The New York herald., 1874-07-21

marvellously tainted win ierocty, as the Pomeroy
THE STORY OF THE PARENTS.
The inquiry into the case was commenced before
the Coyoner's Jury this evening" and the first w.t.
the murdered girl Both OF the parents were
almost Frustrated with grief but nevertheless
carry convection OF truth and excite pity and sor.
row at every word. Mrs. Curran, who was first
examined, made the following statement In sub
On the morning OF the 18th OF March, at about
1--WE minutes before eight, Katie went out Gen.
busy, and she stood with the knob Of the door In
her hand and said, 'G0odby, mother; have Celia
a'', school ,sId Il ase ssas roc% sS1 she be sss
cary; ear ;o, "Yss, vlIal;" Ia;,, said ana handing
are are You you going for % the card p 10 fobns,s
sns Iep!isa land "a G, 4 don'. get I; y
the Pomcroy place. then went to DO my washing,
after had sent the little one out, and thought It
was all rght until twelve O'Clock: little before
spread the table for dinner. AT two minutes OF
twelve O'Clock my youngest girl returned. and
"whsre is Katie Yi said In "Katie was not at
school" !" she replied. That alarmed me. minute
Sa last the Ss' who
don't throw your osp away Katie must nave
missed and been kept after school" sent them
out IN search OF her. The boy did not know where
to 60 ana the little girl went with him to show him
the way TO katie's new room. They reported that
UNFEELING CONDUCT OF THB POLICE.
Then went went 70 the station house there saw
that day after day girls were lost. 'Captain
Dyer" said !, 'dont you talk like tnat TO me- you
DO not know nv child. 10 not care what reports
my my % gar" He 81" sent '0T me away away WITH WITH the the
words, III you don't hear from her come again IN
could gain no intelligence Of her, Afterwards
went to the station house Again Captain Dyer
time captain DYER said he would put an orflcer on
the track and let me know IN the morning; but
got no news: On Thursday, the 18th. my husband
told him that they believed tue child had been led
on INTO the country and would soon appear A
to insth feeling into the officers. All the
time Detectlve Adams kept assuring me
house and said, ..Katie Is alive and wen aud is
having Q better supper than you are having to-
night" He also said that he knew where she was
father was unconvlnced. He believed the detec.
tlves knew nothing about her.
PREDICTIONS AGAINST POMBROY
When the Pomeroy boy was suspected OF the
murder OF the lad Mellen-ior which he Is at pres
ent incarcerated-they had their minds turned TO
him. Mrs. Welch, a wealthy Trend declared that
the girls body was In the cellar OF the Pomeroy
store She said to us, Just as sure as you are
80 expressed ourselves to the police. They did
not tank so. They dd not believe the
So confident were we that the contrary was the
fac: that asked TO have the expressmen exam
lneQ to see II tley naQ taken any BOXES away rom
that place; but they discouraged me, and was
not permitteC 20 ala them. From the beginning
the police have reused to assume that the POmeroy
lad was implicated IN the affair. After her examina-
tiOn proper the mother OF the murdered girl added
that she heard there was boy by the name
Pomeroy boy, VINO had seen her daughter IN
the store on the morning Of her disappearance.
She went to see the boy and MS parents gave her
Was there, and from him she was satisfied that he
had seen Katie. as rumored, for he gave minute
dressed. All OF this sne told to the officers but
they paid no attention to her whatever but got
hex. during the narrative the poor woman nearly
broke down several times and her meanings and
manifestations OF grief were heartrendlng to
witness.
Mr.. Curran, when called upon, simply confirmed
the story which had been told by his vile. He ex.
pressed much leeilng, however, at the Indifferent
manner in winch the case had been treated by the
oiicers in South Boston, and it was evident nom
their manner that the sympathies Of the Coroner
and the Jurymen were with him.
THE TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
When Mr.. Curran had finished Chiefof Police
await lurther developments, but Coroner
thai were to be made prevailed upon MIN to to
retire iOr q few moments and he would advise MIN
OF any new Developments Chief Savage first gave
an account OF his interview with the boy saturday
evening, and then narrated second conversation
which ne had with MIN this afternoon. He saw
him all alone, he said and had long and careful
conversation with him, which was about as
folOws:-
'sNOw, JESSE" said the Chief, SIT seems to me
that you ought to know something about how the
bOdy OF Katie Curran came to be IN your mothers
cellar. You know she and your brother are under
ought to tell 1t all.n
Alter momentary hesitation the boy replied:-
"Weil, Mr. savage, killed the GIRL but l don't
want to tell you now done it,"
"Oh. that won't DO Jessen answered the Chief
81 want you 70 tell me oil about It: and be sure
may be no mistake, want you to let me write 1t
down; aud when you have told the story Will read
1t over and you can tell me whether IL is right or
not"
'well, don't want It to 60 into the papers," he
''That is something can't control,n answered
the officer; "Dut guess you had better tell me
ALL so can tell 1t to the Coroners jury this even
''Well, WILL" answered the boy after some
hesitation. He then SAID that he mad drawn
plan OF the store and cellar showing where he had
Killed the girl and where he buried the body. and
that 1t was concealed In his Cell. In company with
one OF the officers OF the jail he was conducted to
the cell where he instantly produced diagram
showing correctly and In detail ali that he SAID IL
would. Taen beginning
THE STORY OF HIS CRIME
"Wel, Mr.. Savage, the Curran girl came into the
store that morning while was alone. My brother
had gone alter his papers and my mother and the
girls were not coming to the shop Tor an hour or
more. The girl told me that she wanted a school
her that | had some IN the store down stairs and
II liz. she hs, would @ go Gown ,, there would
give neT one. III i uHt IOlu Ner U WAS .
cellar down there, she would nave been AFRAID aud
would not have gone. When she started let her
go nrst. and after she mad got about halfway
down went alter her. Wnen | overlook her l
put one arm around her neck and covered up her
mouth, and then cut her throat with the other
band She died pretty quick, and when Was sure
she was dead 1 TOOK her body over in
one corner OF the cellar and covered 1t up
with ashes. Just as l had got 1t about
covered up heard my brother come In and ran
up stairs Just as he was coming down look after
me. When he saw me he did not go down stairs:
/ turned away from him as soon as could and
went to the water pipe and washed the blood on
from my hands and the knue."
"Did your mother or brother ever know anything
about 1t 7" ASKED the Chief.
''NO. neither one OF them ever knew any thing
about It," was the prompt and frank response.
The confession, the Chief said, was made with
out any inducement being offered, and the only
explanation or excuse tnat the lad offered was
that
CHE COULDN'T HELP IT."
1t ID not generally believed that either the
mother or brother OF the confessed nend had any
knowledge OF ms crime snd they will probably be