, 1870-03-21
TEE MANSFIELD MURDER.

everybody. They received gold modal tor
their heroic conduct in 1853.
TIE MANSFIELD MURDER
verdict Against Rob1naon-Thoso
Terrible Tecth-mnFk1-
From. tie Cleveland Herald.
Tho te11iclo tragedy At Mansfield has culrni-
mated in verdict B. Tho corone5s TN r. s.,ns ..a
and teAtifies II follows:
1T An a resident Of this city, I have
socn tho body Of the deceased. ! kneT
her. Her uzme wA MA1y }: Luna1oId
she has lived in Mansfield aince August. She
a husband living, think he Is somewhere in
Kentucky. She beam his name. I never saw
her husband. do not think she hss been in
the hzkit Of receiving men ~ company know
rhe hss made an.nes;meats 70 mIV n.n
uhe came here, I do not think abs bore good
character for chastity. know nothing
Of the circumstances attending the murder las4
night, Did not know she hid an cnsmyi in tho
world. 1know ahn has child gid about 7
fhiuk her husband has been about hers, OF that
she has seen him since he left her, which was
about the commencement OF the WAT. 6he was
a woman OF no means. last eaW deeoaaod
last evening, between and o'clock, 1t her
house, did not know Of any body else paying
hia respects to her beaides Ebersotl. wAa the
fi1st naan 70 see her in the room this morning.
She lsy, when went in, On the bed, with her
head under the head board. She Was dead and
and etin. Mr, Barton WAS with me At the time
I entered the house in tho morning"
whose husband raiacd an alarm IN tha night
and was laughed At for his trouble, testified ~
follows:
II have Always considered Hrs. Lunsford q
very nice wonan- ! taw her list night 1t S
O'Clock Did not $50 boz 9inee Qnsl this
scream, md then heard her givo two gEoans-
svoke nv husband and told him to 60 to the
door and zee What WIS the natter with Mary.
! He did 80, and knocked at her door, but she
did net answer, and we heard man r Tun
down stsiss and hoist x1ndow. iaia
window. Did not he.. snyone 90 in, bu!
heand talking from 7 o'clock until I. About
O'Clock The talking ceased, and ! hesrd The
screams. ! heard the voices first below and
then afte1waId mp stairs; They "efe ne SAINT SAINT
There were but two voices, Mrs. Lunsfo1dt i
and mans It was not Ebersolls voice
heard I heard tho clock strike when trs
heard VOICES"
HThe house in which the murder took plac
Is email, plain wooden building, enc and
half etor iea in height, situated in the Thir
Ward, near the Atlantic 4 Great Western depot
qetwcen tie Atlantic House and Blymyer, -
( Co.'s shops, and facing tho railroad t1acl
Tho house conaists Of four rooms, two lowe
and two upper. A thin partition divides h
house in lie middle. The east part Of th
b11ildinr is occupied by colored family GA,
ris); aud tho west half, consisting. Of one lowe
and one upper room, was occupied ,by the nu'
dered woman.
! ! t4amped into Sea Of mud By the thousands {
, feet that have visited the scene during Il
: morning. Entering the door, We find on
selves in plainly Furnished room, about f
: teen feet square, In it aEe 3 table, : cool
store sewing masnsne, e.anas ind y n 4 ~
at least . half inch thick On portions OF Il
: IA window looking westward bears dro]
! and marks Of blood on the pane, sash snd 81
: where the murderer escaped after finishing b
, terrible work There arc also drops Of blot
. On the table, near the foot ct the stairwa
where tho nurderer paused noment, stur
t bling in his efforts to escape in the darkness.
: "In the southwest corner nR1ow, win
> ms stairway leads to the aPpssF r. roos sa
: ! No ascend THIS stairway, and IND o. %
and . few simple articles Of f1ruitu
q therein. This is tuly chamber Of hor7ol
|. On the bed Lea the dead body OF wons
t with throat and face E1ahed and scaHed, AT
. and boeom bitten and bruised, tiA i bears
0 ittle resemblance a. possible to the hum
= form. Some lind hand hAa decentty cover
. tho lower part OF tho body with bod clothir
= 70 that tho terrible g1eh In the abdomen t1 Z
. visible to the public gaze. The pillow and Z
per part Of the bed Are saeorated with GO
II and On tho fooE to tho right is eleke1aa
4 mass Of .clottod blood.
= "Tho fearful gash In the abdomen his I
" bled any, au evidence OF it's having been DO
!, after the thzoas had been cut md the 1usu
z severed. ~, .;..n,
ID | condition OF the bed and room, - veil
g. marks On tbs body, Of fearful struggle
Ifo on the part Of the victim.
Id "TheEo wAs not candle or lamp In
be room, and, doubtless, tho dreadful strug
=, and tragedy wss covered by ne dhIness :,
d. blyuyer's shop tohed tho hour Of lin
al midst Of driving storm Of snow and eleet vi
1T out, and inky darkness within, hwonaan's pie
- ing shrek went out, tHo groans OF n
ts ssony rent s.t ths ;ooxsS I'll SsaS e Ssonns sa
st. The displacement Of furniture IN the o1orta
: the murderer to escape, frightened 6y
lst knock 1t the door, 4 window raised and I'll
ug med down, leap to the soft earth, an
nd rapid run to the more thictly settled port
ut of the city, with no putsue1s, snd the VIC
46 l GQtEHt1Y lb 6CCO1uf1ln1t&-
us As appears BY tho evidences, the woman
Ii Cinctnn2tian. She had lived at AAnnt
Re very quietly, making no disturbances AM
re her nefghbors. She Was about 80 yesrs Of q
Ite and said to have been quite attractive IN Il
on and feature. On tho List day Of the tnqu
g, TuesdAy, the evidence was Of chAra4
10 to still further implicate Robinson.
he WAS proven that ho wss opposed to tho n
aF, ri1go Of the deceased, and endezvored to
he 1ange for her etaying in Mansfield BY
ito promise Of work for her intended huAbs
led n this he failed
rs The damaging testimony Of those ten
IT. teeth-m41ks is as follows:
the Dr.. D1istor, dentist took cast Of Robins
cw teeth, and, by order Of tho Coroner, the
ero Of Mrs. Lunsford was e1humed, and the nj
ay- on tho arm compared With the cast OF Doc
NIB Lough1ide and Eing, who both, together
ela tho dentist, nwore that, after careful
repeated examination, with full ap
les csation Of tho responsibility placed
ork them, they were finally forced TO tho cor
kve sion that the bites On the murdered WON
arm were made By the mouth from which
ons cast was taken
Id "Tbe jury, therefore, carefully weighin
Ut the evidence, rendered 3 unanimous Tel
'as- finding that Mary Jane Lunaford came to
ck) death By the hands Of Ansou L. Robinson.
on a cArd his been issued BY the friend
in, Robininsou, aeking for I suspension Of p
She opinion in reference to his assumed pa1t
ed ton in tho murder Of Hs1y J. LunstoII- 7
ere is much sympathy expressed for the fanN
,eel Alr, Robinson, who Aro yely worthy An
spectacle people.