The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-10-28
YOUTHFUL MURDERHRS.
The Latest Exploit Of Infant CrImi-
BaIs.


FIR m the New YORK Times.
Tie exploits Of youthful desperl 1ps are
getting very y IN. r frequent. Wc have
Esd lrTtvef a. infants gam bling on tomb
-tOI,s, aCc Dab es fcrsaking barleV-s'icks
AUG raftles 'O; the more mat Ire d-l gAts OF
srsOn and murder. Boy burglars and gh.
SAymrn have Ell in precociJus crime with
s'rl plI- o1 srs. ald, a. We noticed the C'uer
Ca, some OF thr most reckless ana desperate
nLl.lu@ Jr tie Com Inc was done o. LtrUes
IL piDa' re-. bu al tIese instances Of juy-
eute lily We AID wickednes 4 e eclipsed ~ be
late gzf oTmanCe OF two nice little boys 10
. 70. IheN were inmates OF the County In
il 10 ~ near SteuOenylle, and these nsm S.
fet % u have conspicuous places in tne long
ron Ji youthful prsvity-were Philip Sneri>
dar, q ed five. and Andrew Stewart, aged
ni1r. The S'eubepvile Intirmary is pJssioy y
moi tla mos c1eertul place 10 the world Tor
csit1. OF lvsly turn, and Masters Pal and
aLdY no doubt OFTEN fourd Time hang hesvv
OF lie little hancs, Bu, enc day IN the early
part OF The present month, brilliant inspira-
tio1 came to relieve their tedi1m.
Z III child about i've years Old vs. LEFT
ut tre 4 4 nrmary. deserted Uy re mother. TIe
poor htla wall was lame ano 50 perm ps tXci-
ted the tI-spproval OF young Stewart aud Sh1ri
dau. o they mas have been actus ca by
tnat zeal Tor The improvement OF the race
whlCh leads some savAge psOple to destroy q !
slcAlY or a. Ormec OF D-iLg At any rate i
occurred 20 these young paroariaus that 1t
WOu'u be IL. sport 10 bury the little CT .pple
They nrt" rlems ives a. once into the novel
pssiiue T'tl -.reat giee. Together tcey re-
p4rc1 TO Tue orchard and dug tue grave aui
having q u a. de everything ready, proceeded
~ organ z. tLs tUEeral. They uunttd up he
lifl= 4me TOY, whom they soon found play
Ing about tns grounds, and laying violent
han upon bin, dragged him of 10 bis
-tpuicar'. Fir Ia all accounts il appears that
ne unhappy 1.-THE corpse behaved with sTeat
tLdtcorum, ard screamed Ntclen ly 10 the ast
dJutut. Itt 81 admuable are the precau>
lions observed IT be Inffmarv against inter-
IuDtlng these innocent gsmbCls or infaRcJ,
Ina mis- screams were u-heard or uRLeeued,
and b. Sas lci uai7 forced by his execution.
efs slil shrleking and struggling, INTO the
grave hes had Gu tor him. Then, Eaile one
neld lin down, Le other Justify shoVeled in
the DIRT and stones upon his writhIng form,
un Il hls cri-s ard struggles we're stilled to
gether Watcher the amateur undertakers
tuIied over the little mOund, ard erected a
neat hva1-stJne Commemorative OF JReir vic
tim virtues, We are not informed But, II
they omi ted th.t IA artistic touch, It was
dCubIess only hon want Of time.
Having completed tne obseques, they
wentqae UscS 10 the house and with
gravity brluLd their year, aud which lndi~
Gates iOT then II theI are spared q brilliant
career a crime, tbey reftsingd IRON any IN
set my boasiing OF tbtir rXp!oit. The first in
tim4tion OF their doIngs aEs gwen by q black
bog, VINO It seem, had ben 40 unsupported
mouraer at tba luneral, AID VINO tJld the
superintendent that Agay stewart and Phil
SnerIdau had buried l. mpy' down In the
hOlier f" On repairing to the syot poor
LinPy" was toundt b. Qai-e dead.