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Clare Sentinel
January 15, 1897


              An Alcona County Woman Instantly Killed a
                 Prominent Farmer Who Slandered Her
                 
              A most cold-blooded murder on the streets of
           Harrisville startled the village as it had not
           been startled in many years. MRS. ROBERT DOBSON,
           of Haynes, shot JAMES ANDERSON, a farmer, living
           near Haynes, four times and he died almost in-
           stantly. Immediately afterward the woman was
           arrested and jailed. She said that she did not
           regret her action as ANDERSON will no longer be
           able to slander her.
              ANDERSON was sitting in his buggy in front
           of the Hudson house waiting for his wife who 
           was in the hotel, when MRS. DOBSON walked
           hurriedly up to the buggy and the two engaged
           in earnest conversation for several moments.
           Suddenly she whipped out a revolver and shot
           four times in rapid succession into his body.
           ANDERSON fell over into his buggy; the horses
           started up suddenly and the body rolled life-
           less out upon the ground.
              MRS. DOBSON was attending the farmer's
           institute at Harrisville, with her husband
           and four small children, on the day of the
           tragedy. She is a woman of splendid appearance
           and bright intellect, but it is said that her
           mind has become almost unbalanced over the
           reports which she alleges that ANDERSON circu-
           lated about her.
              ANDERSON was an ex-under sheriff and leaves
           a widow and two children.
           
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