The Republican journal., 1874-06-04
Examination of Robbins.

The Argus SAY that the examination OF
Charles 1ilton Robbins was resumed Fri
dav At ten o'clock the United States |
Circuit Court came in, Judge Shepley pre-
siding MI Strout, counsel for Consul |
Murray, read complaint and petition for
the authorization of commissioner to try
the case in issue. The petition set forth
with the usual legal accuracy the fact of
the striking and killing Of the mate, Sol
ONION Camp, with the iron bar, and con-
Guided by asking the issuing of warrant
for the apprehension of said Robbins
Judge Shepley then specially authorized
Commissioner Edward M. Rand to hear
the casa
III circuit court was then adjourned
,;.:tii ,.4aiaE, and the court tor the exam
ina 1.. ~ Robbins was convened, Com
L., Ill., &. h.ld u the bench Reuel Small
| was sworn as official stenographer, and
the examination of witnesses commenced.
Tie frst witness called was Capt Ambross
Secord. lie gave his age IS %; resides
at Portland, near ST. John, n. B. He re-
lated tie coming OF the passenger on
| board lis vessel Friday evening; Of CIV
ing him Z, supper and lodging of saying
to 4 ste~edore next morning, in presence
Of the prisoner, that he had got to go up
to Geo :. Hunts and get his freight
money. 500 being the balance due. He
testified 10 paving the stevedore $50 just
A. the testimony reached the exciting
part, where the captain was to describe
the scenes during the fight, the court adj
iournel until Monday morning, to the ex-
treme disgust OF the spectators.
Robbins father, mother, wife and
brother arrived Friday morning. Their
first interview with the prisoner was in
the United States Marshal's office, and was
deeply affecting The meeting was neces-
sarily brief The aged mother and the
Young wife were nearly Frustrated with
! grief The few spectators of the scene
We're deeply moved, and the prisoner
wept bitter tears. He appeared for the
first time to realize the enormity of the
crime he had committed. The mother is
a woman titty-five years old, and was at
tired in deep mourning. The wife is not
more than eighteen years of age, and has
q sweet face She had been married but
4 three months, and most of that time her
husband has been absent from home
During the proceedings in the court room
She and her mother kept their faces cover
ed with their handkerchiets nearly all the
time Robbins, too. would often lift his
manaced hands to his eyes. and with his
! handkerchief brush away the tears which
he could not rPpress. lie gazed almost
continually ut his wife, and with such 4
look of yeaning, yet almost despair, that
those who witnessed ii forgot the crime
which me had committed, and pitied him
in his dcsolation. The father was also
moved with sadness, and felt deeply the
disgrace which the son had brought down
on mis- aged head. He is q farmer and
| blacksmith. and is much respected. The
brother is probably twenty-five years of
age.
| 4 post mortem examination of Camp,
the murdered mate Of the Annie B., by
| Drs Fitch of Portland and Frye and
Banks Of H0ckland, was concluded, Fri
| day 1t is understood that the fractures
OF the skull were found even more severe
! than at first reported, rendering it a mat
ter Of surprise that the man survived so
| long. Camps wife arrived at Rockland,
| Friday