The herald., 1898-01-17
YELLOW LITERATURE
LEADS A YOUNG DEGENERATE TO
CRIME
A Five-Year-Old Boy Murdered and
His Body Sunk in Creek.
Other Misdeeds

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of 5-year-old Percy Lockyar, who is be-
lieved to have been murdered on Friday
night by 15-year-old Samuel Hender-
son, was today found in the bottom of
"Reddies" creek, Sixth and Catharine
streets, and there seems little doubt in
the minds of the police that young Hen
derson is guilty of the crime. He is now
locked in 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 an
kles. 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
the face was long cut extending from
below the eye to the chin.
From what the police have been able
to learn, the crime seems to have been
one of the most horrible character, and
if all it's details are true 1t stamps young
Henderson as degenerate of the worst
type. He does not seem to realize the
enormity Of his crime. 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 and said he threw
the body into the creek. Today, how
ever, when shown the mutilated body of
the child, he admitted that he was re-
sponsible for those cuts as well, but he
still persists that it was an accident.
The police, however, believe it was a
planned murder in which the guilty boy
also proposed ending the life of another
small boy, Willie Addison, aged years.
Henderson, it is claimed, has been read
ing trashy novels of the wild west stamp
and has shown a desire to emulate the
hero" of these tales. The police assert
that Henderson accompanied Lockyar
and Addison to the woods as he told
yesterday, but instead of any accident
happening to either, Henderson tied
both children to tree. Addison broke
away and ran home. 1t was then, it is
said, that young Lockyar's death was
accomplished.
DIR. Morton, the coroner's physician
who examined the thrust about the
heart, said it caused the death of the
little fellow. The police searched for
the body during all of last night and it
was not until after daylight this morn
ing that it was found. Henderson will
be given hearing tomorrow morning.
A fact that has come out in connection
with Hendersons alleged crime is that
his father, John D. Henderson, was on
trial before Judge Reed in October, 1892.
charged with killing Christopher Mel
son. The killing was the outcome of
quarrel. Henderson was arraigned and
Isl Io1 20 a nc
remanded for sentence but some time
later it was shown that the death was
largely accidental and there was no
murderous intent. He was admitted to
bail and is now a free man.
AN OUTLAW ESCAPES
GUTHRIE, 0. T., Jan. 16.-Matt Free
man, the last of the old Zip Wyatt gang
of outlaws, escaped from Jail at Taolga
Friday night, it was learned today, for
the second time in year. Freeman and
his wife formerly conducted a ranch In
the Glass mountains and it was the
headquarters for the gang. Mrs. Free
man was Wyatt's most trusty lieuten-
ant One time the gang was besieged
for week by deputy marshals. She
rode the gauntlet of their bullets and
escaped to bring reinforcements and
ammunition. Later she was captured
ard spert year in the federal Jail here.
She was converted while in Jail and is
now travelling MS an evangelist.
r.. CARELESS SHOOTING
OKLAHOMA, Ok, Jan. 16.-In
bawdy house row early this morning
Fred Jones, a barkeepe hot Chief of
Police G. w. Jackson th, gh the thigh.
AS he fell Jackson Ire at Jones, but
missed him and shot 81 nos Armstrong,
a deputy sheriff, inhicting c fatal
wound.
TWO ESCAPED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 16.-At &
dance on the Falls plantation in Mis-
sissippi county last night a shooting ar
fray took place between the three sons
of Armistead Phillips on one side and
three sons of Wright Ray on the other.
Two men were killed and two fatally
wounded, the casualties being equally
divided.
CAMDEN, N. j., Jan. 16-The body
of E. Pierre Jerred of this city, who dis
appeared last November, was found in
Manuta creek near Paulsboro this even
ing. Drowning was the cause of his
death. 1t was first thought he had been
murdered, but the authorities believed
he committed suicide, as he twice before
tried to end his life.
New York-William P. Morrison, q
stock broker, committed suicide tonight
at his home in this city by hanging.
| Bertha Valencier, 80 years old, wait
ress, committed suicide today by swal-
lowing carbolic acid.
| Sigmud Politzka, II years old, book
keeper, died today from carboiic acid
poisoning, and is supposed to have COM
mitted suicide.
Danvers, Mass.-Joel Putnam, a re-
tired shoe manufacturer, committed sui
eide yesterday by shooting.