, 1866-10-24
BOT MURDER IN SYRACUSE.
His Death Caused bv Ncfnc Kicked and
Pounded BY Two of 14ls Conpan-

8AAA DtatA GuusfA " Nc1h!- Kicked ana
Pounded by TIVE Of I4ls Compan-
lonx.
From the Syr7cuse Journal
Peter schu,naun was German boy, eight
years old. He liy:d iu the Fifth Wnri of Sy-
1ucuse, at the corner OF Matcel1us aud Mig
ara streets. lie was not great harunl-scarum
rough and ready bog, full oil fun and frolic:
and he Was not coarse, swearing, fighting
Tnifsan, s;,eh as re sec too oaen IN onr streets;
tiniid as girl. Ills pale, sweet lacc, and
gentle. loving ways made him very dear to
Ills mother, and she felt that, although poor
in worldly go0df. she had a treasure In her
darling Peter. He went to school and there
came IN contact with a couple Of mean-
spirited little ballies aud tyrants who, dis
covering that Peter WIS not ahlcto fight, and
did not want to fight, took deyllisd delight
III kicking him and then threatening ~ Kill
him Il be should eyer tell OF them.
j. is dreadful to think Of the terror which
these two boys insptcd in the mind Of Peter
and others Ike him, for they were cowarls
as well as hn1lics, and did not dare attack
any boy WHO was able to defend himself.
Think Of the agony this poor, pale, innocent
boy n.ust have suffered, as he was set upon
and beaten By these'crtel, unfeeling wretch.
cs, md then terrified into silence by their
horrible threats. Well, one dav-ths TWEEN
ty-screnth oflast n1onti1-as Peter was 20
Ing home from school. his two prosecutors,
Henry Paisley and Eddie. Paisley By name,
met him ct tho coEner Of Clifford aud Niagara
streets, grabbed and threw him down upon
a lie Of stones, saEagely kicked him In the
side and bowels, aud then. like the towards
thsy we're. ran AWAY. A man riding along
got out Of his red wagon and hrlpel Peter
up, aid the poor boy walked homo crying
ard holding his hands OIL his eide. His
metAer met lin at the gate, ard he told
her some boTs had hurt him, but she
could not make him tell the names Of
kill hin Ii they found ont he had told. For
whole week the mother tried to find out
who had hurt her gentle, precious hoy, but
Peter would not-lnre not-icll even his own
mother. Every dny he complained Of his
side and bowels hnrtisg him 80, but he KEEP.
M snd even went to scnool for yearly week,
At length the soreness became 50 severe
that le could not get up from the bed !;
then he told Ills mother the names Of
the boys who had hurt him, and his
part nts sent for doctor. The doctor did
what lie could for the little sufferer. who
.'Take them o:t!'' t'uh. don't let tae b:,ys s
Kick mc!'' hut It was tco late fir medical
skill to ava;, anything. Ga Friday list Peter
was released from bis sl,fftrinEs aud pcrsecu-
tions. The coroner held m inquest, and DR..
Mercer n,adea post nortcm examination.
Peters bowels we're found terribly tlisca I'D.
rents who said 1hnt Peter WAS "sucl, good
little boy" Of the lad who said the Paisley
boys threw Peter down and kicked him Of
the girl who. heard Henry Paisley, who IL
'niy some eleven or twelve yrars old, de-
clare that he would kill Peter It hc ever rot
well enough to get out of doors Of the
TEACHERS and scholars, who all declare that
Peter was Il lovely and harmless boy am,
the Paisley hoys-especia'ly Henry
'had." the cornpcr's iury made in
QUESTION that ''petcr Schumann came
to his death on the 18th Of October, 1Sasi,
from injuries inflicted by Henry Paisley aud
Eddie Paisley" The coroner Issued .va.-
5anf, policeman arrested tl,c cniprits anA
young and fine looking, but so crncl-hsartel
aud wicked, were locked up ia the cells un-
der the City Hall. What will be done with
them remains to be seen ; but Gun they ever
forget that they kicked aud killed good
and Innocent hoy, who never did them any
harm in his life