New-York tribune., 1911-11-15
BOYS BODY FOUND
ON PILE OF LUMBER
Police Think Little Fellow Was
Hit by Auto. Whose 0CCu-
pants Hid Him Away.
DEAD ONLY HALF AN HOUR
Detectives Examine Dozens of
Machines at Boxing Club, but
Fail to Find Any Evi-
dence of Killing.

In the finding Of the body Of Howard
Mangold. a six-year- -old boy Of No. 254
! East 18th street last night on a pile Of
building material at the southeast cor
ner of 18th street and Third avenue the
police of the Alexander avenue station.
| in The Bronx. have a mystery on their
| hands. The lads body was found fully
| six feet above the street level. His back
was broken and he had severe internal
| injuries His clothing bore mud stains,
as though the body had been dragged
along the street for several yards before
being dropped on the pile of lumber. He
had been dead not more than half an
hour when found.
The police are inclined to believe the
! Mangold boy was struck by an automo-
bile and that this automobile was going
to the Fairmont Athletic club, at 18TH
street and Third avenue. when it ran
down The boy. The club was holding
boxing bouts last night and, as is the
custom on such occasions. the street was
filed with constant procession of ma
chimes.
II is believed that the occupants Of
the car. after their machine had hurled
the boy To one side, jumped from the
automobile and hastily picked up the
body Finding that the boy was dead
or fatally injured, il is thought they
placed the body on the pile of building
material and then set off in the car in
a northerly direction, not waiting to view
the prizefghts.
Nicola Cineli. of No. 242O Beaumont
avenue The Bronx, streetcar con-
ductor. was walking north in Third ave-
nue. about = o'clock, when he saw dark
object lying across the heap of boards.
The obstruction in the street was placed
there by the contractors who have the
contract for the erection of the new
building of the North side Board Of
Trade on that site.
Something unusual about the object on
the boards caught Cnellis attention,
and ne climbed up on the pile to make
closer investigation. It was then he
made the discovery that it was boys
body. now rapidly being covered by the
falling snow. He ran 10 13sth street
and Third avenue, where he found
Patrolman Cannon. of the Alexander
avenue station. He went back with the
patrolman and pointed out the body to
him. and Cannon called an ambulance
from Lincoln Hospital. DR.. Thurston,
who responded. said the boy had been
dead only a short time
At the home of Howard's parents.
scarcely half a block from the place
where the body was found it was learned
that Howard had left the house at 7:15
o'clock to visit a boy friend Nothing is
known Of his movements from that time
until his body was found.
DR.. Thomas Curtin. Cororer's Physi-
clan. examined the body, end said the
boy had either been run over by truck
or an automobile. He gave permit for
it's removal.
Detectives from the Alexander avenue
station at once began an investigation.
They made minute examination of the
dozens of automobiles in front Of the
Fairmont Club, hoping to find evidence
on the wheels or running gear To prove
that the boy had been struck. In this
they were unsuccessful. therefore 1t IS
supposed that the machine and its OCcu-
pants did not stop at the club, but hur-
ried on.