The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-30
IIETlIERINGTON'S OWN STORY
TOLD ON ms TRIAL FOR TIE KILLING
OF CONFER ROBINSON.

Followed by the Discovery OF .Aricnt
| Letters, and Then by uIcr Confession and
| ForSivcncs.-Didnt Forgive Hobinsons
But M-nnt When He Fired On.y 20
Bring Him Up for Nors,whipping--
Extracts From the Letters Exchanges
| by the Iovers-Robir-o SON. Tears Over
the Cradle OF the Mcth-ring,on BABY
Husband and Wife Reconciicd by the
Formers Lnwyer-Ths Acquitt H.
SAN Francisco. April 2s--The steamship
| Belgic arrived this afternoon with Iokohams
| papers containing full reports OF the trial and
| acquittal OF Lieut.. Hctherington OF tho Marion
| for shooting Cover Robinson. Tho verdict &xs
great surprise to English and other foreign
residents. who expected that Hctherington
would be punished, and tho remark was made
frequently by Englshmen that II tho snme
| crime had been committed in Hong Kong.
Hethcrington would have received t. long term
In prison. Tho evidence however. even that
Of Cover Robnsons own servants, shows
that no WAS n libertine, who boasted OF
conIuests, and the letters thnt were made
public at the trial show him In a despic-
ublo light. for he lied repeatedly. even
to the woman he had compromised.
assured her he hnd burned her letters. and
aftorward showed them to her friends. and
broke his solemn promise to Capt Bartlett
not to speak to Mrs. HetherinGton at any en-.
tcrtainment. and also his promise to Bether-
ington not to return to Yokohama while he
and his wife were there.
Tho report received last week BY way Of
Vancouver brought tho trial down through
testimony OF Capt. Bartlett Of the steamer
Marion. but omitted the testimony OF Mrs.
Bartlett. which is important She said that on
Sunday. Dec %. Hetherington came to her
rooms in great excitement,
He told me his wife was going homo on
Tuesday" the witness continued and asked
me to take care of his child. tried to soothe
him. and when he became cooler I
told him his wife was the proper guar
dian Of the child. when he told mo
Tint his wife had deceived him and had told lies
to cover her deceit. He then showed me u lot
ter written by Robinson to his wife. upon tho
strength of which he said his wife was guilty
woman and not 1T to look after the child. He
did not ask me to take charge OF the baby
permanently but until he had made arrange
ments for its proper care. He then spoke
about his affection for his wife. and diated
upon the anxiety with which both had been
Watching the child while it was sick. He grew
calmer as he spoke. and in further CONVERSE
ton informed me about his having employed
detectives to watch his wife. He spoke Of the
JOY and pleasure he had anticipate
su III meeting Tue UuDy anu US
mother after six months separation. He
was with me for an hour and half. and kept
talking all the time. during which he spoke
about the invasion Of his homo and the stoal-
ing OF his wife's affections by force. Finally
he agreed to let his wife remain for the baby's
| sake"
VARIOUS WITNESSES TESTIFY.
A. G. Reed. q British subject and a Gloss
personal friend Of Robinson's. testified to Rob-
In nnta 4 NHrfp Il laty fhn.N ry MI,
| erln:ton sent him. There were thirty or forty.
and after reading them Robinson burned them
The letters made as much against the man ~
the woman. In cross. examination he gayc
these details about them:
THE letters were not nice reading Robin
son suggested they should DO burned. rs he
wouldn't keep anything to damage woman's
y Efss s%s HSsnt ss'a h$ $"s"sa d. and
hsF 81 % @ III In dS s tie f ssl Ese:
thai 10 VI had been sttent.Ss e oth:f Married
xas ssss
testified to. carrying, = letter from him to Mrs;
IHtes,t l and also to giving her two SO
i.sp vsmn nj synd
RosSailt 70 ths woman e .loRs 70 Denver: where
fused to deliver such iettsr.
,Gibbons an AHsrieSn but fl fIend q
VIII her hqsSand H. and the later erdsrsd
e 70 Sasg
erington. Robinson showed the witness let;
after hn es
number. The witness oftsn saw Robinson In
tears over re- tro1b}. With T.. Hstheri3}
| but never heard him say he was sorry for the
partner Of Robinsen's. tsstiasa to andlns .
packet Of Mrs Hetherington.s letters among
unless
nEn 6Sa s6f y %HH hs hon ts.ed tina.
read to hm from Letters Which
thoIsht he had been unjastly used: RobinssSSn
tn. G RS that
Robinson, read. Churchill said. was very bad.
and the letters; with whnt was told to him.
HIP blanchard. an American, clork. knew
the Hstheringt1ns Intimately md was 1.t per:
from him to the I.ieutenant's wife; being ip::
| formed verbally OF their contents. Re thought
s a%s later shas BOY
hs r s"rSnf nsis t. aSa
mans name was mentioned. .Hetherlngton
saying he had. no objection to his wifes re-
on the SANE plane as Robinson. Robinson
| told the witness that he had employed the
| hotel watchman to keep him posted AS to Mira
Hetharington's movements.
H. Clare, an English clerk at the Grand Hote.
| testified that Hetherington had asked him 70
interrupt letters between No. 80 Scttlemenf
and ~ Blur, both Eobinsop's, places ana
| Robinson used to come ut dinner tim" and
peer through the window where he could 60, So, 80
Once Robinson saw the Lieutenant come down
hs ws nen Re on
the Marion. told how. ono night early In ol re6;;
ruary. ha heard u strange noisa In" INC cry 81
n frightened man. He found Heth"rington In
the room and the Lisutspant exclaimed;
Haselor knew nothing Of the trouble ana
told Heharington he must have had night
mn re. and got him to bed
Hethorinetons counsel tried to bring out
Testimony from the wife OF I,aymastor Kay
that Robinson had Distributed broadcast Pic
lures OF himself 80 that Mrs. lietheringt9n