The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-03-15
TIE ROBINS0NS T0IlL
Evidence Against the Young Oou-
pie Charged with Murder.
BOTH OF THEM SHOT LAWYER GIBBS

According to the Testimony of Bert sny-
der the Couple Acknowledged Their
Crime TO Him and Gave Detailed Ao-
count Of the Tragedy.
BUFFALO, March 15.-At the trial of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson yesterday for the
murder of Lawyer Gibbs there was
scramble for admission and the same
eager curiosity to see the prisoners, Sadie,
Of course, being the center Of attraction.
The most important witness was Bert
Snyder, the Cleveland man who was in
the thick of Bobinson's Cleveland trou-
bles.
Witness said he had known Sadie since
she was an infant, but had met Clarence
for the first time last summer. On that
occasion Sadie and Clarence had a talk,
and finally Clarence, who had his mus
tache blaokened and towel about his
head, placed two pistols at Sadie's head
and said, Throw up your handsl"
Robinson then said: "Thsts the way
we did the Buffalo man up"
Then slowly Mr.. Quackenbush dragged
the story out, how Clarence and Sadie had
told of meeting Gibbs on Delaware avenue;
how they had attacked him, and when
Gibbs struck at him with an umbrella or
cane he shot him and then Sadie shot him.
"Did Clarence tell you how they were
dressed that night?" eyes. Sadie had on
one of Clarence's suits He had ham
merless gun and she had an American
bulldog"
Mr.. Quackenbush showed witness the
two guns, which were identified as the
ones shown to witness by Clarence at
Cleveland
"What did Mrs. Robinson say of Clar
ence at Cleveland?" "She said he was a
professional crook. When he was showing
how to hold people up he had his coat but
toned up about his neck and his hat pulled
down over his eyes"
Did they tell you what they did after
they shot Gibbs?" Eyes. They said they
ran and Sadie got through barbed wire
fence, and in so doing tore a triangular
hole in the trousers she wore that night. -
Judge Hardesty took the witness and
proceeded TO put him through scathing
cross examination. He succeeded in get
ting him so badly ratified that he was not
able TO swear that the revolvers produced
were those Robinson had at Cleveland, or
that they were revolvers, but did not ma
| terially weaken the witness testimony.
The witness identified pair of pants
produced as those worn by Sadie, but they
were shown to have two distinct tears, in
| stead of one, as had been positively sworn
/ to by the witness.
The next witness was Detective Doran,
of the Cleveland force, the man who dis
covered the first clew. He told of the ar
rest of Robinson in Cleveland on a charge
| of burglary and how Sadie had told n ram
bling story of a man being held up and
shot in Buffalo by man named Flanni
| gan. Witness went to see Flanagan and
Snyder, who were both in jail on charge
of burglary, and got a story of the shoot
ing of Gibbs, in which the Robinsons were
made the guilty parties.
The next statement got out of Sadie was
| to the effect that Clarence had done the
] shooting. The statement was shown tc
/ Clarence, and the latter thereupon denied
that he had done the shooting and had
| placed the blame upon his wife, saying
that while he was holding Gibbs up Sadie
had fired the fatal shot. Clarence" said
the witness, twas very anxious to know
| whether Sadie had made the statement
for the purpose of getting rid of him, that
she might be free to go off with some Other
| man"