The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-03-25
Nell Robb, Murdered.


been in Jacksonville, was murdered
at Doanville a few miles from Mel.
sonville, by some Hungarians, OF
whom Nell had gone to collect
some rent. His employment was
to look after the properties Of the
Sunday Creek Co. and was on bust.
ness of the company when set up
on by these murderous and treach
erous foreigners and stabbed to
death. There we're quite a mum.
Der of the chunks" living in the
house, and two of the number be.
came frightened and reported the
murder. The officers of Nelson
vile went after the murderers at
once and arrested six of them, and
had the hardest time to keep the
angry mob from lynching the for
eigners before the train at $3.50
conveyed them to Athens to be
placed in Jail.
The news of the horrible murder
spread universal sorrow over Logan
and vicinity for Nell Robb was well
known here and everybody liked
him. At one time when he lived
in Jobs In this county he entered
the race for the nomination for
sheriff of Hooking county on the
Democratic ticket, but was defeat
ed by Sheriff Brandt. During
that campaign Nell made many
friends in this county that will be
shocked to hear of his death.
This brings that same old pro-
blem before us that comes up Of
ten. What tare we tolerating these
internal chunks" in this country
for, and why is not congress pass
ing more stringent emigration
laws, and keeping the skum of
Europe out of here. We had just
such deal in Logan recently, and
the foreigner gets three trials and
then only five years in the peni'
tentiary, at cost to the county
of SO, 900 more than a half-dozen
chunks" are worth in life time.
We suppose the Hungarians that
poor Nell Robb in cold
blood, because he went to their
shnnty and asked for the rent due
the company that he worked for,
will get half-dozen trials and
then be found guilty of man
slaughter and get u few years IN
the pen. This kind of tritling with
the law in dealing with the "black
hand" foreign murderers is what
makes mob law in this country.
The time is coming and not far
distance when the courts must
deal with this thing, and give it
swift justice or the people will
take a hand. 1t is high time that
character and education shall be a
requisite in making application to
land in this country. Our own
children must needs, under the
compulsory law acquire an educa-
tion. The foreigners should also
be required to know something of
the ways of this country and of
the language or else be given just
a brief landing permit under bond
while they are here. Something
must be done in times of peace or
there will not be peace very long.
The following is an account of
the murder as given by a Colum-
bus paper of Friday last:
Jacksonville, March Is. - Nell
Robb, aged about 80, agent for
several house-building companies,
was the victim of horrible mur-
der at Doanville, mining village
three miles east of this city, this
afternoon. Robb had gone to the
home of Hungarian miner to col
lect rent, and was set upon with
knife by one of four men in the
house. He was frightfully slashed
all over the body and limbs. One
of the wounds was stab near the
left eye which penetrated the
brain and alone would have been
fatal. Robb staggered ont into
the yard and fell dead.
Robb had been prominent in coal
mining interests in the Hooking
valley for years and had been sup
erintendent of many large coal
He leaves widow,
who is seriously i'll, and four chill