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Show Wealthy Banker Beaten to Death I WITH ROPE TIED AROUND Kv I Police Unable to Find Motive or Clue to Slayers of Banker I ! WATCH AND MONEY j ARE NOT DISTURBED Victim of Los Angeles Crime Former Resident of Omaha, Nebraska LOS ANGELES, May 4. The body of H. J. Robbins, wealthy retired banker, who j recently came here with his. family from Omaha, was found today in one of the better residence sections here. He had been beaten to death. Robbins lived near where .his - locly wasciujj , T'cliad-jbeen T'cliad-jbeen missing 'all night. The. Ibody had a rope around the i neck and police said it had j been dragged thirty feet from i the spot where . there was evi-I evi-I dence of a struggle. The-police ; said they had nothing to indicate indi-cate lh& motive or the perpetrator perpe-trator of the crime. SHELTON, Neb'?, May -1. Robbins was president of aj'ank here, where he had lived forS.gyk.years, when he left for Los Ange last May. He disposed of his banking interests but retained large landvjpldings. He was estimated to be irfg&h $500,000. He was G5 years old. &e was known as a "good mixer," byjp.his habits were above criticism', frjtjntls say. Robbins left liismpmc at 7; 30 last nijjht, expecting to hjgono but a short time. A few minuses later a servant girl employed near?j.hQ" scene of the murder heard a cry; "Oh, don't do that," and saw tweft men struggling. She paid no attention to the men. A neighbor of Ttotfbins spoke to him two minutes bcforchc was seen in a scuffle. This was iwi thin fifty yards of the place he was;jilled. The body lay in the yard of U.'fyacant houso all night. Members oijfthe Robbins family fam-ily and a morchan&r patrol searched for Robbins all night-. Tho police wcro shortly be fore the body waslKfound. Robbins had mado trips fromfsholton, Neb., to Los Angeles since 012 and recently purchased a home Jierc. |