The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-01
foul MURDER
IN COUNTRY
G. ROBBINS CHARGED WITH CRIME
Mrs. Emeline CastOe Brutally StraRg-
led Saturday Afternoon at
Robbins Home.

Mrs. Emiline Castoe was murdered
Saturday afternoon at the residence
of VIM. Robbins, at the southeast cor
ner OF Grange park, about three miles
from town. The news OF the mul der
was not known in the city until even
ing, and the news spread through the
town In short order.
1t appears that the murdered WON.
an was housekeeper for MIR. Robbins.
Early in the afternoon a telephone
message came to one Of the neighbors
that some relatives of Mr.. Robbins
had come In from Portland and for
him to come to town and meet them
Mrs. Castoe was hulling straw berries
at the time and neighbor, Mis-. Nor.
der, was at the house. Mr.. Robbins
asked Mis-. Castoe to 90 to town with
him, but she said she had work to do
and could not. He then LETT and
after he got to town could find no
one, and 80 went back home after do
ing some trading. Arriving at the
house he did not see sny one aud
after calling and getting no answer,
went into Mrs. Castoe's room and
found her lying on the bed. he
spoke to her and getting no answer,
shook her, thinking she was asleep.
Still getting no response, he said be
would go over and get Mrs. Norder,
thinking that il she was feigning
sleep she would stop him. As she
did not answer he went to Mrs. Nor
der's Iisoe and said he feared that
Mrs. Castoe was dead. Mrs. Norder
asked him to summon more of the
neighbors and she would come over.
He went back by the way OF the house
and again went in to see II there was
any change, but found her still lying
as he had left her, on the bed, with
one arm crossed over her breast and
one leg hanging off the bed. Her
head was toward the foot and the
body was lying diagonally across it.
to raise her up and saw that she was
dead, and also noticed bruises on her
hroat.
Mr.. Robbins then ran to the Adam.
son place and summoned him and
Chauncy Maynard. They returned tc
} the house and then Coz oner Edging
ton and DR.. Dumble we're summoned
After brief examination they found
that the collar bone and several ribs
8 we're broken, and discovered bruises
also on the breast.
Suspicion was directed to GeorR,
Robbins, son OF William Robbins
on account OF his movements AROUND
/, the neighorhood on that day. H'
had been seen with a rig driving II
towards the place and then came ou
and went to Brayford's store. Mr.
Braytord was out at the time and b
: asked Mrs. Brayford il he could US
the telephone. to which she sssented
As she is hard of hearing she ooult
not hear his message, but It was a
once suspected that he sent the mes
sage to summon the old man to town
Young Robb ms was also seen Il
drive away from the place about hal
, past four In the afternoon. II,
stopped at the store again and bough
bottle of pop and seemed to be eX
: cited. Coming into town he picket
up Mr.. Van Allen and on the way
the elder Mr.. Robbins was seen com
ing home and the young man drove
Il
not wish to see his father as he diC
: not waht him to know he had hired |
rig.
Alter the examination by Drs
) Dumbls and Edgington In the even
r ing a warrsnt was sworn out To-
) George Robbins and Constable Gangel
summoned to arrest him. 1t WA
+. found that be had purchased ticke
for Portland and had then abou
| reached his destination. The Port
/ land police were teiephoned to inter
cept the young man, but 1t was to-
late.
!, Sunday Constable Genger and Dep
uty Sheriff Charles Morse went /,
Portland and In the afternoon fount
hin on the street and arrested him
They had found where he had room
5 tor the night and that he had made
!. trip to st. Johns. they traced hin
back to Portland and we're not lonl
r in finding him. 1t was quick worl
r on the part of the officers and t.
l. their credit that they found thei
8 man 80 soon, although there seemed
: to be no attempt by young Robbin
n TO conceal himself. He was brough
back here Sunday evening and locket
up in the cell at the city hall.
Monday morning Coroner Edging
= ton empanelled jury and after ex
u amining several witnesses, brought Il
the following verdict;
i We, the jury empaneled to hea
) the testimony given ut the Coroner
Inquest over the body of Emelin
= Castoe, held before A.C. Buck, actin
e Coroner, at 80 o'clock a. M, on th
28th day of June, 1909, in Hood Ris
err, Oregon, find that the said Eme
}, inc Cas- met hei death by strsngula
tion on the evening OF Saturday, Jun
8 28th, 1909, In Hood River, Oregon, a
u the hands of some person, or pei sons
, to us unknown.
j. l.. Morrison,
u D. w. Perigo,
u ... j. M. Lakin,
f.. II. Edgington,
% A. s. Boorman,
o John A. Wilson,
', CoroDer's Jury.
A post mortem examination Sunda
d revtale hat not only we're the 90
n lar bone aud the third and tourt
Il ribs fractured, but the fifth rib pal
italy detached from the cartilage
!, The breast bone was broken betwee
II the fourth and fifth ibis; the uppt
:, portion and middle portion OF tt
- - left lung was badly bruised and file
af a. with dark blood. The lover horn {
:, y the left thyroid cartilage OF the la
- ynx fractured, and the crocoid ca
II tilape fractured anterior to the rigl