The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-03-30
THE MANSFIELD MURDER.

RObinsOn's Examination before May.
or Cummins-StrOug Testimony Of
Dentists-HeId for Tr1aI-HuRh ].
Wiley Gives Himself UP-says he
Knows NOthing-Sketches Of Wiley
and Robinson.
AT the preliminary examination, before
| Mayor Cummins, of Anson L. Robinson
for the murder of Mary L. Lunsford, the
hall was crowded to its utmost capacity.
Messrs. Burns & Diekey, Gass & Carpen-
the defense; Messrs. Cowan & Jenner for
| the State
Dr. NJ. DeCamp, dentist of 25 years
practice testified to having made model
of Robinson's teeth.
Originally, when Robinson's teeth were
all perfect, there was no popularity, but
| since the loss Of his teeth, there is mark
| ed peculiarity not often found In the
cast of the lower jaw there is no marked
popularity, but in the upper jaw there is,
viz: The loss of the cuspid or eye teeth
on the left and also the bicuspids on the
same side; on the right side both bicuspids
are out. The popularity we would find
in making bite, consists in the irregular
| ity of the teeth, and the fact that there is
a space between the cuspid and right lat
/ a
than the cuspid or central incisor IN the
natural state the cusp or cuspid is longer
than the incisor, but frequently in the md
die left the cuspid is worn off and presents
a square appearance. The cusp and all the
teeth are worn off The right centre is
worn shorter than the left. 1 was at the
cemetery yesterday, and saw Mrs. Luns-
! ford's body, and made application of the
model to bites on the arm, number of
| applications to the different wounds and
the bites where the impressions of the up
! per teeth are made The most manifest
and perfect bite is just above the head of
the ulna or the wrist. The model fitted
| the prints of the teeth at this point on the
| arm perfectly-as near so as can be. In
the first bite the circle of the model fits in
that circle made by the lower teeth, and
in the second bite there Is nothing definite,
except that the circle in the model and in
the bite correspond in both the upper and
| lower jaw bite. This is where the general
| characteristics of the mouth might apply
in common with other mouths.
| There is third bite higher up on the
arm, perhaps three inches below the elbow,
/ where the arm is quite large, and the circle
| of the bite is larger than elsewhere. In
| this bite the lower teeth have made quite
marked Impressions, commencing with the
| first left lower bicuspids, around to the
second bicuspid on the right. The prints
of these are quite distinctly marked all
around, and this model of the lower Jaw
seems to fit those impressions accurately.
Cross examined-This examination was
made on the 10Th of March, A D. 1870, in
the afternoon. The corpse had lain in wa
ter, understand, since its interment; did
not try to make a cast of the arm marks
it would be simply impossible to take
cast of the Impressions so long after they
had been made The indentations were
not there, because the parts would resume
their natural position from the elasticity
of muscle.
DR.. C. r. Taft, dentlst of 10 years prac-
tice, took cast of Robinson's mouth, yes
! terday, between nine and ten o'clock
| (cast shown of upper jaw As the mouth
originally was, there would be no marked
peculiarties The loss of certain teeth
has made peculiarities in the mouth. The
cast, however, of another mouth would
not fit his, but there are general similari-
ties In teeth in form of molars, but no two
q are alike any more than two faces. All
differ, much as the trees of the forest differ
from each other-just as no object of ma
ture are similar.
At P NJ, March 10th, proceeded to
apply the cast to the lowest wound or i'm
preston, and found that it corresponded
surprisingly well with the impression on
the skin.
The counsel for the defense here rested,
preferring, in the existing state of the pub
lie mind, to waive further examination for
the present, and ask suspension of public
opinion in the case of the accused. Mayor
Cummins therefore rendered his judgement
l L., ! ! L.
was to commit the prisoner to Jail, to be
tried by higher court. A nlittimaIs was
therefore made out and the prisoner was
remanded. The Court of Common Pleas
is now in session, and it is possible special
Jury may be called, and the prisoner put
on trial during the present term. The
prisoner was on the stand, and bore well
the scrutiny of the vast crowd. He looks
/ slightly pale, and shade Of anxiety is on
his countenance, but he bears up remark
ably well under the circumstances.
The CINCINNATI Commercial says:
Members OF the Moulder's Association
here, friends of A L. Robinson, formerly
of this city, who stands charged with the
murder of Mrs Lunsford, at Mansfield,
were in search of Hugh ]. Wiley, yester-
day. Hearing of this, and tired of seeing
= his name mentioned IN the papers IN con-
.. nection with this affair, Wiley walked up
to the Chiefs Office, yesterday, and stated
that he was ready to be taken to Mansfield,
if any body wanted him there; that he
! either wanted an immediate investigation
or a suspension of the publications with
regard to him in the newspapers. Wiley
. is a young man, quite diminutive in size
certainly not over five feet in height, and
! very slim of build He is a boiler maker
by trade, and lives down at Riverside. He
8 informs US that he became acquainted with
, Mrs. Lunsford, last summer, while she was
. working as a seamstress at Riverside He
. denies knowing anything beyond what he
has read in regard to her death, and state:
f that she came into possession of his pic
ture when he went, in company with hel
. and another lady to have some photograph
| taken"