The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-03

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In oviisa0. Il V6lA also be shown tkat q bad
assaulAsa aaA = ~ 6sWn Of Homer when b
had asser sesa bs6ssa An old man a %, With
his wiie and toe Aaaghtsrs, travelling aloag The
naa1, ~ asaaslte1 y Mr.. Robiasss, vhs wss
- fso< and ~ eA man narrowly escaped %.
sece beating g the hauls Of Rohiassa.
. two seiehbses; men Who veuld saffsr any.
thing rather than have quarrel with him
Shortly petoe t. the alleged murder, Robinson
had csansased facing part Of that road. Long.
worth came b esasalt ne. Had been there I
shs1ld have adsised hin not 70 60 near Robin
soa- Net that had any idea Of Robiason's life
being in danger. bat thst Longvorth's was.
Ne fellett ~ psrtuse, told hin 70 60 there
anA SeF6ia hin - pat up The fence, nd be weat
there that morning tor The sole psrpose. He
haa - idea Of getting iato quarrel. He went
A. b came to the guide postset, up to guide in
nakiag ths tesee. he took it up. and Is he went
towards Ro6inson's be threw 1t over the fence,
and went thsre barehsnded He got within a
few feet of Robinson, who seized bis gun and
told LoCgwoxth If be stepped another step he
would shot him like adog. Longworth, knowing
his desperate character, knew that in self-de-
fence It vas aecessary to get possession of that
gun, If possible. He stepped forward and he
him and he fell. Robinson on the top OF him,
and he commenced beating Long worth about the
head with the gun until his face, when l first
saw him, was tAe worst bruised ever saw. Not
only that, but he called his hired man to assist.
Longworth's assistant said they were enough of
themselvea He feared for his own life If he
interfeced.
This being the position of the parties, Rob-
inson tried to get the gun, and the boy thinks
i : ~ y I
and then he called, Murder murder Will
you not help me, Willie?" His father in this
posit on; man with murder in his heart on the
top of him; believing that he would be killed,
he advanced to his father to assist him with the
but of his gun Then Parrish forced this boy of
ID backiaud would not let him assist his father
The boy then said will make both you and
Robinson step back, He fred the shot which
he believed the only thing he could do to
save the life of his father. Every man, woman
and child in La Sale and Dmmick said of him,
"That boy is worth raising" He did netting
but what should meet with commendation at
your hands. He did his duty. Nothing more
He says he did not know what he was doing
when he fired the shot, everything was black as
midnight; that he instinctively raised the gun
and fired it, and was not conscious of the
fact until long afterwards
The facts were enough to lead any man, old
or young, to the idea that his father was in dan
ger of losing his life at the time.
The prosec ution say it YVES premedtated. They
say he went there with an evil purpose. / shall
show it was under the advice of counsel he went
| He did not know his son was going. On the
contrary, he sent him and another brother to
feed the hogs. He followed, but his father did
not know it,
Prosecution had no idea of obtaining a con.
viction, unless they could bring evidence that it
was preconcerted plan between the old man
and his son to get into this quarrel and the boy
to shoot Robinson down.
| Mr. Blanchard said that in substance there
Will be no such testimOny-such testimony that
ought to satisfy reasonable mind The other
hey, George, eleven years old, had been out the
night before to near where they were building
the fence. Robinson met him and charged him
with filing up the post holes The hoy said it
was not so. Robinson told him that if any CT
| your cattle get over this line where the post
holes had BEEN will shoot them The boy
| may have been insolent, but when the bow told
him ait was lie" he took up gun and threat
| ened to shoot him. The boy told his brother
that Robinson had gan with him where he
was building the fence. The next morning.
Longworth went there to forbid Robinson build
ing the fence, and he took his hired man as
witness that he SO forbade him. The mother
was anxious about her husband, and she ex.
pressed fear for his safety. The boy heard it
and went from the house after him, about 50
| rods behind, and went, l have no doubt, without
the knowledge of any one but his brother, whom
| he sent back as a safeguard to his father. He
made up his mind for the simple and sole pur.
pose of, if necessary saving his fathers lie, and
but for his presence there Longworth would
now be covered by the green sod of the valley,
and Robinson be arraigned here as his murderer
ha 81 10 aJ Nd h.
court will so instruct you.
Also expect to prove by Isaac Robinson, the
brother of the deceased, who employs these emf
nent counsel, that this man Isaac melted, ex.
Cited and egged on his brother in the very course
he was pursuing. l expect to prove that he
went to his brother the night before to take his
gan, and If Loagworth passed over this magma
~ line to take the consequences. expect to
prove that VIM. Robinson and his man went
out that morning with deliberate intent to
murder Loogwocth, but that the tables were
turned and VIM. Robinson died at the hands Of
Whi. Longworth, jr., consequence for which
neither Of the defendants are responsible
Longworh has done all that ought to be done
or expected to be done to avoid difficulty He
has resided ~ years near where he now resides
kind to fault; his eyes are ever ready to see
the need OF charity, sud to relieve it; adored by
his family; and having no fault except that OF
sometimes getting intoxicated. His anger was
evsnesoent; he never had any trouble except
with Robinson. Robinson was exactly the re.
verse--vindicitive, revcngeful he always went
armed; hs WAS always provoking disputes, and
wss pest ~ society.
Court adjourned to Monday.
Oh Monday morning, the first witness called
BY the prosecution was Peter Gallagher who