Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-09
Why He Shot Him.


Causes that ed t) the shooting OF Gaorge
Cover R9bnaon hy Lieutenant J. 81. Eeth'
eripgtcg, Of ths U.it,d Sstt:s Navy, at Yo-
kohame, Japan, are being Cnfo!ded. Accord
iug t, the story Mis-. Hetherlngtop, after
sp ndiDg t1s GUNNER st Cape May. came
here and sailed for Yokohama, reaching
| that piace before htr husband arrived.
sha coon met George Cover Robinson. q
handsome and popular Englishmap. He
| had been cashier Cf the branch OF the Hong
kong and Shanghai bang st Yokohama,
and IT :bs time Mre. Hethefiuet,n met him
| was ctiog large business 90 bond broker.
! Robinson kepb an E1siish drag, wss 6
pominept meubsr OF the Yokchems Union
C!nb, lived 10 greet stYle, ard DIRE. sod in tn :
| height Of fashion. Hs was very popular in
society, psrticulsrly smorg the women.
Mrs. Hlt1erinet,n was isttered by his tt.
teniions. and, 1t is alleged, showed great
| partially for Robirson's society. Finally
their intimacy was the talk OF Yoke
bame.
As this junttare the Maricn arrived vita
Lieutenant Hsthefineiop. E7erythlUg YVES
csncasied from the Lieutenant untll tae
NeR Yess's ball, when Robinson snd Mrs.
rocu. Somebody informed the husband ecd
search weg made fer them. They were
found in a bower of fowsrs. Lieutenant
Eethsrinatcn called Robinson t, account
tno next Gey for h!s stteaticDs 10 bis wife.
Robinson agreed 30 lease Yokohama, which
hs did shortly afterwards going dom the
coast to Kote, where he remained tWo
Wseks.
The gerers! impression prevailed that the
c far tad been settled, and Dttaing more
was thought Of the mgtt.r uatii Robtrs3D
.etQ.nad TO Yokohems eGriy In February.
Oaly lew dey5 elapsed before ne renewed
HE attsntiona to the Lisutanant's @ife, she,
| is said. encouraging him. HetheriDgsop,
who by this lns wss fully sroused, succeed
ed Ia getting hold OF q Eumtsr OF ofBoblnsor's
lettere TO bic vile. Ha went on board the
Marion aod got large navy revolver. 1t
wes o'clock Saturday afternoon, Feb. l3,
when Hethsrington lsDded on ibe Buud, or
wator-frnnt, roadway, between No. IL and
the French Het5he. At ,hs same time 30.
blnaon, acccmp nied by bis friend. NJ. Pare,
d.ovs along IL dogoatt. Hetherlogton
stepped zip 10 the carsisge, and. ralsiDg bis
revolver, ired. The ball passed through
Robinsoa's coat without iDinrtDg him q
second shos struck Pars as be jumped fom
the DOR ayt, slightly wounding him.
He,aafingt1n then caught hold ot he
wheel OF the cart, which had etopnad, ard.
lescEug ever, placed the revolver closa to
Robinsoa's BODY ap3 fred. E55ineon
jumped cut Of tAe osit, bRs iali 10 The
ground. He was carried into the Union
Club. where it Ses found thst the bullet
had entered the lais hlp, cutting oDe OF the
eytesies sEd passed Into the lntestnes
d fas n q
died. Robinson made ia snte-mccsem
statement, saying tha: his Intimacy With
Mrs. Hesheripgion wss nothing bus harm-
less fl fts.ion.
kiter the shooting Liautepaut Httaering-
ten gsve h;mtef up to United States Consul
Fillerson, but feeling ran &c high against
him in Yokohama among Robinson's friends
that mob violence was fesred, snd the Con.
sui turned his prisoner ovar to Admiral
Bniknap On the United States hsgship
Alert.
Under tho ext. ting treaties with Jips1.
European countries and the Uaited states
heys e1sra-territorIal jurisdiction over GRIN.
iuals Belonging to their respective national
iiias. This jurIsdic ion Japan has for some
time labcred TO abolish, but without succesF,
as foreigners claim that they are nos saffi-
ciantIy convinced that japanese justice is
fitted for dealing WITH clvilizad people. The
case of LieutensLt Hetheringtcn, OF conrse.
comes under American Jurisdiction, ae he is
the person socused. and be will be tiied by
F! the American Consular Court, bus the Ed
clish are Wstlhing the casa very Iealou5ly.
snd should Hethsripgton be acquitted or Il t
otf with light penalty, there will probably,
| Judging from existing feelsng, be -sprissis
in some foim.