Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-10-13
THE ROBINSON TRIAL.

Water street, close to Mr.. Lemons;
am a married woman; my husban,
lived with me at this time; remembe
to have heard that a woman was muir
dered here: husband came home tn
night of the murder after two or thre
o'clock: came into the kitchen; 1 slep
up stairs; the house has cellar kitchen
outside of the kitchen there was celia
and door going from the kitchen int
the cellar: the kitchen has an ash floor
bottom of cellar was plastered; there
was cellar kitchen and dining room
stairs go up from dining room; wher
he came in he staid down stairs; ht
staid twenty minutes; l heard him
when he got water; when he was done
| heard him set the wash basin down
and then he came up stairs; L had s
light burning; my bedroom door was
open; he came into the room next to
| mine; the lamp was burning very
bright; l saw blood on his shirt; he
pulled off his coat after he had the light
turned down and hung it on chair;
could see blood on his shirt sleeve; he
went into the sitting room, and when he
came back he had his shirt off and in
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I heard him take the lid off of the stove
he was not in the room below five
minutes: he then came back up stairs
he did not have the same shirt on; l
smelled something like cloth burning
the next morning | saw the wash dish ;
was setting ON the sink with little wa
ter in it, bloody; there was about two
spoonfuls found knife down in the
cellar; it had a dark, wooden looking
handle about five inches long; looked
like butcher knife, and was butcher
knife: there was blood ON the knife;
did not see the butcher knife after
wards; found it on the plastered part
of the cellar floor.
Cross EXAMINATION.-In now live in
Indiana; came here last Saturday a
diana, l stayed at Mr.. Creft's house,
since coming here in boarding house
near Junction; husband has left me-is
not now living with me; we quarreled
little; hurt my arm so it was not
much better than broken; did not say
anything to anybody about this, until
after we had this fuss; we lived little
over year i'm the house near Lemons;
| went away in April. He left about
week afterI did. know what took place
here after / went away; did not see
him again. When left, went to Mar
shall county, Indiana, to his folks. We
had a little trouble before we came here.
That night he went away after supper;
had supper at five o'clock. 1t was in
March; don't know the day of the
month. Mrs. Brook told me about the
murder; have not talked about this
matter lately. l told it to Christ. Kiser,
out i'm Indiana, first. l told him sOme-
thing in July; did not tell his people.
| expected him to come out to me in In
diana. l thought maybe he would come
and maybe not; / told about it before l
found he would not come; l found out
five or six weeks after l went there that
he would not come; told it not so very
plain, but pretty plain. | told Christ.
kiser sometime in June. All that l said
then was that | had seen knife and
there was blood on it. He was gone
most every night. Often did not come
home until next morning. l heard the
clock strike 3 before he came. Told
Christ Kiser first; have not told it many
times since. l told it to Postmaster in
Goshen. l don't know his name. l did
not tell him all. 1 told him was will
ing to swear | saw a knife in cellar.
Don't know when this was. Don't
think l said anything about it again un-
til 1 was speaking to a lawyer in Go
shen; told him the whole story: he |
was coming down to Mansfield; l tried |
to get him to come here; his name was |
Ewing. Was not looking to get di- |
vorce. Did not 60 to Burns to try to |
get divorce. l told the lawyer just
what have said here; l guess that was
six or seven weeks ago; don't think l
.old it to anybody else, except he
brought Mr.. Martin up to the house, and |
[ told it to him; this was about four
weeks after told it Ewing, and about
week or two before came here; l lived
1t Dan Creft's at this time; 1 told them
was going as witness in Robinson's |
case; did not tell them about what |
old the Jury; have not talked about it
,ince came to town; have told no one
thought it would not be safe to tell
lbout it; was afraid of my husband;
knew it would come out, but was
lfraid to tell. Ihave not..spoken to any
)ne about it since | came here, not a
word. l told DR.. Patterson about what
[ have told the jury. l think that was
;he first Sunday since came; he is the
,nly one have told since came here
am sure of that. There was no one
Use present when l told the doctor. 1t
vas in my room. l was sick and he
.ame down there: did not tell Cooper
lnything about it, no sir. We had diff
iculties before this affair. l did not
know that he was keeping woman up
own until met woman who told me.
We had trouble before this. We had
rouble all last winter; went to bed at
2 o'clock that night; go to bed usually
rom 10 to u. / am sure it struck three
,efore he came home; don't remember
What kind of night it was. When he
irst came in heard him go and get the
wash dish and set it on the sink. 1 laid
lown and listened, and it sounded as if
le had the tin pail with water in it. l
leard him kind of draw it on sink. To
ret to my room you had to go from the
,itchen to dining room then up stairs
ntO another room and then into my
DOM. Bedroom is quite large; has or
linary bedroom furniture; bed is up
leXt the window and near door; when
went to bed don't remember whether
he dining room door to kitchen was
pen or closed.
l don't know where my husband is
low three rooms below, kitchen, dining
DOM and cellar; after going up stairs
urn to the right to get to my bedroom;
is not over the kitchen, is over the
sink is of wood, and basin
# tin; rooms above are finished off well,
md doors good fitting: side of bed to-
ward the door and head towards the par
ition wall; light was burning well;
Ook breakfast at home next morning;
was after daylight; in diningroom
lad small coal stove. After he left
ny room he went into sitting room;
tOve drew well, did not smoke any he
vent to bed rightaway after he came up
tairs the second time; don't think it
vas over half an hour after he came
lOme before he went to bed; left fire in
kitchen stove; it is a coal stove too; he
vent into the kitchen when he went
lown the second time; kitchen stove
smokes. Saw knife in cellar;
he night before the murder; never
ltter saw it after the time in cellar; |
lid not see it before he got up; he was
n the kitchen by the stove at the time;
ink was on the opposite side of kitchen
rom the dining room door: did not
lear anything in cellar that night; 1
'nly heard basin and heard him walking
lround on the floor. found wash basin
leXt morning with bloody water and
landle was bloody; the outside door
vas closed before he came home; didn't
lotice the handle of door; can't say how
much blood there was on handle of ba-
in; did not like to take hold of it
lid not see any blood on cellar door: