In all cities unexpected trajedies occur without warning. In large cities they often go unnoticed or if noted are quickly forgotten given the pace of life in the present world. This was not the case in Sioux Falls in 1887 when the population was about 10,000 persons. It was in this year a tragedy occured that was remembered long after the fact, particularly since it involved a child. That child was Albert Gallatin Seney, a boy of four years of age, son of Augustus Seney.