Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-03-25
1.-THE MANSFIELD MURDER.
Verdict against Robinson Those
Terrible Teeth Marks.

uC SlCVcisiutl IIcl SlIlt vi CuC IL I'll
inst, gives the following condensed
particulars of the horrible murder,
of which brief mention was made
in last weeks REPUBLICAN
The terrible tragedy at Mansfield
has eliminated in verdict by the
coroner's jury against A. L. Robin
son. He was sworn in the case, and
testifies as follows:
Il am resident of this city. ]
hove seen the body of the deceased.
| knew ber; her name was Mary J.
Lunsford. She has lived in Mans
field since August. She formerly
lived in Cincinnati. / think she
has husband living. / think he is
somewhere in Kentucky. She bears
his name. I never saw her hus-
band. I do not think she has been
in the habit of receiving men as
company. l know she has made
arrangements to marry a man
named Ebersoll, who lives in Shell
by Before she came here, do not
think she bore good reputation
for chastity. l know nothing OF
the circumstances attending the
murder last night. Did not know
that she had an enemy in the world.
l know she has a child-a girl,
about seven years old-living near
Lima, Ohio. 1 do not think her
husband has been about here, OF
that she has seen him since he left
her which was about the com
mencement Of the war. She was q
woman of no means. last saw
deceased last evening, between sew
en- and eight o'clock, at her house.
l did not know Of anybody else
paying his respects to her besides
Ebersoll, [ was the first man to see
her in the room this morning. She
lay, when / went in, on the bed,
with her head under the bed board.
She was dead and stiff, Mr.. Barton
was with me at the time entered
the house in the morning. ,A
Mrs. Charity Harris, the eolored
woman whose husband raised all
alarm in the night and was laughed
at for his trouble, testified as fol
lows:
81 have always considered Mrs
Lunsford a very nice woman. I
saw her last night at five o'clock.
Did not see her since until this
morning. Last night at one o.
clock l heard her scream. and then
l heard her give two groans.
awokc my husband and told him to
go to the door and see what was
the matter with Mary. He did so,
and knocked at her door but re
ceived no answer, and we heard a
man run down stairs and hoist a
window. This was the lower win
dow on the west side. Did not 90
last night to see the window. Did
not hear any one go in. but heard
talking from seyea o'clock until
one. About one O'clock the talk
ing ceased, and I heard the screams.
| heard the voices first below and
then afterward up stairs They
were the same voices l heard at
seven O'Clock that I heard later.
There were but two voices, Mrs.
Lunsford's and a mans. It was
not Eberson's voice [ heard.
heard the clock strike seven when
I first heard voices"
The scene Of the terrible event is
thus described:
"The house in which the murder
took place is s.nall, plain wooden
building, one and half stories ia
height, situated in the Third Ward,
near the Atlantic and Great Wes-
tern Depot, between the Atlantic
House and Blymyer. Day Il Co. s
shops, and facing the railroad
track. The house consists of four
rooms, two lower and two upper.
A thin partition divides the house
in the middle. The east part Of
the building is occupied by col
cred family { (Harris) /; and the west
half, consisting of one lower and
one upper room, was occupied by
the murdered woman.
"The soft earth around the house
has been tramped into sea of mud, j,
by the thousands of feet that have
visited the scene during the morn
ing. Entering the door we find
ourselves in 3 plainly furnished
room, about fifteen feet square. In
it are a table, a cook-stoye, a sew
ing machine, a stand and a few
chairs. The mud has been tramped
in till it is at least half inch thick
on portions OF the small strip OF
carpet.
ga window looking westward
bears drops and marks of blood on
the pane, sash and sill, where the
murderer escaped after finishing his
terrible work. There are also
drops of blood on the table near the
foot Of the stairway, where the mur-
derer paused moment, stumbling
in his efforts to escape in the dark
ness.
''ln the southwest corner, mar
row winding stairway leads to the
upper room. We ascend this stair
way, and find ourselves in a low,
plain room, with bed and few
simple articles of furniture therein.
This is truly a chamber of horrors.
On the bed lies the dead body of a
woman, with throat and face gashed
and s AIRED. arms and bosom bitten
and bruised till it bears as little re-
semblance as possible to the human
form. Some kind hand has decently
covered the lower part of the body