Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-10
THE YOKOHAMA TRAGEDY
And the Sensation 1t Has
Created in That City,.
AN ENGLISH LOTHARlO SHOT
The Slayer's Friends Making
Excuses for Him.


A repetition of the notorious Abeille.
Deacon tragedy which recently arrested
the attention of all the European capitals
has transpired at Yokohama Lieutenant
j. II. Hetherington of the United States
man-of-war Marion of the Asiastic
squadron shot and killed George Cover
Robinson while riding in the "bund'
the Rotten Row OF the fashionable
foreign circle Yokohama.
An Associated Press telegram of Sun.
day from San Francisco says: News
from the orient of an extraordinary
parallel Of the Deacon case reached here
to-day. The scene of tho tragedy is
Yokohama, Japan, and the American
husband is Lieutenant Iletherington of
the Federal navy. The dead lothario
was wealth English resident of Japan.
The report brought by the steamer
City of Pelin is that George Cover
Robinson, n well-known resident of
Yokohama, was shot and killed E'ebru-
airy 18th by Lieutenant j. II. Hethering-
ton Of United States steamer Marion.
The latter, it is alleged, was Jealous Of
Rohinson's attentions to Mrs. Iether-
ington. The lieutenant surrendered
himself and is confined aboard the
Marion.
Robinson, the young man killed by
Hetherington, was banker. He was
born in Yokohama and educated in
England. lie was very handsome
moved in the best society, and being a
well-known man about town, was ex-
tremely popular. Some time ago he
began paying attentions to Mrs. Hether-
ington and was so devoted that their
intimacy became the gossip of the town.
Hetherington told Robinson that he
must refrain from seeing Mrs. Hether-
ington, and that he had better leave
town. Robinson promised to obey and
went away. In two weeks he returned
and became more devoted than ever to
Mrs. Iletherington. On the evening of
February 18th Robinson, with a friend
named Pars, was out driving when
some one on the road called out for him
to stop. Robinson pulled up his team,
when Immediately two shots were fired
from pistol, The first one missed, but
the second one took effect in Robinson's
groin and he fell out of the buggy. Pars
also jumped out and seized Hetherinr-
ton, who did the shooting.
He soon released the naval officer.
who walked away, followed by Robin.
sons native servant, who pointed the
shooter out to the police. Hetherinrton
was arrested and placed in Jail. Robin
son died soon after the shooting. On
account of the prominence of both men
and Robinson's great popularity the
AFFAIR created a great sensation in the
colony. Public sympathy is largely
with Hetherington. Passengers from
Yokohama who arrived on the steamer
to-day state that it was common report
that Robinson had been very intimate
with Mrs iIetherington.
Mrs. j. ii. Hetherington, whose hus-
band shot Robinson in Yokohama.
sailed from San Francisco last October
on the steamer China to join her hus-
band. She is about "a years old and
has one child year old. She is hand
some, stylsh-looking woman. Her
maiden name is not known here, but her
father is Il prominent citizen of Will
mington, Del. Mrs. Hetherington spent
midsummer at Marine Villa, Cape May.
DUBUQUE, a., March S.-After inter-
viewing Sccretarys Blaine and Tracev,
Congressman Henderson telegraphed
from Washington TO this city last night
notwithstanding the recent treaty
with Japan, Lieutenant Hetherington
will be tried by the American consul at
Yokohama. Appeal will be success
lively made to the American minister and
the United States circuit court of Cali
fornia."
FIX. Mayor IIetherington says he
heartily approves his sons course in
shooting the English seducer and is con.
fident of his acquittal.