Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-10
Death Of Robert Robson
Disappeared from Home Four Weeks
Ago Wednesday.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE CASE
Body Found Within Two Hundred
Yards of Where He Was Last
Seen At Work.

-Four weeks ago yesterday Robert
Robson, of Audubon township.
nine miles southeast of Extra, Went
to the field and husked corn until
noon, came in for dinner, unloaded
the corn and then talked with his
brother, Henry, for an hour before
returning to his work. In the even
ing about O'Clock, the team came
to the house with the wagon and
about fifteen bushels of corn in it
but no driver. The father, Joseph
Robson, and the sons sat down to
supper and when the meal
was finished the BOYS took
lantern, went to the field and
made a search and called his name
but receiving no response returned
to the house, when the father went
out land searched, we understand
until about midnight, his efforts
revealing nothing.
The next day messenger was
sent down into Cass county to see
if he was not visiting friends and
messenger was likewise sent I'D in
to Greeley, where his sister Mrs.
Sid Goodwin resides, to learn if he
had been there. When they could
hear nothing of him the search was
given up, the members of the fam.
lily believing he had ran away and
thinking he would return in his
own good time, gave no further
alarm and made no other efforts to
locate him. The matter remained
this way until last Tuesday, Fred
Cline, neighbor, was out hunting
rabbits and about three o'clock dis.
covered an unusual looking OBJ
ject in the field about two hundred
yards from where the last husking
had been doue and upon investiga.
ton, he was Mortified at finding the
body of the poor lad cold in deaths
embrace. The corpse was lying on
its back, limbs Strengthened out
with the exception of one arm
which was pointed upward; the
coat and vest torn and pulled
around his arm pits, what appears
to he bruise on the top of the head
and more mysterious than all else
a leather hitch rein around the
boys neck, the buckle end being
drawn taut and Topped about the
neck. Mr.. Cline Immediately went
to brother of the boy, half mile
from the fathers home, told him
what he had discovered and to-
gether they went to the fathers
home impaired the news, went and
viewed the body to make certain
it was the lads. Then one of the
brothers came to town and inform
ed Undertaken Stranger who at
once 'phoned the Coroner, CLYDE
Baker at Audubon who came With
other officials that night and went
out to the Robson home and took
charge of the remains. had them
carried 10 the home where by this
time large crowd of neighbors
had collected. He told them all to
be there yesterday morning when
an inquest would be started.
Promptly at that time an investi-
cation began, VIM. BAYLOR, +. B.
Perry and John Rose being sworn
as jurors. The investigation was
held behind closed doors and yes
terday evening was not finished
but it seems that something must
have been elected of an important
nature for the body was brought
here last evening and is in charge
of the Undertaken stranger. The
body is frozen stiff and efforts are
being put forth today to thaw it out
80 that an autopsy may be held
tomorrow at ten O'clock. The case
is mysterious all around and the
Coroner is determined to sift it to
the foundation before the Jury dis
clio SEES their verdict.