Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-05-27
A Woman SIf0Ofs and Instantly
Kills Her Husband Robinson
f. Warren the Victim

Robinson F. WARREN. living two mile:
northwest of Powhatan; this county, al
inoffensive, harmless, sober, industrious
farmer of good standing, was shot and
almost instantly killed by his wife, on
Wednesday evening, of last week, about
! lfiveio'clock The ball entered the left
breast passing downward and across the
body, lodging near the kidneys. The
facts and particulars, as were in evil
denee before the Coroner's jury, are
about as follows: On the day previous
to the fatal quarrel, Mrs. Warren and
her husband had had some unpleasant
ness, and at which time she had thrown
a bucket of milk upon him, and knock
ed him down with rolling-pin. He
was shown "a revolver, which she had
owned for ten years, and was told that
that would be the next thing he would
get. On the day of the shooting, the
wife had taken an axe and hid it, and
when he called for it, she refused to dis
close its whereabouts, and remarked
that it was none of his business" Du-
ring the conversation she asked him
why he broke the door in?-which oc-
Cured some time previous-and the reply
was that he didn't propose to be locked
out of his own house" Hard names
were called by both parties. Then slaps
were exchanged with open hands, when
the daughter interfered in getting the
husband to 60 out of the house, while
she fthe daughter) held the door, and
endeavored to keep her mother OH the
inside. Seeing the revolver in her
mothers hand, she begged her to go in
to an adjoining room and stop the trou-
BILE. The mother pushed her away from
the door, and it came open, and exposed
to view her husband, who was standing
on the porch just outside, when she dis
charged the revolver. resulting as above
stated. The mau turned around and
walked about ten steps and fell on his
back dead. He lay there about three
hours before being touched, although
probably one hundred neighbors had
gathered-until Squire Scott arrived
about dark. A Coroner'S Jury was sum-
moned by acting Coroner, Jas. White,
Esq, and after hearing all the evidence
in the case, returned the following YER
dict:
ave. the jury duly empanneled and
sworn, do lind that the deceased, Robin
son F. Warren, came to his death by vi
olence, and that said body has upon it
marks and wounds inflicted by Eliza
Jane Warren, and which the jury do
find caused the the immediate death of
Robinson F. Warren, whose body was
found as aforesaid. to wit; A confusion
on the right temple and a bullet wound
in the left breast Immediately beneath
the first rib, or passing through the low
er border or sternal end of the rib, which
penetrated the thoraX, wounding large
blood vessel; and we, the jury, do find
that the confusion on the right temple
aforesaid of Robinson F. Warren was
inflicted by the aforesaid Eliza Jane War
ren, and that the bullet wound was in
1icted by revolver in the hands of the
Eliza Jane Warren; and we,
the jury, do further find and say, that on
the 10th day of May, 1880, that the afore-
said Eliza Jane Warren did felOniouSly,
and willfully kill and murder
5he said Robinson F. Warren then and
there being in manner and form and by
5he means aforesaid.
NJ. NJ. Scott, Josep Cross, G. A. Kor-
nor, Peter Gitfin, John Brown, d. w.
Boone, jury"
The woman was arrested by Consta-
Die Green, and upon order of Coroner
waived a preliminarysAearing where
upon she asked that she be recognized
% the proper Court She was held in
5he sum of 81 500, and in default was
brought to jail by the Constable on Sat
qrday.
Mrs, Warren is a daughter of the late
Reuben Knight, for many years a resi-
lent of this vicinity.