The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-24
4 SHOCKING MURDER
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Wednesday afternoon there occurred in
Dorchester, Mass, as fierdishly brutal and
mysterious II murder as was ever chroniclcd
in the annals of crime The circumstances
of
THE DISCOVERY OF THE DEED
arc these About half-past five o'clock in
the afternoon Officer Roswell N. Lyons
was met by deaf and dumb boy, about Z
years of age, who attracted the officers at
tention by making gestures as If to indicate
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and also thrusting his fingers into his breast.
thereby seeking, as was afterwards evident,
to represent the act Of stahbing. The Off
Ger Immediately suspected that murder
had been committed, and followed the lad,
who at once started off in the direction of
the marsh land between Washington village
and Savin Hill, Dorchester On arriving
at the beach at the lower end OF the marsh
a circular heap of clam shells was seen.
Within the hollow formed by the heap was
THE HORRIBLY INITIATED BODY
of boy evidently about four years of age.
The body was quite stiff, the legs ana arms
especially SO. There were five cuts on each
hand, one deep cut over the right eye and
EIGHTEEN worNDs
in the breast. The left jugular vein was
severed, and the throat was cut quite
across the front. y pool of blood sur
rounded the head, flowing from the cut in
the throat. The murdered boys features
were not distorted, and his position was
that of a child lying in a calm slumber
The officer procured carriage and con.
veyed the body to the police station, from
where it was taken to undertaken Joseph
Waterman. The news of the murder
quickly spread, and soon the street in front
of the underIaker's was packed with an
eager and curious crowd
The cuts on tue hands We're, without
doubt, received by the little boy while try
ing to ward off the knife from lis breast.
The breast wounds, as above stated, were
eighteen in number. Few of them were
deep cuts. The knife struck and glanced
off the ribs several times. One wound was
several inches in depth, but whether the
heart was lacerated is unknown as yet. The
throat was cut twice, once from below the
right ear to the apple, there connecting
with a similar cut extending from under the
left ear. These wounds were very deep.
nearly severng the head from the body.
The left iugular vein had been cut or pune
tured and this wound alone had been suf-
ficicnt to cause death There was also n
cut two inches in length in the scrotum,
nearly severing the spermatic cord, and al
so cutting the femOral artery. 1t would al
most appear that the murderer had some
knowledge of the anatomy of the human
body from the manner in which the wounds
were inflicted. The body when brought to
the undertaker's was quite stiff, but the alb
dominal muscles We're tlaccid, Indicating
that the body had been dead but Il few
hours.
DESCRIPTION OF TIE BOY
The murdered lad was three feet and
half in height, of fair complexion, light
hair and dark hazel eyes. He was dressed
in a black velvet hat with gilt stripe and
tassle, drab sack, trimmed with black and
dotted with black tufts. He also wore a
black and white checked waist, with a red
and white checked skirt, trimmed with
black velvet. On his feet were white
woollen stockings and high laced shoes.
now lie CAME 10 HIS DEATH.
1t is quite evident from the shalowness
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resist his assailani, as shown by his sue
cessful warding off of several blows with
his hands, and other indications of
violent struggle, that the murderer could
not have been man. The wounds must
have been inflicted by "A person of little
strength either of nerve or arm. That
boy was the perpetrator of this terrible
crime seems almost clear. The wound
over the heart indicates by its depth that it
must have been made while the victim was
lying on his back Had he been standing
the muscles would have contacted, and
the coroner would have been unable to
have probed the wound to its full depth
The cut in the groin must have been made
after the boy was cold in death, for no
Llood flowed from it.
THE REMAINS IDENTIFIED
Shortly after the conclusion of the pre-
limlnary inquest, or about 8 o'clock, inior
nation was received which led to the dcn-
tlfcation of the murdered boy 1t appear
ed that during the forenoon Of Wednesday
Horace II. Millen, r-year-old son of
Mr.. ii. Millen, living at No 253 Dorches-
ter street, had strayed from his home, and
not returning at noon, information was
given at the station by his parents. II APP
pears further that the child was last seen
at 10 o'clock playing at the corner of Dor
chester and eighth streets. The description
of his dress answered to that of the MUIR
dered boy, and on the coroner visiting the
missing boys parents at their house it was
established, without doubt, that the muir
dcred lad was none other than their child. !