, 1881-07-24
IS HE DEAD

That's What Some Folk. woutJ Y.3,xa
To Know About Eirc-i5u:,, tSop.n-
son.
FROM what people who ought to know say
3Aotanan hoo'usun, The notorious rr-bux. died
last In arsuAy ut Ills hoMe. Nj 7J5 Fulton street.
lfom the ELECTS Vt IL sunstr,Se received The uuy
Detnrc. ntlu the funeral Is said tu tauyc tAkrD
place Friday al IL o'clock. Tnis relieves Cuok
t"unty fru,n prosecuting ntm and sending him
10 me fenlteit1art for arson. Oniy few weeks
nEo itob,usons c'tse Was Called IN the Criminal
Court, but ne uskeu tor and received Il cuu-
s'nuance and was shortly thereafter released
upon $5vN bail. Besiues tuis .thero was
another charge against him Tor de-
f1aui'ng the United States revenue, and yet
another for attempting to drfrAud
the insurance companies. The incendiary
record oi tua deceaseu dates trotn ,ne gear
tetlptcd IL tluw up his sunp III Rotten row, on
Citation street. with powder. He went back
alter Lighting the fuse ~ see why the powder
d'd .ot cxpoac. and us ne WAS examining the
cxpis's.on cal.le oil. and nr wAs Yute bully
burned and marked about The lace with gull
p''wtcr. UA int morslsnx Ut July ne attempted
by Hit elaborate tnt puUriy -pAllned plot
to blow up aud destroy the huld.ng ut
5ns southwest corner OF Lake md
ruun.ug resort for 1ntevcs and Prostitutes
knuwn US ths ltob'nsun House. Trains Of
gunpowdcr and material saturnted with
kcrusele were laid throughout the house,
und kegs and buckets or tne nlnterlnl were
placed upun the roof Ut Hi udjotl.ug building
su that walls would be blown IN. The train5
failed to Connect, and only portion Ut tue
powder exploded: The fur:t Of ta,s extIu-
gulshed wnutever fire there whs, and tue tirc~
st.eu. upon reaching lhe scene. caught Kutlnson
red-hAutrd. He, nuwevtr. uiAiased to escape
convection, and Made his last ultetnpt Dec. 4,
1ssu. whe,l ne ptdHned to destroy II building 1T
Nos IL iEu Is ue4rbOrt. street, On Tue upper
HuUrs VI which nc was carrying on Very
cheap surt If tobacco and cigar luc1ory. The
damage was not great, aud altogether ,nsu1ti-
Gent to cuvcr up me evidences III his critnc 1t
WIS for tni- lust Case inst noUnson wis under
bail 10 appear for trial III the Criminal Court
Although culnparatively Il young inan he b ID Il
repu,aIGD il, l}ustDn, Cle1e aid, aud New YORK;
in cucn Ut whAch cities was strongly suspected
Ut i1icenutar!sn. IL Is quite likely that Robin
son would have gone to Juliet this trip Dad not
death claimed hun. HIS reputation would have
killed. hllu with jury, and there was, besides,
cons. .deraulc prout that he fired the prem .ses.
He nut >lu,AN insurance, 7lnd tins contents Of
bus factory were appraised lit $;Nlt-
RuDEnsun WAS ST. tricky and unscrupu0uS a
Null thAt M one will believe Min dead uttl that
fact is vuuched fur by reliable peuple. Marshal
Swente has seriuus doubts cuuccrn4nE his de-
Mise. superintendent i3uitwlnkte. who was
quite active In rrt,$ectu Ing HubitI@un cllvh time,
saws he heard he wis teuti IN y,uI authority,
but I'LL the same, he would like 10 ser tue body
il, tho cun. Seeing is beicvinE. 1t will prub-
ably ievOlve upun the STATE ) Attorney tt nava
the mutter fully investigated BY persous aule to
reta,Ktl1xe KE1nStan.