Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-13
THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN'S
WARNING.
A Curious story That is Full OF Inter
est.
From, me Ye,O York Sun.

/
A Curious story That is Full OF Inter
est.
From, me Ne,o York Sun.
! In 1875 there lived in central Iowa a
/ family by the name OF Robinson, consist
ing OF father, mother and two children, the
latter being boys, . and u years old, re-
spectively. Robinson was well-to-do
farmer, well thought of by the neighbors,
and a Christian man. There was, there
fore. no one VINO questioned the truth of
/ the incident he related. He had a brother
! in Des MONIES, WHO was taken very i'll and
sent for him, and be left home, expecting to
be gone al least week. chad no hired
man, but the boys were old enough to care
! for the stock. and the wife was not wo-
man To borrow trouble.
Robinson was in perfect health when he
lett home, and there was no reason to feel
anxious tor those he left behind He
reached Des MOines or saturday night.
His brother was very low. but it was be-
/ lieved that the crisis had passed and that
he was mending. On Sunday night, at
midnight, the watcher who had been at the
bedside during the first part Of the night
I called Robinson and retired. The patient
was resting easily, and the watchers had
only To give him medicine once every hour.
he lave 1t at l O'Clock, and IS minutes
! later, while he was seemingly as wide
awake as ever i'll his lie, little, old wO-
mar suddenly entered the room. The
sick ma was in the parlOr bedroom, and
| the woman came from the sitting room,
/ the door Of which stood open. Robinson
| bowed to her, and while somewhat sur
| prised at her presence, he supposed it was
/ all right, taking her for neighbOr who
I had come in. She looked to be IS years
/ old. was very small tor woman, and wears
! afterward he could describe her dress and
features She stopped in the centre of the
| room, and Robinson tip-toed over TO her
and said;
The doctor thinks he is much better"
'GOu must go home" she brusquely re-
marked, in answer.
! "Who-meg"
yes"
but l came to help take care of
James"
you must be home by 10 O'Clock to-
morrow night" said the old woman.
Nv hY?'
She beckcned him further away from the
/ bed and then whispered:
'To-mOrrOW night, before midnight.
/ three bad men will enter your house to
1 ROB aud murder. You must 20 homel5
Chow did you learn this? ?" he asked
knowing well enough that she would not
joke him at such a time, but unable to
credit her with all seriousness.
They poisoned your dog Tonight" she
answered, ''apd they are now sleeping in
the barn. There are two of them now
tomorrow night there will be three. II
you love your wife and children do not
tarry here"
"But-but--"
"Go--go" she commanded, backing out
of the room.
"Charlie, WHO'S that woman ?" asked the
sick man, and Robinson turned to the bed
to find his brother wide awake.
IL do not know"
Il saw her in the room just before you
came in. She came and leaned over me.
She must he a stranger
Robinson passed into the sitting-room,
and from thence to the Kitchen, but the
woman had disappeared. He called his
| brothers wife, but she had no such person
| on her list OF acquaintance. The doors
/ were all locked and the windows down,
and it did not seem possible
! that she could have left the
/ house, though thorough search
| failed to find the least trace of her pres
ence. IL was , O'Clock when the search
was abandoned, and at that hour the sick
man was amazingly better. He not only
declared that he had seen the woman and
heard all she said, but he stOutly insisted
that his brother should 20 home as soon
n
| Robinson left for home The nearest rail-
road point 10 his farm was seven miles,
| aud as he bad TO wait at junction for
I several hours he could not reach his house
before 10 O'Clock in the evening. When
he reached the station at which he must
leave the railroad he told his story TO the
Snerih, and team was hired and six we'll
! armed men went out with him. II was
1880 when they reached the house. They
! m "A,
/ up lust as two men had entered by Nh
open Kitchen window, while the third
WAS on guard outside. The trio were
speedily captured, and then several
points cOrrOOaratiye of the little old wO-
mans declaration were picked up. The
family dog had died suddenly, with every
evidence OF having been poisoned Two
tramps had been noticed hanging about
the place the day J. Tore and two OF the
arrested parties were identified as the fell
lows. Tney bad slept in the barn. and
they had been joined by a third. They
intended TO ROD the house aud steal "A
horse and buggy 10 get away with. Ia
hopes OF shortening his term OF impris.
1 Onment al the eNppuse OF his cOmrades
one Of the trio turned States evidence. III
said II was understood between them that
II Mrs. Robinson and the children awOke
they were b. he killed.
Now comes another singular feature
of the case, Al Ii O'Clock of the night on
which Robinson reached home. mis- wife
was sittiag up with him, and, as no was
resting very easy, she tell asleep. The
little old woman reappeared, sat down.
and said o the patient:
"I0ur brother reached home in time.
B ] am glad TO see you getting better so
fast
With that she was gone, and none oil
! the parties J have been speaking OF ever
saw her again. People who know the
brothers well are hrmly convinced that
they saw aud heard just what they AL
lege, and those VINO SCOT At the story find
IL hard to explain why Robinson started
for home ~ be did. and arrived lust In
time 10 arrest three hardened fellows Inc
were promptly sent to State prison.