The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-24
THE DORCHESTER CHILD MURDER

The Boy Pomeroy Confsssss the Desd-A
Terrible mania--His Conduct In
Presence Of the Corpss-supposed MUIR
der OF Another Child.
BOSTON. Hass.. April %, 1874.
Chief of Police Savage has been busy with detec-
tives this morning gathering ali the facts possible
to threw light ON the murder OF the little child at
Dorchester last evening the details OF which have
80 HORNED this community. Enough had been
gathered to justify committing the boy Pomeroy
until the matter was further developed. the Chief
with others visited the spot whore the murder
was committed, this forenoon. Tney found fresh
tracks In she son, two OF which were especially
noticeable. One was OF childS foot and the other
was that apparently, Of large boy. Plaster casts
were taken OF the foot prints and comparison
made with the boots worn by the little murdered
boy and BY the youth Pomeroy. The boots OF
the former were found to exactly Mt the small foot
prints In every particular. The boots which the
Pomeroy boy had on YESTERDAY were peculiar.
They had been shaped IN an unusual way, the
heels had become worn on 50 that one side was
higher than the other. and one OF them was torn
out a. the aide. These pecularities were found to
Mt exactly the casts taken Of the prints OF the
larger ieet. There were marks OF other feet
IN the Vicinity. but they were not at ali significant
Chief Savage visited the Pomeroy boy In the Sixth
boy asked him what he was arrested for and the
Chief told him 1t was for the murder OF the little
BOY. He made no reply and soon alter taken
In charge OF an of1cer to the undertakers, and
was .4
CONFRONTED WITH THE CORPSE
81 the murdered child When asked IL he ever saw
the boy before, he said Eyes; but don't want to
look at HIM any more" He trembed all over
When asked how ne got the hood on the knife, ne
sald ne did It BY thrusunG ie INTO the ground OF
tile marsh. He said n he did the deed he was
sorry Tor It. ana hoped bis mother would not know
about 1t.
Alter looking AZ the body Detective Woods asked
him II ne did tnat; he replied yea KILLED him -
aud on the way back from the undertaker's ne
said, In answer to questions, ~ suppose l killed
MN" Detective Woods then asked MIN what he
thought ought to be done 70 him, and he replied,
Pomeroy has been taken from the station
house cell TO connnemens in Charles street
Jail The child was cut In the same
part OF the body IS we're the children
whom ne mutilated IN Chelsea and South Boston.
He Is. no doubt insane. Within the past five
stopped on the sidewalk near their home BY boy
answering P0mer0y's description, and at times
threats were made TO them. Il u now suspected
that this boy POmerOy II the culprit, and that he
had designs upon the children he enticed away.
missed by her parents The child lived directly
opposite the residence Of the victim OF this ira
gedy. the authorities have exhausted every
meaQs to ind the Curran child, bat without sue
cess and the general belief IL that Pomeroy
vestigaton win be made before the Coroners jury,
when this tragedy, which has caused such excite
ment IN Boston and Vicinity, wall be stitcd to the
bottom by the authorifi6k