Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-01-18
THE ROBBINS MURDER.
No New Developments The Coroner's
Verdict Withheld.

Verdict Withheld.
DEER ISLE, Jan. 10 4pecsl) There is a
great deal OF excitement over the murder
Of William W. Robbins. That such
brutal murder should occur in the midst
OF a civilized community and the muir
derer SO thoroughly cover his tracks as
seems to have been done in this Case,
staggers the entire community.
r Jbbins was somewhat OF character
wsys, but was always considered harm
less.
Always fisherman and clam digger, he
:; as industriu us 10 his way, and besides
good comfortable house he had accumu-
iated some money, which 10 now believed
to have been the indirect cause of his
death.
Some twelve or fourteen years ago his
wife deserted him leaving for parts I'M
known In company with q man by the
name OF Eaton. They left in q small ves-
sci aud are said to have gone to Nova
Scotia. From that dsy.to this, as far as
known, neither OF the pair has been seen
about here; but Robbins has been known
to say that, he had seen Eaton and his
(Roobins') wife In the town on various
occasions.
Considering him refining OF a mono
maniac on the subject. no one ever at
tached any Importance to these claims, and
probably there was. nothing in them, but
nh dau fa aafn n Thin m n
that there might possibly have been some
truth In Robbins statements. Who
could wish him out OF hts way II not the
man who had eloped with bis wife?
By this woman Robbins had four chill
dren, two sons aud two daughters, who
became town charges. One OF the
daughters Is dead, the other Is in the
State industrial school. The two boys
are Ia the State reform school.
Rlbbins' home, where the dastardiy
deed occurred, could not have been better
located for the crime. 1t is story-and a.
half frame house., the main part being
about 22x24 feet. Tais Is divided into
two rooms. On the estern end OF the
msiu part is an ell, divided into two
Oio Vi 10 tuo kftIbCh,
On the western end OF the ell there Is a
shed aud entrance way leading to the
kitchen, W here the body was found.
The house Is situated one quarter of a
mile from any neig Dor, and one eig n: b
| OF mile from the highway. 1t is prsc'
tically surrounded by stunted growth OF
evergreens and alder bushes. 1t is but a
short distance from the shore, where a
person could land and easily approach
| the house without being seen. 1t Is not
| believed, however, that the murderer
came In boat. The Ice about the shore
and the stormy weather of last week at
| once seem TO preclude such apossibility.
II Is more plausible that the murderer
| availed himself OF one OF the dark and
stormy nights OF last week for his darker
deed, and took the path leading from the
road to the house through the alder
bushes and left by the same way, evil
| IDENTIFY thinking that once hs gained the
| Travelled road his trail would lose itself
among the many.
On the start the officers are handicapped
| in their work; the man has been dead, In
| all probability, more than week; a
heavy fall OF snow and a correspondiDgly
severe rainstorm have inlervened between
the day OF the deed and the day OF its dis
covery; thus far nothing whatever has
been found to furnish the slightest clue,
and aside from the man who ran away
with his wife, Robbins had no enemy
whom one would su pect of the deed.