The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-10-28
A SAD SCENE.
a Child Dyiug I'm tts hgother's Arms WHILE
Its Fasher 10 Being Tried for Murder.

! Persons who were present in the court
house last Thursday morning Just as the
case of the State vs.. James Robinson and
James Lucas, charged with n..rder. wa,
called, witnessed one Of the aaddest scenes
that ever occurred in this cnuutr The
morning in question had been ss:. .cr the
trial of the aboye.named prisoI. ers-Jas
Robinson being charged in the indict.
ment with the murder of Moses Lucas
on the 9Th of August last, and Jamea
Lucas as tho accomplicc. Robinson q
wife had come 10 town to be present at
the trial. She brought her four children
along, the youngest Of whom was an in
tant. This little thing had beer quite i'll
Tor some time but tho mother lid not
think It was dangerously 80. Gu the day
stated Mrs. Robinson was present in the
courtroom, and ut her siue sat her
three little bare footed children aud her
pale faced, sad looking husband, whilst
IN her arms, wrapped in n red woolen
shawl, she held close up TO her bosom
the frail body of her infant--its face rs
pale as chalk and its eyes 'set" as If
IN death. The woman herself, weighted
down with SORROW and distress for her
infant Wis dying in her arms aud her
husband was about to be tried for his ,ife-
presented o sad, sad spectacle to those
who looked upon h. tear.stained face.
as she ant nursing her dying baby. The
while the Court ~as unaware of the
scene in its presence. The Judge
turned over tho leaves of the calendar
and called the case of ''The State against
James Robinson and James Lucas
Indictment, murder" The poor mother
looked up eSonizingly and heaved the
deepest sigh we ever heard, and her lit-
tie children, seated, at her side, sobbcd
audibly. 1t was moment of extreme
sadness. Colonel Wylie, flushed with
emotion. arose and in tones husky and
faltering, stated that he had n sad duty
to perform-to ask the indulgence of the
Court for while, rs the infant child of
one OF the prisoners was thought 20 be
dying in its mothers arms in the court.
room. The Judge leaned from his chair,
and resting his face in his hands, looked
at the mother. We heard not q word,
for wa had turned our head and walked
OIL; but the prisoner-father, pale and wan,
with his little three year old girl in his
arms and his three other children ct his
eije-led the way from the courtroom,
followed by the stricken wife with her
infant. They were accompanied by
Deputy Sheriff Hunter They returned
to the Jail, where the child was given
every attention, but Mt niue O'Clock that
night the fiickering spark of the frail lit.
tie lille went out and the baby passed
from the narrowing scenes by which it
had been surrounded that day.
The case had been called after the
recess that morning and the prisoner
having plead "not guilty" to the arraign-
ment, The e"pnnneling of e jury was be.
gun. Mrs. Robinson left hei dying baby
to tho kind attention of others and was
Present ia tue courtroom during the
evening. After adjournment she returned
TO her infant and gave it every attention
possible, but to no avail.
Upon the opening of the court the
next morning Mrs. Robinson and her
three children were in their places the
mother. had lett the dead body of her
infant in the keeping of friends ut the
jail to be present upon the scenes of the
day-dnotlier and strong proof of wo-
mans devotion in the hCnr of distress.
The bereaved woman sat as near to her
husband as possible all the morning, her
face swollen with grief and her stricken
heart heaving tho deepest sighs. At the
hour OF adjournment for dinner the re.
cess was prolonged and the father and
mother, followed by few sympathizipg
ir'ecds, accompanied the dead body of
their baby to the village cemetery and
saw 1t laid away, safe from the sorrows
and troubles incident to a life here. Our
heart mover vent out in deeper eympa.
thy than to this wofnllv ,fil:oied mother
and wife, and va certainly hope that God
will pity her in her sorrow and that the
world will treat her most kindly.-Lan.
caster Reuie,c.