The Red Cloud chief., 1896-05-22
LITTLE TOMB NEAR GRANTS.

LITTLE TOMB NEAR GRANTS.
buried him on the ground that belong
ed to the party that they were visiting.
and at that time extended all about
here. Now. this Clarcmont mansion and
estate was away out of the city of New
York at that time, and | suppose Wen
never have any show Of finding out
exactly where that boy was buried, AMI
we would like to find lis grave, and,
in fact. have come to America mostly
for that purpose And they could not
have come for much else. They were
both such old men.
We'll, ] asked them what the name
was. anu one OF them SAID Pollock
so | said again Pollock? in a surprised
way. because ] could NOT help being
surprised; and he said again Pollock
Then | said. Well. | think | can find
that place for you The graye?' they
said. i believe the very grave you
are looking for said |, and then ii
was their turn to be quite moved, too.
They both said, Wen. If you can do
that we will be very thankful to you
Il took hem TO a knoll about 500
feet away from the tomb. There. right
OH the brow of the river. Is a tomb
stone-a nice little marble tombstone.
The monument stands perhaps six or
or eight feet high. That was the
very thing the strangers were looking
for. The one of them that talked the
mast said TO me: The body of that boy
was placed there in 1897. The folks
that lived in the Claremont House at
that time owned all the land around
about mere. We are two brothers,
and If that child had been living now
he would have been our uncle. We thank
you very much for showing us the
grave
Il never heard from or OF the old
gentlemen since. They were so anXi-
Gus that ii Is easy to imagine that
there might have been some law ques-
tion-som question of the success
sion to IN estate involved.
The little gravestonc was in danger
Of being destroyed by relic hunters
who picked away at 1t simply because
II was near Grants Tomb. and they
thought that it had something to do
with II. But a railing was put around
it by the Park Board to keep them of.
"Suicided? Yes, unfortunately there
have been suicides in the ~neighborhood
Of the Grant Tomb. a good many shot
themselves. They liked the place be-
hind the little boys grave. The hours
that they generally chose and the hours
that had TO be looked out for were be-
tween ! and 3 O'Clock in the morning
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. and sometimes a body would be
found when no one on duty in the
neighborhood had heard or could have
heard the report Of a pistol.
The people that are at the tomb
now will miss Mrs. Grant. When she
lived in New York she was very at
tcntive. She would often be here three
or four times a week, and often Col.
Fred Grant would be with her. | met
''H Nv iAh ~ ~ oiip tWo " tHIft
times outside Of the formal times when
he was here when something was GO
ing on. lie never had much to say. /
have met Gen. Horace Porter often. He
Is a very fine man. Oh, and what a lot
Of Southern visitors we used to have,
and | have not noticed any people
come there with more respect and bet
ter feeling than the Southern people.
Mrs, Cleveland used to be often
there, and ! have seer Mr. Cleveland
driving around there, but 1t was when
he was not President. A lot of ladies
who attended the Claremont teas would
visit the tomb. ! used to take par
ticular note of the Japanese visitors.
They would come there in great num-