St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-27
Ed Robinson Sends His Wife
and Her Alleged Para
mour to Eternity.
Then He Attempts to End His
Own Miserable Ex-
istenee.
The Murderer and WOuld-be
Suicide May Survive
His Wounds.

years. AS a result, two victims have
gone to their last account, a man and
a woman, while the third participant,
with bullet wound in his
head, may live to justify his horrible
crime or to expiate it on the scaffold.
In the midst of the terrible excitement
the one fact stands out clear-that a hus-
band procured revolver for the pur-
pose, and after shooting down his wife
and her escort, endeavOred to end his
own life by three shots and probably
failed.
At 800 o'clock, last evening, man
and woman, walking arm in arm and in
close conversation, came down Third
street north, between Second and Third
avenues. AS they reached No. 11S
Third street, man walked rapidly up
and confronted them. A report rang
out and the escort dropped the woman's
arm and fell to the sidewalk, with a
bullet in his brain.
''oH, GOD! DON'T sHooT!"
The woman screamed this out, and
turning. ran back few steps and turned
into small alleyway, pursued by the
assassin or the avenger. She had gone
but two rods when he overlook her, and
from a distance of only two feet,
turned the revolver upon her and
fired. The ball crashed through her
head and she fell dead. The revolver
clicked again as the hammer was raised,
and the double murderer rushed still
further back into the alley, entered a
rear building and turned the weapon
upon himself. Three reports followed
in rapid succession, and, dropping the
revolver, the
ASSASSIN AND WOULD-BE SUICIDE
fell to the ground. The five reports had
rung out loud and clear on the night
air, and in few moments the side
walk and street were thronged by a
dense crowd, which quickly as
sembled. Not On officer was
in sight, and the people stood
aghast. without daring to touch
one of the three bodies. For twenty
minutes they laid there, until word had
been sent to the central station and the
patrol wagon summoned. The woman
was stone dead and was not touched.
The man on the sidewalk
GAVE SIGNS OF LIFE
and was removed to his boarding place
at 307 Fourth avenue northeast. The
woman was stone dead, and was taken
to Connelly's morgue. The murderer
was found to be alive and in fair way
TO live, and was removed to DR..
Ames' Office. The story as it was grad
ually developed by persistent inquiry is
as follows: Ed Robinson is teamster
boarding at 2O2 Second avenue south
and employed by Powers & Dwyer.
About year ago he married a young
girl from Howard Lake, but they
SEPARATED SEVEN MONTHS AGO,
since which time she has been employed
in w. 7. KendalPs confectionery estab-
lishment, 800 Washington avenue north.
Nick Weiss had made hef ae4aaintance
and was walking down Third
street with her last night when
the shooting occurred. From
the scraps of talk that dropped from
Robinson after the shooting it seems he
had warned his wife against going with
Weiss, and had got the revolver with
the express purpose of shooting them.
"I'm sorry for her," he said
''BUT HAD TO DoIT."
W. T. Kendall, the confectioner for
whom Mrs. Robinson worked, was seen,
and said the woman had always, as
far as he knew, borne an ex-
cellent reputation. She came to
work for him in February
and stayed there until April, when she
was taken sick. For time he paid the
doctors bills, and when she was able
she went to Howard Lake. She only
returned last Saturday night. Previous
to her sickness she boarded
at Browns, corner of Fifth
street and Third avenue north,
but since her return she has lived at
11s Third street north, just where the
shooting occurred. She was about
thirty-two years of age and
A HANDSOME WOMAN.
Ed Robinson, or "Sile" Rob-
inson, as he was known, was
taken to DR.. AmeS' office
where his wounds were dressed and he
was removed to the city hospital for
treatment. One shot had struck him,
the ball entering back of the right ear,
emerging at the crown of the head.
There is about an even chance that he
may recover. He never lost conscious
ness and talked quite little. He said
he had evidence that Weiss was
HIS WIFE's PARAMOUR,
and he had several times warned them
not to meet. Last night he met them
together at the corner of First avenue
north and Third street, and, calling
Weiss away, warned him to leave the
woman. Instead of doing so he rejoined
her and they started up street. Robin
son then followed, met them and fired
the shots.
''Do you regret the deed?" was asked
him, and he replied that he did not.
81 did it deliberately after fair warm
ing. hope will die and they will die
with mt"
The body of the woman is laid out at
Connelly's morgue, and the crowed is
barred out, but surrounds the door.
Two bullets pierced the head, instead
of one, and either would have
been fatal. One entered back of the
ear and passed through the head, the
other entering the left cheek and lodg-
ing in the brain. When the shooting
occurred not an officer was in sight,