The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-11
{. BUFfALO'S MYSTERY.
Clarence and Sallie Robinson
on Trial for Numbering
Montgomery Gibbs.

RJTFFAI.O. March II, 1895.-An hour
before fhe opening of the Superior Court
fbis morning the broad corridors ana
s+airways of the City Hall were thronged
With an ca ger. curious crowd. scrampling
for an opportunity to enter the court
room where Clarence and Sadie Ropin-
son were to be put on trial for the muir
der of Montgomery Gibbs young
LAWYER on the evening of April 2S, 1891.
Murder as sensational as that OF Mont
sspomery Gibbs is not easily slipped away
from public memory. yet brleI review
of the crime may serve to retreshen
recollection of it. On the evening" VI
Anrl 2s. about $50 o'clock. the body OF
Mr.. Gibbs was found lying in oriVe-
way on Delaware avenue north OF oulu-
ner street. Three shots fired in raplo
succession had been heard by those IN
tra vicinity and investigation reveaasu
! tba murder. G9bhs was found with Two
ristol shot wounds one in the shoulder
and one In the head and died soon after
being removed to the hospital. Tnere
was no clue to the murderers. but the
ories were numerous.
POLICE THEORY.
The police at first worked on the Ine-
ory that a wronged woman had muTuer-
ed the young lawyer for revenge. iitaS OtnelS5
looked upon It as ga fSse fSsf Sibfs 81 asee was
powerfully built. man who Wouid res.ss SIS
an attack. convinced many that ne was
killed while trying to protect hiiilseih
Fresh impflnts OF WomanS snoe weie
found in the drive way.
of the pistol and saw two figures rush,
ing away. Rewards were offered and
detectives worked on the case for weeks es,ss
without any. success, and up to the ain., tiI1le
Of Mrs Robinson'S startling CONFESSION
in Cleveland on October IL. II was tne
general opnion that wold tne murayer never be
brought to justice. 81. .h,+ +be
This confession was In effect that tne
Robinsons We're STRANDED nd IN thst this des. Sesy
perate over their situation Clarencs prott pot
posed to hold-up SOMEBODY ana sE,es ses
niothes and accompanied her husband.
They walked UP Delaware avenue 70 the
point where the crime was 3na eommluibea; baaea q
lonely spot, and there hid pehlno heose
bordering ffIIsaWaY E fFayeHsyRi ROBBERY.
Gibbs approached and GlarenSe ies Me-
money him Wie9 9ibps S seySNei VINO pewerfu[y eiit
man, man showed fight, and In the scuffie that at
followed three shots csane Were hrSe eeath hWo As
Gibbs head. the stories Of the e two gqlhleyt fhst
Sadie. finding that Gibbs was overcoming ing
him. him, fred this shot, while Sadie, In her her
confession, charged her husnand spa ninl Wirn
hayng sana gere eef brought a 1ne here
and apa5s since their Incarceration, by the ad- d
vice Of their counsel they IN nace crr1,e aih'ain
- Their counsel, Messrs. Willard w.
saperstone, mTs e. Of this city, and eX-Judge
Lucius Q. Hardesty. OF moTns tha nrosecu, yosaci,
tion esrV the burden of proof and expect to
clear their clients by reason OF the facs 4,a
that there were no eyeWitness3eII e me 3aIes 50 'ne
crr,iisg bietr;et sei. Attorney Kenefick. has been
working nskir,yh hard on the case, and confident mt
xpscts te ge the s cepfsenion epfdence q 'ne
- 49, A BAD BREAK.
He win prove beyond peradventure
that Clarence Ropinsppa son wEoe daw alter ie the
murder ru purportlng to be written & by s,ss- be
trayed Young woman, VINO XIII Kilieo Gapos aro
for revenge. This he censldelrs 1l fI,J 81 para a
swer the defence which will be G1,s ra1},seu
that the Robinsons did not Klil Giuns, ttnat
but made bogus eontessron less, nt y Of fne e
trouble they were in at Cleyeland; NJ.
ar tiie twenty-five Witnesses whom Mr.
Keneiirls will call number are lroill
easse,a'la Tbey are Chief John Reeves. petee-
tive Abrarns and James poran from Whe lae- ae-
ssrsa sacs Rasin5oa: sfs as5a: s. fass'oaa abesy
anhRnllsy Arehlpald cissiey. The last named is
the, yOQnQ5 feIlOW WHO w to,s5
Sa17;s Robinson it was said, ana was
fhonght fo have been actuated by MS
affecfion in helping the Cleveland deIee-
lives to fasten the crime upon the ROD
''is'o TRIAL BEGUN:
srhe Robinsons were brought into GouTl
about len minutes before ten o,ciocK::
Sadie. the central figure for the eyes 9!
fIs l1as1 speetaiors, was gowned in black
and and her short hair hung el In sslsS ringlsssS g
around her odd little head. She occupiea
a big chair right at the shoulder OF ner
counsel and was very restless. clarence
Wa 4 also dressed in. a suit OF black anu
his light red hair was carefully colnpei
and parted. ao,,..t nc
trjct Attorney Kanefck Immediately
moved the Indictment of Sadie A., ana
Clarence Robinson. ,
Sadie put, her feet on the top rung OF
Mr. Saperstone's chair and shifted stheIn
back and forth.
trial and the work of obtaining Jury
was begun
She Was Right.
Mrs. Sharpp--"If there were no women
the men would have nothing to laugh
Mrs sharpp IF thre were no women
dr.