San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-24

Henry Robinson is a negro about 80
committing the crime of rape upon
Emma Wulff, the sixteen-year-old
daughter of John Wulf, OF 1920 "a
yala street, on the 18th of last July.
The trial of his case was begun Friday
afternoon 1t was continued all day
yesterday and was given 70 the jury,
at five O'clock in the afternoon. After
wrangiing for several hours with the
case the jury decided on a verdict, and
last night at 10 O'Clock Robinson
learned his fate. The verdict is as
follows:
I'VE, the jury, md the defendant
guilty, as charged in the Indictment.
and assess his punishment at impris-
onment for his natural term of life.
JOE FERRIS, Foreman"
The jury was made up as follows:
James Newberry, Arthur E. North
craft. Fletcher Oliver, Nathan Gurin-
ski, Albert Schreiner, James Powers,
c. j. Ingram, j. Ferris, Anton Adam,
Jr., August Menck, John Leasing, w.
]. Chalkley.
Shortly after o'clock it was known
that the jury had agreed on a verdict,
Judge Green had sent word that he
would be at the courthouse at 10
o'clock, and that if no verdict had vet
been agreed upon by that time the
jury would remain locked up for the
night.
Very few people knew when the
jury would report, and the crowd was
therefore very small when the verdict
came in. There were not over fifty
people present. Deputy Sheriff ]. NJ.
Van Ripper brought the prisoner from
the county Jail to the courthouse in a
buggy, and the streets were quiet and
peaceful. He also took the prisoner
back to jail after the verdict was read
and the streets were as quiet as before.
1t is understood that before arriving
at a conclusion the jury stood ten for
life Imprisonment and two for death
penalty. None of the jury were for less
than life Imprisonment at any time.
Emma Wulff, the victim of Robin
sons lustful crime is a girl of German
parents. Her father, John Wulff, is
night Waterman at Joske Bros
clothing store. She is a blonde of very
modest appearance. She Is not at
tractive: neither is she homely. Her
dress is very plain, but strictly clean,
becoming of the Germans.
The history of the case is almost TOO
well known to require repetition, Dit
for this Sabbath morn little OF II
would perhaps not be out Of place, ana
NAV set a moral. Emma Wulff was
in search of employment to help sup
port the family. On July u ROBIN
son called at her home on ZaVala
street and told her mother that Mrs;
McCrae wanted to hire German girl
for her boarding house on prospect
hill. He called again the next day
and told the girl to take the street car
and ride to the end OF the track on
Prospect hill. where Mrs. McCrae's boy
youId meet her and show her to the
house. Miss Wulff did not ride on the
car. but walked along the track until
she reached the end. Instead OF mrs
McCrae's boy meeting her mere, now
ever Robinson met her, stating that
the bow was unable to be there he
said he would show her the place ana
told her to go with him, pointing 10
house in the distance. He LED her
through a thicket of mesquite brush.
As there seemed to be no end of brush
she finally became suspicious and ask
ed him how much farther the house
was He then asked her to kiss him,
after which he seized her by the throat
and threw her to the ground. he neId
one Of her hands, but the other was
free. He told her that if she would
make an cutlery he would choke her 20
death. She screamed, however afc
to free herself.
When she finally managed to get MP |
she went home, crying Her eyes |
was muddy, for it had rained a few |
days before. On her arrival at her
home, she told her mother that she