Charles W. Robinson Suicide 1870

ROBINSON

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 5/30/2006 at 09:18:49

Birmingham Enterprise; Birmingham, Van Buren, Iowa; Saturday, July 30, 1870

- On Wednesday a young man named Robinson, a resident of Mt. Pleasant, terminated his earthly existence in a tragic manner by shooting himself through the head. On Tuesday he avowed his intentions to several persons of killing himself and bought a pistol for that purpose. The next day he went to a barn back of his residence and placing the pistol to his head fired, the ball passing entirely through the skull. He was a painter by trade. The cause of this rash act is not known.--Hawkeye 29th.

[Note: The Henry Co. WPA Records shows a Charles W. Robinson 17 Sep 1849-27 July 1870. This is probably the Robinson mentioned in above article. July 27, 1870 was on a Wednesday.]