Evening journal., 1892-05-23
THE HETHERINGTONS.
The Officer Who Killed Rob-
inson Arrives.
WOMEN CUT HIS WIFE ON THE SHIP.


pulses Reporters. Curses Them and
Threatens to throw one Overheard.
mrs. Hetherington WIN Come to This
city.
Lieutenant James II. Hetherington, Z. |
5. n. who killed Banker George Clover /
Robinson In Yokohama several months |
ago and who was acquitted by the Ameri. !
can Consular Court. arrived In San Fran |
cisco ON the steamer Oceanic on Saturday
He was accompanied by his wife, the
daughter of Emlen Hewes of this city, the
woman in the ease, and his little child. !
His arrival IN this country Is due 10 the
fact that he has been transferred to the
Pacific squadron
No Love for Reporters.
When the ship docked the lieutenant
was evidently wild with rage If any Of
the crew addressed him or passengers
bumped against him In hurry Of getting
ashore. he cursed and swore I'm a violent
manner. regardless Of the presence of
ladies' On the dock several people went
up to Hetherington and offered him assist
ance. but was met with mind your own
id business. uttered in an angry tone.
lietherington was approached on the
steamer by n reporter, who supposed he
would have something pleasant to sny in
regard to the statement by British naval
officers after his acquittal but he eXhib-
tied great rage and swore that he would
/ throw the interviewer over the steamer
rail if he asked him any questions. He
appeared wild with rage
Hetherington is tall, squarely-built
man. and, says correspondent. looks
more like farmer than a naval officer. as
his hair and whislers are very red and
his face was of burning Moscow" com
plexion.
Mrs. Hethorington Is above the aver
age height and is pretty after a doll
fashion. Her face is weak, and her gen
eral appearance leaves an impression that
she has little force of character She
was dressed in a suit of navy blue and
wore a small straw hat. Her hair is of
pretty shade of gold brown, and her eyes
of blue are large and lustrous and are
very far apart In her head
Her cheeks have fallen In. and as she
sat in the social hall talking To the
stewardess she had the appearance Of a
woman VINO was crushed and broken
hearted On her knee was her child, who
Is now rs month old, and TO him mother
like she clung as though afraid Of losing
him.
They Were Cut ON shipboard.
Mrs Hetherington while on the passage
across the Pacific had n very bad time Of
T II indeed Most of the lady passengers
, snubbed her numerically, and those who
had anything to do with her at all were
= severely criticised. After few days o
+ this Mrs. Hetherington complained Of IN
! health and retired TO her cabin. She KEEP
4 In the background most Of the time there
r after.
a On the steamer she was very attentive
to her infant, a chubby, fine child, thai
has gone through a vast amount OF
trouble and a long voyage without being
4 a bit the worse for It, The few ladiel
that gave Mrs. Hetherington any solac'
p at all were greatly interested In the infant
e the only one ON board.
e san Francisco Is Curious.
The news that the lieutenant and his
d wife were ON the steamer spread very
'' rapidly, Consequently the annoyancei
+. did not cease with the completion of thl
u trip across the ocean.
A crowd on the dock gazed constantly
|, at the couple, and even went so far as Il
i follow along by them and gaze into thl
;. windows of the carriage in which thel
e drove away
shes there in 9i4." 'Is hep ''Hov
does he loolSf' is she prettyY'
s These exclamations and queries hev
u thick and fast on the fourth floor Of the
Occidental Hotel
u The knot of women who cOngregateC
about the hotel, hoping to get a glimpsl
Of her features, did her justice in theil
own fashion
u.HI. ].
= communicative. and refused all advances
r although she did CRAFTY the curious
women by showing herself and thanking
! them one and all, for their kindness but
: none Of them were permitted to step in
\ side No. PA.
S Editors and Reporters he ID.
e When a reporter asked Mrs Hether
s ington if she had disregarded Mrs. Belk
j. maps advice and attended the grand din
; ner party while Robinson lay dead an,
y her husband was in Jail she said;
s "Ihere is nothing that / can say tina
; has not been told, and 1 beg to be re
S lieved from speaking further ON the sub
s ject. See Mr.. Hetherington He MAJ
j speak if he desires, but ! really cannot.
& After that she refused 10 see reporters
IS and referred them to her husband
l. presently putting and blowing like
n steam engine He has a perfect disre
I gard for street cars, cabs and othe
e methods of rapid conveyance, and he ha'
. just come from the Oceanic, 90 whicl
D., steamer he had returned for a valise h
/. had overlooked on his first trip.
l. Il won't talk, he shouted for tn
d benefit Of all the people around him
|. when he was presented with the visiting
d card of one of the reporters.
It would probably have been better i
the lieutenant had stuck to his origina
proposition and kept his mouth closed
y But instead Of that, he opened up
= = long TRADE against the newspapeIeditors
. reporters and everybody in general.
7 Following in the footsteps Of his illus
= trious countryman, Mr. Vanderbilt h
y relegated the public TO future perdition
= He desired more particularly that thl
y newspaper-making people get choice an,
warm seats in the internal regions. III
did not use the choicest language il
= picking out his expressions
~ Having become more rational. hl
'" scorned to say anything more than