The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-17
A JUVENILE MONSTER
a Counterpart Of Jesse Pomoroy
Y Appears in Philadelphia
MURDERED AFIVE-YEAR- BOY
Samuel Henderson. Fifteen Years Ola,
Iurcd Little Percy Lockyar to the
woods, Whore Ife Brutaliy Killed
Him and Threw His Body ylntoaCreek

Iured Little Percy Lockyar to the
woods, Where Ife Brutally Killed
Him and Threw His Body Into n Creek
Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-THE body Of D.
Vear-old Percy Lockyar, who is believed
TO have been murdered on Friday night
by 15-year-old Samuel Henderson, was
yesterday found in the bottom of Red
dies creek, SiXtieth and Catharine
streets, West Philadelphia, and there
seems little doubt in the minds of the
police that young Henderson is guilty
of the crime. He Is now locked up in
O 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
End there was knife thrust just above
- heart and similar wounds on his
breast side and forehead. while on one
eide of the face is long cut. extending
from below the eye to the chin.
4 From what the police have been able
to learn the crime seems to have been
one of the most horrible character, and
n all its details are true 1t stamps
young Henderson as adegenerate OF the
worst type. He does not seem to
realize the enormitv Of his crime. On
Saturday, after his arrest, he told this
.SiuHy of the killing:
found Percy Lockyar at play with
several companions In front of the
West End schoolhouse, and induced
him to walk across the fields to the
woods In search of 'piggies' to play
hoclsy with. After coaKing him for
come time he agreed to so, and we went
ssAogether. 80
~ was standing at the foot Of a hill
on the side of which, half way up, Percy
was at play. l was whiting a stick
THE creek was just behind me. All OF
q sudden l got tired of whiting and
stopped, holding my knife against my
hip blade outward. Just then l saw
Percy running down the hill at full
speed. 1 had been bending over, and
Dust as Strengthened up Percy struck
me and ran squarely upon the knife.
It pierced his heart. He fell over back
ward, and didn't speak again. His legs
twitched once or twice. l was scared
because I thought l had killed hh,,
and picked the body up and carried 1t
10 the creek, where I tumhled it into
the water and went home
Yesterday, however when shown the
sautilated body of the child he admit
ted that he was responsible for those
cuts as well. but he still persisted that
II was an accident
The police, however, believe 1T was
planned murder in which the guilty
one also purposed ending the life of an
other small boy, Willie Addison, aged
I years Henderson, it Is claimed, has.
been reading trashy novels of the wild
western stamp, and has shown de-
sire 10 emulate the hero" of those
tales The police assert that Hender-
son accompanied Lockyar and Addison
70 the woods, as he told on Saturday,
sut instead of any accident happening
10 either Henderson tied both children
to a tree. Addison broke away and ran
home. It was then, it is said, that
young I.ockyar's death was accomplish
3D. Dr. Morton. the coroner's physi-
kiAn, who examined the thrust above
Tia heart, said that it caused the death
- = little fellow, The police SsH,IIFsdSlssaa SasfH,IFdlsa
SUi ersS-- Sst.v4 -s,sr-i, $ gl-H u oo'u'uS>
might, and 1t was not until after day
Night yesterday morning that it was
q found.
"A TACT that mas come out IN conntC-
dion with Hendefson's alleged crime is
that his father, John d. Henderson.
was on trial before Judge Reed. in
October. 1882, charged with killing a
man named christopher Nelson. The
Milling was the outcome of n quarrel.
Henderson, when arraigned, pleaded
guilty to mansllughter. He was re-
manded for sentence. but some time
Halter |, was shown that the death was
largely accidental, and there was no
murderous intent. He was admitted
lp bail, and 10 now free man.
The murder of young Lockyar recalls
ths crime, carly In the 7o's. OF Jesse
Romeroy, now serving life sentence
hn the Massachusetts state prison.
Pomeroy, than IL years old, lured a A.
Hear-old boy to the meadows back OF
Bouth Boston, and there stabbed the
Gttle one to death with o jAckl;nifs.
Tho chlld's body was cnv&red with
wounds, ard his !;,;ls hands we're
krusi.y hacked. showing that iia had
held them before him in an effort to
mart OFF the Yrrucl stahs. potlcroy.
binoc his Imprisonment haa-fnade s&v-
\1ral clever etts.npts to esCapG.