The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-15
A Story of Unreaulted Love.

| Especial to THE HERALD-Exam1ner Dispatch.1
New YORK, May 14.-Mrs. Alice L. Hop
kinson, pretty and cool, in ravishing cos
tune of old gold and black silk and wearing
bewitching little lace toque on her brown
hair, was arraigned in the Jefferson Market
police court yesterday alongside of Murat
Masterson. Both were in court as a SEQUEL
| to the mysterious shooting affair of Mon
day. Judge Hogan called Masterson to the
stand and asked him to relate his story Of
| the shooting
| II have no charge to make against the
/ lady, said the Arizona millionaire.
but this is a matter for the state,n said
| the magistrate.
81 know it," replied Masterson. sibut I
| don't make any charge"
But you must have made charge. ~
persisted Judge Hogan. ssYou charged her
with trying to shoot you last night, didn't
youl"
Eyes, but I didn't mean it. My mother
loves her. It's an old story, Judge" Mrs.
| Hopkinson gave him tender glance at this
point and Mas5erson's eyes became moist.
Have you any charge to make against
himl' the judge inquired of her. More
| tender glances.
NO" she replied.
''Well, don't see what can do.' said
the judge, YEARLY" so the case was dis
missed.
While in the ante room, before the case
was called in court, Masterson talked
freely with the reporters. He announced
himself an old fool and continued: 'sMy
wife and daughter live in New Mexico.
This woman, Hopkinson, came between us.
| God knows love Alice Hopkinson. L am
no adventurer, but Alice Hopkinson has
treated me worse than any adventures
| would
''Where did you meet here" first was
asked.
SIN Chicago about year ago. My
mother knew her and loved her. She said
my mother was her mothers sister, and
that we were first cousins. My mother
corroborated this, although 1 had never
heard OF the girl before. We became very
good friends. helped her along and gave
her an interest in my mining ventures.
1 was travelling good deal, but when in
| New York | spent all my unoccupied time
with her. Recently 1 learned she enter
| tanned other men during nv absence and
the knowledge nearly drove me crazy. I
love the very ground that woman walks
on, and you can tell her so. When / re-
preached her for deceiving me, she coaxed
and petted me and made me believe she had
never done so, but l made sure she lied to
me. She would give me no satisfaction at
all. She opened my letters, and this fact
preclpitated our quarrel last night. She
fired at me, but l am sorry had her ar
rested"
Mrs. Hopkinson was also seen but she at
first did not want to talk about the affair.
With her was sitting a good Hooking
young man, whom she introduced as her
intended husband. She asserted that
| Masterson was intoxicated when he broke
into her room last night and tried to shoot
her. When a reporter told Masterson Mrs.
Hopkinson said he was under the influence
of liquor last night, the ex-iudge said: at
is true. Tell her love her, but am done
with her forever. Another man came be-
tween us.n
The reporter obediently went and told
Mrs Hopkinson Mr.. Masterson loved her
still with all her faults.
81 don't want his love. He lies when he
says we have ever been intimate He
never was and never will be my lover.
The only gentleman who calls on me is nv
intended"
| Another singular part of the affair Ia
that Mrs. Hopkinson usaid her husband
when alive was ieweler at 202 Broadway:
his name was George w. He died four
years ago. At present at 202 Broadway.
is the firm of jewellers of John E. Hopkin-
son & Co. George w. Hopkinson is the
Co. George is not in town but one of his
clerks said he was not married and he was
quite sure he knows nothing of the
woman's affairs.