The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-28
ROBINSON
The Young Man Supposed to Be
Murdered by a Mob at
Texarkana,
Found in the Indian Territory,
His Story-Evidence of
Foul Plot.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
TExARKANA, March 23.-It will be re-
membered that on last Sunday morning
party of three persons was sent out in
search of the missing Robinson and di-
rected to follow up and dstermine the
identity of the man who was seen journey
ing toward the Indian Nation. This
party has followed the track of the
refugee and reported their success from
time to time. Last night telegram was
received by the authorities here from the
parties as follows:
GooD1AND, I. T., March 22.-We have
found Robinson. He claims to have been
beaten and robbed. Secure Tierney and
Porter.
Signed JOHNSON AND PARKER.
Subsequent information is that the party
will arrive here tonight in charge of
Robinson. On receipt of the first dis
patch, Tierney and Porter were both ar
rested, the former on the charge of assault
to murder and the latter on two charges.
Tierney is the proprietor of the Tierney
hotel here and the father of the little girl,
who, it is alleged, was assaulted by Robinson.
Porter is a deputy sheriff and has borne a
good character. His friends do not believe
him guilty of any criminal act. They
we're both admitted to bail in the sum of
1000 each. Strange developments are ex-
pected when Robinson arrives and tells
his story.
RoBINsoN's STORY.
PARIS, Tex, March 23.-It will be re-
membered that on the night of the 4th of
March, at Texarkana, Mr.. j. G. Robinson
was arrested on charge of attempting to
outrage the little year-old daughter of
Tom Tierney, hotel man in that city,
and that mob took him from the officers
and carried him away. The affair caused
great interest. All efforts to find him
seemed to be futile, and the general i'm
preston has prevailed that Robinson had
been murdered and his body buried in some
out-of- the-wsy place. To day W. 7. Par
ker, constable of the Texarkaua precinct,
who was one of the searching parties
sent out by the district judge, came to
this city from the Choctaw Nation and
stated his party had found Robinson at
Sulphur Springs, about rs miles north
east of this city after long and tedious
search.
Robinson, when found, was at work
building a store house. He declared he
is innocent of the charge made against
him by Tierney and the whole
thing was planned to run him
out of the country because he was a wit
ness in the federal court against one
Savage, who lives at Darby Springs, who
is under indictment for robbing the mails.
1t is charged that Savage is spending
money freely to suborn and intimidate
witnesses. Robinson says he was carried
to Red Biver and told to never return to
Texarkana. After the treatment he received
he concluded to remain away. He said
he intended working his way through the
Territory to Montague county, where he
has sister living.
| A part of the party took him across the
country to Clarksville, while Mr.. Parker
came here for money to enable them to
get home. Robinson was assured that he
would receive the protection of the good
people of Bowie county.
The argument in the Smith case has
consumed the whole day. The speeches
of Judge Mclean for the defense and
Colonel Jacob Hodges, who closed the
prosecution, took up the entire time since
II O'Clock. At O'Clock Judge Shepperd
delivered his charge to the jury and they
retired to consider their verdict. The
jury was composed of several elements
that form community of farmers,
Mr.. Chants, Mr.. Ohancey, ETC., but are
all men of integrity and above reproach
as far as being swerved from duty ia
concerned. Short was the time. Before
they returned to the court room the sus.
pense was painful in the extreme. After
an absence of barely five minutes they
filed into court and rendered verdict OF
not guilty. Thns ends one of the most
interesting trials ever witnessed here.