The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-02
R|DlED WITH LEAD
Mrs. 7. v. Robins Shot by
Her Jealous Husband.
FOUR TERRIBLE WOUNDS
She Lives to Tell the Story of
the Affair.

| of Mrs. T. v. Robins by her jealous nus
band the Manchester Journal gives the
following interesting details: 1.-THE most
brutal and numerous attack ever made
in Grant county was partrated by T. v.
Robins, a man about 40 years Of age, up
on his wife at about o'clock Tuesday
morning. on the public highway two
miles south and about two miles west OF
wakita, on Crooked creek. Various ru-
mors of the affair wer afloat in Man
| chester, but as nothing positive could be
learned here, the editor of the Journal
went to wakita Wednesday to gather the
facts in detail. We found the wounded
woman sitting in a large arm chair In
the rear OF the Racket store at Waktta.
! where all that is possible to be done Is
being done for her. DR.. Miller and two
doctors from Medford had dressed her
numerous wounds. and we found her able
to give full account Of the shooting. Her
story is substantially as follows:
Mrs. Eta Robins Is 80 years old and
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Arm
strong. who reside one mile north of
]. W. aand Charley Armstrong, who run
the Racket store at Wakita- She has
been twice married, her first husband,
Mr.. oner. having died a few years ago,
leaving her with three small boys. who
are being cared for at the soldiers or
phan home at Davenport, Iowa, where
they are going to school. She became ac-
quainted with and married T. v. Robins
at st. Joseph, Mo-, July II, 1898. At the
time of her marriage she had saved up
about 800. which Robins got hold Of and
fooled it away. He was very jealous, and
soon became abusive and cruel to her. He
attacked her and checked her almost in
to insensibility at st. Joe. She told him
she would leave and he swOre If she at
tempted 1t he would kill her before she
could get out Of town Mrs. Robins fin
ally made good her escape and came to
live with her parents, near Sandcreek
postoffice arriving there In April. Robins
went from st. Joe to Osceola, Iowa,
where The owned a house and lot, which
he placed with an agent for sale. He
then came to his wife IN Oklahoma, ar
irving here June 1& He made I'D with
her and they lived together, part of the
time with her brothers at Wakita and
part of the time with her parents near
Sandcreek.
GAS stated. he was very jealous and
made her accompany him on all occa-
sions. Up to last Saturday he worked
with John Lunzs threshing outfit south
of the Salt Fork, she helping with the
cooking for her board. TIE machine men
bought a key of beer Saturday and tap
ped It just before Robins and his wife
started for her fathers TO remain over
Sunday. She objected TO staying with the
outfit while the beer was being drunk.
and Robins reluctantly hitched I'D and
they started away, but she consented and
ne went back and got a bucket OF beer.
He was mad all the way 10 Sandcreek.
where they arrived at o'clock Sunday
morning. Monday he went to Wakita
and got word that his property at Os-
ceola, Iowa had been sold. and a dedd
for he and his wife to sign.
Tuesday morning they started to Wa
kita. and on the way she told Robins she
would not sign the deed until he gave
her back the money he had spent Of hers.
whereupon he began cursing and abusing
her. She stood it as long as she could
and when about 800 yards east of the
Crooked creek crossing she jumped out
of the buggy and started to walk back
to her fathers, not stopping to look
around as she went. She says she had
gone only a short distance when he left
his team and slipping up behind her OPP
ened fire with a SS-caliber American Bull
dog revolver, the ball entering her head
back of the right ear. She was dazed
and her first thought was that he had
struck her with his fist. The second
shot entered we'll I'D on her right cheek
and knocked two of her upper double
teeth out on the opposite side, the ball
passing out through the lower part Of
the left cheek With this shot, she says,
she fell to the ground. and though con-
sc3ous all the time was blinded for Il
time and could not see her husbands
actions. The third shot passed through
her neck, from right TO left. cutting her
windpipe so as to admit the passage of
air when she would speak. The bail, af-
ter passing through her neck, e'dged IN
the left shoulder. The fourth shot struck
the unfortunate woman about four inches
to the right of the backbone. Her cor
set checked the force. Of the bali and
when It struck rib II glanced and pow
ed a flesh wound IN her right side and
was easily taken out.
After the shooting Robins ran east
past his buggy aand continued for nearly
a mile and half. Mrs. Robins recover
cd sufficiently and watched him as he ran.
She got NJ and started west toward
home. but was so weak she gave up and
turned TO go to their buggy to get ult
to lie down on. Robins saw her and
turned and ran 10 her. She asked why
he shit her and her reply was. You did
1t yourself He helped her in the buggy
and drove half a mile east and left her
at the home Of Charley Coulters and went
on to town for a doctor. He rode into
town and informed DR.. Miller his wife
had committed suicide. He then went
20 his brother-in-law, Mr.. Armstrong and
they went hack together. To the surprise
OF all. Airs. Robins was still conscious
and gave them the true story Of the
shooting. Officers left with Robins for
Pond Creek Tuesday noon. and that night
Mrs. Robins waas removed to Wakita.
DR.. Miller informs US her chances for
recovery are very good. though she was