The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-07
ron THE MIN SHE LOrED.
The Nerve Of n Woman Go.Bctween for
Gang Of Land swindIers.


An instance of wOman's ability to dip
her fingers into dark transactions. whore her
devotion to the man She loves is involved.
comes 10 the surface In the case Of Mrs. c. j..
Robinson. alias Fanny lockwood. who was
arrested ut the Commercial Hotel in this city
on Monday night, was locked up in the Central
station until Tuesday transferred to n cell in
me nrnlQry. where she remained unit Va
% LOCI this morning, Th,n sme w was '4Ngn
Rlttenhouse. of Champaign, Ill.,. to that place.
Her homo is in Mona. Marshall county, Iowa,
wilerr she was used ~ a go-hctwecn ana con-
iedefatc IN u chain of fraudulent transactions
I'm land that runs back through = period Of ten
yf VAR IN which her l,usbnd, c. ). hopins,2n.
John g. Roberts. were tho principals. They
were collarcd in Champaign by Iitlenhouse on
tho 2ls day of last August. and have been in
the county Jail there eyer since. the object being
IT, unravcl the extent OF Il scheme which now
SHOWS It's manpulhors 10 DC men oil shrewd-
II was asccrtnincd through n detective who
lived in Mona. Town. that Kobinsons wife lived
there with her brother-in-law Truman Robin
son: II was noticed that the two came and de-
parted with n frequency that aroused suspicion,
aud thoy Were Swallowed. The detective man.
aged To have Mrs. Robinson visit his family. ana
became 80 intimate with her that she WAS in
vitrd To make his house her home. On one Qc-
casion, during her absence temporarily. the
detective opened her trunk. and there the sus-
pcIons became verified. package OF letters.
sccretcd IN Il nook in the trunk. told the bold
two attorneys and the weakness of the woman,
the latter being cNenplined 10y the preservation
~ The documents. Tho scheme was To- relcase
the incarccraied men in Champaign. The iol-
lowing II an extract from ono Ol the letters Ol
Robinson to his wife;
ito Chicago and take Truman and Sullivan with Won.
They Will KNOW where a. purchase the tool- Above all,
gc sealing Ladder "a folding one Com, 10 Champaign
viii be furnished will diagram OF the prison. and the
rau, of escape All depends upon secrecy ami nerve,
and rromptncss when the time comes
There were other letters. some NJ them from
the attorneys Of Robinson and Chapman. and
others from Robinson. giving. from time TO
time, instructions rs 80 how. when and where
tp proceed. The detective gave notice 10 the
authorities at Champaign. who in turn request
81 him Ia watch. and koep track one night
Mrs. Robinson left the detectives house. and
the next day her lrothcr-n-lnw shook the dust
Of the town from his feet They Were Swallowed
direct 70 tins city. hut once here IN the great
mass they were lost In few days they ap-
reared IN Champaign The woman. Miss Rock q
wood. rcpros entod herself rs on a mission Of
mercy. ana sullivan and her brother-in-law be-
gan t. dodge in and out IN very mysterious
manner.
apacc Tho woman, with pluck. gave her
orders ltk" n chieftain. and stood rs firm in
facing the world IA though she had been scat
t'ring blessings upon a grateful throng The
Prisoners in thrir coils We're rs cool as the
woman, ON the outside, anl apparcnlly gave
ihemselves up a. the reflection that they had
hidden farewell to the liberties of this life. Tho
implements lay in wait in "a secret, but convent
cnt spot and an that remained 10 hc done WINS "A
lut down as an uppoltuue tim" to unhar the
doors, throw W tn scaling ladder. md then IA
dash-waitlne horses below, a ride for life over
But somebody in tho shcrifrs ofilro had to I'M
bride his tongue. aud the attorneys in the c;se
learned that thn scheme was ont. Tho waiting
and devoted woman. standing upon what seem
eel to her success. but what was n dangerous
prccpice. hoard that they had been fOied. She
dld not hesitate; She did not stop to venture a
good-hy, or burden ANYBODY with n message.
ON sunday morning she was not 10 be found.
llAF al Hsl a
Robinson were absent. Ihnt day message
WAS sent e. the Chief OF Police Of this city t.
watch the train for the woman. She arrived on
Monday morning. and Detectives Bunder and
Macaulcy Swallowed her 10 the Commercial lIo-
lei. wher" sh" was ,qu,ciiy tnken. and her bag :
gage WINS examined. Nothing in 1t indicated
what her mission had lrcn.
pucky To- the very last. the woman never gave
way There was no trnmor or movement. not
even flush upon her face. or an unsteady twin
klr of the eye to tell the steel stare of tho drt"c
ives Of the disappointment which was certainly
down deep In her womau'~ heart. She was u
composed n though she were trailing tendrilr
OYER "a thutch.
Whcn thy placed her before the chief and his
deputy AMI when j." Dixon and MrGarigle
talked a. her earnestly. sh" never dropped n
word she mover Envg i'k ken hy, any 9ct OF what
cell. aud she walked into the narrow apartment.
pulled of her gloves carrlcs-ly. threw them
upon the cot SWonth.i the hair on her fore
head. AMI asked for a drink ~ water. She never
murmurod. nor was she guilty Of ANYTHING that
would Doe reproach to any woman of culture.
Ih,y took her o. IN" aru;ory the next morning
looted n- though she had boon I'm her own home.
Not oN'rihiriy years 81 ago. she looked young.
nna WIEN s SIi shd " mr. p le' IeF5gr Tor her
taken. that all; haven't seen my husband for
Would you undertake 70 release him II you
had a." necessary implements. madam -
Sh" looked the answer. Tut her lips never hc-
tracd anything. II she hadn't been % WoWnn
that answer would undoubtedly have been. DO
YOU take me fora fop!f