The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
SOME TNFANrILE CRIMINALS.
Horrible Crimes Committed by Chill
dren Recently.
From the Chlcako News:

FROM the chicago News.
One of the most atrocious cases of it's
kind on record occurred few months ago
in an eastern suburb of London A lad of
10 stabbed his mother to the heart as she
lay in bed, and then, with younger broth
er, aged H. gave himself up to a round of
amusement, says the New York Herald.
The depraved young brutes pawned their
parents property-the father was a purs-
er at sea with his ship-went to music
halls and when finally arrested were play
ing cards in the house in which lay their
mothers fast decomposing body. The
case caused tremendous sensation,
which was heightened by the culprit's alb
solute Indifference at the trial. His ten
der years saved him from the galoWs ana
he Is now an inmate of reformatory.
The annals of English crime furnish
many terrible examples of these juvenile
assassinauOnS. -Four years ago the MOTH
er of Robert Shearon, Liverpool boy of 8,
deprived him of his clothes as a punish
ment for playing truant. Resenting this
mode OF punishment, the culprit, attired
IN an old sack, escaped through win
dow, and took counsel with his chum,
Samuel Crawford, aged 9, as to how he
should obtain fresh garments. Presently
little Shearon presented himself to his
astonished mother in a suit of clothes
for which he obstinately refused to ac-
count. Next day ii came out that a lad
named Robert David Eccles was miss
ing: Search was made and he was event.
ually found, without his clothes in a
house, the basement of which was full OF
water The police were communicated
with the two infant miscreants on being
arrested, made a full confession of their
gelit. Having decided that the clothes
OF the unfortunate Eccles would be iusr
the thing, they lured him into the en1r-
~ mouse, dragged him into the basement.
where, after stripping him, they pushed
MN INTO the water, Crawford holding
his head below the surface until Shearo1
pronounced him dead.
AT the trial neither of the tiny prison.
ers seemed to realize the enormitv of HE
offense. Neither did Peter Henry 'Farret +
and James Bradley, two idiminutive mr.
chinS of eight, who were charged some
years ago with having killed little child
~ years old. They dragged their helpless
little victim to brook a short distance,
from the town OF stockport where they
made compact that each should do a
fair share of the work. Not finding the
struggles of drowning child sufTicienfIIy
exciting, they hauled it out and. then
stripping off its clothes, threw it In again
taking care TO keep the body within reach
of stake which they procured from a
hedge TO enliven the proceedings. ssWe.iI
take II in turns to hit it, said the boys.
and they did, belaboring the unfortunafe
babe with great zest until life was extinct
AT the trial they showed complete indiffer-
ence, and when sentenced to a months Inn
prisonment, to be followed by five wears
in reformatory. they merely smiled.
SO did Niennese boy of seven, who
killed in a most atrocious fashion a little
girl of the same age as himself. His moth
er. having occasion to leave her washing
told him to stay by the copper and see
that the fire did not get too. low. Angered
by the restraint thus imposed upon him,
the boy seized his little victim and pushed
her into the copper, where she was boiled
alive. When the mother came searching
for her chill she found the little monster
sitting on the copper lid munching an
apple. Have you seen my 'child?' she
asked. No" replied the boy, but I want
to, because I've got nice apple for her .
adding with a grin: Il hope she's not
lost" 1t was not till his own mother re-
turned that the crime was revealed u
was so angry that l felt I must kin some
one was the reason he gave. with com
plete sang froid. for his awful cruelty.
Another of these depraved youngsters
was Theophile Blot, French lad Of TO-
He met a little girl OF q going to the
bakers store with "a sous. He wanted