"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, April 25, 1899 VERY LIVELY DEAD BOY. Should his parents care to preserve it, Clemons SCHNEIDER, who lives in the east bottoms with his father, Dillen SCHNEIDER, a gardener, can read an account of his own violent death, which appeared under glaring head lines in a morning paper yesterday. Clemons is only 3 years old, and, notwithstanding he is extraordinarily bright, it may be several years yet before he knows fully the importance of being cut to pieces one day, via printer's ink, and be able to sit up the next day and joke about it. Clemons is a boy and not a girl. He is deaf, and that fact alone is the only one printed yesterday morning. Clemons was playing on the Missouri Pacific tracks near his home Sunday evening with his sister and some neighbors' children. An incoming passenger train came along. The engineer blew his whistle and all the children quit the track save Clemons. His deafness prevented him hearing the warning whistle and his chums saw the big engine strike him and hurl him from the track. His scalp was cut in several places but outside of that, he was uninjured. He will not die, so the doctor who attended him said. Mr. and Mrs. SCHNEIDER will sue the road. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================