St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-13
SPENT TnE NIGHT IN CELLS.
A millionaire and His Mistress
Disagree and shooting Follows.

A millionaire and His Mistress
Disagree and Shooting Follows.
New YORK. May 12.-Murat Master
son, who says he is an ex-supreme court
judge of Prescott, Ariz. and who lives
at SO West Thirty-second street, was
locked up in the West Thirtieth street
police station tonight on charge Of
attempting to kill his alleged cousin
and mistress, Mrs. Alice Hopkinson,
at the Grand Central fiat, 65
West Thirtieth street. Mrs. H0pkins0n'
makes similar charge against Master
son. MaSterSon, according to the ac-
count given by Mis-. Hopkins0n's maid,
called at the house earl! in the evening,
and being denied admittaBce, kicked
the d0ofsDpeD, and entering her apart
mant demanded the return of S10O.000
which he claimed she had taken from
him and threatened to murder her If she
did not give it to him. A shot
was heard shortly afterwards and
MasterSon rushed from the room with a
smoking revolver IN his hand, and, rum
ming to the West Thirtieth street police
station, demanded Mrs. Hopkinson's
arrest for attempting TO shoot him.
Mrs. liopkinSOn was arrested, and at
the police station made a counter
charge against MastersOn. Ex-Judge
MaSterson comes from Prescott, ArZ.,
and is said to be worth SsJ,000,0e0. He
has been visitor at the fat for long
time, and his son, Howard. boy of
thirteen, lived with Mrs. Hopklnson
until a few weeks ago. MaStersOn, it is
also said, owns cold mines at
in Arizona. He has an Office at No. 6
Wall street, this city. He says lie is a
member of the United States bar of
Arizona. His S story is that the woman
attempted to kill him in the fiat. When
the policemen brought him back to the
house, he accused the woman in their
presence with having Swintlled him out
of SI00,000 in gold mine bonds, and that
she was now trying to black
mail him. He said he had
been her dupe long enough.
The woman denied his accusation,
and claimed that she was a partner Of
his in the mining business, and that the
money she retained was her share of
the profits. The ex,;jndge had attempt
ed to shoot her in her apartment. she
said, ard a week ago he had beaten her
black and blue and had taken $500 and
gold watch from her. She had in
tended to go to her fathers home in
Washington to-day, she said, in order to
get out of Masterson'S way. Her trunks
were shipped on, but she was detained
here by business. When the ex-judge
went to Mrs. Hopkinson's fiat to-
night, he gained his way in by break
ing open the door of her room. 1t IS al
legged that she was not alone when Mas.
terson entered A quarrel ensued and
the occupants or the fat we're startled
by sound of pistol shot. When they
rushed into the apartment the ex-judge
was standing over the woman with
pistol in his band. He claimed that she
had tried to shoot him, and she made
the same charge against him. Master
son rushed ouI of the house and got
policeman. In the woman's possession
was found loving letter from
Masterson, in which he called her
''daring" and pet" He speaks of her
as the only woman he ever truly loved.
and asks her to have pity OH him. 1t is
said that eX-Judge MaSterson and Mrs.
Hopkinson have travelled 10 Europe to-
gether, and to Arizona at different
times. The woman is blonde. about
tWenty-seyen years old and claims to
be married. Jealousy is said to be at
the bottom OF the trouble. Il promi-
nent New York business man, whose
name is George Carlyle Warner. is said
to be mixed up in the affair Ex-Judge
MaStersnn and Mrs. HopkiDson spent
tonight in cells at the West Thirtieth
street police station. Masterson is mar
ried. The lady is in dependently
wealthy, it is said