Charlie Robertson, the previous chairman of York, Pa., who in 2002 was vindicated of murder in the killing of a dark lady amid racial turmoil in 1969, kicked the bucket on Thursday in York. He was 83.
His passing, in a nursing home, was affirmed by his child, Chhayrong Chhum. Mr. Robertson had found out about a month prior that he had disease.
Mr. Robertson deserted his offer for a third term as leader before his trial on charges that in 1969, as a patrolman on the city police compel, he had actuated a gathering of white young people who consequently trapped a vehicle and shot and executed Lillie Belle Allen.
"He never discussed the trial by any stretch of the imagination," said Mr. Chhum, who went to the United States from Cambodia as a vagrant and was embraced by Mr. Robertson. "He concentrated on carrying on with whatever is left of his life by investing energy with us, particularly with the grandkids."
Mr. Robertson was very much into his second term in 2000 when the experts gathered a terrific jury to research Ms. Allen's shotgun murdering, and additionally the unsolved lethal shooting of a white cop, Henry Schaad, amid the revolting in York, a little, for the most part industrial city around 26 miles southeast of Harrisburg.
"Murder is the charge, kill is the charge," Mr. Robertson said. "I'm remaining here in dismay with regards to the charge, which they should demonstrate. What's more, to this, I keep up my guiltiness."Read More
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| Former Mayor Charlie Robertson outside the York County Courthouse in June 2001. Almost a year and a half later he was acquitted in the murder of a black woman in 1969, when he was a police officer. |
His passing, in a nursing home, was affirmed by his child, Chhayrong Chhum. Mr. Robertson had found out about a month prior that he had disease.
Mr. Robertson deserted his offer for a third term as leader before his trial on charges that in 1969, as a patrolman on the city police compel, he had actuated a gathering of white young people who consequently trapped a vehicle and shot and executed Lillie Belle Allen.
"He never discussed the trial by any stretch of the imagination," said Mr. Chhum, who went to the United States from Cambodia as a vagrant and was embraced by Mr. Robertson. "He concentrated on carrying on with whatever is left of his life by investing energy with us, particularly with the grandkids."
Mr. Robertson was very much into his second term in 2000 when the experts gathered a terrific jury to research Ms. Allen's shotgun murdering, and additionally the unsolved lethal shooting of a white cop, Henry Schaad, amid the revolting in York, a little, for the most part industrial city around 26 miles southeast of Harrisburg.
"Murder is the charge, kill is the charge," Mr. Robertson said. "I'm remaining here in dismay with regards to the charge, which they should demonstrate. What's more, to this, I keep up my guiltiness."Read More
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