The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-19
ELEVEN YEAR0LO
BOY WOULD Be
A PATR|C|DE
Young Boy Planned to Kill
His Father For His
Money
IMPLICATED SEVEN YEAR 0LO
SISTER As an AcCOMPL|CE

lmrllURItu 0EvcM Ithk UlU
SISTER As An ACCOmPLICE
Made the Effort Several Times to Com.
init Crime But Became Scared and
Left the Deed Undone-Tried to
Kill Mother Also.
Kansas City, Nov. 19.-"I intended
to kill papa SO could get his money!"
This confession of plan to murder
was made by Walter Scnoonover, IL
years old. to Judge Van B. Prather
in the Wyandotte county juvenile
court yesterday afternoon. B. F.
Schooncvec, the father, is g yardman
employed in the Missouri freight
yards.
The father walked into the Juvenile
court yesterday afternoon accompan-
led hy Walter. Mir. Scliool.over tcld
Judge Prather that his wife, Mrs. Eva
Schoonover, had awakened to find the
boy in tho bedroom with a hammer
on several different occasions. The
boy. he said, had confessed he in
tended to kill his father and the step
mother. A stranger in the neighbor-
hood and his sister, Mabel, z years
old, were also implicated by the boy
as accomplices In his plans. The
little girl was not brought into court.
Fear Made Him Hesitate.
Ibid you go into your fathers and
mothers room with the intention to
kill them," asked Judge Prather.
"Yes, but would always get
afraid" Walter replied.
"You wanted to kill them, didn't
you?"
yes
you knew that it was bad?
yes. sir"
Didn't you know you were spelling
''she is Just as bad as 1 am; isn't
she, papa?"
"You go on and tell the Judge the
truth the father replied.
We'll. about this boy that was in
the neighborhood. What did he do?"
Thought of his Fathers Money.
II took the potatoes, turnips and
fruit out OF the cellar and he takes
them off; think to his home"
(Which did you intend to kill?"
Papa, SO could get his money"
How come you to think of getting
your fathers money!"
II was down at the grocery store
on the corner of Darby street and La
fayetto avenue one day and man
came in and asked me If papa had any
money. l told him Yes and he said
/ saw your mother through the vic.
dow one night and she is good look
ing woman. We will kill your father
and l will take your mother away and
we will have all the money"
did he say he would take you with
him."
"He did not say"
"How did you intend to kill him?"
Tried to Kill His Own Mother.
"Hit them in the head with the
hammer. but l always got scared"
did you ever get this way before?".
II tried to kill my mother about
three months before she died"
Mrs. Schoonover, the mother of the
boy, died at their home in Oak Grove,
Mo-, about year ago. Walter could
not keep back the tears in telling of
his attempt upon his mothers life and
Judge Prather dropped that line of
questioning. The rest of the narra-
tive was broken with sobs from the
boy as he told pf his acts.
Have you any bad habits?"
NJ never did anything, but just what
I told YOU"
The father then stated that the boy,
until the last few weeks, had always
been obedient.
II hated to bring him here, he has
always been SO good and kind, but
my wife has been unable to sleep for
about six weeks. She is at home now
scared to- death and l did not know
what else to do
"Has there been anything the mat
ter with you?" the Judge asked the
boy.
'No. l haven't been sick, only 1
have not slept for about six weeks"
Weren't you treated well?" Judge
Prather asked the boy.
"Yes. my father and stepmother
have always been good to me-" he re-
piled.
well, why did you want to kill
them?"
81 don't know"
well. 1 guess that is all we can
ind out about the case," said Judge
Prather. Il will turn the boy over to
he probation officers and the Juvenile
.curt will hold him until further in
vestigation is made into the strange
circumstances" He was sent to
3randview sanitarium.
II always loved Walter and never
struck him time in my life." said
The stepmOther last night. "He would
come and kiss me goodnight, and say
he was not going to be bad any
more and believe he meant 1t. but
It seems as II he could not help his
desire to kill US. believe he must
have been Influenced by someone. or
that his mind was not right"