Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-30
LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL MATTERS.
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~ ,,..e. winds
..nrcrloN CAsE.-The case of
~ T,er. charged with the seduc-
- ,16es Robinson. came up before
- .. s - at II O'Clock this morn
Di'r ~ deieudant was represented
4; ~ lanes r. Cation, while Com
u. ,.i.o's Attorney Marbury con-
;',''s'i the prosecution. The police
.'1 .o1m was crowded during the
.-'' rS,cb lasted over two hours.
y, Trst witness was the plaintiff,
~ P Ibu5on. who testified that on
;,'j r April Is h, about s o'clock p.
w. VA. wing on a sofa in room
,, -. fr.. floor OF her fathers resi-
Us when Mr.. Tyler entered the room
~; ;i'..ss3 TO borrow a nod full Of coal,
y , 49,, roli aim that the coal was in
i,rtbe ward and that she did not
~ gum 10 5u. there. Mr.. Tyler then
W.. W me sofa by her, and it was then,
- GAINS that he accomplished
:. ,-.o Tle witness also testi-
= ,5st this was on the night, and
- s ' before, Mr.. Tyler's wife died.
:,.r asked If any gentlemen visited
,.I5- witness stated that Policemen
4; aud Deane, who are old
..,-siD!aaces, and Mr.. Carr, an en-
' AZ OF the Virginia Glass
.,s.. visited her occasionally.
-. r,,pess also stated that her parents
-. .5seu. from home on the night
.og..aou. Upon being questioned If
5,rsnan Proctor ever visited her she
.j.Dsaty replied THAT she was 100
-,cs Of lady to have married men
sagg attention TO her."
u-s. Robinson, mother of the plain
4 testified that on the evening OF
mil IS last, she left home about Z
50ck .o attend q meeting in the
,,jlg school room of Christ Church,
wien church she was a member,
d t1a. on the way she was met by
|. TYLER, VINO asked her 10 lend him
Me- tos and that she told him to 60
ber house and perhaps her daughter
9gd yet IL for him. Mrs. Robinson
..sa INA. her daughter told her that
, Tyler was the cause ST her trouble.
Ben asked if Officer Proctor ever
nei her bouse the witness said that
g.r lad visited her home on BUSH
;. connected With the Mayors office.
N. James Deane. sexton of Christ
.,c5, testified that on Tuesday, April
there was meeting of the Bible
;. OF The Brotherhood of ST. Andrew
ICE sunday schoolroom of the church
neu and that there was no meeting
ladies' that night. When asked by
Mayor if on Friday night two weeks
yPolcemau Wilkinson had met him
he y.rd of Christ Cburcb and asked
lH ne mad heard that his SOD, Po-
.msu Deane, had left town, ard that
ings you'd come up in time" MIR.
spe repliad that Mr.. Wilkinson had
4 that to him, but that the Off
s !ausuage was q conundrum 70
d. as lie did not know what Mr..
lku,on meant.
Mt. Ei8ard Penn testified that he
never seen sny questionable con-
3. oa Mr.. Tyler's part toward Miss
0nsoD, and that ne had seen Mr..
]cor in Miss Robinson's company
glen'Iy on the street
ilfs. Annie Penn, who is q sister Of
TYLER aud lives at mis- house, testi-
tr.t on The night of April 26 Mr..
Ter lett the house about Z O'Clock
ID Tie Intention of consulting q doc
as be vas suffering with pains 10
chest, and returned abouJ s O'Clock
d remained in the house until the
xt morning.
Vim. Atwell testified that he hid
Sd Hiss Robinson talking to Officer
)c,or on King street and in front OF
house.
.uss Mayhem stated that be paid a.
aoas 10 Miss Robinson about q year
Da bat they had quarreled ard
led. mat be had found the y0uus
, 10 be of irreprcscnable character,
mat he had seen Officer Deane ut
plaintiffs house several times.
ohceman Deane testified that be
known Miss Robinson about one
: and a-half and that his association
b her had been that of gentlema {;
ne had frequently met and COT
sed with her on the street, and had
D officer wilkinson talking to her,
also officer Proctor while on duty
Deane said tina Officer Proctor had
! aim that Mrs. knuie Penn had ac-
60 hin (Deane) of Miss Rohinson's
lole; he had seen Policeman
.kinsou in reference to what ne hed
to his father aud Wilkinson SAID
was only joking. j.,
)aeer Wilkinson said thGt he had
,wn Miss Robinson 6 years; be de-
4 having engaged in the copversa-
b referred to by Mr.. James Deane;
It ne had seen Officer Proctor at
IS Robinson's home prior to the 26;h
April. and had seen them together
'eral times afterWard.
Ir. Tyler then took the stand aud
denied the charge. de
d that on the night of April 26 ne
nj to DR.. O'Brien's Office to consult
Il, as ne had been suffering with
chest, and returned to his home
ew minutes before s o'clock and had
d down on sofa in the parior. He
Is aroused by the entrance OF MT.
lear Lyles He stated that he re-.
iiled Ii the house st the bedside OF
s sick wife, who died the next morn