Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-29
The POmerOy Boy.

| Jesse HomerOy, Tue rcinaiAaoie gOu"t
criminal of South Boston, who was brought
into notoriety by bis cruel numbering OF
little boy, Horace +. Millen, last April,
is again called to public attention by th'
discovery in the cellar Of the building
where his mother formerly kept a dress
making store, of the remains of Katie
Curran, a little girl, who was sent BY hei
mother on an errand, one day last March
and never again seen. 1t was suspected
that the Pomeroy boy was responsible fol
her disappearance, when his other murder
came to light, aud the premises were ex'
amined, but without any success. The
discovery was made by some worknen en-
ployed in an adjoining cellar; stone was
loosened and fell upon pile of ashes in
the part formerly occupied by the POmc-
roys, and, upon going in TO remove it, a
fragment of dress was seen prolruding
from the heap, Upon pulling it out, a
chi!d's head was brought to light /; the pc.
lice were at once summoned, and the heap
was moro fully examined, when the re-
mainder Of the body of the child was ex-
humed. The remains were much decom-
posed and utterly unacceptable, but the
clothing was fully identified as that of the
little Curran girl both by the detectives
and the parents Of the unfortunate child,
who were at once sent for, and whose grief
upon fully realizing the horrible facts was
heartrending. The excitement was so in
tense that the mother and elder brother of
Jesse Pomeroy we're arrested, not from
any suspicion that they were accessory to
the crime, but as a measure of safety, it
being feared that they would be lynchcd
by the excited crowd. The theory of the
detectives is that the young murderer en-
ticed his victim into the cellar during the
absence OF his mother, aud after torturing
her to death disposed Of her remains in
the ash heap. Pomeroy is now in the
Suffolk county Jail awaiting trial for the
murder of the MilIcn boy, and has several
times asked of the attendants what reward
was offered for the whereabouts of the
Curran girl, and what would be given him
if he should reveal her hiding place. AL
together, he is the most remarkable GRIM
inal Massachusetts has seen for many a
year.
A partial explanation Of the mysterious
passion of Jesse Pomeroy, the South Bos-
on boy, for tOrturipg children is furnished
BY his mother, who has been interviewed
BY some wel-known physicians. Among
'ther things, she SAID that her husband
vas butcher, and that, during the period
VI her pregnancy, she went daily, to the
to witness the killing Of
he animals, and that somehow she took
particular delight in seeing her husband
butcher the sheep, the calves and the cat
10, and not unirequcntly assisted Elm in
his bloody work. She also said that, of.
er Jesse was born, and became old enough
o have knife in his hands, he was all
he time, when opportunity offered. jabblng
knife into pieces Of meat, and when still
lder. aud about his fathers market, he
I'D the same thing. The Pomeroy family
onsists of four pcrsons-the father, moth
r and two sons. The parents Go not live
ogether, and have not for some time.
he father is rather short stout man,
bout 40 years of age, and is employed at
'aneul hall market as a "lugger" of
eef, etc. The mother is younger than
er husband, and is generally spoken of
S pleasant sort of woman; she carries
n the dress making business. The elder
On, Charles j. Pomeroy, is about II
ears of age, and bears good reputation
wong his acquaintances.