Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy
Author: first_name: Jesse
last_name: Pomeroy
Language: English
Year: 1875

Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massachusetts.  He was sent to reform school for a year and released.  Shortly after his release, the body of a young boy was found mutilated almost beyond recognition.  Then the body of a young girl was discovered in the basement of the building which Jesse's mother had rented to run her small dressmaking shop.  Jesse would be tried and found guilty of the two mur