Show IS US A LIVING I 1 JESSE POMEROY S PRISON LIFE TORTURE the chanis tre re lie M it ith III idt I 1 it the orlin itar of faril pit its I 1 1 story mory of tile 11 jr ir N the binks of the ither charlis charils in ili old Charl charleston estow it in the tile stone fortress known is the state prison there lives in ili soil sell tiry cap captivity tivit a 7 man ahn spite 11 of IJ U his thirty elx six years Is known knon and a always will be known ae as the boy murderer almont need needless leis to say thi this prisoner Is jesse jese pomeroy the story of whose atrocious crimes startled the whole world in april 1874 off and on sinie since then his sensational and sometimes nearly sue attempts to hae made great material for the newspapers and exceeding anxiety for his captors not tour four months ago he wis as discovered with sith a strong chisel in his possession obtained no one knows how picking pieces out or the stone which surrounded him for those of the aunger generation it Is impossible imi to conceive of the wave a e of horror and anti excitement that swept through massachusetts and be u over the country when the atrocious acts act of this young oung fend first became public it w was is on the tile of april 1874 that a clam digger on the flats at washington N billage in the southeastern portion of boston s city ity limits siw saw what looked like IMP a child a form curled up tip in the mud he fie called but received no answer and then nearer he v as hor horrified rifled to find the bod bed of a little be bov of about the live vears ears the poor little throat was cut from ear to car ear and around the heart were nere over a score of vicious stabs there were other mull lations too more horrible than can be related hurriedly hurried the old dam clara digger told the police of his ghastly discovery and the body was as carried to station 9 where here it was soon identified ae that of horace R millen 11 mot ingenious 9 work on the part of the detective the chief clew clen being a torn shoe which mide made m ide a peculiar trick track in the mud tre deed was aas charged to oung Poin iroy croy then on onla sei seventeen enteen ears old but wita i a reputation already alread for and cruelty jes jesse jese e was vas arrested rested ir and confronted with nith the adful corpse in the presence of such an be broke down entirely do you know this little be a officer wood asked iles es I 1 did vou ou kill him I 1 es I 1 did he said doggedly dogged lv what for 9 1 I 1 don dont t know something told tue to when asked it he meant to slay it 0 e boy when uben he started off to tho flats with him jesse replied thalie thought ho to stick ii it knife in him but ilan t know whether hether ho be intended to kill him or not this confession set tho officers think ing on another calp 1 about almit three weeks before the klets lust just related a little five v bear earold ear old girl named nellie curran of south boston had mysteriously disappeared she bad gone out to buy some candy and never came home wb might not pomeroy know something of nellie thought one shrewd shrew 1 I detec detective e the idea grew in hi his 3 mind nd not he finally had jesse taxed with the knowledge of her hereabouts by a priest named father cook jesse told his revolting story with fall it the coolness cool nese of a professional it seemed that his mother kept a little variety varlet store in south boston and on the da of the disappearance had hat gone out to make male some purchases eg leal leaving ng him ulm 4 JESSE POMEROY EROY WHEN all RESTED in charge of the place it so happened thit that nellie came in to buy candy while ho he was at the counter he lie waa was pleasant wath her and finally told her le baa bad sonic some kittens downstairs which she would like to see they went down the cellar stairs the little girl in front at the bot m of tho the stairs he said he seized I 1 r by the hair and pulling putting her aeao bick back swiftly cut her throat then he dug lug a hole bole in the ashes under tinder the stairs and buried body he lie told the officers to po go there mu and all woula be found as lie ie had said he search was vas mia tf ori orl orie e isis ft is th there ere in III the is NO 0 o tittle djs loot it in n chiller of 0 tilt till h aa it IN rk o 0 monster w bo el e el I 1 I 1 1 tel M no motive motine for h s ont i A 81 su ige delight 1 in 1 l N is indicted in lit jine ie I 1 in 1 1 before chief justice ari n ani t morton in tile jure jurt 11 1 found of murder n the tile a firs grce gree HN 1 counsel 4 the exceptions vere mere ov vt rudd t copy of the tile aan a sir allt to bernor gaston on oil I 1 eh eb i 1811 is it i the custom at thit tim ainu t for til arnor to select the tile il 11 for a a exec it the governor gu vernor is to 4 1 deith warrant and anti pol 03 aa yi k in ili an a ailing cu in 1 B t i aug 31 1876 G hen 1 burnor I ON our c mor nor hi ri e the executive council tel sentence to bollt tar io 1 m ain ll hard labor in the state I 1 jj his ills natural life I 1 jesses jesse a first abiding alie binl I 1 care of the stilt w A 14 it the pria 0 concord but he devel ope I 1 such a I 1 i disposition and made so tinny atar attempts at escape tint he wai transferred to charl toan ani in solitar soll tar I 1 where here A h he p ins his b since but he has nf er gp up hope that he lie will mine forup 1 daiy diy I I 1 escalo has come prett it loo 00 oo on go decisions nine tears ears ago he r 1 I saw sain from i 1 piece of suel steel an ani I 1 u the bara bars of his ills cell in ome dayi ay 1 7 explosion occurred or he aull rained gained the corridor in tho th aab again startled led to heir fiade another saw cut clit oft off the lego cegoy iron bedstead and shovel hoel of his cell door X drill trill nis also 0 in his room how he lie gets the ma to make tools Is A 1 master for or J mother and brother ire the only sons who ever see him ills batho stepped inside the prison the bo be murderer is no i callow min man of six he lie w 3 i th thin moustache ind b imenes alth a beird bear he lie Is sullen ly roe ind and low lov ills haili 11 generillo ge good ind and he cems to hafl for i W cr ib A f 1 it 11 or t 1 JESSE TO TODY att grown accustomed to solitary coi te 1 11 1 ll a ment he ile wae was the first person i 1 T whom the punishment tor for life w i b flicked in massachusetts but though physically he hu duj w ban D to accept his doom and ma gri thrive under it mentally he be Is 33 mes ilous ae as ever and will not acce 4 ha fate as irreparable he ile spent d of bis his hours in reading and sta so well has he used bis his time th and ran can peak speak french german ani aa rail leh ish and he his picked up a arv ethe a of 31 historical information t tha rhe life of a soll tar in ma let a setta Is not harsh nor cruel pom der room la Is sixteen by eight feet V d tr two chinks in the root tor for elgh tig 11 ring has a comfortable bed and the ilza y place la Is orderly he lie himself bt nisel Is t mu careful about his personal app 0 he ile la is allowed work orl it if he vv vu the winding of rattan roc lers t aars mars though he would like to go 90 in 10 iri to the shops with the other the f does very little labor in his roo tu o 0 h will wind perhaps hilt half a dozen I 1 linoki pok in a week while fort is a fair a dekl the w wonderful ond erful mother icae vore ly been better illustrated than t tl case of this murderer ever BIB abed with i a reg 4 he has been in prison that only illness break ill wing wing pomeroy visited her aon on at the ch u A intervals the law ian allias allu once ad months she knows he ie 18 F i alear car d gotlob 11 be the she comes v w ith purest hat ha Is F abble bet to her son to tell him ft N HJ world ori he Is foral in the great ng te lie t artal arching recount and to see may have said of him he lie bic a d bui lut I 1 quaal sires to k know now these md quite sen sensitive PS to 1 ia I 1 ances abo about ut him so P tg I 1 that t and iet the hope years a tib va brelet eternal in the Immor immoral lal a d of his pt left him hini nor ha in nult left his bli c ance and inge vr pr |