, 1877-02-13
What She Swore to on the Trial O.
Whyland'a Murderer.
Serious Discrepancies Between What
She Then Said and Her Present
Stories.
She Declines to Erp1ain ANY Of These
Perplering 1noongruities.


miraculous dltpensatfon, Mrs. Robertson could
not talk inst enough to .atisfy the cravings Of hes
pct up sptcch She told Of the wonders worked by
agantzng prayer and patteat invocation. Sowshc
ptautEscly asks why shs should be dragged through
the prcss, and bcgs to be excused from any further
revelations. Her g,ibnrts Of nafrattvt has aed.
Her fund Of snsedatc concerning let sudden aud |
wonderful recovery from tho iron lAwA Of phfaYs!s
has ceased. The patient interviewer sits sf'cneed
befoFe her. and won.less ~ his eye fails upon bis
virgin paper how the ,oraeious city editor IL to ba
appeased. Tht good old days Of long sud nervous
" eloquent tributes 10 the sittnea Of praying at all
tmcs, md especially hard IN some occasions. have
departed. Mrs. Robcttton has no more to Bay.
Worsc than that, rho II preparing statement.
They all do that sooner or later. Moreover, ehe
promises to giro that statement to THE TRinuHE
exclusively. No other paper sha1l have It.
Tho rest " tho preM than't know about
1t. TnE THiBcxE alone II 10 be honoEed. The
statctnent Ia u contain various and Tague letters
from the East 10 b written BY people who raw 1t,
who know II was miracle, who were eonscrtant
with the details, who firmly believe. In the nean-
time, Nr4. Robcftson, 10 whom let son Ike sp.
pears to bt ~ necessary ~ was Mrs. Tnft!ngtou's
sclon Of similar cognomtu, declines 10 antwcf,
which
MAKES B,r or CHICAGO CRIMINAL HISTORY
PARTICULARLY INTERESTING.
A rear anu moro ago = man known ~ Hank Davis
went Into the St Elmo safoon. and shot Charley
Whylaud. whateat hn then aud thcsc did de-
Davis was tried aud convicted, and sentenced 10
twenty. one years at Joliet Thcso was always
mystery about tho man, some about tho csinc,
and ths xs!ses. then connected wlth smother
rnpcr, spent no l.sto Of hls time snd hcRgsfly
stlpend In fAthomin9 the case. No. 1903
State street was \ fortress that bamcd
hts most energetic attacks. Two Joung women
lived there at the time Of the murder and thisd.
NJ N&k ArtA Tar
Salisbury, Of Detroit, wns supposed to hare been
Immediately identified With ths provocatlon that
cu}mipated ID tho murder Rt the Il. Eln,c. To dad
Matte was tho dearest wish Of the fepostorfa1
heart, aud there IL q huse and close 'mouthed po'
Jlccnan Tn the fo7cs to-day who can testify to thu
scpotturjs, strategy In finding out who inhabited
that ranch, snd how much those denixsns knew Of
tho fracas Perhaps the two young girls stu re-
member the night ihcY were yank:l out Of bed to
undergo journalistic oss-questontn7, and how
much they told in their an1toty to get
paek under tho sheets aud blsnkots again.
Nj. Hank Davis waa thets friend and
they biz RuEdcs aud philosophers. all aslling to-
gcther, aud aO3 Inn thuatse Of their mutual sofeA.
hut ifsug Davis wasn't biz name, nor were the
sttls 10 deep la h[s confidence ss they Eupnosed
latt!e Salisbury ssas tho casket Of hla secret aud
had st1e reportorisl hand fallen With feouocastLo
smash upon the monument oi 1nystery that WA
reared upon Charley Why1hnl'a bones, perhaps
| Hank Davis term Of imprisonment. would have
bqen shorter and hls oxpIatlon far more exciting
than the score aud one Of rears to which ho was
condemned. .... '. ....
iu,. ~ pfovioutiy remarked, hia name yas not
va. chststened James Robertson amid great re-
5ssnasts ess asa 4, noness*oa tos lin issee
then, dresmlng little Of the greater 1no 70 CONE
Msen aef2ts ps r. c. sssp s
bis couli<el learned In the law. UNDERTOOK 10 ea'