The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-23


employed by the firm above named
as their foreman. He is a man about
Forty yearss6f age, stout, mfscnlar,
well built, with the high aadepromf
neht cheek bones, broad chin. firm
month and wide bright eye0fsAm ar
of DETERMINATION, close observation,
and when driven to the point, desper
alton. He is a man of family, the
members of which are highly respect.
red IN AfasssfeId. BY the testimony
of himself and others before the jury,
he had been cohabiting with the muir
dered woman for more than FIVE years
before her violent taking offyaAd1gase
every evidence of being closely attach
ed toherS
THE LETTERS
From Robinson to the deceased, which
were found among her effects,~ were
produced and submitted in evidence
before the jury. They TEEN with the
most exaggerated expressions o fattach-
ment for the deceased, and give evil
dence of the warmest feeling cherish.
ed blythe writer for her.
On the night of the murder Robin
son acknowledged that he was at the
house of the deceased as late as 8
o'clock or tliereabouts, but could not
tell detective Hackett whe. he was
from that hour. until after one o'clock,
during which interval the murder was
committed. Where was he, when the
warm bleod was gushing from the
throat, and face, and abdomen of the
victim; from her whom he so. tenderly
addressed in his affectionate letters,
as the dearest woman in the whole
wOrld?p"t ~ az-s -r air v-N' -
100 The fataisteeth marks in the arm of
the victim are against him.. fetective
Hackett made a careful impression Of
these wounds on the arm of the de-
ceased, shich shows that the person
who tore tue poor womans Besh, had
lost two teeth. An examination of
the teeth of Robinson, shows The loss
Of two teeth, corresponding with the
impression taken ofthe wound in Mrs,
Lunford's arm. -r.
THE oBJEcr ts THE MURDER,
Is a mystery Ii was not for money
or for valuables, sfor neither weretin
theshouse. Testimony. before the Cor
oners Jury showed that the lovers on
q, previous occasion had hada quarrel
with a resulting "tussle." Theories
of various natures were advanced in.
reference to this matter. One was
that Robinson, Notwithstanding his
avowed Willingness to see his favorite
marry Ebersoii, still felt a. secret and
determined opposition to It. He
could no: bear 10 ''loose her." He So
stated in his letters to the deceased,
and told her that an embrace from
her was accompanied with attendant
feelings not known or experienced
with any others III the world.
Robinson acknowledges that he was
in the house of the deceased ut eight
o'clock on the evening of the murder.
Did he ever 60 out until the woman
dead? He fails TO tell Detective
Hackett where he was in that terrible
interval. The front door of the house
Of death was securely locked and but
when it was discovered hal
Death was within, in air His CORY
horrors; the rear windows could not
have been entered bYman from the
outside, ard the question, naturally
comes ups Why Robinson tel
he was when these things were
.progrnssing2 Of-ceurse the matter
rests in the hands Of the estab
Iished courts of the land. and cues
lions must be answered there
An Interview with the alleged per
p~etrator OF the crime revealed Moth
ing satisfactory. He was evidently
bringing into requisition. those won
ferfullv developed pecuiiarities OIL
composition which would fit him to
meet any person, and tribunal with a +,
ooid, careless front when he was in
and consequently he proved
An allusion to the teeth
on the arm of the victim pro
a Struggling OF, his shoulders,
y!th an expressed disposition to re-
gard the reference as mn excellent
gool Joke. Various theories were
advanced by many with whom we came
contact, One, probably most prom
nent, was that Robinson went to the
house of the deceased on Frilay eve
ling, as he himself testified. The4
told him all about her APP
,roaching marriage with Ebersoll on
Thursday evening next, and referred
her preparations for that event
She, also told him that ''sie would
virtuous wife to. Ebersoll,"
md in these, declarations Robinson,
aw, or thought he saw, a termination
IF all his cherished meetings with her.
\ quarrel resulted, and deati, in its
most horrible and rcpulsiye form fol
owed. .5 i.s-..og y.slG-s
HE TRACK OIL THE WOUNDS AND
T., THE DEATH STRUGGLE r
The, body of the woman was most
earthly mutilated. A deep cash
the point of the left ear to the
hin, cutting through, deep into ali
marked the. course of the re I,
knife. The head was almost
severed from the body. A
earful lunge of the knife had laid
pen the abdominal walls from just
Glow the base. of the stomach to the
roin,. through which the intestinal
anals were plainly visible, while va
ious bruises and cuts about the face,
nd marks of bightings on one of the
of the slaughtered, attested the
severity.o of the final struggle
II lite The bed and bedding gave !
evidence Of the last strug
lie. The woman had evidently fought
ard for precious life, and in her 4.