The record-union., 1892-04-30
THE ORIENT.
Latest ADvICES FROM YOKO-
HAMA AND JAPAN.
Further Details of the Trial and Ac-
quittal of Lieutenant Hethering-
ton for killing Robinson.
Special to the REcoRp.ux1ox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SAN Francisco, April 29.-The steamer
Belgic, which arrived to-day from Yoko-
hama, brought further details of the trial
and acquittal of Lieutenant Hetherington
on a charge of numbering Cover Robin
son. The taking of testimony for de-
Tense occupied a week, and some thirty
witnesses were examined. Hetherington
himself was placed on the stand, and re-
lated the circumstances leading up to the
shooting. lie told how, when he Joined
his wife at IollohaI "a, she treated him
cOidly and be soon discovered that Rob
inson was the cause of this. Finally he
demonstrated with Mrs. Hetherington,
and wrote to Robinson telling him he must
cease his attentions to his wife. Robin
son replied, acknowledging that he was
in love with Mrs. Hetherington, but said
nothing wrong had occurred, and
promised he would cease his attentions TO
her.
Soon after this Hetherington was
obliged to go out on the Marion for gun
practice, but before leaving he hired de-
tectives to watch his wife. On his return
the detectives reported that Mrs. Hether-
ington tried to avoid Robinson, who srill
pursued her.
Late in December Hetherington found
an ardent loye-1etter from Robinson to
his wife, and he only refrained from send
ing his wife home on account of their
child. He atterwar0 found out that Rob-
inson had planned an elopement, and had
sent Mrs. Hetherington money with
which she could follow him TO some other
country. On New Years Day Robinson
leered ut his wife from the street, which
so angered HetheringtOn that he started
out to horsewhip Robinson, but was pre-
vented by friends.
Hetherington continued that from the
lst to the 23d of January he cot on we'll
with his wife. In the latter part of Janu-
ary Robinson went to Kobe and during
his absence Mrs. Hetherington made a
confession to her husband OF her rela-
tiOnS with Robinson. Hethrington. in
describing it, said it was long and pain
full story, and when he understood all he
freely torgave her and felt great pity for
her. lie said his feelings against Robin
son were intensified, and While his wife
had done things that were inexplicable
to him, he looked upon her as an out
ragged woman.
Robinson returned from Kobe about
February 10th. Eetberington described
the state of feeling which Robinson's re-
turn produced on him, and said that on
February 18th. the day the shooting oc-
Cured, his ideas were confused. The in
stant he saw Robinson driving on the
road he was maddened. He fired the
shots more to stop the carriage than with
the idea of hitting Robinson.
Consul Tillotson, in rendering his de-
csion gave an exhaustive review of the
testimony, and called attention especially
to the confession which Mrs. Hethering-
ton made to her husband shortly before
the shooting, in which she described her
wild midnight ride to Robinson's house
last October, and OF the threats which
Robinson had held over her. In finding
H.,
court declared that this confession, to-
gether with the other long train of dis
tressing circumstances of the case, had
produced a great state of mental disturb
ance in the defendant. and he was not
responsible for his actions at the moment
the fatal shot was fired
OTHER HAPPENINGS.
The BeIgic also brought advices from
Japan and China as follows:
Toxic has recently suffered from sew
eral severe fires.
The Kok5ui says that the extraordinary
appreciation of gold now taking place
has led the Specie Bank to utilize the op-
portunity for converting some OF its gold
into the baser metal.
The Government is sending cruisers to
hunt for foreign whalers, said 10 be poach-
ing in japanese waters.
The Official Gagette reports that during
the night of the ID inst. masses Of floating
ice were driven into the harbor OF Ku-
shiro. They sunk the steamship Raiden
Maru, which was lying at anchor there,
and forty passengers embarked in her
were lost.
CHINA.
A lengthy dispatch from Peking has
been received by the authorities at Foo
chow instructing them to eXhort the
people engaged in growing and prepar-
ing tea to improve the quality.
HON, near Canton, was broken into at
the close of service by mob of rowdies,
who wrecked the place.
The S5eapGo says the Tientsin Railway
Company is doing good business.
1t is said that an English capitalist has
obtained sanction from the Chinese Gov
ernment TO prospect and develop some of
the mines in Shingking and Shantung
a debt of cents, which has been owed
bV a Phliadplpfia woman for forty x-aa,S