The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-12

he despi,ed AID that he would not leave her uppro
lecied. lie heard them talking onee In relation 70
her marrying one william Hurl. Their tones wore
low, and be could not understand all they tad but
INC sutsIsnco OF TIC conversation WIS that he did
n Y wish her 10 NARY Iur but wsntei her TO stay
MARY,
WILL KILL ron DuroRu rou SHALL rARRr
Hurl; " and aided that she should not marry IIurl
nor any other man while he lived speaking In tone
~ " he meant H. These threats the last things
he said to her then lie came the next day a. usual
= Evidence was a.terward introduced showing that
Robinson was excited and nervous on the Gay foL
lowing the murder. and that a. the funeral he stood
Of The grave with his hat over his face, loo king
abstractclly OF the conn aud trembling violently.
On the nith day of the trial the prosecution Intro.
Sueed !he testimony OF dental eIpers 70 prove that
the marks of teeth Oh the arm OF the victim were
made BY Robinson. DR.. De Camp took an impress.
sion OF the mouth Of the accused, and made = east
OF ~ lie made application Of the model 70 two VI
the wounds on Mrs. Lunsford's arm, and II CORE
sponded eEictly. There 10 space 10 The model
missing teeth, aud that space wae clearly Indicated
by tile lack Of bruises on the arm, showing that
there was space there In
rvs WORN THAT DID ruu pfrrSo
The r"ht lateral IN the model being longer than the
cuspid eve tooth. would make little deeper i'm
preston, aud the bruise under the arm was little
more distinct than VI was under either OF the others
The left central " the model IL also longer than the
right AMI little turned out. 20 that II would bite
little further cut lhan either CT lhe others. The
Impression on the arm corresponded with that er.
actly. In short. M discrepancy was foun between
the cast and the impi ession on thu arm.
when me cast Was applied TO the wounds on the
arm. ara applied 1t himself perhaps twenty times
lie found It to correspond closely, and second e1.
animation confirmed the conclusions OF the fret.
DR.. Loughridre, q dentist. also examined the
wounds on The arm, and applied the cast perhaps a
dozen times, until he had formed his conclusions on
the subject and tho result OF the application was
that the cast ht'ed the wounds exactly, and in
minute particulars lie vented to nnd some disa.
erecment, but could not He was convinced agaiast
his will.
On Tie sixth day OF the trial DIT. whitney was
called for the defence. lie said that he made an ex
amnttOn OF the arm OF the murdered woman. His
impression OF the bites was that they were done
with a mouth above the medium siLc. AZ an etberi.
merit TO ascertain the kind OF mark bite would
make, he
Dit INTO TUE Ann or ruu coprsE
Amer Mr.. Robinson was arrested be examined his
teeth carefully. made comparisons, and cot impress
sions Of them on his arm, and compared them with
what he had seen on the arm OF Mrs. L1nstord lie
thought the circle mado IN his arm smaller
than TINT made on the Noman's arm. lie did not
ind that tooth IN RObinson's mouth spoken of as
being IN advance OF the Others; he did not 1nd a
lett euspid tooth In lis mouth at all
The daughter OF the accused testified 10 the
fact that Ter father wore tie clothing on the
day previous and the day after the murder that he
had worn all the week that there were no rnnras
II blood on his stlt. and that none Of his clothing
father, who WAS holding Its Oldest boy on his
knee. wac moved 10 tears
On the seventh day Of the trial the defence intro
ducei testimony from several Witnesses, proving
that Robinson on tie night OF the murder was it a
saloon playing cards aud drinking beer up TO II
y CLOCK. Nneu lie started Tor nome lheN also IN
trodueed the testimony Of medical experts to show
that the blood ON the window sill IN the where
the ir1g"dy was enacted could not have come rom
he hand dripping with the blood of - victim, but
evidently drpped from wound on the person of
the murderer. Various reasons were given IN sup.
port u this theory There was also iuler, .inx te-.
timony In relation TO
rnE Effect OF nIrr on THE HUMAN Skin
II a ni'o be made upon the limb when tn skin Is
natural or uustrciched, and then II the limb ae
siraishtened, making the skin tense, the mark,
would be elongated an enlarged and tlp arch w,uli
become the se1ment Of large circle. The ozark made
II the bite would take an infinite number ~ SHAPES
according to the position of the arm THIS thoor5
was tlustraed n tie arr ofthe counsel An i'm.
preston was made on the arm with metal circular
mound By r9tatu. the arm the impression became
elongated End by feying the arm ~ ARMY posi-
be the imurint was further extended. The eIperi
u.cnts established The tact that where there " the
greatest motion tt"rc would be tue mhst distortion.
In each inst nee tie form Of the imrrint changed.
some limos 10 the ext NJ OF h.if an ZACH TIC Wit
ness also showed 10y t2't.'Weut ! ow the arch of
tbe hlnsn mouth n y Dec lie to N o circle IN any
~ lie particular moy"m.n'- tsou opint 10 point.
lie ma e al im9fess.eG o. he arm OF the counsel
with
rus MODEL op Az uPPEa JAW
in which The conVexity OF the arch was ve-y great,
and APPLIED TO 1t set Of teeth where the arch was
almost {, and lifted the into t1e other 50 TAT
HEY eorrospondcd exactly.
Den a. expert. after examining the cast OF Rob
'usoh's month and th,u the mouth it-olL tosUd. a
~ the teeth N I've cast were July iurt tor crut.
thicker than Robinsun's own teeth H. turihrr tee
a. th't n weuIi be inp, s-iul' for TIC NLm1n
teeth 70 renrut hen-'iVe- into c,l-,ic STAGE
! Ne tLt hum Ncsh " IA slch accuracy inul The
teth could be dcnttct from the face that thv uHs-
les lying under tue KIN would De ftrr;c Du h,
-uch motion OF The arm with different degrees pf
tension and IN different directions The toslUlus
on these points Was very exhaustive, aud occupied
an eutIre day.
On the t.su,l BAY the intercs, and certainly
THE MYSTERY . IHE CASE
WAS increased ~ The solemn aal deliberate It.ti-
many Of Mrs. Roose, the Inflated vife Of an admit
ed .countr,' She, sald that on ne night o. the
murder her husband rHmo homo about 3 O'Clock,
entering toe house b. tie basement door Before
he came up stairs she heard linn ustng the wash
basin. The conclusion " her remarkable statement
%n.a Re cane gP .t,ir, int1 NY room =, lsoN On
light down. 4, he ia mat saw nom Were isv On
re he'd some blood o.h; ,liI! We ,o?t on his coat
MAD BLOOD on BorH MS sTaT sLEVvrs.
Nhen he ont the nCht down he took II and wen,
Sss ~ WIEN 6t c'nc SseE Tl!o "a; hsa he ~
n. ILr shrl tlA he Tad pulled eG rollsd 40 And
We do~E by he side; aud vailed down stair, and
and mn as
aye % Msss S be Sa ne r. b
There siien o. something burniEs. II sneed as
.ns % a VIE ps1. Gsa s.
Il 1SG h ,s Se0 q. .a the n1 ssnd and ns
End, and was about seven Or eight Inrne' long. ],
w.. IN yies IL Inc cellar Close 70 ths ris:,sr val
TIE declaration, which was no, SLOWED TO cone
out on the tii@ that
gooss nan rnRglrxysn I'll. LIFE or Hss. LrHsfopn
or hfylug male known ~ his vile the fict 81 nt-
crimiLaiiy his ,nieR-u interest In Robinson
animation aud suppcss implichun IN the murder;
his inability 10 work Tor days s'terward ani also
ne fnct ol his disappearance 'ran Nauslti In COM
pAny with woman Il no reputation, haVur first
90 h., eiie 20 leave hgusGs'l, promising TO olOV
c,-a these facts gave great force to Mrs. Ro0s,'s
tc.umony, witch wa given Ia n very low AMI con
rauntd voice and evidently with painful euoi ion,
., Il unGouot, div turned the tIde u popular ieenr
,s well ~ the minds Of the Jurors In favor OF the
Tso testimony o' Robinson's wire, the only per.
son besides himself sbie 10 say whether he was AZ
hnme when the murder was committed, was oI'
cludtd, arc on the ninth day OF the trial
ROBINSON HIMSELF WAS CALLED TO ruI STAND
lie was questoned closely az to his whereabouts
the Eight ofthe murder, and az to the clotAng he
wore at that time. Tho prisoner said that after
iray ng the SALON where be had been payin. cards
ant drinking beer he went directly home, arriving
there about twenty minutes 10 twelve His cloth.
ing was produced and identified BY himself ani
other witnesses that he on tho night Of the
murder Ths closed the testimony for tho defence,
The prosecution introduced some rebgtting test-
mony OF little Importance, and tho following letter,
admitted by Robinson TO be In hia own handwri-
tinl, addressed to Mr. Lunsford; 80.
MAsslTHLD June IS. 1852.
"nYAR sIETER-once mour take my pen In hand 70
write you few lines, II you sir IA cincinnati, and VII
sm all moet Lunertic. II h now very near the
Fourth ~ July, md II comes GU sunday, and u |
thOught could Gee you on sunday morning 81 tue De-
4 o. would be hc'f, and n such IL IN case write AnI
lot me shat look for an answer ftom there and II
No ono comes viii not come down, and then dont
care WHARF 70 On the fotrth. hODinS may receive
n1sRcr lrc.agLe as mis- raho Al ever aud ever eS'
pett 10 Yours.