The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-05-24

JUMPING INTO THE CUMBER-
LAND RIVER.
The body Of Bob Robertson, who
shot and killed his wife, Minerva Rob
ertson, at the home of Rev J. l.. Kirk
patrick No 1873 Eleventh avenue
North, Thursday night, May 16, was
found in the Cumberland River, near
Lock No. l, Tuesday afternoon, May
2l, about o'clock by A. H. Glib
son, a fisherman.
A. H. Gibson (white) was seen Wed.
nesday morning at the undertaking
establishment of Taylor & Co., by a
Globe representative, and said while
engaged in his calling near the dam
something came in contact with one
of his hooks, and in pulling it ashore,
he discovered that it was the body of
a man, which was identified as that
of Robertson
= The finding and recovery of the
body was made known to Sheriff
Johns, who sent two of his deputies
to the scene to ascertain the facts.
Other officers and persons also went.
The Identification of the body as that
of Robertson was complete. On the
remains the following things were
found: A diamond pin, watch and
chain, $S5.93, pistol and several rounds
of cartridges.
Robertson, it is thought must have
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the wall Of the dam as was indicated
by the close proximity of his body to
it when found. Near where he went
lown in the still water outside the
influence Of the rivers swift current,
his body remained until discovered by
coming in contact with A. H. Glib
sons fishing tackle. The body was
we'll preserved despite the fact it had
remained in the river nearly week.
Taylor & Co.'s ambulance brought
the body to that establishment to pre-
pare it for burial, which took place at
o'clock Wednesday afternoon from
the home of his sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Lane, on Eighth street East Nash
Vile Rev. VIM Haynes officiated.
Robertson was a man of consider
able business tact, quiet and unas-
suming For number of years he
has been doing q thriving business as
1 commission salesman for several
leading mercantile establishments of
the city, for instance: Cline & Cor
don, Varley & Bauman, and The Cast
ner-Knott Dry Goods Co., these being
among the most prominent business
firms in their respective lines. He
was by far no porter, as was given out
at the time of the tragedy by one of
the daily papers. At the time of his
death he must have been doing a
business of more than $4,000 with the
, several firms, as his Indebtedness with
them, as they claim, was somewhere
, near $1,700. 1t is hardly reasonable to
: believe that he was doing a business
with these firms of affairs on less
than a 80 per cent cash basis. If his
; lash per cent basis was Is per cent,
which seems more likely, then his
} yolume of business was several hun,
3 lred dollars in excess of $500. POr
ters do not usually transact business
to anything like to the amount of that
which Robertson was doing with the
above-named firms, as evidenced by
their claims and their acramble fo
his property.
The Staying of his wife was the in
stigation of Robertson committing SUI
eide Too we'll did he know what cor
sequences to expect if he answere
y, the law-the people-for his rash ac
! What goaded and drove Robertson t
- such desperation there must be To-
- ever nothing more than conjecture
\ What was at the bottom of his domei
70 ic troubles the inquisitiye world mus
q )ut its finger on its closed lips, shak
n. It's head and pass on, for the lips {
ID he two principals in the tragedy-hu'
r. band and wife. slayer and slain-al
~ closed forever, locked in the silence {
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