ROBINSON, Howard Cass 1906-1911

ROBINSON, HYATT

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/27/2015 at 23:14:01

[Waterloo Times Tribune, Thursday, May 4, 1911, Waterloo, Iowa]

FOUR YEAR OLD BOY ATE POISONED PILLS

Howard Robinson Died Yesterday
Morning as the Result - Secured
Pills in Parent's Absence.

Following a convulsion brought on by eating some pills believed to have contained strychnine, Howard Cass Robinson, the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Robinson, passed away yesterday morning at 4 o'clock at their home, 100½ East Fifth Street.

The little fellow secured the pills during the absence of the parents Tuesday afternoon and when, they returned home, they were apprised of what he had done by Harold, an older brother. The child commenced to have convulsions about midnight and a physician was summoned but despite all that he could do, death occured a few hours later.

He was Born in Waterloo, August 28, 1906 and beside his parents is survived by two brothers and one sister, Harold, Clinton and Isabel.

The body was taken to the undertaking parlors of O'Keefe and Towne until the funeral arrangements are completed.

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Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Waterloo.
His parents names were Cass C. Robinson and Ethel Pearl (Hyatt) Robinson