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swing Particulars OF uis H0rribl,
Atrocities What Came OF KeadInt
Dime Novels. ..
Boston Correspondence " the N. Y. Herald.
The council yesterday, by vote Of
five to four, authorized the governor Of
Massachusetts to issue his warrant foi
the execution of the boy murderer
Jesse Pomeroy. 8
The facts of the two murders com
mitted by this boy are only too well
known. For months an immense press.
ure has been brought to bear ON the
governor and members OF tho council,
by parties in favor OF meeting out to
Pomeroy the full extent of the law
|. @. hanging instead of communication
of sentence to Imprisonment for life.
Delegation after delegation of ladies
(mothers in nearly = all cases. have waited
upon members OF the council ut
their homes, Offices, on the street,
at the hotels while dining, and even
in stores when making necessary
purchases have they been besieged
by ladies as soon as recognized rs mem
bers OF the governors council to cast
their votes in favor of hanging when
ever his case should come before the
council for final disposition. Hearings
to the public have been given at the
state house before the governor and
council on the question of Communication
of sentence, and most able arguments
have been made, on both sides, and yes
| ter iay the decision was made. In view
of this, am committing no breach of
confidence when write you of certain
facts connected with this case. Jesse
Pomeroy is moral monstrosity. He
murdered two small children for no
cause whatever. He did not rob them
of even pin he had no quarrel
with them, whereby his passions might
have been excited he suffered no re-
vengeful feelings towards the parents of
the victims. The children and their
families were perfect strangers to him.
No cause for these murders are known.
CONFESSION.
He was visited at the Jail where he
has been confined since his conviction |
by members of the council, who con-
versed with him on the subject of his
crimes. They found him to be an I'M
usually bright and intelligent lad; his
answers were gwen with promptness
and decision there was no wavering or
hesitation in them, but right to the
point. When asked how many murders
he had committed his quick reply was,
"Two, sirW He was asked why he
killed the little boy, and replied that
she did not know" He said that che
was standing with others looking at the
working of a fire engine, when he
noticed pretty looking little boy
standing near. He suddenly a,ked the
little fellow if he wouldn't take walk
with him, and upon consenting, he was
led across marshes u distance of mt least
IL mile, when suddenly he felt a flutter-
ing i'll his head and mechanically he
took his pocket knife from his pocket,
rapidly opened it, and stabbed, stabbed, |
stabbed it into his little victim, having |
no consciousness of what he was doing
at the time, and never that day fully
realizing what he had done. That in
all the time he was walking with the
boy he did not have it in his mind to
njure him, his only notion in having
llul Wllll ulu was lOI | :
md it was only when suddenly seized
With this uncomfortable impulse that :
10 did the deed, and it all occurred
within minute. The boy was pretty
,hild and that was what attracted him
oward him."
THE MURDER OF THE LITTLE dRL.
When asked about the circumstances
If his killing the little girl IN South
Boston, he said that "that morning his
mother and brother were away or en-
gagged, and he was obliged to attend to
the periodical store. He sat reading
awhile when pretty little girl, whom
he had never seen before, came in and
asked for some papers. AS soon as she
spoke This terrible feeling all through
him, with the huttering in his head,
came over him, and he replied, "they're
down cellar" Unsuspectingly she open
ed the door and passed down the stairs,
Pomeloy Immediately following, draw
ing his knife as he went. AS soon as
the bottom was reached he placed his
left hand over her mouth, drew her head
back toward his shoulder, and with the
knife in his tight hand cut her throat
md she was dead in a minute. Not
;hree minutes had expired from the
line he first laid eyes on the little girl
,efore she was dead. :
A DIME NOVEL READER. O
Pomeroy has heen n close reader OF e
lime novels and yellow. covered htera- g
ure until, as one Of the gentleman '
tated in his argument before the coun-
Ill, "his brain was turned, and his :
highest ambition was to be the Texas |
lack Of South BOSTON A