Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-10-20
Mrs. Robinson in the Salem
Courts.
SHOT HER COMPANION
The Fair Defendant is Nattilv At.
tired-Is Little Moved by
the Proceedings.

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fore the bar of justice by minister of
the gospel, Mrs. Eliza Robinson, of
Pennsville, was placed on trial in the
Salem county courthouse here today
for the murder of Walter Harvey, on
June IL. The alleged crime is said to
have occurred through the jealousy of
the woman for Harvey, with whom she
had lived for some time.
| Mrs. Robinson's clerical counselor is
the Rev. J. Warren Davis, an attorney
and also pastor of the Pedricktown
Baptist Church. Other attorneys for
the defense are j. Mercer Davis, a
brother of the pastor, and A. S. Ash
bridge, of Philadelphia. The prosecu-
ton is being conducted by Prosecutor
Sinnickson, and City Solicitor Morris
| G. Hilliard, of Salem.
When the prisoner entered the
| crowded court room for the opening OF
| the proceedings this morning, she was
neatly attired in blue cloth suit, lace
collar with diamond brooch, patent
| leather shoes, and a white shirtwaist
She remained calm and collected ex-
cept when the prosecutor referred to
the shooting of Harvey and when Cor
oner Wriggins produced his blood
stained clothing in evidence.
| Prosecutor Sinnickson, in his open
| ing address, stated that on the AFTER
noon of June IL last in Pennsville
Walter Harvey, the 22-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harvey, of Newport
| Cumberland county, was killed by pis-
tol wounds in the hands of Mrs. Rob.
inson, aged 80 years, whose maiden
| name was Eliza Corson, of Port Norris
| Cumberland county. He told of how
the woman had lived with Luther
Whilding at Newport, and while Whild-
ing was away on an oyster boat she
had met and become infatuated with
Harvey.
AS he proceeded he portrayed the
life of the two together with Albert
Winans, the son of a Millville minister
tears came into Mrs. Robinson's eyes,
and when he told of how she went up
stairs with him until Winans ran into
the room and found her lover corpse
she almost tainted.
Winans, the first witness called, is a
widower with two children, and he had
known Harvey about three months be-
fore the tragedy He said that Harvey
could not read or write, and that all
the letters between the two were read
by him to the murdered man. He told
of how Harvey came to meet the wo-
man, had induced her to live with him
and that at first all went well; how he
| and Harvey Clipped in and bought the
provisions for the three and how he
cooked the early breakfasts and Mrs.
Robinson the other two daily meals in
the little house in Pennsville across
the way from the church.
Winans slept downstairs on couch,
while Mrs. Robinson and Harvey occu-
pied the only furnished room On the
second floor On June II Harvey had
complained of his eyes hurting him
from the nature of his employment in
the powder works and did go to work.
He left the house and returned at 1
o'clock, when he found Harvey cooking
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the couch feeling unwell At dinner
Mrs. Robinson could not eat anything,
| and Harvey teased her about leaving
her for another woman.
Later Winans went out to get some
milk for Mrs. Robinson. When he re-
turned the woman and Harvey had
gone upstairs, where he heard them
talking. A few moments later he
heard two revolver shots in quick sue
eession, and ran Immediately upstairs.
There he found Harvey on the floor
dying, bleeding from two wounds. his
clothing afre and the woman kneeling
over him. When asked why she did it
she moaned, ''He told me he was going
to leave and I could not stand it,.
When Lawyer Ashbridge, in cross
examination, asked how the woman
was acting and asked if she did not
moan and kiss the dead man, Winans
replied in the affirmative. The witness
went on to tell how the persons who