The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-20
MURDERED IN HER HOME.
A BULLET HOLE FOUND IN MRS.
JOHANNA DUSHELL'S HEAD.
Thomas Robinson. Who Lived In tho House.
ArTested-A bloody Pistol In His Eooss-
He Says q Job Was Put Up ON Him.

Mrs. Johanna Dushell. the White Plains
woman who was found dead ut her homo on
Sunday afternoon with a wound on her scalp.
had been shot. The fact was discovered yes
terday by Dr. De Hart and DR.. Curtis. who. at
the suggestion Of Coroner Drew. performed an
autopsy. The pistol with which she was shot
belonged to Thomas Robinson. the colored
man who was arrested Sunday on suspicion OF
having beaten her to death. 1t was found in
his room. which is in the same house that Mrs.
Dushcll and her family lived by DR.. De Hart
after tho autopsy had been performed. Two
chambers were empty. and there were fresh
blood stains all along tho upper side OF the
barrel George Dushell. the womans hus-
band. declared at once that the finding OF tho
pistol proved that Robinson was the murderer.
The crime was committed on Sunday after
noon between 4:30 and 5 o'clock. Before that
hour Dushell. his wife. Robinson. and james
Roberts, who lived not far off. were ont in the
front yard Roberts and Robinson qunrrelled
about II mulatto woman who had lived with
Robinson Mt the house for two weeks about
two months before She had gone out one
day and when crossing a railroad track Ind
sprained her ankle. Roberts came along and
helped her home She did not return to Rob-
inson ut all. and the colored man accused Rob-
erts Of stealing her away from him. In the
quarrel on Sunday. according to Dushell. Rob-
inson said to Roberts:
" You white man. I'll cut your throat or I'll
blow your brains out II you don't get away
from here"
Roberts retorted that he was not on property
wien he ca DasSs Chem said
=. Come on, Jim: let's 60 up The road. ! want
4 Ks hS ss aed ns9a
MARY a tSs Il sa y
two miles from tho Dushell house. Dusheil
and Roberts started of. according to Dushel.
v yard and Robnson Standing scomns BY
the gate. about twenty feet from, the pump.
sSaren ow Sd f s tha Sln% i
which tho house stands. He was. watching
Film Miller and her fathcr milking cows;
might have been o'clock. he says. He got
into his wagon to drive into town with his
ahead Of him to get a piece Of bread and butter:
he heard two pistol shots. He went into the
tho kitchen, he heard some one in the front
room ranninE When he reached the front
blood streaming down the side OF her face.
NS was IN the F9om ian and Robinson was nc"
S %efs int" the Road MS y Sad driven by the
house and was hundred ID yards away. .,o,
and told him that some one had killed his
b"sk to the M house on eh ntsndns 10
notify TIE Sheriff ct White Plains, When ,op;;
way to L3 a vax s Sd Msa hf
children, He told them what the boy, had said
lage and DIsiicll and tho girls. hurried home.
Mary. the oldest, ran the greater part of the
sister. She saw her mother on the sofa and
found little Stephen out In swing in the rear
Of the cas ons Ss sHh h
lots to Feter, Kirwin's house. a quarter Of a
mile away ~ kirTin Was not ut h9 %n And she
drove in tto White Plains and, notified lie
DEPUTY Sheriff Joseph Acton drove, right out;
Allthe Dashell family were at the house. and
Mf had If. oass the TSs
doors OF Robinson's rooms We're locked. and
knocking on them brought no RESPONSE, It
Bogart looked at the body. and then heard the
stSiy s Of the st tx3 psto ts6ots s0ndnt
wound must have caused, death. He and
Acton, went away. and said the Coroner would
s s M had Hpa hy qS Brew s" nnd
He didn't see the bullet hole either H He J got
basR Wits o Sn sne on TIN hs
met met Roberts trHdgipg on toward the village
was on the way back. and instructed him to
Roberts at frst denied that he had been near
mittedl ho lad, and then told practically the
story that pushell told Ho was locked up;
told him that II Robinson WAS around at all he
was VAS in his room; no tn. Chief pounded on the
ana got no answer Then he called iiHl'eu again
, Ko Pin son. 4 you don't let me in I'll break
Robinson shouted back: Whats the mat
any a"F got H ny light s3' can't sits s
y. The Chief got a lantern from Dushell and
s aSsT Showed aSn mins st Robinson yawnns
M9as the natter natter in in this here house.
sSPs S's sf TO 1 Nj ehlf sa the
Ss s Fs $sss $ s sin an
wo 9sstff%y Ssn IN 5s hhsHny saa nqS
sS Ps s SHs Ss SSss ;$sS
and Peter Ksr%n s son n' ha R
room and found tho pistol. The bullet found
In thS nS sSad dst fitted Of The
his pistol had been found With fresh blood Ion on
1t. and that Mrs. Dushell had been shot. he
. Go way now. white. man. youse putin up a
job on me, Just cOuse Use n niggar"
He was assured that no Job was being put up
on him. and then he declared that some ono
must have smcared the blood on tho pistol. or
else that some ono must have stolen tho pistol |
to shoot Mrs. Dushell with. He, swore that, no
knew nothing at all about how she came to her
death. To a Sun reporter he told tho same
story That Dushell told about being In the front
yard with Roberts and tho woman and |
Dusheli. but he said that the quarrel was ali
from n bottle Roberts had. 1t made him feel |
sick. and no went In and went to bed Ho |
knew nothing more until the Chief woke him |
w: rhou o.o ,,,t,,o,no ;oh ., o,h
elared. II didn't have nothing to do with Kill
Mrs. Dushell was 43 years old She had |
been married nineteen years. She drank a
count Of T they eopStInually GHarreIled They
house where the murder was committed Ia the |
old Eliza Miller homestead. Miller has not |
farm around # The ppsheils had lived there
often beat his wife, Dushell told the, reporter
he hsd hs 9r Ms{s
said that Robinson made n practice Of bring |
;ntn tha nd