had something TO do
with u. Bu, a railing was put around
Il by the Park Beard TO keep them or.
"Suicldedf Yes, unfortunately there
have been suicides In the nelghborhcoi
OF the Grant Tomb. A good many sho,
themselves. They liked the place be-
hind the little boys grave, The hours
that they generally chose and the hoars
that had TO be looked out for were
tween and o'clock In thc mornlr.
and especially on a dark or stormy
morning: and such mornings what
was to be done? We could hear the re-
port OF the pistol and go to look for
the body when Il was light enough to
see. aad sometimes a body would be
found when no one on duty In the
uelghborhood had heard or could have
heard the report Of plllol.
The people that are at the tomb
now will miss Mrs. Grant When she
lived In New York she was very at
icnilye. She would often be here three
OF four times a week. aud often Col
Fred Grant would be with her. met
Gen. Sherman at the tomb two or three
tines outside OF the formal times when
hc was here when something wa' 90
lng on. lie never had much 10 say. !
have met Gen. Horace po,tcs oficn. lie
Is very ilno man on srd What a lot
OF Southern visitors We agoi to have.
aud / have no, noticed any people
come there with more respect and be-
ter feeling than the southern people.
Mrs Cleveland urcd 30 be often
there. and have seen airCleycland
driving around there hut 70 was whoa
be vas rot President a lot Of ladies
who attended the Claremrni teas would
visit the tomb. used 10 take par
tlcular note Of the Japancae vlsliors
They would come there IN great nnm-