Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-04-27

actly the small footprints. The boots Of
the Pomeroy boy had been tapped in an un-
usual way; the heels had become worn OF so
that one aide was higher than the other, and
one boot was torn out at the side. These pc.
culiarities were found to fit exactly the casts
taken Of the prints of the larger feet. II ap.
peared that the two went along the wharf
which has been built near the spot the larger
person jumping off FIRST, taking the CHILD
down in his arms and setting him down vio-
leptly on the ground. These tracks were
found xll the way from the wharf to the spot
where the dead boy was found.
About one o'clock in the afternoon Sergeant
Hood, Detectives Wood and Dearborn, and
Officer Adams, took Pomeroy in carriage,
and rode with him to Undertaken Wateruan's
office on Washington street, where the body
of the child lay. Before they started, and on
the way, he expressed strong dread of see
ing the corpse, and when the Office was
reached no amount of coaxing could induce
him. to enter the door. Finally Mr.. Wood
took him by the hand and gently led him to
the room. On being asked if he knew the
little boy, he said he did and then to direct
question by Mr.. Wood, a. to whether he killed
him, he replied 81 did," He had previously
at the station said he guessed he killed him
but did not remember, and could not tell why
he did it, if he did. While in the room, he
would not look upon the face Of the child, but
kept his head steadily turned in an opposite
direction. He was very much affected, eveu
almost to tears, and seemed for the first time
there, in the presence of death, to realize the
awful nature of the deed which he had COM
mitred He said he was sorry if he had done
anything wrong, and hoped his mother would
not find ou, about it. In the carriage, on the
way back to the station, Mr.. Wood asked him
if he washed the blood from his knife. He
replied no, that he had stuck it in the mud.
should be done with him, and he said, "Put
me somewhere 90 / can't do such things"
He is now confined in a cell at headquarters,
where he is watched by an officer.
He has had rare and terrible history, and
his condition, while one shsdders and shrinks
from his fendsh acts, 10 such as to excite
feelings of pity well-nigh as deep as Ter the
poor victims whom he has tortured. The pub
lie hi, scarcely recovered from the horror oc.
casioned by this same boys cruelty, practised
upon the little children of Chelsea and South
Boston about two years ago. the circumstan-
ces attending which are still fresh in mind
Between twenty and thirty small boys, Of ages
raging from four to ten years, suffered at his
hands. twas his custom to entice them away
to some secluded place, and there torture
ened sticks into their bodies. In nearly every
case he would cut piece from beneath their
eyes, disfguring many for life. Public ex-
element became so intense that vigilance
committee was organized, and the city author.
tiles offered reward of $500 for the appre-
hension of the mysterious yonnR william, but
for long time no clew could be found. Then
a similar enormity was practised in South
Boston, for which Pemeroy was arrested. A
little boy named Balch, who had been found
in shanty on Powder Horn Hill tied to
beam, Invested of his clothing and bleeding
from numberless wounds, Unidentified him
among one hundred others as the person who
had inflicted them. Pomeroy, being then
Judge Forsaith, trial justice for juvenile Of
feneders, and sentenced to the State reform
school to remain during his minority. Since
his confinement there, however. he has con-
Quoted himself with such propriety a. to inter-
est the directors of the institution, and, when
appealed to, the State board of charities re-
leased him about q month since on probation.
He is now sixteen years old, and is remarka-
bly, stout and active boy. In personal appear
ance he is by no means repulsive, defect in
one eye being the only blemish in q counte-
nance otherwise bright and intelligent His
lower jaw is rather heavy and his forehead
low, but there is nothing to attract special at
tention. He shows no signs of insanity, ex-
cept in conversati on on the matter
Of the crimes which he has committed,
and there is no doubt that he is a victim Of a
terrible mania, and that. as he says, the only
way to prevent repetition to his deeds is to
put him in some place where he cannot find
the opportunities.
The murderd boy was only four years old.
His remaines were taken to the residence Of
his father, John Anderson Millin. last evening
and will be carried to Wiscasset, Maine, to-
morrow. This afternoon Coroner Allen will
hold an inquest at Station 9.
Sergeant Lucas and Thomas Adams of Sta
ton arrested Pomeroy as soon as they as
certained the particulars of the affair, suspic-
ion at once having fastened upon him.