The murder of William Robinson, an African-American immigrant to Canada and a Sunday school teacher, occurred in March 1868 on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
[1] A short investigation and trial convicted a local Chemainus Indigenous man named Tom (Tshuanahusset) for the murder.
William Robinson, along with a few other African-Americans, immigrated to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia in Canada in the mid-1860s.
The investigation soon concluded that a local Chemainus Indigenous man, Tshuanahusset, was responsible for William's murder.
For example, the auger (allegedly belonging to Robinson) that was found in his house was 'lost' in the lake after it fell out of the Constable's canoe.