The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-19
WIFE WOULD
NOT SIGN
THE DEED
It Brings on Robbins Affair al
Pond Greek.
MRS. ROBBINS WOUNDED
She Gives Her Side of Story
10 Public.

Guthrie. o. T. Nay 1s-Ponk Creek pre-
SCENTS another exempiincetion teat tha
worm viii sometimes turn About SIX
weeks ago . man named Robins tried So
kin his wife because she would u1t sizu
G deed so he could set the money and skip
oct He shot her ln the head. once ~ tha
throat. and again IN the shoulder. aaG
whea he thought she was dyiag he haa.-
Cd her back 90 town ana said she aad
attempted suicide. The poor vomaa
lowered between life and death urti
Thursday. when she sufficiently recoV-
cred 70 make statement Robins Is Ga
jan and Will get his deserts. Airs. Robins
statement Is puhishsd in the Pond Ereek
Daily Vidette and IS as follows.
Editor Daily viaette ,-Sceing IN your
daily both articles concerning the Robins
case. allow me &c tsll you just how the
auair happened. 4 thiuS I can as z was
there In the arst place We lived in 81.
Joe. No. Robins was 20 mean 7 could
not live with him 50 I came 20 Oklahoma.
where my fathcs and brother I've. Rob
ms came 10 Oklahoma and after his uaas
promises that he would behave I cor
scented % live with him again. but We azl
not lived toecther moro than week unis
he was worse than ever, lie showed rs
q letter he had received from a real es-
tate man. IN answer 70 one ne had writ
ten. asking how he could sel the PLACES
without my signature. who told him il
could not be done. We went 90 Wak.ta
with a threahins machine ne ara ras
want me 70 stay az my brothers Sd and
were gone about two weeks then returned
10 fathers place 20 spend sunday. Ay
brother came over from Wakita and SAID
he thought the deed FOR the place was
there Robins and I sent % town 90 get
It, he then wanted me to sign it and
told him IL Re would give me only 500
Dust part Of What he sQuandered OF minel
I would sign the deed. He got mad are
drew the revolver on mo then. but I was
not afraid he would hurt me fer he bad
threatened my llfe 50 many times thaf
I never thought he would try % ktli rne
when we went back 70 fathers the ne2l
day. he went 70 the machine 20 draw hs
pay. came back 70 fathers and was thsra
all night Tuesday morning about
o'clock we started % Wakita- We were
hardly out cf the yard when he comneue-
ed swearing and 7 threatened % set out
ard 60 back 20 the house. This only
made him worse and he Eot sc mao I
could not stand Il any longer and Z got
out. lie jumped ont efter I cd and
struck me. I turned 70 so ard told him
he would never strike ne again I had
gone about twenty steps when he shot
me. did not hear him coming 80 20
must have walked eassy. The first shot
hlt me just below the ear and I thought
he had struck mo. just started 70 turn
N.s 81. r.ftH s
knew what Il was The third shot went
through my throat and I zen. then De
shot me- ia the back A. soon en- I could
got up ard my first thought vas that
he might turn ths revolver on himself
When I looked he was running east. - 1
thought 7 would g. TO my fathers house
which vas about two miles and hsif ia
the meantime threw on the sun5onust
I had ca Is was choking. The blood
was running from my mouth ana Z
hreathed through the wound IN my
throat Ioossued the rest ~ my clothes
a. ] was swelling 60 much 70 was nazfiy
killing me 70 walk was afraid Z would
fan dead 80 I thought J would - back
70 the buggy end Gle. when I got there
he came az and I vac ~ LAT time Ees-
ting bgnd snd could hardly see tois
him 60 fahc ne nome lie H1la ne TeAt4
take ne % house and Told me Z would
t..e in a short time i aaked hlm Why 30
did it. and Dc said ayoa aid e yclFeif
I said nothing % him but praTse that
God would let ne i've unta 7 couif aes
someone ard ten chem bow 81 was core
Cod alone knows how z have suffered ani
ara SAN suTering. Eothing could aFe
ne more happiness shan b. say ar Rob
ms was Innocent and teii tho trgta-
was q soldiers widow when Z married
him ard was drawing g pension ~ 81
month ard had some money in tte bank
BE secured 30 ail See what have sfTsa
~ for HIM auw now can you thiuk that
nis saying he dc rat a. crime proves
10 " Dee O. t1rncd o1t he Vii 81 Z au
alive. commit the ranf crime. AZ z ass
Is Justice MRS EITA ROBINS