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The Body of Robinson Found.

     On Saturday, as announced, the horse that was drowned with Mr. Robinson was found separated from the buggy, about three miles below the city. It was at first rumored that the buggy must have been stolen else the horse would not have been unhitched. An examination of the harness showed, however, that the back strap was broken, thus letting the horse loose from the buggy. This theory was further demonstrated at about five o'clock by the discovery of the buggy a few rods south of the west end of the iron bridge. It had lodged in the hole left by the quarry. Search in that vicinity was continued for the body but without success.
     Yesterday hundreds of people lined the river bank watching the fleet of boats that patiently dragged the bottom all day long. The search was unavailing.
     This morning about four o'clock Mr. Morgan L. Evans, who lives in the bottom nearly opposite the bend where the deep hole is in the river, arose and went down to the shore but could see nothing. Returning to his stable he chanced to be looking at the stream just over the hole when he saw the body rise and float down stream. Obtaining help he got a boat and recovered it just at the iron bridge. The coroner was summoned but decided that an inquest was not necessary. The body was brought to his late boarding house, Mrs. Berry's, on College street where it was prepared for final burial.
     Mr. Robinson's brother reached here on Friday and has not rested in urging the search day and night. In the distress that this sudden and severe affliction brings to him, he has the sympathy of all of our citizens.
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     As announced above, the river this morning gave up the body of James Robinson, who was drowned on Thursday evening last. When found there was upon the body a small sum of money and his watch which had stopped at a quarter to eight o'clock. As a watch will soon stop under water this faithful time piece bears silent evidence to the hour when death came out of the waters to claim its owner.
     The body will be taken to Mt. Pleasant for burial.
     Mr. Robinson was a native of Virginia, where in Frederick county, his aged father yet lives in the weakness of his many years to be stricken by the strong blow of this sad announcement.
     The deceased was in every sense a gentleman, of excellent business ability, intense energy of character and unobtrusive life. Though but little more than a year amongst us he had made many friends and in these recent hours when the waters were rushing over the body and would not give up the dead, in all the crowd that stood every day and all day watching the current go by and the boats at their labor there was not one but could say much that was good in testimony to his worth, and there was not one there nor elsewhere who could recall an incident in his career amongst us that was not worthy a good man and true.
     His relatives who were upon the scene request the publication of the following card:
     TO THE PUBLIC.--The brothers and sisters of James Robinson, who was drowned a few days since, extend their most heartfelt thanks to the citizens of Iowa City and vicinity generally, and specially to many who sig_ally manifested the sympathy which .....


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