The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10

He stated that he and the deceased, ,
rho was about 10 years Of age, had start
d yesterday evening on the double |
rrand of finding employment /
Or young Robleyer at the farm of Chas
wager in jackson township, and TO Sc
uTe the honey in bee tree IN patch !
{ timber belonging to Mr.. Wilhelm,
bout seven miles from EmporIa. They
cached the timber in the night, having
tarted from home at about 8 O'Clock,
md after getting q nice lot of honey,
which they took out at hole in the tree
where a limb had been broken of,
Toung RobleYer changed his mind
Ibout going 10 Swager's and expressed
! desire to return home and show his
mother what good luck they had met
with in their search for honey.
Green says they started home with
heir buckets at about day light, and
that when they reached the scene of the
accident young RobleYer said he was
very tired and wanted to rest. Green
said he tried TO persuade the boy not TO
stop, but he insisted in halting |
If only tor few minutes,
AMI sat down on the edge of the track, |
Green, according to his story, taking a |
seat on the bank fsnkIng tue road bed,
about twenty feet away. The latter said
he told the boy that he was in danger
where he was, and that he had better
come oyer to him on the bank. Green
SAID the lad acted on this suggestion and
took position a short distance north Of
him. At this time Green says the
train was In sight and was
coming down the grade. Green says he
turned away from his companion and
in almost moment he was asleep. He
was awakened, he said, by the thunder
ing of the train, and when he looked for
Robleyer where he had last seen him he
was gone. He then looked toward the
train and found the lad with his head
between the ties and the oil boxes pass
ing over it. He says he did not
signal the train, being terribly fright
ened and excited, and that the cars did
not stop. Green states that he then ap-
preached the body, and when he found
that the boy was dead, without touching
him, he picked up the buckets and start
ed for the nearest house to secure aid.
The man living there, whose name
Green did not know, mounted horse
and came to town to notify the
friends of young Robleyer, and Green
followed on foot. Upon reaching the res
idence of Mrs. Robleyer, the mother of
the deceased, in whose house Green and
his family reside, he communicated the
sad news to the stricken woman, who
seemed overwhelmed with grief.
The dead boy was an industrious.
active lad, and was the next to the
youngest of four children, one of which
Is . girl. Green came here from
Neosho Rapids some months
ago. He spoke in terms of the highest
praise Of young Robleyer, and says he
never had q quarrel or any sort of Diff
terence with him.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robleyer, the mother
of the deceased, was next examin-
ed, and testified thst her family
and Green's had always been on good
terms, and that the dead boy and Green
were the best of friends.
The jury was then dismissed subject
to the call of Justice Fletcher, to allow
the officers to summon the railroad
men who had found the body, and Green
was taken In custody by Constable
Vernon,
THE BODY EXAMINED.
This afternoon, by order of CouRty
Attorney Feighan, Drs. Jacobs and Page
examined the body of the dead boy and
report in substance as follows:
We find SIX incised and CHASTITY wounds
on the right side of the head and face
and the right ear badly cut with deep
wounds and mashed. The chin extend
ing from the lower lip oblIquely out.
ward, is badly mashed, and the lower jaw
Is broken and badly cut. At some OF
these cuts the skull is penetrated and the
bones broken through.
sUsPIcIoNs OF FOUL PLAY.
There are some phases of this matter
that have excited grave suspicious oil
foul play. The wounds on the head and
face look very much as if they had been
made with q sharp instrument, and the
body Of the boy does not show even a
bruise. This would scarcely be possible
had RObleYer been killed by the cars
Besides 1t was, according to Green's
story, between land 8 o'clock this morn.
ing when the accident &C
cured and it seems highly
improbable that had Robleyer been lying
as described by Green he should moi
have been seen by some Of ths
train men. Grees, too, upon being re
called by County Attorney Feighan tC
testify second time before the coroner'l
jury, told story quite at variance IN
many points with his first evidence.
The father of the deceased lad diet
last February in Indiana, II Is known
that he was particularly devoted t
Harry, and that it was his desire 10 puE
chase property here and vest the title il
this favorIte SON. Mrs. Robleyer pun
chased the lot at No. "a Exchange O
Wright & Esterling, and built the hous
which she occupies, with money fror
her husbands estate.
Green stated this morning that he an
Robleyer took with them to the timbe
. Ratchet, saw, rope and bee-hiv
and that they buried the hatehet an
saw under some leaves. This affernoo
= officers Vernon, Fleming and Roman
took Green TO the place to ascertain th
truth Of this statement and found thins
as he had represented.
ri MORE WITNESSES.
Q This afternoon Dan. Smith, Wr
Sturgis, Ed Smith and a young ms
A named Shaw reported at II
4 Office of Justice Fletcher an
!, said they had been aroused
= Green early this morning, who N
them that boy had been hurt At Il
= place where Robleyer was found. Gree
then disappeared and when the abo,
. named parties reached the plsr
:. they found Robleyer s,i
: breathing, and blood marks were disco
: cred several feet from the track wbe
: the boy was lying. These parties ha,
= been summoned to appear at the cor
: rer's inquest on Monday.
- The coroner's inquest viii be resum,
Monday. The facts in the case vi
. be most thoroughly Investigated and !
. effort will be spared to get at u