The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19
Il gid SCENE.
n Child Dying in Its Mothers Arms White
It's Father is Being Tried for NJ ur1ler.

It's Father is Being Tried for Murder.
From tho Lancaster Review, October 9.
Persons who Wcre present in the
court house last Thursday aiorninr
Just us tho case of tho State VS.. james
Robinson and James Lucas, charged
with murder, was called, witnessed
ono Of the saddest scenes that ever
occurred in this county. Tho morning
III question had been set for the trial
Of the abovc-namcd prisoncrs--Jas.
ltobinson being charged i'm the indict-
mcnt with the murder Of Moses Lucas
on tho 9th of August last, and James
Lucas as the accomplish. Robinson's
WIG had come to town to be present
at the trial. She brought her four
children along, the youngest of whom
was an infant. This little thing had
boon quite i'll for some time bit tho
mother did not think it was danger
ously so. On the day stated Mrs.
Kobinson was present in the court
room, and at her side sat her three
little barc-tootcd children and her
pale faced, sad looking husband,
whilst in her arms, wrapped in rcd
woolcn shawl, she held close I'D to
her bosom the trail body Of her Infant
its face as pale as chalk and its eyes
"sct' us if in death. The woman
herself, weighted down with sorrow
and distrcss--1or her infant was diving
III her arms and her husband was
about to be tried for his liie-prcscnt-
cd u sad, sad spectacle to those who
looked upon her tcar-staincd face, as
she sat nursing her dying baby. The
while the Court was unaware of the
scene in its presence. The Judge
turned over the leaves of the calendar
and called the case of "The State
against James Robinson and Janlcs
Lucas-inaictlncnt, murder" The
poor mother looked up agonizingly
and hcavcd the deepest sigh we ever
heard, and her little children, seated
mt her side, sobbcd audibly. 1t was IL
moment Of extreme sadness. Colonel
Wylc, flushed with emotion, arose
and in tones husky and iultcring,
stated that he had Il sad duty to por-
iorln- to ask the indulgence of the
Court for while, us the infant child
or one OF the prisoners was thought to
be dying in its mothers arms in the
courtroom. The Judge leaned from
his chair, and resting his face in his
hands, looked at tho mother. We.
heard not a word, for We had turned
our head and walked Off; but the
prisoncr-lhthcr, pale and wan, with
his little three year old girl in his arms
and his 'throc other children at his
sidc--icd the way from the court
room, followed by The stricken wife
ilh her infant. They were accom-
panied by Deputy Sheriff Hunter.
They returned to the Jail, where the
child was given every attention, but at
nine o'clock that night the Pickering
spark Of the trail little lifo went out
and the baby passed from the harrow
ing scenes by which ii had been sur
roundc,! thHt day.
The case had been called after the
recess ti,at morning and the prisoner
having plead "not guilty" to tho m'-
raiMnnrnt, the cmpanmcling Of Jury
WAS begun. Mrs. Robinson left her
dying: baby 10 The kind attention of
others and was present in the court
room during the evening. After adj
journncnt 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 left thcfdcad body Of
her infant III the Keeping Of friends at
the Jail I" hr present upon the scenes
OF the t!Hy.-anothcr and strong proof
Of woman's devotion in the hour of
distress. The bcrcavcd woman sat as
near to hrr husband as possible all the
morning, her face swollen with grief
and her stricken heart hcaving the
deepest signs. At the hour Of adj
.Iournmcnt for dinner the recess was
prolonged and the father and mother,
followed by few sympathzing
friends, accompanied the dead body Of
their baby to the village cemetery and
saw it laid away, safe from tho sor-
rows aud troubles incident to life
here. Our heart never went out in
deeper sympathy than to this wofully
afflicted mother and wife, and we cor
tainlv hope that God will pity her in
her sorrow and that tho world will
treat her most kindly.