The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-28
THE BOY MURDERER.
A JUVENILE FIEND.

RAN-THE TESTIMONY OF THE Parents
YOUNG PoMERoY's CoNFEssIoN-wHY THE |
BOY COMMITTED THE MURDER-AN INTER |
ESTINa PHYSIOLOGICAL QUESTION.
The Boston Globe of the 2lst inst gives |
the following detailed account of the facts |
connected with the late discovery in that
city of the crimes of Jesse Pomeroy: The |
intense excitement which the discovery of
the body of the Curran girl created in |
this city had in no wise abated yesterday af- |
ternoon, and at o'clock, the time appointed |
for the coroner's inquest, large crowd, |
anxious to hear any new facts that might be |
brought 10 light in relation to the murder, |
assembled in front of Station vi. The in |
quest was held in the guard-room, and the |
jury assembled promptly at O'Clock, ac-
cording to the summons OF Dr.. ingalls,. AS
was stated, Yesterday, the inquest was pub |
lie. that is, there was no attempt to conceal |
from the public anything that the wit
nesses might say, and the membe s
ested in the case were freely admitted. MI.
and Mrs. Curren were first called, and were
sworn, the former on the Bible, as he Is |
Roman Catholic, and the latter in the usual
manner, by raising her right hand. Mrs.
Curran looked haggard and worn; her face
and general appearance giving indications
of the terrible anxiety and mental suffering
she has endured during the past four
months. She attired in a gray steel
colored dress. with border of black,
black sacque, a dark straw hat, her head
and face being covered with thick black
veil. The story told by her SUBJ
stantislly what has been reported to have
been said Dy her previous TO the discovery
of the remains, and was connected and
clear account, stating the time when the lit
tie girl was missed, and the measures that
were taken to discover her whereabouts.
The story, briefly told, is as follows:
! On the 18th of March last, Katie went out
about-five minutes after 8 to purchase
school card; when she went out she said,
"Mother, won't you have Celia Abby cher
sister ready to go to school when get back,
as we have a new teacher and don't want
to be late;" asked her where she was going,
and she said she would 60 to Tobin's and If
she didn't get it there she would go to Gilps;
NEVER SAW HER AFTER THAT:
she was nearly always in the house, never
out of my sight, except when she was st
school, or at some place of which had
knowledge; girl named Lee told me that
she saw Katie, that morning; 1 recognized
/ the scarf and the black and green plaid dress,
also the sacque that was shown me; 1t was
old-fashioned; do not think there was an
other like it in South Boston; am almost GER
tain my child did not know Pomeroy; she
was a bright, smart girl, but very innocent;
a German boy named Kohr, who was
In the habit of selling papers or carrying
papers for Pomeroy stated that he knew
something of this matter, and / went to
see him at his house to find out what he
knew, as from the first | suspected that
Pomeroy had something to do with the dis
appearance of Katie; this boy told me thai
, Jesse Pomeroy opened the store and
cleaned it out; that shortly after s o'clock, 8
, young lady named Lizzie Chapman, who
worked with MIS-. Pomeroy, came
| 4 Late IN
morning, Mrs. Pomeroy herself came in; be
2 told me that he saw Katie In the store on the
/ morning of her disappearance, and that sh'
wanted to purchase card; he then described
her to me very accurately. Pomero,
said he would give her card 70
3 three cents, as there was an ink spo
r on it, and then sent the Kohr boy out fo
} some cat-meat: / asked him If Pomero.
: could have hurt her in the rear of the store
} but he thought that impossible, as the win
dows opened on Silver street, but he SAT-
: that POmeroy might have let her down tn
trap door; after this, / went to Capt
5 Dyer, and told him what had learned, bu
he only laughed at me. saying Pomeroy ha
: no more to do with it than he had Detec
q tive Adams told me there was no trap doc
0 IN the store, and said that the Kohr bo
b was liar; asked Adams to question him
! and shortly after asked him if b
Q had done so, and he said that b
had not: some time afterward MI
!, Adams told me that there was
9 trap door in the shop; but on M
t still ugiDg him to aid me, be said b
was confident he would bring Katie bacl
IT. to me safe; again went to Mr.. Adams, an,
he said he had made thorough search o
u the premises and questioned the Kohr boy
Q and he still maintained that the latter was
A liar; / thought that Miss Chapman mus
have known something of this matter, ant
l went to Mrs. Pomeroy's store to see her
nd a lad W sol q No ma
(, Mrs. Pomeroy told me she had gone int
v the country.
Mr.. Curran here said in very decide
, manner ''Sheriff, has the store bee
/. searched by the officers? we have only bee
> told that it was" Mrs. Curran then sal
q that her child had been missing but fey
y hours when Capt. Dyer had
!. LAUGHED AT HER FEARS.
g and she thought that If the officers had bee
t, more earnest in the search, the body, at leas
D would have been found while it was yet in
, fair state of preservation, and this would hay
b been some consolation to her. Mr.. Curra
2, was then called, but he had nothing more
70 say, and signed his name TO the statemen
It made and signed by his wife. Chief Savag
n was then called and sworn. He spoke {
l. the murder of the Mellen boy, the disaI
pearance of Katie Curran and tt
x suspicious that had been directe
5. Detective Adams as one of his best an
t, most trustworthy men, and to him had bee
l. given the conduct of the Curran case. Il
" himself had ordered thorough, systemat
3. search to be made. He then proceeded {
l. follows:
Is Adams told me that he had searched IL
d cellar of Pomeroy's house and was certai
J. that there was nothing there; saw Mr.
1t Curran after this: ordered the arrest
Mrs. Pomeroy and her son, as 1 feared f
IN their safety; had an interview with Jesl
Dr. Pomeroy, two days ago, but could get notl
of ing from him; Monday morning, saw hi
q, again, and asked him to tell me
IS he knew anything about.the murder,
the truth must inevitable come out sool
n or or later; he then said, az kille
st her, but onot want to tell how;" told hi