The New York Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1874, Page 4

4 THE BOY FIEND. Horrible Revelation of Crime in Boston, JESSE POMEROY AND HIS YOUNG VICTIMS A Sickening Story of Torture, Murder and Juvenile Depravity. CRUELTY BRED IN THE BONE The Human Butcher Confesses An- other Ferocious Deed. GLOATING OVER PAIN AND BLOOD. EW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1874.--TRIPLE SHEET. walls, not over three feet wide, and into which ashes, dirt and rubvish had been thrown, Not- withstanding that the body was well covered the decomposition i! @ Very bad smeil, which Was noticed and remarked by all who hi Oct | sion to visit the cellar. The circumstance so attracted the attention of a gentleman occupying the upper part of the building that he made a par- tial examination of the celtar, but, discovering pothing, supposed the odor might emanate from a | dead cat or rat in some secret place, and thought | no fe of it, finan the ash pile was overhauled and the decayed and patrid mass brougnt to light | the stench was feariul, making the oilicials sick and nauseating every one. oUNG, POMEROY SUSPECTED. No sooner he remains been found and the 1% remembered that the premises, at the time , 4 rl was missed, were occupied by Mrs. Pomeroy | an Jesse H. Pomeroy as the guilty party. That he | r sons, than suspicions at once pointed to would do such an act tuere is every reason to be- her dress that has been revealed is as it was on the morning of her disappearance, The gown was tion, presenting tnaubitable proof that the assas- Sination Was compassed by one whose blood is marvellously tainted with ‘erocity, as the Pomeroy blood is known to be, THE STORY OF THE PARENTS, The inquiry into the case was commenced before the Coyoner’s jury this evening, and the first wit- nesses examined were the mother and fatuer of the murdered girl, Both of the parents were almost prostrated with grief, but nevertheless they toid their simple tale in such @ Manner as tO carry conviction Ol truta aud excite pity and sor- row at every word, Mrs. Curran, who was first arenes, made the following statement in sub- stance :— On the morning of the 18th of Mareh, st about five minutes belore eight, Katie went out. Gen- erally she kissed me, but that morning I was very busy, and she stood with the knob of the aoor in lieve from nis record of cruelty and torture, and it | ber hand and sal egodby, mother; have Celia ‘was reasonable and proper that he should be first’) Abby Dia that I won't be late guspected, The other strange circumstance that | 0 schoul in @ strange room.” she hed wl could have remained to cellar so long | been promoted and was anxious to without the knowl of in F or brother | early. ‘Yes, I will,” said I, ond handing was deemed worthy of tovestigation, dat ser ber four ne, addea, “Katie, Lg Savage, as soon as the facts were made know! are you golng for the card?’ “To Tobin's, ordered the arrest of both. Accordingly Mrs. | she replied, “and if I don’t sit there I will go to Gill's.” She was ignorant 01 the Pomeroy place. I then went to do my wasuing, after 1 haa seus the little one out, and thought it was all right until twelve o'clock. A little before that hour I burried away my tubs aad began to epread the table furdinner, At two minutes of Pomeroy, the mother ease H. Waited upon by officers Adams and Foote about hali-past six o'clock and taken into custody. She was at first loath to go, but her arguments were useless and ¢ ne was locked up. +, answer to her remar! at 8 idn’t see what she was arrested | for she Was iniormead { "~ was on suspicion of | twelve o’ctock my youngest girl returned, and being connected with @ felony. No one Was al- | ag she opened tie door she began to cry. lowed to see or communicate with her, and noone | “Where ts Katie?’ said L” ‘Katie was not at except the officers will be so aliowed tll the case | School,’she replied. That alarmed me. A minute has been investigated. or two afterwards the boy, who was twelve ‘aa ‘The officers, after the arrest of Mrs. Pomeroy, | Old last January, came in. “Jobuny,” 8: proceded to search for ChariesJ. Pomeroy, the | “don’t throw your owp away. Katie must nave oldest son, who at the time of the Curran girl's | Missed and been kept after school.” Isent them Pomeroy, was Boston, July 20, 1874, Boston 18 again excited, and this time over a | crime of no small magnitude, it ia one of those terrible cases of juvenile depravity, murder and fendish brutality which cause an involuntary feeling of horror throughout the community. Con- Mected with the tragedy and its author are | Bumerous other startling crimes and circum | stances, Which add to the case an interest | more than usually painful and revolting. The story is that of the murder of @ ten year old | girl oy an eighteen year oid boy, the young crim- | inal being none other than Jesse Pomeroy, who is already under indictment for the murder of @ small boy last spring, and who had previously done service in a reformatory institution for crueities practised upon other boys some four or five years since, the circumstances of which will presently appear. A GIRL’S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, On the 18th of March last, just four months ago last Saturday, a little ten year old girl, named Faue Curran, living with her parents tn Soath Boston, was sent out to a store by her mother to make some small purchases. Having done tnis she Went to another store to buy # school card for her- self, Not finding the desired article at first she visited one or two other stores, The last which she entered was a little shop kept by Mrs. Rath M. Pomeroy, at 327 Broadway. Little Katie fatied to make her appearance at school that forenoon, and when oue of her sisters returned to the humble home of her parents she inquired why Katie was not at school that morning, The mother was somewhat surprised, but supposed the child had probably taken a notion to stay away and pay a visit to some of her juvenile friends, The child, however, did not make her appearance during the afternoon, and at supper time, when the father returned, his wile mentioned to him with many MOTHERLY MISGIVINGS, that ‘Katie was lost.’ The father, with an intui- tive perception that some terrible evil had belalien his family, at once instituted inquiries in regard to his beloved cniid, and immediately proceeded to Station 6, where he laid the case before Captain Dyer. He was accompanied by his wile, and in the course of conversation she stated that @ young boy, One of the missing giri’s playmates, had told her that Katie had gove into Mrs, Pomeroy's store on Broadway. Mrs, Curran also stated that she had called at the store, where she had made in- quires for a girl attendant named Lizzie Chapin, in order to ascertain from her if she had entered the store after Jesse Pomeroy had opened it. In response to her queries, she received from Mrs, Pomeroy an unsatis'actory answer that the girl had gone into the country. After a few more ques- tions the sorrowing mother took her departure, but her suspicions were terribly excited, and she sought her home, firmly convinced that Jesse Pomeroy was the causeof her cnild’s mysterious absence. Filled with torebodings, she awaited the return of her husband, to whom she communicated her fears, anu, a8 Lelore stated, she went with him to the stauon buuse. The public excitement which ensued when the mysterious disappearance was Made known was no less tan that so recently occasioned in Phila- delphia by the abduction ef littie Charlie Ross, Katie possessed many fare personal at- tractions, and her long golden ringlets, lustrous eyes and petite form, together with a bright intellect and amiable disposition haa caused her to be an unusual iavor- ite in the neighborbood in which she lived. When she disappeered the Nelle Burns abduction was fresh in the minds of all, although it had occurred | years before, aud parents naturally asked tuem- | selves, “Is there Salety Jor our children in the puo- lic streets?” Ihe city government, through one of tue most eMicient A.dermenu we have bad tor years, Mr. James Power, took immediate action in the case and offered a reward of $500 lor the de- tection of the abuuctors. Days, weeks and — months, however, passed on, but novning was heard of the missing child, altnough, as the public Was assured, bu pains were spuréd by the de- tective force of the city to gain a clew to her Whereavouts. The case, however, like thousands Of others, Was no nore than A NINE DAYS’ WONDER, | after which it was gradually suffered to pass from the minds of ail butalew. When, however, tne Pomeroy boy was arrested for the murder of tue Millen child tuere were not wanting many wio said that he was couuected with the disappear- ance of Kate Curran, who resided in ciose prox- imity to him. That such surduses were correct Was verified in tue most starting manner on Saturday aiternoon, About five o'clock some workmen who were engaged im excavating tne cellar of the building No, oz7 Broadway wade a ter- Tible discovery. ‘ins puilding was formerly occupied by Mrs. Pomeroy and her son Jesse | and an older son, but it nad recently assed inio the possession of Mr. James Nash, who is fitting up the premises to carry ob the general grocery business. In the Jurtuerance of His plans an L was to be added to the rer and the ceiar dug out, and the collection of ashes, rubbish and dirt removed. This work was being prosecuted on saturday by some laborers, and wi at work on the rear founda- tion wail quite @ lure scone feil over upon a heap 01 ashes, siXteen OF eighteen inches veep, in re- Moving this stone one of the workmen named McGinnis struck bis pick into the Leap, When out roued A HUMAN SKULL. AS may be expecied, the workmen were very much horrified and startied at the guastiy spec- tacie. ‘The Lesh nad not ail disappeared, and the teeth, firmiy set toyetuer, seemed, im the dim 'twuigiit, to give deflance ‘to the frightened laborers. Tiey suspended work, and at once reportea their discovery to Captain Dyer, tthe Sixti police station, The oMcers immed ely proceeded with their investigations, and were rewarded by drawing from the asues « piece of cloth, resembling a dress, and Woat appeared to be the remaims oi the body of achild. 1p an in- stant Officer Adams saia, “Thi TRE BODY UF KATIR CURRAN,” and subsequent disciosures proved his conjectures to be acts. Adress, skirt and scarf were aisy taken from the heap, but were much soiled and faded, as would be tue case @fver lying in # heap of dirt (or (our months. jeThe next action of the officers was to notify @ Coroner aud undertaker, and Coroner Ingalls and Undertaker Coles, both of whom were in the vicinity, were called in, Suspicious that the re- mains Were those of Katie Curran becoming more | positive it was thought advisable to inform her parents oi! the discovery, in order to see if they could identify any o1 the clothing, thoagh & piece irom which the dress was made, which was in the station house, lad been previously compared and found to correspond with the garment. Dr. _—— went alter the parents of the child, | Jol 7 in and Mary Curran, who lived at No. 37’ Second street, and brougut them to the nouse to view the remains. The fesh and all the soft parte 01 the body were entirely decomposed, notuing but the bones remaining. Mrs, Curran wae shown the cloth of the dress and scart, and instanwy Peay ono them as those her daughter wore on tue day she disappeared, exactly four months ago, | The poor woman was frantic with grief and ve- came aunost crazy, It was with great dimcuity | disappearance was in charge of the store. | mother) as the remains of the Curran girl on the | He } Out in search of her. The boy did not know where to go and the little girl went with him to show Lim the way to katie’s Dew room. They reported thas the school was locked up, UNFEELING CONDUCT OF THE POLICE. Then I went to the station hou I there saw Captain Dyer. He laughed at my feara and said that day after day girls were lost. ‘Captain Dyer,'’ said I, “don’t you talk ike that to me, you do not know my child. I uo not care what reporta The main fact in evidence against this young | you have; want some search made for fiend, Pomeroy, is the discovery of what has been | My girl.” He sent me away with the identified (by her clothing, recognized by ner | Words, “If you don’t hear from her come again in an hour,” Then I went to Gill’s and Tobin’s, out could gaifi 00 intelligence of her, Afterwards 1 went to the station house. Again Captain Dyer laughed at me. Stili I kept searching. The tuird carries papers, and was about his work in the early part of the evening, but subsequently re- turned and was taken into custody. What 13 his knowledge (if any he has) Of the affair 1s, of course, only conjectured, and cannot be at present ascer- tained. The Coroner's investigation may dec.de What disposition will be made of both himsetf and his motuer. CIRCUMSTANTIAL BVIDENCB, premises occupied by Pomeroy’s mother, This fact, considered in connection with what ts be- lheved or known of Pome: oy’s prociivities, is sum- | cient to convince the masses 01 peopie of the boy’s | time Captain Dver sald he would put an oiicer on complicity in the girl's disappearance and mur- | the track and let me know in the morning; but I aer; but it would not ve regarded as conclusive | get uo news. On Thursday, the 19th, my husband evideuce. There are, however, several other facts | Went to Captain Dyer and Chiet savage. Both which tend’ to support this beilei, Pomeroy was taken by the detective officers | to see the remains of the boy Mellen, then Mrs. Porter also went to the s:ation to eudeavor lying at the undertaker’s place of business, he ex- | tO inst ieeling into the officers. All the Claimed “You want to get that reward," and also | time Detecuve Adams REDS assuring me | asked, “Who will get that reward?’ He was | that Katie was alive. One evening he came to the finaily asked what reward be referred to, and said: | house and said, “Katie is alive and well aud 1s “~he one offered for the Curran girl.” Tne fact having @ better su)per than you are having to- was, at this time, that no reward nau been offered | night’’ He also said that be knew where she was for the apprehension 01 the murderer of the boy | the third day after she ieit South Boston. The Mellen. | father was unconvinced. He beueved the detec- The night after the boy was murdered Jesse | tives knew nothing about her, Pomeroy went to the store kept by ils mother, of | PREDICTIONS AGAINST POMEROY. which an elder brother was just then in charge— | When tne Pomeroy boy was suspected of the this brother bemg also a young man in his teens— | Murder o/ the lad Mellen—Jor which he 1s at pres- aud expressed a desire to Sleep in the store. | €4t lucarcerated—they had their minds turned to The older boy opposed tms, and the two brothers | him. Mrs. Welch, a weaithy iricad, deciared that had @ game of fisticuffs as @ result of the girl’s body was in the cellar ol the Pomeroy their wordy controversy, and the finality of | Store. She said to us, “Just as Sure as you are the scrimmage was that Jesse was over- | here your child is dead in that cellar.” We come and put out of the shop, which wag | 80 expressed ourselves to the police. They did | locked up by the other lad. What Jesse wanted | Rot toink 80, They did not believe the to Stay in the shop that night for becomes now a | Pomeroy boy had anything to do with her, Very interesting question. Since uis incarceration | 50 conident were we that the contrary was the Jesse Pomeroy has once or twice inquired if there | fact that asked to have the expressmen exam- had been oflered any reward tor the discovery of | ined to see i! they had taken any boxesaway trom the Curran girl, and, if sv, how much. that place; but they discouraged me, end I was There was quite ‘a general impression abroad | Rot permittec to aid thew. From the beginning shortly aiter her disappearance—in view of tue | the police have reiused to assume that the Pomeroy fact that there was no evidence whatever thas she had been killed—that sbe had been abducted or | tion prover the mother of the murdered girl added kidnapped, and it Was also a current report, which | that she heard there was @ boy by the mame many professed to believe, that either the girl's | Of Hooker, who carried papers for the lather or mother was knowing to her whereavouts; | Pomeruy boy, who had seen her daughter in that one of tuem was a Catholic and the other a | the store on the moruing of her disappearance. Protestant; that they had quarrelied on the subject | She went to see the boy and his parents gave her of the faith under which tue child sbould be brought | €Vasive answers, but the boy came in while she up, and that one party had obtatnea a victory py | Was there, and irom him she was satisfied that he | removing the child to some piace of safety, but be- | had seen Kate, as rumored, for he gave a minute yond the influence of the other. However, these | Were only stories, as it seems to be now proven, ard as there was no particular evidence to sup- | port either the mystery continued as great as ever. dressed. All of this sne told to the officers, but they paid no attentioa to her whatever, but got Tid Of ber by telling her that the boy was lying to her. During the narrative the poor woman nearly broke down several times, and her moanings aud Manilestatious of grief were heartrenaing to witness. Mr. Curran, when called upon, simply confirmed the story which bad been told by his wile, He ex- pressed much teeing, however, at the inditerent THE POMEROY BOY INTERVIEWED. During the evening the Chiet of Police and the | Chief oi Detectives visited the accused at the | Charles street jail, where he is now confined awaiting trial for the murder of the Melien boy, | The Chief opened the conversation by suggest- | ing to the lad that he might know the | Manner in which the case had been treatea by the Ovject of tbeir visit. He said, “I suppose it | Odicers in South Boston, and tt was evident trom is about the case.” He was informed that | their manner thatthe sympathies of the Coroner and the jurymen were wito him. THE 1BRKIBLE CONFESSION, When Mr, Curran had finished Chiefof Police Savage was called upon to give in his evidence. the remains of the Curran giri had been found in the store formeriy occupied by his mother, and thatshe and his brother had been arrested for supposed complicity in the giri's murder. He said he didn’t believe his mother did itor knew any- | The father lingered in the room tv thing about it, and when asked the cause of his | await lurther «evelopments, but Cvroner beuef said that if she nad done it sue would have | Ingersalls, knowing the awful disclosures told him ofit. He said also tuat he hoped that she | that were to be made, prevaiied upon him to wouid be abie to show her innocence, aud tnat he felt very sorry ior her if she was in custody on such @ serious charge. When tt was suggested to him that be had inquired, when first urrested, about the reward offered ior the discovery | of she Curran girl, thereby indicauog that | him all aloue, he said, and had a long and caretul he kuew something about it,he declared that | Conversation with Dim, Wiuch was about as all such reports were lies and the proois thereof | follows:— ‘i Could not be advanced, It was further suggesied | _ ‘‘Now, Jesse,” said the Chief, “it seems to me to lim that he had been seen with the murdered | that you vugnt to know something about how tne girl the day sue disappeared, and he suggested to | bouy oi Katie Curran came to be in your mother’s | the Chiel of Police toat that theory or siatement | cellar. You know she and yuur brotuer are under was something he bad got to prove. Ina word, , arrest, and if you know anything about it you | the mmterview was not a very satisfactory one wo | Ought to tell it ali’! the officers and threw no light whatever upon the Alter a momentary hesitation the boy replied :— subject nearest their hearte—“Who did it?’ His | ‘Well, Mr. Savage, I killed the girl, but 1 don’t manner was cool and stolia during the interview, | Want to tell you how | done it,” and he has maniiested no emotion whatever ex- “Ob, that won't do, Jesse,” answered the Chief, cept when oe ae bis mother and the trouble | “I want you to tell me all about it, and be sure she Was now in. Then his throat sweliea up and | @nd teli me the truth; and, in order that there he seemed to be choking with grief for ner mistor- may be no mistake, [ want you to let me write it tune. o THEORIES RESPECTING THE MURDER. it over, aud you can teil me whether iv 1s right or There being no warks discovered about the de- | not.” F Composed rem ins to indicate what degree or kind | _ ‘‘Well, 1 don’t want !t to go into the papers,” he Of violence was used by the murderer to cause the ; Said. ; death of tue child, one theory at this writing is “That is something I can’t control,” answered perhaps as good as another, and yet, unless Jesse | the ollicer; “nut I guess you had verter tell me omeroy opens his mouth and tells how the mar- | all, so 1 can tell it tothe Coroner's jury this even- der was done, we may never know the partisciars | ing.” Of this terrivie affair. One theory, and it seems a “Well, I will,” answered the boy, after some Plausivie One, and a8 good a8 any, is that Jesse | hesitation, He then said that he nad drawn & enticed the girt into the cellar by the offer oi | Plan of tue store and cellar, showing where le had sweetmeats, us ne has enticed other children, | kiled the girt and where he ourted the body, and watched bis opportunity, smothered the cnild | that it was conceaied in hisceli, In company wito With his handke:caiei ur something else Capable of | One Ol the officers of the jail he was conducted to stifling her cries, and then murdered her (witu tis | tue cell where he instantly produced a diagram pocket knive) this usual brutal manner, or much | Showing correctly and in detail al that he said it the same as the littie boy Mellen was butchered. Would, Tueu beginning Of course none of his knue violence Wonid appear He sai THE STORY OF HIS CRIME, upon the now tesbiess remaius of Katie Curran. z Auother theory is that be confined the chila in “Weil, Mr. Savage, the Curran girl came into the the cellar, where he kept her bound and gagged = Store that morniug while I was alone. My brouler Uli peopie had jeit the store, and that then, under | had gone aiter ts papers and my motner and the the cuver of night, he went and quietly did bis | girls were not coming to the shop for an hour or bivody work. but ali speculation 18 apparentiy Wore. The girl toid me that she wanted a school useless, except tha. Jesse Pomeroy murdered | card with the wultplication table ou it. 1 tuld Katie Curran, which theory is 60 wellsupported her that J had some in the store down stairs, and thal LO One else 18 Suspected, it she would go «own there I would Is THE BOY A ¥IEND BY NATURE? give her one. If I hat told her it was @ The circumstances surrounding the brutal | cellar down there, she would have been atraid and achievements of this youth are as singular as they | Would not have goue, When sie started | let her are hidevus, From the moment that be was vid | gO trst, and aiter she bad got about half-way enough to attend school he had been Known as | down I weut atter her, Wheu | overtook her L ossessing the most fiendish proclivities. To get put one arin around her neck and covered up her Boys in his power ahd torture them was always @ mouth, and then | cut her throat with the other source of delight, He used to tie them firmiy, band. She died pretty quick, and when I was sure and then with knives and pips cut and tor- | she was dead love her body over in ture them to his heart’s content. The Mel- | One corner of the cellar and covered {tt up jen boy, Whom he is charged with murdering, | With ashes, Just as I hud got it about Was cut and siastied in this way, and itis more | covered up I heard my brother come in and YY than likely that litue Katie Curran was also tor- Up #.airs just as he was coming down to look after tured to death, His i@ther and mother have not | me. Wuen he saw me he did hot go down stairs, lived together for several years, but the cause of | 1 turned away irom him as soon asicould and their separation is not publicly known, ‘The | went to the water pipe and washed the blood of latuer i & butcher, and ts now employed in the | {rom my bands and the knoue.” Quincy Market. Ihave it from reilable authority “Did your mother or brother ever know anything that during the movuer’s pregnancy, previous to | about itt” asked the Cutet. the birth of Jesse, she was often witn her husband | “No, neitaer one of them ever knew anything wien he was engaged in the work of siaughtering | about it,” was the prompt and irank response. and butchering beet, and this fact may possibly | The coniession, the Chief said, was made qith- have something to do with the unfortunate boy’s | Out any inducement being offered, and the on'y peculiar passion ior Ltonnagecion | human beings, As | explanation or excuse tuat the lad offered was one Can be boro stone blind, or deprived of or that “HE COULDN'T HELP IT.’ hideously distorted in limb or member, so this | y It is not generally believed that either tne Pomeroy boy seems to be by nature destitute of conscience aad all the healthy impulses of bu- | mother or brother of the confessed Nena had any manity, | Knowledge of nis crime, and they will probably be THE CORONER'S INQUEST. | released from custody alter they give im The Coroner's investigation into the Pomeroy | their testimony at the next session of the | Juvenile butchery nag resuited in tae {ull realiza- | inquest on ednesday. kver since young Pomeroy was first arrested, and tne story tivn Of the worst anticipations of an excited com- | munity. All the circumstances which can be un- toid about his torturing a numoer of cuildren in carcbed point directiy to the young fiead who killed | Chelsea and South Boston, people have been the boy Melien as the murderer 0; litte Katie Cur- | curious to know why it was that he did such things or what prompted him to such acts of Tan, and all of these terriole suspicions re nm confirmed by his detailed coniesston of the crime. | cruelty and inhumanity. All sorts of explanations have been given by eople who were more or | an account oj bis interview with the boy saturday evening, and then narrated @ second conversation Which He had with nim this alernoon. | Preliminary to the examination of witnesses Cor- oner Lngalls caused ® post-mortem examination | less conversant with e habits of the | tobe maue of the body to ascertain if possivie | boy; but nothing that was in the least whether or not the young victim was subjected to | saisfactory or {in any way bordering torture or outrage. ‘Ine ciscovery made bears | upon the scientific has ever been given | testimony more strongly than anything yet re- vealed of tne terrible depravity of the assassin. Words cannot describe the fiendishneas of vhis boyish viliain who compassed tte girl's death. The | body, a8 previously related, was greatly decom- | posed, but not #0 greatly as to be beyond yreding | incontrovertible evidence of the work of the mur- | derer. Science, that inflexible foe of criminala, steps in at the last moment and conciusiveiy dem- e ie. . onstrates that none Of tae acknowledged crimes of | ‘Why did you do #0?” asked tne he ee the Pomeroy monumania farnishes greater proof “| don’t Know, Your Honor; only I could not ot his infernal malevolence than do the preserved | help it; 1 had to do it.” portions of the body o1 the Curran girl. CRUBLTY BRED IN THE BON, RROKS BEFORE UNHEARD OF. Directly alter this investigation a party of three to the public. As @ fact intimately connected with what follows, it may be stated that wnen the boy Jesse was first brought before Judge Forsaith, one of his victims went on and told the Court his story ag to how Jesse bad whippea bim and pricked him on the body and arms with his knife. Juage Forsaith turned to Jesse and asked him:— “Jesse, did you do as the litue boy says?” 8, Sr,” answered Jess that she was kept from falling upon what were | probably her daugnter’s remains. She aino desired to take the remains to her home, but the counsel of the officials prevatied and they were taken in charge by the undertaker, who removed them toa proper place of deposit and the sorrowing parents went home, the auxiety as to the fate of their danghter, which for four months had heen en- shrouded in mystery, being relieved only by the horrid discovery tuat she had been FOULLY MURDERED, and their worst possible ears realized. Dr. In- yulls represents the poor mother’s anguish as most heartrending, even to those familiar wita Boenes Of sunering, The place where the remains were found was the corner 0| @ dark cellur, not jar trom the foot of the bias. Ma dork of recess made ly tue soundation That portion of the human frame which the | well-known physicians, who Were anxious to learn Pomeroy iad always iacerated, has been mangied | ail that they could about the boy, called ay nis in the most cruel manner. it will be substantiated | mother and bad @ very pleasant and can- | at the inquest that the knite was drawn from the | did interview with her. They told _ her Vagina upward with the most irightful ferocity. | thetr errand and she Kindly gave them all | Her person was literally torn asunder, At the | the information im her power. Among other same time there is no indication that he attempted | things, she said that her husband was a botcher, criminal gratification of sensual ion, and so | and that during the period of her pregnancy she lar as Known the inclinations of the Pomeroy iad | went datiy to the siaugater house to witness the hever tended in that direction. Whoever consum- | killing of the animals, aud that somehow ste took mated the norrid crime could have done itirom no | a particular delight in seeing her husban¢e other motive than an insatiate love of cruelty. | butcher tne sheep, the calves and the cattle, Another remarkable fact remains to be stated. | and not unirequentiy she assisted him | The clothiag of the littie girl, or at least such of | in this bloody work. She also said that it a8 remains, is mutely significant of the tact that | alter Jesse was born and became old enough to her slayer worked on @ plan similar to that which | havea knife in his hands he was ali the time jab- Jesse Pomeroy has always employed. Her | bing a knife into pieces of meat, and when still | clotuing Was acver uofastened. Every button of | Older aod about bis iather’s market be did ihe cut and slashed with a sharp knife in every direc- | When | told bim that they believed tue child bad been lea | off into the country aud would soon appear. A | lad was implicated in the affair, After ber examina- | description of her appearance and how she was | | Tetire Jor a few moments, and be would advise nim | of any new developments. Chief Savage first gave | He saw | ud when you have told the story I wili read | | same thing. These facts, certainty, explain, in & measure, Why Jesse could not help domg these things, as he told the Court. He was simply marked by his motner just as other children have been, o1 in @ different way. Besides his | fendish crimes already described, it ta stated that he once attempted to capture a couple of youn, | iris in his mother’s store, a few days before his | arrest for the murder of the Mellen boy, and that | he also attempted to torture some of his lellow in- | Mates while confined in the State Reform School. | MERITED CHARGES AGAINST THB POLICE. Public excitement continues to run high over the horrible developments and the police come in for @ merited snare of abuse. Captain Dyer, Detec- tive Adama and Lieutenant Emerson are all charged with having used efforts to smother the discovery, rather than to assist it, and their ac- tions since the disclosures have been made fully sustain these charges. A petition is already in circulation for the removal of the Captain of the recinct, and the movement ts sanctioned by both | the Mayor and the Chief of Police, It was through | the imfuence of Captain Dyer that the flend was pardoned out of the Reform school a few years ago. A BLOODY TRAGEDY. A Welsh Quarryman Attempts to Kill His Wife and Himself. JEALOUSY THE CAUSE. Description of the Horrible Crime. STROUDSBURG, Pa., July.20, 1874, A gentleman who arrived in this place last Night from Siatington, tn Lehigh county, brings the particulars of a most horrible domestic trag- euy. Slatington is in the heart of the celebrated quar- Tying region of Pennsylvania. Hundreds of men | find employment there, many of them from the stone quarries in Wales. Among these was one named John Jones. He went to Slatington in 1870 | and entered the quarries. Notlong afterward he | married a young girl whose acquaintance be made at the hotel where he boarded, she being em- ployed there as a dining room girl Not long a‘ter they were married Jones became desperately | Jealous of his pretty wife, and thenceforth all | DOMESTIC PEACE FLED THRIR HEARTH. | They parted from each’ other three times, but each ume a reconciliation was effected. Less | than a month ago they had a@ feariul quarrel, arising, It is said, from Mrs. Jones passing a few | words with a young manto whom she was en- | gaged before her acquaintance with Jones. Her | husband left her and went to the coal regions, | His wife remained at home in Slatington. | Last Saturday Jones appeared suddenly in the place.. He wore a sullen, moody air, and visited very few of his old resorts, He exhibited to an in- | thmate friend, however, a letter which he | said he had received a few days | trom Slatington. It pretended to give intor- mation of the fact that Mrs, jones was preparing to sell the furniture, &c., belungiag to | them, and then intending to elope with a former | lover. The letter was not signed, but Jones pro- fessed to believe its contents, although ridiculed by his triends. He said he intended to put a stop | to the affair, Whether he was meditating then the deed he subsequently committed 1s not known, THE TRAGEDY. About nine o’clock Saturuay night Jones went | home, He proceeded to nis wie’s room. The | pext heard was a shrill cry of “murder tssuing Jrom the room but @ few minutes alter Jones eQ- | posed to the usi tered, The cry was heard vy passers by, and sev- | eralrushed in, Bursting into the room a shocking sight was presented. Mrs. Jones lay on tne floor the door with her throat cut, d, on which were evidences of a struggle, | was also red with blood stains, Near the window, | a lew feet from bis wife, lay Jones, on his back, | @roaning. The handie of a large butcher knite 1) Bromadet from his stomach, the blade being uried out of sight. He opened his eyes when ap- | | proached and said, | “{ DONE IT.” | When the knife was drawn out of his body he at- | tempted to seize it, crying, “Let me finish it!’? moned. storing Mrs. Jones to consciousness. It was found | that her windpipe was not severed, but that sev- | eral important arteries were cut. No hopes | were entertained at last accounts of her recovery. He came at once and succeeded tn re MRS. JONES’ STATRMENT. She made a statement giving the particulars of | the tragedy. Sie said that she was awakened about nine o’clock by some one, whom she discovered to be her husband. He renewed old charges of infidelity and a quarrel arose, during which he drew a large carving knife. Mrs, Jones endeavored to escape from the room, but he seized ber by the hair, pulled ner down on the bed, and then drew the knife across her throat. Before she fairly realized her condition Jones plunged the | Knife tanto his stomach and then ran across the room and struck the handle against the wall, driving the blade in to the handle, She hallooed “Murder,” and ran towards the door, alter which | She lost all consciousne: THE MURDERER’S WOUNDS. An examination of Jones’ wounds proved that | there are nine cl | fatal The blade passed through the bowels and | came out at the back near the roaf of the spine. POPULAR FEELING. Great excitement prevails in Slatington over the tracedy. A two-year-old child belonging to the victims is being cared ior by @ relative o; Mrs. Jones. The story of the intended elopement, as ceived, is without foundation, and the ietter itself is believed to be an invention. OBITUARY. James Smith. New York has lost another old merchant in the deatn of the gentleman whose name heads this | motice, Mr. Smith died suddenly on Sunday, at | the Highland House, Garrison’s, on the Hudson, of | heart disease. He nad been in active business life in this city for nearly forty years, during which period he founded many prominent business houses, Born in Essex, Conn., on the 17th of No- vember, 1808, and following the occupation of | farming until he was a young man, Mr. Smith was yet so imbued with the spirit of trade that he fitted out a sailing vessel for Mexico, and was very successiul in this first adventure in “commerce. Atterwards he founded the | house of B, Newhouse & Co. in Movie, which carried on @& successful furniture business. | Then he came to New York and was a partner in ‘The two were laid on a bed and a physiciau sum- | ces in ten of their proving | mentioned in the letter Jones claimed to have re- | before | | the firm of Conklin & Smith, dealers in groceries — | on Front street, and successiveiy a member of the houses of Post, Smith & Uo., No. 40 buriing slip, | who did a@ snipping business; of J. & N. Smith & Co., his son, siuce deceased, being one of the part- | Bers; of Smith & Dunning, Smitn, Dunning & | Woodward, and lacterly of Smith, Wooaward & ' Stiliman, commission merchants, He retired from | active business on the 1st of November, 1873, with | @ large iortune. His city residence was at No. | 301 Fulth avenue. Mr. Smith had great iamily | afflictions, having lost all of his children. His wife, however, survives him. His funeral wiil take place on Wednesday morning from his late residence. Admiral Pennock'’s Wife. A HERALD correspondent at Yokohama, Japan, writing on the 19th of June, reports as follows:— I have to record the death of Mrs. Margaret Pen- nock, wife of Admiral Pennock, of the United | States Navy. Admiral Pennock and his wife ar- rived here in May last, he to take charge of the | Asiatic squadron. Mrs, Pennock went on board the ship fo San Francisco in very good health, bat | was taken sick on board the steamer. die was still sick from inflammation of the stomach on her arrival at this port, She died at half past two on the 7th inst. She was 64 years of age. Her re- H eee to be taken to America by the outgoing steamer. Albert De Groote. The same correspondent, writing to the HeRaLp from Yokonama on the same day, say! ‘A very melancholy acctdent occurred in Yokohama on the 16th inst., resulting in the death of Mr. Albert De | Groote, the eldest son of the Beigian minister to Japan. Itappears that the young man was in bis bedroom, about to change his clothes, for which ed id he had to open @ drawer containing a loaded revolver, Fy some unlucky accideut the sudden opening of the drawer caused toe hammer of the pistol fall and to discharge its conteaw | right through his heart. Death jollowed instantly. Mr. De Groote was a promising young man of years of age and a favorite in the community. Kaga-no-Kami, an Asiatic Millionnaire, HERALD special correspondence from Japan, under date of Yokohama, Jane 19, reports the fol- lowing interesting facts concerning the life and death of the above named Asiatic celebrity :— Kaga-no-Kaml, one of the erst wealthiest princes in Japan, died on the 28th alt, This Prince was \Srmerly one of the most powerful daimtos tn Ja- pan, having an income of 1,024,000 kokus of rice annually (equal to $5,000,000). He used to be at- tended by @ rotinue of 1,000 nobies, Whose sa- | mouraiand attendants exceeded 10,000, During | the war between the Tycoon and Mikado Kaga re- Wained for a long time neutral, though it was thought that he secretly favored the former; but after Aidzu had been deteated Kaga threw nis in- Auence with the Mikado, and this was suficient to piace the success of the latter beyond @ doubt, aga Was not a man of very great force Of charac- ter, but he was much devoted to study. He estab- lishea the first foreign school and the first hos- ital to be prest over by a foreign physician in japan, At his death he was only forty-three years 01 age, having been born in 1830, His funeral was one of the most impressive that has ever taken piace in Jeddo. Tne Mikado sent three high ofi- cers to represent him and over 1,800 persons, mostly nobles and retainers, followed Nis remains to the grave on foot. A son of the deceased has lately spent two years in London, whence he was summoned on account of the severe sickness of nis father. Mr. G. E. Smith. A despatcn from Portsmouth, N. H., announces the death of Mr. G. E. Smith, at his residence in Newfeld, Me, Mr. Smith erected for the late Pro- fessor Morse the Mrst lime of telegraph poles tn this country, between Washington fod Baltimore in 1844. He was jor many years well known in political circles, being active and prominent. Rev. Dantel Foley, D. D. Rey. Danie! Foley, D. D., rector of Tempietuohy and prebendary of Kilbragh, im the diocese of Cashel, Lreland, diedon July 7, at his residence, Newtown Park, Blackrock. Dr. Foley was ex- tensively known and highly esteemed, especially by what is called the Evangelicai party in the Church, He was intimately ac- quainted with the irish language, and fre- quently preached in that anctent tofgue. This and other qualifications recommended him to the notice of the Irish Society, who appointed him their Professor of Irish in the University of Dublin, He heid a curacy at Clonmel, and thus became known to the late Bishop of Cashel, who appolated him to the benefice of ‘empletuoby. Doctor Foley, in his leisure hours, compiied an Trish dictionar, which is widely used, and subsequently published, in a cheap form, his notes oi a journey through the United states, undertaken principally to ascertain by personal inspection the condition of the Lrish settiers in America. He took au extremely active part in the proceedings of tue Chureh Synod and Spent two years in England advocating the cause of the Irish Church. ARMY INTELLIGENCE. The Board on Infantry Equipments. WASHINGTON, Juiy 20, 18 The Board on Infantry E quipments, consisting | of Lieutenant Colouel William R. Shatter, Twenty. | fourth infantry; Cook, Tenth infantry; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C, English, Second intantry; Chambers, Fourth infantry, and Captain HW. M. Stacey, Twelith infantry, which has been in ses- | gion at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since July 1, to consider and report upon the subject of proper equipment ior infantry soldiers, aud to re- commend the adoption of an equipment best sulted to troops serving as infantry: aud, in addi- tion, to deterimine on such ‘material anu supplies as may be necessary for the efficient vutit tor i fantey troops in field and garrison, has been au- yerees to adjuurn to Watervliet Arsenal, New ‘ork. Tho New Army Organization—Number of Men Requisite tor the Eficiency of a Company. WASHINGTON, July 20, 1874. Colonel Nelson A. Miles, of the Filth tniantry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has ad- dressed a letter to the Adjutant Geueral of the army requesting that recruits be assigned to his Tegiment 80 that it shall not have less than 545 enlisted men. He says, with the exception of three companies on duty at headquarters, the companies 1 the moeiene re on the plains ex- hardships of froutier service, and five compa: and on duty against indians. He submits that it ts essential that the maxi- mum per SORES should be as great as possible, | and that the maximum of forty men per company contemplated in the reorganization oj the army by the new Army bili would leave a company very inemicient for the duty which would be actually expected ol it on the frontier. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Report of Rear Admiral Case of the Eu- ropean Squadron—The Practice Ship at New London. WASHINGTON, July 20, 1874, Despatches have been received at tne Navy De- partment trom Rear Adimiral Case, commanding the European stauion, dated Villa Franca, Joly 7. He reports in complimentary terms the condition Of his flagship, the Frankun. Liberty had been given to the crew, and out of tue whole number only three had deserted. The men vehaved them- selves wellon shore. With tne exception of an uniortunate occurrence, in which one o1 the crew lost his le (mentivued in despatches some tume since), tuere had been no disvurbance, MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Rear Admiral Case reported that he would leave for Spezzia on July 9 or the purpose of docking the Frankin, atter which he wouid go to Lisbon, taking with him the Juniata, and stop en route at Port Mahon, Tangiers aud peruaps Cauiz and some other pomts. gare Congress was expected from the coast of r the same time irom Sicily. ‘ihe latter vessel would be sent to visit Dorts on both shores of tne Adri- atic, and sucu 01 the islands of the Archipelago as Was possible, to enavie her to return to Villa Franca by the lst of November, ‘the Juniata was at barceiona, TH PRACTICE SHIP CONSTELLATION, with midshipmen Orient, Long isiaud, will be her post office. Appointments in the Treasury Depart- ment, James Gilfillan has accepted the position of Ap- pointment Clerk of the Treasury Department, General Spinner bas designated William Behrens for Ohief Clerk of tue Treasurer's oflice, Naval Orders. WASHINGTON, July 20, 1874, Passed Assistant Surgeon Henry M. Martin is or- 8 are detuched from their posts | about the 15ch 0 July, and the Alaska about | /rom the Naval Academy on | board, arrived at New Loudon July 17, which will be her address until the 24th inst.; after that, | Lteutenant Colonel A, D, Me- | Major Alexander | dered to the Navul Hospital at Pnitadelphia, | Passed Assistant Surgeon James M. Flint is or- dered to Newport, R. L. Passed Assistant Surgeon Presby M. Rixey is detached irom the receiving ship Savine and vrdered to the Congress. Acting Assistant Surgeon W. W. Myers ts detached from the Congress aud ordered to return home and re- rt his airival. Passed Assistant Engineer D. P. icCartney 1s detached irom the Philad-iphia Navy Yard and ordered to the Get:ysburg, Passed as- sistant Engineer Walter D, smita is detacued trom the Gettysburg and granted two montis’ leave of absence. Boatswain Kubert Dixon 18 detached from tue Noriuik Navy Yard and placed on sick leave. Gunner Cornelias Dugan ts detached from the Pengacoia and placea on waiting orders, Rear Admiral Strong’s Flagship. RIO JANEIRO, June 25, 1874. The United States sloop of war Monongahela, Rear Admiral Strong’s flagship, 1s still in this port, Allon board are weil. The Asiatic Squodron. YOROMAMA, June 19, 1874, The Hartford, Lackawanna and Kearsarge are at Yokohama, 6th inst. THE YONKERS OUTRAGE. Each successive day appears to reveal addi- tional perpetrators of the atrocious assault com- mitted on the person of the young woman, Klien Eagan, at Yonkers, during the evening and nignt of the 15th inst., particulars of which have already appeared in these columns, Acting on informa. tion received from Foley, one of the guitty parties now in custody, the Yonkers police yesterday ar- rested Michael Regan, Thomas Curran and James Waish, aged respectively 25, 23 and 20 years, three more of the gang of miscreanta whose brutal defiance of law and decency has disgraced the annals of the city, which unfortu- Dately had to tierate their presence in the past. On being jou ion into Court yesterday the prison- ers were fully identified by their victim as being | among those who assaulted her on the occasion mentioned, Her testimony was more than cor- roborated vy three witnesses, Who came forward and swore that Regan and Curran had committed the crime charged io their presence. The teste mony was not so conciusive tn the case of Walsh, and he was heid in the sum of $600 to answer charge Of assault with intent to outrage. The other two prisoners were committed withuut bail for the action of the Grand Jury. Thus far the Praise wortuy efforts of the police authorities have veea rewarded by the apprehension of seven of the accusea parties, while two or three Others are known to have leit the city. DRUNK AND OVERBOARD, Samuel , Simpson, while laboring under the effects of whiskey last night fell overboard at pier 28 Hast River, and but for the timely assistance of | OMmcer Connolly, of tae Oily Hall squad, would lave beeu drowned. | flannel dresses were quickly a THE WORKING WOMEN'S PICNIC. Hight Hundred Happy Girls on Rockaway Sands. A BRIGHT DAY AND BRIGHTER FACES. How Weary Working Women Enjoyed a Boat Excursion and a Surf Bath. Eight hundred working women on a summer day's pleasure excursion was @ sight never pre- sented to New Yorkers belore yesterday, And it Was an occasion go fullof happiness that it will fila bright niche tm the temple of memory for many who shared tn its enjoyments for long years, Among our latest and best of public charitable en- terprises ig that of the free training schools of the fadies’ Industrial and Bdacationa: Society, located at No. 47 East Tentn street, under the active super- intendence of Mrs, Hodges and Migs Corson, Jn its life of a year and a half it hs “had Tader its care nearly four thousand women and girls. These have been practi- cally instructed im various branches of labor to which women are adapted, and when they became proficient therein places have been pro- cured for them where they at once were able to command good wages, making them seif-support- ing, or, in many instances, the bread-winners for ged parents and helpless chiidren. Besides such industries as machine sewing, embroidery, laun- drying, cooking and general housework, pupils who desire it are taught penmanship, phonog- raphy, bookkeeping and other branches to which they may be adapted, F-om the first whatever a learner earns goes to hersell, 80 that her industrial education costs her nothing, and as soon as she is able to do her ‘chosen branch of work well # situation ts Waiting for ner acceptance, It is found that alter the girl has passed through aterm of instraction im the schoois and goue te work she still looks back to the institution as ner home, a refuge, should she be thrown out of em- pioyment; & home to which she can bring her joys or sorrows, expecting sympathetic pleasure in her success, OF sorrow and good counse! should she be in distress, So every Tuursday evening tue school has its reception, to which ali its benedciaries are invited as to THEIR OWN FAMILY CIRCr. Varied entertainment is proviaed, and many ot our ¢ known and most public spirited ladies and gentiemen from time to time are present as interested guests or as assisting to assure the hap- piness of the company. There 1s formed a great family more or less acquainted with each other's capabilities, worth and wants. A community of interest 1s established, and allare concerned in the wellare of each, ‘Those who are above the necessity of labor for existence find that the hard working women, as @& class are debarred from those healtnful and spirit renewing recreations which are so needful to well regulated activity of body or mind. In this way the idea has Mashed across the public mind that sewing girls, cooks, housemaids and all that large class Oi ‘females who live by work may be the happier in mind &s well as HEALTHIER IN MUSCLE for an occasional day of enjoyment, away ‘rom cure, free from iavor. So a lew days ago the ladies in charge of the ‘Traiming Schools suggested throuygo the press that it was de- sirable to assemble & large company o! their pupils and give them an excursion to Rockaway beach. ‘This appeal was promptiy responded to by Messrs, Smith, Lewis and Hillyer, the owners of the dine excursion steamer ‘I'wilight, offering 1t to the so- ciety forsuch an enterprise, free of charge. This was at once followed oy olfers of batuing dresses and airee dinner by the owners of the three promi nent hotels at Rockaway beacu—the Neptune House, the Seaside House and Hammel’s Hotel. These offers were thankiully accepted, as were also various contributions, and the time lor the excur- sion was fixed ior yesterday, thau which Lo fitter day could have been named in the heated term, DOWN THE bay. Nine o’clock yesierday morning, at the Albany dock, foot of Twenty-fourth street, was assembled the brightest aud happiest turong ever seen on & steamboat. AS the T'wilignt, under the charge of the veteran commander Captain Auning Smith, steai.ed down the river she carried nearly 800 working Women and @ large number of patrons and friends of the society, Not one of t ris lorgot her Womauly instinct to make the best show 01 Which wer Wardrove was susceptbie. All were dressed neatiy, maby very tastelully, if not ele- gantiy. But the bright dresses, brignt flowers aud bright ribbons were eclipsed vy the brightness of the sparkling eyes aud smiling lips which told the universal happiness and joy 0! the occasion. Music irom the Governor’s Island band added its chai to the delighis of the moving panorama of New York Bay, showing in turn tae beauties of Weehawken, El) sian Fields, Hoboken, Jersey City, With the city shore 0, posite them; thea Governor's is and, Brooklyn, Staten Island, the harbor forts, Coney Isianu, the wide ocean view outside and the approach to the famous batuing grounds of Rock- ay. All these ia.r sights and sweet sounds con- tributed to the supreme content of the hundreds to whom such pleasures are rare, if not utterly unknown. IN THR WAI On reaching Rockaway Keach the party was divided into three sections, aud marched directly to tue bathing houses by the water, where the utin requisinion, and in ten minutes nundreds of the happy girls w: romping in tue biue water on the smooth » this superb beach, They played with the fickle element like mad fairies or like werry cuuidrem among new-mown hay. They caressed the wild waves or were caressed by them in ail tue inno- cent and simpie giee o! happy youth, They made the most ‘of the marvel of a day in the surf, They showered each other with water or sand, and chased each other madiy along the snift- ing boundary which divided sea trom land; merrily they laughed, and almost as werrily they slirieked as some larger wave swept them from their leet with its tumultuous force, aod with all the Pleasure Oi a strange joy they wrestied with the Waves. uid they were fatigaed with happiness, Littie girls of tender years, girls in the biush of periecied youth aud matrons, ailtogether they tasted to the iull the joys and exmiiaration of tue seu bach, ROCKAWAY HOSPITALITY, When the bata was done anu the shapeless flannel suits exchanged tor those more familar and more becoming a bountiful repast awaited all. ‘Tits was the gilt of the landiords who cater for the public pleasure. Ali were vountuuily ied by Messrs. Hammel, Failing aud Eckert. At the Neptune House, the last lauding in returning, the bathers, nungry after their swimming, only fin- ished their diuver as the boat was starting, and at hall past four ail were on board aguin, fully content with Kockaway, its surf and its caowder. HOME “AGAIN. On the return trip the co.upany was regaled With @ plentiful supply ol ice cream and Cake, as on the down trip they were served with sandwiches gud lemonade. ‘There was not the least hitch in the admirabie arrangements for the comfort of the patyy. Great credit is due to the officers of the at ior their civilities to tue company, agd to the Managers of the society for their lavorious care t..at all should be happy. Mr. Samuel G. Courtney, one of the directors, had general charge, in com Junction with the ladies, and was assiduous in his | attentions to the detuils of the excursion, ‘The Tuscarora left for San Francisco on the | At seven o'ciock the I'wilight was again at her dock, and the company sought their several homes happy and tired with along day full of picasure aud of whoiesome lessons in refereuce to the genial sisterhood of all women. THE PAUPER ORILDREN'S FESTIVAL, The most praiseworthy act yet performed by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Hudson county, New Jersey, is the order that the children who are inmates of the Qounty Almshouse at Snake Hill shall hold a picnic on the soth ifst. Superintendent Osborn has been instructed to carry out this order and to incur all necessary expenses, A train will leave irom the foot of Barclay street, New York, at ten o'clock A.M., of the Boonton branch, stopping the grounds, This will be vhe first festival ever held by the pauper chudren of Hudson county. The Good Example Spreading. The “Fresh Air Fund” charity is taking tangidie form in Brooklyn. Mr. P, H, Reid, of the East New York and Canarsie Railroad generously offers the poor children a free ride uver his road next Thurs- day. Free reiresiment and excursion tickets will be issued to about 600. POUND DEAD, An unknown man was found dead last night by the police of the Ninth precinct in the jumber | yard of Howe & Co. in West street. It 1s supposed he committed suicide, as @ bottle containing lauda- num was found in his pocket, A razor was lying on the ground by the side of the body, but 1t did not appear to have been used, He was dressed in biack coat, trowsers and waistcoat, He had ® felt hat, gray siurt, Congress gaiters and no stockings. He had dark hair and compiexton and biue eyes, The body was gent to tue morgue and the Ooroner notitied.