Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-07
NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Story Of the Disappearance of the ROber-
sous, Father and Son.
WHAT GAVE RISE TO A MURDER THEORY.
No Positive Proof of Death of Either
of the Missing Men-No
Money Was
Taken.

Sheriff Rainbow and Deputy Sheriff Red
field OF Harlan left yesterday morning with
their prisoners, MIR aud Mrs. j. X. Gambler
land whose arrest on the charge Of having
murdered John and Jasper Robertson was
mentioned i'll Yesterdays BEE. The story
connected with the Itooersons is Il somewhat
sensational one and has caused much excite
ment in Harlan, where all the parties con-
nected with the affair are well known.
John Robertson lived near Harlan for a long
him about year and a half ago on account
of domestic troubles. The boy, Jasper, was
an illegitimate son of Mrs. Robertson, but he
was allowed to grow up to manhood without
ever having been told of the shadow that
hung over his name. At last, however he
found out the truth in some way, and from
that time on he was a changed man. A cloud
settled over him which nothing could remove
and up to the day of his disappearance he
continued to he morose and unapproachabe
After living near Harlan for some time the
father and son made up their minds to go
west and find a new nome. The old man
sold all his property, and, it was supposed
had large amount of money concealed
around the house which he had realized
Cumberland were living wthithe Robersons
! a year ago last October the two Robersons
! and Cumberland had made arrangements to
help neighOor thrash but when the time
arrived none OF them were there. A search
| was made, but Cumberland was the only one
| who could be sound. lie said that RoDerson
| and his son had suddenly concluded to go
| west, and that he had been detained by bus-
| ness about his farm The story was ac-
| ccpted as true, as nothing was known to the
| contrary. A few days later Cumbe rland and
| his wife disappeared, and nothing more was
| heard about them.
| About ten days ago n letter was received
! from son OF old man Robertson i'll Colorado,
| asking why his father did not come out to
| meet him, rs he intended. This set the au-
| thorties to work, and it did not take long 10
| locate the Cumberands i'll Springfield, Mo,
| where the arrest was made.
There is nothing. so far as known, upon
| which to fasten guilt on Mr. and Mrs. Cum
| bcrland excepting the fact that they disap-
peared so near the same time as the RoDer-
| sons. 1T is hardly probable, however, that
| the Harlan authorities would send so far and
| undergo so much trouble and expense to cap
| ture man and woman for crime which
| they could not prove against them with some
| degree of certainty. II has been learned
| since the disappearance of the Robcrsons,
| that the money which, it was supposed
| they had received from the sale of their farm,
| had not been received, so that the robbery, if
such it was, resulted in the reaping of a large
| harvest of dissatisfaction by the robber.
| Seed oats, corn, millet and seed potatoes,
| garden seeds of all kinds, at II. L. Carman's,
| 800 Main and 50l Pearl streets.
Fishing parties have commenced to flock
| to Lake Manawa.
| Furniture, carpets, refrigerators, baby car
| riages, stoves crockery, and all house fur
| nlShlDE goods
| Maudel & Klein's.
Dry storage at low rates, stoves and house
hold goods j. II. Snyder, Pearl street.