Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1909 — SHOT STOPS SHOPPING TOUN. [ARTICLE]

SHOT STOPS SHOPPING TOUN.

Husband Kills Wife Who Intended to Sue For Divorce. Kokomo. Ind., Oct. 8. —William Robinson shot and killed his wife in a dry goods store here when she reiterated her intention of bringing suit for a divorce. Robinson found his wife shopping with her sister. “Is it true that you Intend to bring suit for divorce?” he demanded. When she said yes, and before clerks could Interfere, Robinson shot her twice through the breast. There was a panic among the clerks and in the confusion Robinson walked from the store. When arrested a few minutes later he said: “I guess I am crazy.” In a rambling explanation at the jail Robinson said he did not know why he had killed his wife. Previous to the shooting he said he had met Mrs. Robinson and her sister and they had ignored him. Robinson is a son of David Roginson who in 1875 killed two of his children attempted to kill his wife and shot at the man now a prisoner. The elder Robinson was killed by falling from a freight train trying to make his escape.