Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-05-10
FOUR SUSPECTS ARE HELD
FOR TYDINGS' MURDER
Robert Robinson, Burley Young Negro, Taken
In Virginia, Admits That He Saw White
Man In Woods, But Accuses
Three Others
Lit TIE DOUBT OF HIS GUILT

Ias well 81 powerful Thai iie adults
being at The spot and seeing an alter
cation Iii which III trydinss was Il
EpttIt fs elf eonrse, significant, and
iatkes his connection ii 4 criminal
way with the killing most likely. but
E0n Top uf this admission Is the fact
/ that he left the community al once
apparently iii 4 hurry and upon sud
denny formed determination.
These facts BIZ themselves place.
lIsubinsoI II d serious situation. but
Iilleie Is much more evidence against
linn, ana mere il being discovered
t'llriolisl 4 enough. pork chops form I'M
important link IN the ehain When
yr Fydings Ngas found dead in the.
Etllicket, with all his money gone. his
narket basket was found near him
Every article he had purchased ,ssis s
found in II except some pork chops
and two plugs Of tobacco These
slight clues were used to the fullest
advantage Il Was found that Robin
son had not bought any pork chops
that afternoon, ye; his wife aud alotll
el stated that hey had cooked soaie
fof him
IL seems nionsirons q most Iseatie
that 4 murderer should stop q tlke
such small thing from the basket ii
Lire man he had murdered and take
thrin home and calmly cat them aftes
they had been cooked. Init auch ap
pears 10 be the fact d Robinson Ii
guilty The two women admitted
that they had cooked the chops when
they did not know the bearing of The
fact on the case.
1'hey also made other damaging ad
missions They sail that Robinson
had come home and demanded ho
water, and rot mad when II was noi
at hand. and that nc had afterwards
procured two buckets Of water for him
self and spent some time Ii, Mashina
his clothes When they began to see
{ thai something was wrong, they tried
I rs egade questions all they couIH and
battle te questieners The wife ~
ceixed i letter from Robinson after lie
relehea he vicinity of I.ynefiburg. but
Claimed flat the children had tornsii
NJ ailf did not show II Is the author
tics
Robinson took every lieee of his
clothing With lin 10 Virginia. When
found there. some IL Il cantaifled
marks which AIr Green stated appear
ga to be blood These stains are now
being examined The story whiellthe
nan tells ahoat MI Tyefngs conduct
4 iii The alleged scufiic with the three 60.
orfal men is regarded as prenosterolis.
VET lie admits being Al the spot who're
the killing took place and went right
III Il when directed q show he de
tectiyes and Mr.. Green whore the kill
tllg took place.
Robinson ss,id that he was Watching
the other three shoot crap when Mr.
Fsdtngs came Hp will 4 small open
knife III his hand AMI ordered tie col
oi.ed men AWAY using extremely rough
and indecent language
Il appears ridiculous that Mr.
fyaings shoulsi have attempted To.
drive fonr eolered ineit off 81 property
which he did not own and with which
lie had nothing Ia do, while the use Of
such language as Is ascribed 70 him
ly Robinson WIS entirely foreign to.
his character and practice. is all who
know HIM WI testify The stafy bears
every earInark Of being simple make
shift Of the gliilts man ID ahsoiYe llinls
self and ialplicate others
Robinson continued with his story,
SAYING that he had gone further into
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