Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1906-07-12
INSANE MAN
SUICIDES
Body Of Arthur Robbins Found Several
Days After Death.
TWICE ESCAPED FROM ASYLUM
Considered Dangerous but at
Times Appeared Rational.

Last Saturday report reached
this city that . man had been
found dead two and half miles
east OF Clear water. Coroner Irwin
was at once notified and went i'm
mediately to the scene. He found
the body in q very badly decom.
posed condition, it having been ex-
posed to the extreme warm weather
for four days. Upon examination
the body proved to be that Of A.
G. Robbins of Clearwater. Evil
dence showed that he had commit
ted suicide. When found the body
was lying face up with 1910
Springfield rifle leaning upon the
body with muzzle pointed toward
the head. There was an empty
shell in the rifle. The top of the
head had been completely blown
of by the shot, which struck just
above the right eye. A steel ram
rod was laying alongside the gun
showing that he had probably used
it in firing the fatal shot. Tied TO
the gun was small piece of paper
on which was written the follow
ing with pencil in a very legible
hand:
every thing is lovely and I
guess the goose hangs high and if
l don't win out, III always wonde r
why" '..July 4th, 1906. The
grand celebration"
''his nibs the traveller"
On the other side of the same
paper was the following:
"Go up the old shake road about
one and a half miles by big pine
at the side Of the road and you will
find what I had with me. A coat
with letters, and sack about 100
yds from Stewards house guess
this is about ALL" On q paper
found on q rose bush about 200
feet from the body was the fol-
lowing:
"a. G. R." June Is, 1906.
To people Of Clearwater:
There was no need to be afraid
of me for l would not have killed
anybody. Everyone has told that
/ wanted to kill someone which is
false. l am going to kill myself
that is all 30 don't worry any longer
Good bye to the world" Art.
With the body was also found q
80 Iver johnson revolver. The
gun and revolver were identified
by Carl Spaulding who said they
had been taken from his cabin on
Sill creek some time ago. In the
coat were letters that, with all
other circumstance and evidence,
proved beyond doubt that the re.
mains were those of A. G. Robbins.
The body was buried Sunday in
the I. O. o. F. cemetery at Clear
water. Following is the verdict OF
the coroner's jury:
We, the jury empanneled to in
vestigate the cause and results OF
the death of one A. G. Robbins,
unanimously decided that he came
to his death by gun shot fred
from q 1910 gun and by his own
hand. Signed, J. H. Lamb, FORE
man. Jurors, P. 8. O'Bannon, B.
Stewart. r. II. Farris, E. s. Ste
wart, L. B. Brown, Allen Stephens
G. w. Lamore and Chas. Stamey.
Some months ago Robbins was
committed to the Medical Lake
asylum. from which he escaped
and upon being recaptured was
placed in the Orofino asylum, from
which he also escaped. Since his
escape he has been wandering about
in the vicinity of Clearwater, his
old home. People of that place
thought him dangerous but at times
he was apparently rational. Ths
thought that at times he suffered
from demency perhaps caused him
to take his own life.