The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-03
THREE BOYS BURIED ALIVE
MISSING LITTLE CtIE DIGGERS
IOIND RI 4 DOG.
First saw q white Arm ProtrudinE From
the Diri-Nade Fuss After the Boys
Hody VAS Taken out Further search
Discovered bodies OF Two Others.

discovered Bodies OF Two Others.
A. noon yesterday Alexander sullivan.
years 81 age, lettering with his fox ter
rier spot thought that before he went
TO lunch at his home. ~ Howard avenue
he would give Spot a run in the big vacant
triangular lot bounded 10y Howard ave-
nue.. Broadway and Madison street in
Brooklyn.
IL - an enticing lot for boys and dogs
because II has deep. irregular eNcava-
tions IN the soft sand and loose gravel
where caves are easily made. Young
Alexander entered from Howard street.
went down tho broad inclined .Ncava-
ton and watched spot fisk and bark
and dig with HIS paws about little caves
where the scent Vt childish cave diggers
fingered
Then Spot turned into the narrow
trench fifteen feet deep and about ~
broad running along the Broadway side
Il the lot and suddenly there was note
in the terriers bark that puzzled Alex
ander aud frightened him too He called
spot hut the terrier instead of obeyinR
called his master There WAS no doubt
about that the dog was calling eagerly.
anXiouslv II was bit lonely down
there IN the narrow trench with a ten
foot fence hiding Broadway and NO other
person IN the ln' for work has been
stopped temporarily
Bu' spot was strangely insistent and
the Young master went 10 where tn" dog
stood v-lping dIsma,v He WAS dis
tre~sed because he saw protrudinR from
the sand ~ the bottom ~ the trench
the bare stIh arm - a child Alexander
saw too and ran As fast 49, ne could oui
10 Howard avenue where he found Police
man Hoffman and told him Of Spots
discovery Hoffman returned with the
boy ana promptly sent word ~ the I5tth
precinct station house a few hlocNs
awav and turned IN an alarm for tlr"
fTuCk u. Master sullivan saw a Bush
wick Hospital ambulance" Passing and
stopped n and IN few minutes police
and hremen, digging carefully m m"
running sand brought out Of u the body
of Alfred Sohn wears old. The ambu-
lance doctor took tn. body across IN.
way 'o the hospital and police and fire.
men shook their heads and sald II was
a sad story for some mother tn near.
But spot still yelp-d dlsmally and
slipped away 10 the station hnus" and
looked over the record ~ missing chit
dren What he saw made him hurry
back Ia the excavation. and then the
Nrenen ana I"ll'e aug u'rl"T INTO inc
sand and gravel AZ the bottom Of the
trench near une Of IN" dangerous sides
The bodies Of two more children wrT"
found John Sohn years old, brother
81 the boy first found and Alfred Nsrhas.
wears old Across the way IN the hos
pltal DR. JAYNE and Dr Holden exam
med IN" bodies and Sad that az IN" boys
had been dead sufocAtsd many hours
probably tWelv. a. east
The three children lived with their
Il
Madison street. less than block awav
from the vacant lot After dinner on
Monday evening they ~sn' out together
10 PLAY Apparently they thouGht Their"
would ~ time hefOT-. dark 10 dig b'g
cav" IN the side Of the trench. and .Ni.
IDENTIFY they dug n bug one. for the -and
slid. which came down seemed to haN"
cut them N completely hurylng them.
all hat a little of the arm Spot discovered
When dark came their parents searched
the neighborhood. int Il vas not until
Yesterday morning that they notified
tho police that IN" three children wer"
nIssInE
some time ago secured nv lease or pur-
rha-s all the lots composing IN" tri.
am 81. described Possession - all wAs
secured except a small lot ~ IN" corner
~ BrnAdwav and Madison stree Vhsr"
the tenant - a li''ie shop -'lii remained
Williams employed John MALTA .vpu-
tractor for such work t. Dig a foundation
for theatre and ~" work was carried
IN AZ far ~ u could - without sndan ger
lug the h'''s corner shop Then w0rN
wa~ stoIpai and IN" lot Was enclosed
with high fence All OTenlng t-''ug
I"'' AZ fhs Incl. "a here teams and w51g-
uns entered and l.f' the oNCavatiIn
N"ighru-hDod boys had found N" face
- N" cuts tempting ground f'r CAV"
digging and y'--'srda" vne noticed tn"r.
many small caves mad. hv novS
But they" d. no more digging vsst"r-
dAv although a 'ruV-and h"v- 'rl"d hard
to- pass m" police lines INTO m" 10y and
a, 'te same time dodge hundreds - az.
zush"d parents wallinE fpr thorn or al
~" surrounding streets