Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
His Marriage to Wealthy New York
 Woman who Died and Left Him

Woman who Died and Left Him
 Rich.
 From the Philadelphia News.l
 To-day I want to tell you most TO- mantle story about young salesman who was employed in celebrated clothing house on Chestnut street, until about eight- cen months ago, at salary of thirty dol- lars . week. This young salesman is Ar. E. L. Robinson. If you are familiar with New York you have often seen "Caswell & Hazard" signs. They hang upon half a dozen retail drug stores in various parts of Gotham. Some years ago MT. Oaswell died, leaving his widow, as I am informed, for tune of considerably over five hundred thou sand dollars.
 Two years ago Mr. E. L. Robinson went to Newport to visit his sister, and there was in- troduoed to Mrs. Caswell, lady about his own age. It was 8 case of love at first sight on both sides. Newport society remarked it; and the disappointed suitors, setting to work to learn Nr. Robinsons antecedents, soon found that he was salesman in Phil- sdelphia retail clothing store They spread this report, but 1t had no effect upon Mrs. Caswell, who seemed to be as completely in love as was ever girl of sixteen. The en- ! gagement WAS soon announced, and this was 1 followed by quiet marriage. Many of the ! most fashionable ladies aud gentlemen of ! Newport attended the reception held by the \ newly married pair after their return from ! short wedding trip. This was about eigh- ! teen months ago.
 Considerable 8stonishment was excited Tn this city by what was widely termed 'Mr. Robinson's lucky catch" When he resigned his position as thirty -dollar-a-week sales- | man his former comrades congratulated him, but in such a melancholy fashion that 1t was plain to see that they slightly snvied his good fortune. The strangest thing about the ! whole affair was that nothing got into the newspapers at the time. For five months the bride and bridegroom led life without a ! cloud, The possession of so much money did not make MT. Robinson lose his head, I and the change in his circumstances did not
 make him distant with old friends. Every one who saw the couple remarked their evil dent affection. They were devoted to each other, and this perhaps will account for the fact that they were seen so little in fashiona- ble society. Their honeymoon went on like a "Midsummer Nights Dream" all poetry | and roses and love, and it seemed that Il ! would never end. They travelled occasional ly, and had made plans for the future, when
 about five months after the wedding Mrs I Robinson fell i'll. The physicians did moi \
 malady, and so her husband regarded 1t
 He cared for her with all the tenderness of z lover, and she never seemed at ease when ht \ was out of her sight. But as the days wen on and the bride grew steadily worse, fore !, bodings came to the young Philadelphian
 and he pictured to himself only too truly : the future. His worse fears were fulfilled , and his wife died, leaving to him, as her sol heir, her fortune of considerably over half t ! million of dollars. For some time after sh . passed away he was inconsolable, but hi doctors advised travel and he left the coun . try.
 Yesterday heard through one of his for
 ! mer friends in this city that young Robinson
 ! was at the Paris exposition endeavoring t z | find in change and amid the scenes and ex . citement of the capital of France the rest h | could not secure here. understand that h | will remain abroad for some months unti the bitterness of his bereavement Is passed | and will then return possibly to live in thi
 city, where he was so long known as an ur
 pretending young man of business. HI 2 young acquaintances here in recalling hi l. experiences of the past twenty -four months