Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
NO. 35.
The Boy with the White Eye.

A correspondent furnishes an exchange with the following description of Jesse 1 Pomeroy, the boy with the white eye, who was sentenced to be hanged:
 l have known Jesse and his father and mother for some time, and am fur thermore acquainted with all the facts of the many atrocities perpetrated by the youthful criminal. Jesse's father, up to two years ago, was porter in a shipping house. He is rough, big looking man, somewhat morose, but 1 by no means given to vice of any grade. Mrs. Pomeroy is medium sized woman, of fair education and ex- celleAt character, and for some time kept a millinery store on the main l street in South Boston. Before that they resided in Charlestown. Jesse at tended first Methodist and then a Universalist Sunday school, and was a diligent and attentive scholar. His teachers all speak we'll of him, and there is no record of his ever having been addicted to cruelty in any form until the crimes which brought him into notoriety were discovered.
 At the time when Jesse thus became known, he was twelve years old. He stood nearly five feet high. His chest was as deep and square as that of full grown man. His legs and arms were nodded in symmetry and strength. When he was examined by 8 medical man, I was present, and but for the cial registry of his birth, we should have fixed lis age at eighteen or nine, teen instead of twelve. His feet and hands were small, his flesh was delicate ly white, and his muscular developments were perfect.
 The most remarkable point in his physique was the head. It was q per feet study. It was almost big enough for two boys of his age. The forehead rose straight up nearly four inches, and was of great breadth. The top and sides of the head were almost fiat. The back was nearly in a straight line with the spinal column. The ears, small and clean cut, were low down. The lower jaw was broad and massive. The mouth was wide and the lips were thin, and formed like cupids bow, the upper being very deep. The nose was somewhat short and broad, and the nostrils were disclosed. The eyebrows were dark, heavy, and beetling. The features that attracted most attention were the eyes. The right eye was a pale blue or gray, full of intelligence. The left eye was covered with cataract, and almost per fectly white. This was his distinguish ing mark, and but for this defect, Jesse Pomeroy might have been still at liberty furnishing fresh horrors for the public and new surprises for the police. Jesse s attainments as scholar were by no means meager. He was educated at the public schools, and was always diligent and studious. At home he spent his leisure in reading books of travel and ad- venture, and he could converse intelli- gently, and in peculiarly winning tone. His voice was low and melodious, and he was particular favorite with younger boys on account of his gentle manners. He was never known to be rough or boisterous, and always manifested affec- tion for his parents and disposition to oblige strangers. He was, however, of retiring disposition, and had very few if any playmates of his own age. All his companions were younger than him self