Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1882 — Five Little Boys Buried Alive. [ARTICLE]

Five Little Boys Buried Alive.

A dispatch from St. Joseph, Mo., says • Tho city was thrown into a fever of excitement by the announcement that five boys had been buried alive. An investigation proved the truth of the report It seems that a half-doz-en boys had carved out a huge cave in the bank, which they used as headquarters for spending their idle time. One afternoon five of tho party went out to their oavo to read, and that is the last seen of th-m alive. About 430 or 5 a sixth boy went out to the rendezvous and found it bad caved in. He felt fearful that his companions might be under the earth, but a man who was near by laughed at his nonsense. The boy, not willing to give up, began' tearing the dirt away with a stick, and soon discovered an arm which protruded up. This satisfied the youth, and in a few moments a half-dozen men were removing dirt, and soon the dead bodies of five boys were taken out. The names of the boys are Nick Kell, aged 16; Allen Rhodes, 9 ; Sam Montgomery, 8 ; John Montgomery, 14; and Nick Garrish, 17. The heart of the latter still throbbed feebly when he was taken out. but soon ceased.