, 1874-04-24
CRIME.
Horrible Boy Murder Near Boston,
Mass.
Account Of the Double Murder In
Stonington, Conn.
Other Criminal Items.
Shocking BoY~murdcr Near B0ston.-
The Murderer Confcxsc..

Shocking BoY-Murdcr Near Boston.
! The Murderer Confc&scn.
Special Dispatch to The CHICAGO Tribune.
BosroN, April 23.-The shocking murder com
mitted yesterday On tho Dorchester Flats, q
Highwood, has been rapidly traced to Its author
| and there is no doubt that Jesse Pomeroy com
! mltted tho deed. Owing to the diabolical Wa,
| in which the little fellow, who WAS only yeart
! Of age, WAS stabbed aud mutilated, suspicious
| were at once directed to the Pomeroy boy, who
Was sent to the Reform School last year for cut
ting and u,utating several small boys, only less
seriously, i'll Chelsea, two years ago, and who
had only been month released. He WAS at
once arrested, but in the most unconcogned way,
be denied knowing anything about il.
To-day, however, be was taken to tho under
takers office, and for the first time showed some
feeling. He seemed to dread it, and had to be
led into the room. He said he knew the boy,
and in reply to q direct question whether he
killed him or not, he replied: IL did" He had
previously said: 81 guoEs did, but ho didn't
remember, and said il he did he didn't know why
he did. Ho refused to look at the body, and
kept his hond steadily in another direction. He
then, for the first time, seemed to realize what
he had done, and said he WIS sorry il he had
done ANYTHING wrong. In reply to question as
to what ho thought ought to DO done, he said:
"put me somewhere sol can't do such things"
Ito tue Assoctdttd Eress.]
BosToS, April 23.-The body OF Horace Hull
len, ~ years, WAS found yesterday in q marsh
near Dorchester, horribly murdered. The head
was nearly severed from the body, and there
were besides about thirty stab wounds. The
ch1ld was the son Of poor parents. ThoEe is no
clew yet to the murderer.
Edward Pomeroy, aged Is, who wasrecently par
donod from the State Reform School, to which
institution ho was sentenced for cutting ana mu-
t1ating young children, has'been arrested. He
is suspected of numbering the child. He WAS
to-day taken to the undcrtakcr's and shown the
body Of his victim. When asked il be ever saw
the boy before, be said: Yes. but
DON'T WANT 70 LOOK At H1aI ANT MORE"
He trembled all over while in the room, and
showed evidence Of guilt. When asked how he
got the blood of the knife. hs said be did it By
thrtisting 1t into the ground Of the marsh. He
said il he did tho decd, he WAS sorry for 1t; and
hoped his mother would not know about it.
After loolsing at the body, Detective Woods asked
hun If he did that (refering to cutting uereplied
ayes. KILLED HIM"
And On the way back from the undertakers ho
said, in answer to questions, 'I suppose killed
him." Detective Woods then asked him what he
thought ought to be done with him, aud ho
things" Pomeroy has been taken from the |
cell to the Charles Street Jail |
The child cut in similar pnrts Of the body as
wero the children whom he mutlIatel !
in Chelsea and South Boston, Polneroys |
mother is dressmaker living On Broadway,
South Boston, and is d worthy and highly |
[espected woman. Tho youth is undoubtedly |
n6ane. /