The Hickman courier., 1872-06-08
MA~RIMONIAL ROMANCE.
Maid, wife and widow I'm TsVen-
IY-fOur Hours.
how a managing Papa was
Reaten--A Fortune DIsslpateo
From the New York Sun, May II.

1898. and dice May l, 1872, in his thir-
tv- fifth wear. At the age OF ~ Mr.
Robinson visited Europe, and spent sew
eral wears exploring France, Germany,
Italv, Spain. the Holy Land, traversing
the Nile, bathing in the Dead sea- ana
perambulating the streets OF Jerusalem
lie graduated with distinction at Ter
man college in Berlin alter his travels,
and returned to his native land IN Ioo1'
Sbrewd and venturesome, he went into
Wall street aud began speculaung IN
stocks. Success marked all his efforts,
and after few months he became the
head of the house of Robinson, Cox *
Co. stock brokers, in Wall street, where
he had many financial transactions with
Drew. Vanderbilt, Jay Cooke, Henry
Clews, James Fisk, Jr., aud Jay Gould
He amassed a fortune, and about two
years ago he retired from business a mil
lionnaire, his property estimated at
million aud a half, principally IN stocks
and bonds.
Last November, he purchased an ele-
CANT country seat at Brewster's station,
in his native county, on the New York,
Harlem and Albany railroad, and fur
nished it gorgeously. A large room in
| the house was fitted up as a museum,
where he arranged an endless number Of
euriosities, gathered during his travels IN
foreign countries. Mr.. Robinson, with
Iliveried servants and team of spanking
bavs-the envy of the surrounding far
mers-could be seen almost every day
dasbing over the country roads, seated IN
neat little phaeton. y man OF gener.
ous impulses and of 4 sociable dlspoSI-
tom. he made many friends, and no enc
mics until after his death.
Or the first day of last January Mr..
Robinson gave a wooden wedding recep-
ton in his house to the Rev. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fletcher, the Baptist minister of
the village. Among the guests was Mr..
James d. Little, editor of the Putnam
County Courier, of Carmel and his
daughter Florien, a girl of sixteen, not
ont of short dresses For the first time
the millionaire fell IN love. He was a
favorite of the sex, but matrimouy was
the last thing 10 the world he had ever
contemplated. Child as she was, he pro
posed to her on the spot and was as
promptly rejected. The young miss
rather treated his proposition as good
Eioke. About the next thing Mr. Rob
inson did was to get on terrible spree,
which lasted nearly two weeks, during
which time he talked of nothing but
Florien, declaring that he would marry
her if it was the last act of his life-and
he kept his word.
On the 10Th Of the same month Mr..
Robinson gave another recepton-this
I time to his cousins, j 7. and y. /,
Smith. Miss Little attended, attlred for
/ the first time in the robes of marriage
able girl Mr. Robinson, infatuated
pressed his suit again, and was again re-
/ jected Then he appealed to her father
aud implored him to use his influence
/ with his daughter IN his behalf. What
passed at that and subsequent Interview:
/ between Messrs. Robinson and Little on
that subject is not known. But from
those interviews it seems Mr. Little learn
ed that Mr. Robinson had previously
made a will, aud it is common report tha
| Mr. Little promised the suitor that hi;
/ daughter should marry him provided hC
would destroy that will and agree not tc
make another unless it should settle the
/ bulk of his property on the bride elect
/ Mr.. Robinson agreed TO the proposition
aud said that he would destroy It, But
/ Mr Little would not take a promise
He must see the will destroyed.
Mr.. Robinson always carried his will
/ in an inside coat pocket But, to guard
against accident or theft, duplicate il
Robinson, Chase & Co S safe, IN Broad
street. New York. Mr.. Eugene Robin
son, of this firm, is cousin OF the dead
mau. His sister Mary is Mr.. Eugene
Robinson's wife The will settled Sl0,.
600 u piece on three cousins in Buffalo
$4,000 more to the Academy o. Natur
al Science in Buffalo, of which Mr.
Robinson was a member, aud the rest o.
his property he bequeathed to his siste
4 Mary This is the will which Mr.. Little
wanted destroyed.
According to promise, Mr.. Robinson
appeared at Mr.. LittIe's house about
month ago, having with him the origina
will and the duplicate He called tn
Little family into the parlor, aud in thei
presence he threw the duplicate into th
FIRE. The old man smiled all over hi
face, and promised Mr.. Robinson tha
his daughter should become Mrs. Robin
son whenever he said the word. Tn,
wedding day was fixed for the 1st Of May
and Mr.. Robinson resumed his spree.
On the 28th of April, while driving
furiously on the Danbury road about q
mile from Brewster's, Mr.. Robinson
reined his horse too hard to one side
which cramped and upset the wagon
threw him out and broke his left thigh
close to the femoral joint Dr. Harris
set the. fractured limb, but the patient
continued to grow worse, and on Tues
day, the Both of April, he sent for Miss
Little requesting that she should nurse
him; but her father refused to allow her
to do so unless Mr.. Robinson would con-
sent to have the marriage ceremony per-
formed at once, it being Mr.. Robinson 5
desire that the marriage, which was to
have been solemnized on the next day
should be postponed until after he re
| covered. Mr.. Little seemed determined
Finally, Mr.. Robinson consented, anC
the ceremony was performed at O'Clock
p. NJ, by the girls grandfather, Elder
Gilbert Beebe of Middletown.
About l o'clock that night Mr. Robin
son became iRsensibe, and died at
o'clock the next evening just twenty fou
hours after his marriage
Immediately after his marriage Nj
Robinson called his friend, Mr. O. Il
Miller editor of the Standard, at Brews
ter's, aud told him that he had not des
troyod his will, as Mr.. Little had sup
posed, and that he had placed it in hi
secretary drawer, and requested Nj
Miller, in the event of his death, to pac
the instrument in his sisters possession
Miss Robinson, his sister, was tele
graphed her brothers condition on th
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