New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM
]. s. ROBINSON COMMITS SUICIDE BY IN
HALING GAS.
HE is a FAMILY CONNECTION OF EX-GOVERNOR
rI,owER-Two LETTERS LEFT BY HIM

SPEAK OF FEAR or INSANITY.
John s. Robinson thrty-nine years old, real
estate broker with his place Of business at No
145 Broadway committed suicide some time yes
terday morning by inhang gas in his room. at
No. West Forty -seventh-st. Robinson was con-
| nected by marriage with Ex-Governor Roswell +.
! Flower he having married the daughter Of G. W.
! Flower one Of the ex-Governors brothers.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning the occu-
pant OF the front room on the first floor Of Mrs }.
II Wamss fashionable boarding house. No.
West Forty-seventh-st.. Informed Mrs. Williams's
son that he thought the gas must be escaping
somewhere In the back room. Young Williams
also noticed the escaping gas. and together they
started to find its source They knocked on the
door of the back ROOM which was occupied by
Mr. Robinson. but received reply. The gas
was more noticeable at the door OF this room than
anywhere else. and. suspectng that something
was wrong. as they received no reply to their loud
knocking young Williams called Policeman
Kerns. Of the East Fifty -irst-st station. and to-
gether they forced the door Of the room.
/ When the door was opened the gas was so
! strong that the men were compelled to seek the
open air before entering the room. When they
returned they found the large room that Robin
son occupied empty but in the small room they
|
gas tube in his mouth, while the other was con-
nocted with the gasjet overhead
Policeman Karrs examined the body and found
that life had been extinct for some time. The
police of the East Fifty-hrst-st station were in
formed and Coroner Hoeber was summoned the
| Coroner arrived at 2 o'clock, and Immediately Is
sued a permit for the removal OF the body
While Coroner Hoeber was conducting an In
,estigation Ex-Governor Flower entered the
house He remained inside about fifteen min
utes and then started for his own home After
lea wing the house. the Ex-Governor stated that
the dead man was the son-n-law OF his
brother, G. ". Flower.
Mr.. Robinson had always lived happily with
his wife and seventeen-year-old son as far as
the Ex-Governor knew, and the latter could give
no reason why Robinson had taken his life.
! Ex-Governor Flower said that Mrs. Robinson
and her son were at present in WATERFOWL
where they had been spending the summer. The
| dead mans father is DR.. s. N. Robinson,
well-known dentist in WATERFOWL
Coroner Hoeber upon leaving the house.
stated that Robinson had committed suicide,
and from what he could learn, II had been
caused by financial troubles and from the fear
Of becoming insane through a chronic sickness
which he had When the body waS found the
dead man partially dressed
|
| the small room where he turned on the gas.
and placing the rubber tube in his mouth lald
| down and awaited his death. In the room were
found two letters. one addressed TO the ueao
| mans wife and one to his SON. Coroner Hoeber
opened these two letters in the presence or one
| OF the dead mans relatives Both OF them asked
! forgiveness for his act ana tolu OF MS leat Vi
! becoming insane
Mrs Williams the landady. at first refused to
| make any statement. but finally said that the
dead man had boarded with her for more than
| He n ld lived there with MS VIE,
but Mrs. Williams had never seen his son Inc
rooms which he occupied were nandsonleiy
! fitted I'D and she had always thought him a
| prosperous business man. He was Ill about
| Year ago and since that time had not been the
same man, she SAID
Watertown. n Y. Sept. ~ (speciaD.-John
| Sterling Robinson. who committed suicide in
New-York this morning by inhaling gas, was
polished man and highly connected. No tragedy
Of recent date has created greater sensation in
Watertown or shocked the citizens more than the
death Of "sterl" Robinson. He was born and
reared IN this city being son OF DR.. s. NJ Robin
son. who practised dentistry here for more than
twentv-fve wears Dr. Robinson is now at Joliet,
Mich living with his daughter.
The dead man was always stylish in his dress
! and prepossessng in appearance. His brother,
Arnold Robinson was engaged TO marry Miss
Nav Flower After Arnold's death she fell in
| love with John, and they were married They
I have one child. Arson Robinson. now nineteen
years old The Flower family was said to be OPP
| posed to the marriage
| Wben n lad John purchased printing press
and soon developed taste for the business. His
| father set him no in business. and he started one
| Of the biggest Job printing offices in WATERFOWL.
| running II successfully until 1852 when he sold
| out to Orville Hungerford. In 1850 he went TO
| New-York and began the manufacture OF the
| NJ & H blotter tablet having the original patent
| for these blotters He purchased paper from
| Lewis w Powell Of Holyoke, Mass, ana was
| afterward arrested in NewYork en- complaint or
! Mr. Powell charged with securing goods under
| false pretences He was released and the matter
vas settled out Of the courts. During the last
few wears Mr. Robinson in the real estate
| business and had office at No. 40 broadway
| New-York ., 49,,
| Resides his wife and son. he leaves rather ana
| tvo sisters Mrs Angy Herrck and Mrs. =. /
| woodruff who live in the West. FREDERICK .
| Flower n member OF the banking flrm or floNer
| a 90 and brother-in-law of Robinson. went 10
| Nev-York to-day to take charge or the Dod!
| which will be brought to WATERFOWL Tor burial
| Mrs Robinson is Frustrated over the TRAGEDY
! Robinson came here a month ago ana spent SUM
| time with his family. He then complained OF pc
! ing in ll-health. strange coincidence Is .na'
! DIR Charles F. Ives who practised dentistry heIe
| with Robinson's father, committed SUICIDE 10y III
| haling gas on Monday at No. o2 west lhii'S-
| ATHEIST New-York.
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