The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-16
SHOOTS FOUR TO DEATH.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN CITY OF
 SAN DIEGO, CAL.

William F. Robinson, House Cleaner,
 Visits Houses of His Victims and
 Murders Them without Warning Two Others Wounded--BIows His
 Own Head on in the Bed of One of
 Those Murdered.
 San Diego, Cal, May 15.-William P.
 Robinson, house cleaner. ran amuck
 to-day, killing four persons, wounding
 two others and then killing himself. The dead: William Stewart, Mrs.
 Emma Stewart, H. w. Chase, Harry Doddridge, w Robinson.
 Wounded: Mrs. w. H. Doddridge, w. H. Doddridge was wounded by falling
 out os window.
 At first Robinson was said to be crazed by liquor, but later it was said that he had threatened Doddridge for an alleged attempt to have Robinson shanghaied when he was sailor. It is said also that he had expressed a dislike for the Stewards.
 Robinson has relatives at Riverdale, Ind.
 About 3 o'clock this morning Robin
 son left his house at the corner of
 Fourth and A streets, and, going to the
 apartment in the same building occu- pied by Mrs. Emma Stewart, the land lady, and her son, William, rapped for
 admission. Mrs. Stewart upon opening f7n ry,< fIz d Robinson, who had levelled rife.
 Robinson then entered the dining room,
 where young Stewart, who had been seated at breakfast, was just rising from the table. Robinson attacked him immediately, plunging a long knife into
 Stewards body, close to the heart, and again into the abdomen. At the second
 stab Stewart sank to the floor dead. Robinson then returned to his rooms.
 Relocating his rifle and leaving his knife he slipped a revolver into his pocket.
 He then descended to the first floor, one portion of which is used as a carpenter shop by H. w. Chase Chase probably saw Robinson enter, but paid no atten- l ton to him. Robinson got close to him and, suddenly throwing up the rifle, fired, the bullet entering Chase's breast. close to the heart Chase fell dead without uttering a sound.
 From the carpenter shop Robinson proceeded on his bicycle down Fourth street several blocks, through the bus mess section of the town, with the rifle still Tn his hand. He went directly to the home of w. H. Doddridge, internal
 revenue collector, on the northeast cor ner of Second and H streets. He left 1 the wheel at the curb and ran up the steps to the front door, carrying the re- volver in one hand and his rifle in the other. In responseto his ring Harry
 Doddridge, son of w. H. Doddridge and
 an engineer at the San Diego brewery opened the door. Robinson fired his re-
 volver and young Doddridge fell to the 1 floor with a bullet just above the heart Death followed before medical assist
 ance could be summoned
 Mrs. Doddridge, the young mans i mother, hearing the shot ran screaming from the house. Robinson started through the house after the woman. As she was crossing the yard the crazed
 man caught sight of her and fired, the
 bullet striking her in the back. She fel
 upon her face in the yard.
 l w. D. Doddridge, who was in bed on the second floor when the commotion
 began, jumped or fell out of the win
 dow, breaking the bones of his right
 hand and probably sustaining internal l Injuries.
 I Rnhinson searched inc I,o11se fnr r,,nre people. When he came to the rooms | just vacated by Doddridge he threw
 himself upon the bed and placing his revolver to his temple. fired a bullet which tore off the top of his head.