Dr. Peter Shumway, M.D. was a doctor at the Chester's Mill Clinic, and the husband of journalist Julia Shumway. He was formerly a resident of Chicago before moving back to his hometown of Chester's Mill. He appears to have been a gambling addict, going deeply into debt to a bookie in West Lake. He eventually emptied his and his wife's accounts and stopped paying his mortgage, allowing his house to go into foreclosure. Shumway may be considered a twinner of Ron Haskell