Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-28
POSSESSED BY A DEVIL.
Remarkable Cgse IN Boston A Mere Child
Guilty Of Horrible crueltyzHe Strips
Boys and Cruelty BeatS and Mutilatep
Them--No Motive but Deviltry.

The Boston Journal, of ptember DIST,
saysi In Our morning Issue of Friday brief
mention was made Of the arrest of Jesse
Pomdroy, fourteen years Of age, ON a
charec of mutilatihg Rjbcit Gould, boy
Of five yeats. Pomefoy eutieed the other
hoy away from home ON Tuesday after
noon, aud by threats compelled hun to 90
with him to AN obscure place on the linc Of
the Boston, Hartford aud Erie Raj rad,
where he made Robert strip IL msclf Of his
cinthinv. whun pOmeroy ird MIN to a
to graph pole aud emf iun wuh knife
about the htnf. Soon after The Arrest was
made. Harry Austin, arOth'r yrrih, ~
sid NJ in South Boston, " . brought TO
the ststiuu-h .u.e. aud ilr ii led L unelUy
as the patty who stripped him on the fih
% tugR and inflicted three wounls II
his back and d1fd IN his groin. These dis
closures led the officers 10 suppose that
u,netyy had committed The assaults in
Cholsen. Soniervilie and Charlcstown,
which had 80 excited ne people ot those
cities on account OF the brutality exhibited,
and learning thai until within few weeks
he had lived IN the lal.cr city, tue suspl-
ciiis az the officers Wtr5 strens lhenrd.
Httt'fl wttke ago twO rs In b ls,,t
we've found M ali Ouih0Hse On Powder
Horn Mn, IN nudi tdiidiliUi, mud
ttd by the hands to II b am aGIve
Their h ldics were badly lsc rated by the
lash Of whip, which h ID hr'n used by q
third party several years their senior,
whom they described 10 the T. ili,e Pub
Nc inYlE KY. was "'ouS'uf "9u " reward
81 Fi'"uo WIS u"VIon ~ tur 81 o
n'l7" Vt lhe aPpiehun,sl"" W we ViIt'h'
\" ltss imam seventeen h'uef Nv u'I7 wee
"Hrs'e' sW-ll' on OF h'Nins co'hul tltH
the rilno p"l Wee d'sNbail re- H. Atholgh
ne he 30" Au"lr soon repeated ils'i W
.hh' i'sl" ~ ana hes' u, 10 cue was
lnupu ny w 'l tue PeIp u"."I uoulu NC
c'"shl' "h'n tne ~ W. 81 lVm.ioy
",''S' ~"H '''N'u, Wy VA w. PiuIyi
81 Nh'ls'"' ]" vol'il"ny WIN tne uutH'
INC !" tn's wy, u,''r"y WIS uI"ueh'
lro,i us ''l' ~ w" l"''"H ""u u" 9onh'I
nag Nc etePl'u mo 'hu l"son once lnah
l"'le 'unh'N y, ~ N,'l y,"lH OF hge,
'N '"'ie'' w" w" We" Guy mrl
"n' "lI'e"''" !" "o wv VN'' ~ no u's'
eoVery'
other boys ASH Identified fonefoy, who
sunselutn' y confessed To having "en 'ht
anhor OF numerous, ullhg,s' lie said he
WAS very sorry ioi what ne ma done ana
could not tell VII omWed h'm I" do II
40 a quiet ami peaceful hey 10 II mum
m rot lnsuhcrs hr ma cut small hoes nm
dtl 'arh ~ tue tN's 81 49," raj boys faces,
Whrh lvhVes men diaigurod Tor life /;
WhNe IN o'h'r cAs,H NJ sANued theln IN
we lhlghs ana olllrr loil Gus 81 the hody
ne se'Hlvu 10 hrIlshl ~ 10 'WrlnS MS We
t''l7' anu lhN'h hlugrthor' ms ease Is
one Of the most rehla'kahlr on record.
ne case WIS hchfu before Judge FOR
snWh NrsleIdny afternoon. Tue com
Walht cha'etd I"lheluy WIN an assault
WIN hhllr on john Been, seven years
81 age at Chelshai Wi the 2Sd Of july :
Tracy u. Haven, seven ycais ni ngr, at
chelsea, On the @sd Ut July Henry Aus
tln' rlEht years ni age,ht south bnston, ON
the 9TH Of September Joseph Kennedy,
seven years Of age, at SOuth Boston, On
the l7th Of s,lhcmhcr; George Pratt
seven years OF age, At Snutn Boston. Oh
the iTfh of Auwust IN all thr.p 4. li,,,ri-
rionsahc dyieu,irnt Pleaded guilty. and he
admitted that the statement made hy the
boys in reference to the facts were true.
The mother of Pomrrnv. who resides nt
| Nu. Gl3 Broadway. south Boston. stated
| that Jesse was a very dutiful and ob dirni
son. aud -Irr,,,r had reason 10 stisncct
| the tendencies which have been dry,lored
| in him. nj drpi.t,ncnt at The Blrrlow
sclrlul wa. excellent and he stood wei in
| lis class. tie was Twelve wears old in
| November last. and she had mo reason ia
| ~npoS,. that ANYTHING was wrong ahout
| him. JUDGE Fot,nith. after a consultation,
A. 10 the place for Pom, ro, X confinement
| whrr,. a.. wnulI ia, the lru't ti,hlp In rnn.
| tAmiu,t,,. nthrr bovs. ,l.,ilrd ia send him
| Ia thr IIousc of Reformation dnring nj,
nuriy. and he was conveyed To Deer