Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-03-10

rcitct, he calle0 upon ne GtiS Aolir To ft
2 ca'e his death By arresting the guilty snd Pia
ing them IN The power Of The law. From Ar
Robinson be learned hat on the day o. D.
murder her husband lad sent Wm. Geek o.
to collect money for him, to ths amount
three hundred dollars, and on his return n
next dsv the man boldly told her that be ia
-lkled her husband, and il she ever made
3 known that he had tone 50 be would hi ne
With asonizinr tears Mrs. Robinson eommu
nicsted these particulars, and added she hte
7 IN hourly fear OF death from the hands OF pc
husbands murderer. Circumstances rointe
cut Philip. the younger brother Of hii''am' Z
his areomuiiee, and he two were arrestea q
> the citizens and faced in jail 70 await eN
sminatios. On he fourth day o. their impris
ornepf 5biIin Cheek declared he would con
ssssan. He stated that Mrs. Robinson herself
was the iusiigstor Of Der husbands murder
that hi. brother was entirely innocent, h'
alone had committed the deed and Mrs. Rob
inson lad paid him FOR doing So The youth
eoneluded-hi bis story by producing from his PER
sen the sum OF one hundrea and eighty-'our
dollars. which be declared was a portion Of
the money with which she had bribed him 70
imb-ue his hands in hunsn blood. On this
confession being made pablis, sympathy for
The widow was changed to indignation, and
she also was arrested as an aeeompliee In Ae
death % her husband. She adhered to her az
s~aran-es shat she knew nothing Of the authors
Of her husbands death but what william
Cheek bad told Der, and that be would Kin her
for revealing Whathe had said.
On Thursday week last, March ist, tbe two
men, aut the widow accused Of completely in
TIE death or her own hushsnd were brought
before Esl. smith FOR examination. The district
attorney conducting the case for the State.
Our Informant represents tia. the Witnesses
testimony and facts smomAted 10 aboat this (;
Before william Set out on bic collecting jour
nsy be and bis brother resolved on the death q
Robinson. .he murder 10 be lone BY the latter
5urinE the absence Of the former. This would
enable hem to keep the three hundred dollars.
collected. to which was 20 Be ADDED a sum
William knew RobiBs5n had buried iu The
smoke horsc. The unfortunate Robinson was
killed, the money in the smoke house, amount
ing 70 tive hundred dollars, was dug Up, but
the money william expected to collect was not
obtained, the party not paying the note. The
object of he murder was robbery ne money
given up By Philip Cheek was portion Of the
sn tskea ron the smoke house The object
of tie pretended confession was most probe
By 10 get William l~ooss-and BY his aid and
at of their associates to secure afterwards,
by legal chicanery or otherwise, the release Of
PbCfp.
After the witnesses had given in their testis
r.ony, The magistrate saiuaEsd Mrs. Robinson
t7 be innocent, and discharged her. The two
young men be considered It necessary to hoH
Pr examination, but before he could take he
proper legal steps fer their committsi, a scene
Of The mo5 Intense excitement occurred Th5
crowd was very large-the Surrounding eouu-
Try bavin- been entirely reused BY the horrible
declaration Of a younger brother, sad the sup
Passed guilt Of the wife. AT the moment the
decision was rendered a rush was made for the
prisoners and a determination to lynch them
was manifested. Sheriff Berry drew a wea-
pon and expressed hfs inteation Of dischsrgfng
bis duty ard ~sarrnderng the prisoners to a
leesI tribunal; assistance being given him,
the crowd was driven back and the room
cleared. The effort was useless, however, for
soon he mass OF men-enraged and bs5oad ths
reach n the appeals the sdeoc5tes oHisw and or
der made to thsm-wers again in the room. The
sheriff thoHghhe had a pistol in one hand and
a knife in the other, xas knocked down by a
bully rufHsn. with d veil OF triumph The two
men were seized, led into the woods Here
saue delay occarred, bat the nca woald con-
fess nothing, and Ct Nas resolved that they
shoHid ct ohee suffer the penalty Of their aaful
crime. A rope was procured, and one Of The
crowd friend Of the murdered Robinson
fastened # around the neck Of the Younger
brother, Phillip. nroughost ths trying scene
the Young criminal bad manifested but little
ematioh. 70 an appeals be turned a deaf
aaE Not a word could Be obtained from him.
He neither prayed to heaven nor expostulated
with his fellow creatures. As The moose was
.ightsned around his neck, in the act Of tying
Z, be exclaimed Don't choke me.o He said
more, and in a few ainutes bis body was
Laughing from the limb Of a tree.
When be bsheld bis brother thus given over
} victim to a death be must IN a few moments
hare, william bsrsae vIoisStly sgitatsd-hs
70 be permitted to pay. The permits
was granted-kneeling upon the ground
le, in the most moving accents, besought God
o have mercy upon bis soul and to forgive
i'm for what be had done. When this wss
Be was exhorted % make a elssh breast
Z e. to tell al be had done and to clear the
implicated BY his brother, if fbe secu-
alton had been false. He replied that Mrs.
Robinson was innocent, but that be would say
hat would implicats any one. Pre-
lsrations were then made 70 hang him uT be-
BE brother, when T. was found that no
the- rope, than the one already used, was al
and. r. this dilemma me sIhost ~lfeless
odY Of Phillip vas raised, a portion n the
ope hy which BE- was hanging was severed,
M BE stil quiEering body vas again left
Enging- The'Dortion Of rope cut of was SO
bort hat the crowd had to lift up the second
ictim Of Their horrid proceedings, to the
q over three -fet, before his head
ould be thrust into the nooss. At length the
was done, and the two men hung sus-
side BY side. This occurred not very
1ng after the houT Of noon. As evening came
% the digging Of a grave was commenced, but
when a couple OF feet had been excavated the
svity 6lisd with waters another grave was
ben dur on higher ground. The two bodies
piseed-eloshed as ihey'hsd disd-in a
~ goods box. and buried.
Our informant brought the hspless widow
nd her weeping children to Ibis ctr, that they
iizht be out Of the way OF the excitement and
rr,chsdness in wh eh they were placed. some
/, The police, without authority as far as we
a. learn, arrested Der, and she Is ct fsis nc
lyfHg IN oar jail II the story We have
sr-ated sbove-faithfnIy as it was given to
lis correct, the suferings Of Mrs. Robinson,
beginnihg 70 end Of this dreadful sfar,
ave been Of a most heartrending description.
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