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Show The Murder of a School Teacher Mt Boston. Were half a dozen State reiurm schools and as many scaffolds for hanging hang-ing purpose required by the State, better pay for them than have such savagws at Iruye as those who murdered mur-dered Miss Ktia K. Barsfow. of Boston, Bos-ton, at the 1'ieasant Street District School, at Canton, ia-t Wednesday. Such cowardly atrocity catmot be contemplated con-templated with anything like temperate tempe-rate feeling. It is rea ly wonderful that in a civilized community such a state of things should h3ve Urn allowed al-lowed to exist as culminated in ,nch an atrocious outrage and crime. The particulars of the affair ar in brief these : The pupils in the school anove named have been notorious for their turbulence, turbu-lence, and good order has been kept in it only at the saerifiee cf at leat one teacher's situation she not bein able to find board anions the en lightened (?) people of the district. Miss Barstow un lertock the i.r,aicot the school at its opening in SeptcmUr. She was not in robu-tlicalth- but w competent and determined to io her duty. From the beginning she met with opposition from the young .avn- SSSSEBBSNBSBSBBBB..MMaSBBB9SSBSSSBSBB.SBBBB ges under her tuition, bat made no complaint or appeal to the authorities until !at Wednesday. On the scorning scorn-ing of that day she rang the bell for school to begin, when several of the I bigger boys remcined outside, paying no attention to the call. The teacher then shut and bolted the door, and the boys not being able to get in threw stones through the windows. When the teacher left the school house to go to dinner at noon, four of the boys who were locked out assailed her with stones, two of which hit her on the back of the head. While staggering and weak under her injuria the young fiends taunted her with being drunk, and heaped th most shameful abuse upon her. It was with much difficulty that she could reach her boarding place. When the poor girl got home she threw herself on a sofa, remarking to Mrs. Bates, with whoui she boarded, "Those awful boys have been stoning me." After a short nap, the injured teacher ate a hearty meal and then went to sleep again. On awakening she remarked to Mrs. Bates tha. she "should not teach school this afternoon." after-noon." The lady of the house now felt serious at the condition of the teacher, and discovered that her lower limbs were very weak, and that the girl could hardly help herself. Finally, Miss Barstow started for the train to go to Boston, and it was with a great effort that she reached the cars, having required the assistance of a lady friend to place her in a seat, and who kept the girl awake during the passage. This same lady also ascertained from the girl where she was going, which was at Xo. 52 Waltham street. Upon the arrival of the train in Boston friends also saw her safely placed in a carriage, and the girl arrived at her place of deination, but only to die, which occurred on the following day. Three of the boys were immediately arrested, and brought before Justice White, charged with disturbing school and assault, and were sentenced by him to the Stale Reform School. Their names were John Duffee, Jeremiah Jere-miah Keliher, and Daniel Keliher, the first two eleven years old and the last one nine. James Coggswell, the fourth of ihis murderous crew, decamped aud ha not yet been found. Soston Timet, Oct. o. |