 One of Schinderhannes' accomplices was Peter Petri, nicknamed "Black Peter", who is described as a black-haired man who was as gentle as a lamb when sober, but became violent when drunk and no longer in control of himself.Polecat Jacob ("Iltis-Jacob") and Reidenbach had already been his accomplices in numerous raids in the Hunsrück.When Petri and Polecat were on their way home from a christening with their wife, Petri and Jacob's wife remained a little behind and crawled into the grass.