The San Francisco call., 1898-01-17
4 TREE AND
 MURDERED Little Percy Lockyar the Victim of a
 Boy F'iend. Body of the Child Found at the Bottom of a
 Creek. Pierced by Knife Wounds and the Skull Crushed in by
 Heavy Blows. THE GUILTY LAD IN JAIL. Had Sought to Emulate the Heroes" of Trashy Literature of the
 Day.
Pierced by Knife Wounds and the Skull Crushed in by
 Heavy Blows.
THE GUILTY LAD IN JAII
Had Sought to Emulate the "FIeroes" of Trashy Literature of the
 Day.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.-The body of f1ve-year-oId Percy Lockyar who Is believed to have been mur- dered on Friday night by 15-vear-oId Samuel Henderson, was to-day found in the bottom of "Reddie's'' Creek at Sixth and Catharine streets. and there seems little doubt in the minds of the police that young Henderson is guilty or the crime. He is now locked in a cell at police headquarters The body of the child, when found, was weighted by two heavy stones, one about his neck and the other around his ankles. His skull was crushed in and there was a Knife thrust just above the heart and similar wounds on his breast, side and forehead, while on one side of his face was long cut extending from below the eye to the chin
 From what the police have been able to learn, the crime seeln5 to have been one of the most horrible character, and, If all details are true it stamps young Henderson as u degenerate of the worst type. Yesterday after his arrest he admitted a knowledge of the knife thrust. but said that it was due to the child accidentally running against an open knife. Henderson be- came alarmed at this, he said, and threw the body into the creek To- day, however, when shown the muti- lated body of the child, he admitted that he was responsible for the other cuts as well, but he still persisted that 1t was an accident.
 The police believe 1t was a planned murder in which the guilty one pur- posed ending the life of another small h1r Ia Henderson, 1t is claimed, has been reading trashy novels Of the wild west stamp, and has shown a desire to emulate the heroes" of those tales The police assert that Henderson ac- COmpanied Lockyar and Addison to the woods, as he told yesterday, but instead of any accident happening to either, Henderson tied both children to a tree. Addison broke away and ran home. It was then, 1t is said, that young LOckyar's murder was accom- pHshed. Dr. Morton, the Coroner's physician, who explained the thrust above the heart. said that 1t caused the death of the little fellow.
 The police searched for the body dur ing all of last night, and it was not until after daylight this morning that 1t was found. Henderson will be given hearing tomorrow morning. A fact that has come out in connection with Henderson s alleged crime Is that his father. John D. Henderson, was on trial before Judge Reed in October. 1892. charged with killing a man named Christopher Nelson. The killing was the outcome of a quarrel. Henderson when arraigned pleaded guilty to mG.1- slaughter. He was remanded for sen -tence, but some time later 1t was shown that the death was largely ac- cidental and there was no murderous intent He was admitted to bail and is now a free man.