Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-01-22
A JUVENILE MONSTER
a Counterpart of Jesse POmeroy
Appears in Philadelphia.
NuRpEREp pAFIvE-YEAR-OLDBOY

aamusl henderson. Fireeon Years old, !
lurea Little Percy Loo<ysr TO the |
Wooaa. where Ne Brutally KILLED
Him and Threw His Body Into n Greek
Ph,ladsIphia. Jan. 1s.--Ths body Of 8
year-old Percy LocaSyer, the little boy
who was murdered last Friday night
by lS-year-old samuel Henderson. was
on Sunday found IN the bottom OF Red
dies" creek. Sixtieth and Catharine
streets. Henderson IL now locked UP 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 wan = knife thrust just above
the heart and similar wounds on MS
breast. side and forehead. while on one
side OF the face In . long cut, extending
from below the eye to the chin
From what the police have been able
70 learn the crime seems to have been
one OF the most horrible character, ana
II all its details are true IL stamps
young Henderson as q degenerate or the
worst type. He does not seem to
realize the snormitv of his crime- On
Saturday. after his arrest he told this
story OF the killing:
IT found Percy Lockyer at play with
several companions In front or the
West End schooIhouse. and induced
him to walk across the fields to the
woods I'm search OF 'piEKies' to play
hoclky with. After coaxtng him for
some time he agreed to SO, and We went
together.
81 was standing az the foot Of a hill
en- the side OF which, half way up. Percy
was at play. I was whiting stick.
The creek was Just behind me. All OF
q sudden I got tired OF whiting ana
stopped. holding my knife against my
hin. blade outward. Just then saw
Percy running down the hill az 1uil
upeed. I had been SsndinE over. and
tust as I Strengthened up Percy struck
me and ran squarely upon the knile'
IT pierced his heart. He fell over back
ward, and didn't speak again. His legs
twftched once or twice. was scared
because I thought ] had killed him
and picked the body up end carried II
20 the creek. where tumbled 1t inte
, the water and went home"
Yesterday. however. when shown INT
unutiIated body OF the child he admit
ted that he was responsible for thos'
, cuts as well, but he still persisted tha
> Il was an accident
The police. however. say that II wa
a planned murder. In which the guile,
one also purposeo enoinE tns IKE oA al
other small boy. Willie Addison, age
7 years Henderson. It is claimed. ha
been reading trashy novels OF the wil'
western stamp, and has shown q de
sire to emulate the hero" OF thos
r tales. The police assert that Hender
r zen accompanied Lockyer and Addison
: to the woods. as he told on Saturday
but instead OF any accident happenin
= tc either Henderson tied both childre
E to 4 tree. Addison broke away and ra
J., home. 1t was then. It IL said. tbs
}, young Lockyer's death was accomplish
=. ed. Young Henderson's father declare
d that his boy Is insane.
II The murder of young Lockyer recall
T the crime, earlv in the T0's. OF Jess
\, Pomeroy. now serving a life sentent
It in the Massachusetts, state prisol
!, Pomeroy, then 10 years old, lured q
: year-old boy to the meadows back
South Boston. and there stabbed II
little one to death with q 5ackknif
& Tha child'a body was covered wit
4 wounds. and his little hands we
= cruelty hacked. showing that he ha
held them before him In an EFFORT
d ward OF the cruel stabs- Pomero
~ since his imprisonment, has made Sc
aral clever attempts to escape.