Evening journal., 1892-03-08

Robinson scandal and killing at 1oko-
b ama, Japan, is to-day the talk Of the
civilized word, but in no place is the
interest deeper than here in Wilmington,
where E. Bessie Hewes, the won An In
the case" was so we'll and favoraoly
known, as child, school girl and society
leader
There is a general expression Of regret
and disbelief il this city, especially among
those who knew Mrs. Hetherington be-
fore she was married aud taken to the
land of the Mikado by her Jealous hus
band. Lieutenant Hetherington.
"a PACK OF LIES
Asa consequences of the character of
the crime, the circumstances attending
it and the fact that Japan is too far of
to get immediate information, many
rumors and counter-rumors have found
their way into the columns Of the news
papers The Philadelphia papers have
been very gullible In this respect and
some of the kilograms sent from Will
mington have given the Hewes family
much pain.
A reporter pressed the button at
the Hewes home and the bell did the rest.
A smart-looking colored woman came TO
the door.
lis Mrs Hewes at homer
Yes, sab
"Wiil Won ask her If she will grant an
interview TO All EVENING JOURNAL re-
porter2"
Eyes. sab; will ask her, but I think
not.
She went upstairs, saw Mrs Hewes and
returned, saying
"Mrs. Hewes does not wish to see any
one
She made movement SIS If to close the
door when tbs reporter said;
"Just wait a minute
He pulled from his pocket a paper
upon which was pasted Philadel-
phia dispatches, and the EVENING
JOURNAL editorial bearing on the case.
On two other pages were the following
questions with a headnote requesting
answers:
Is there any truth in the rumor that
you have received letter from Mrs.
hetheringtonf
If so is it true that she has given her
child to her husband and sailed for this
countly7
of so, on what steamer is she ex-
pected homer
us her father now at San Francisco
as Is allegedl
Does Mrs. Hetherington in the letter
received. protest her innocencel
Just take those to Mrs. Hewes.
will wait for an answer
After q long interval, presumably
used In reading the clippings and queries,
Mrs. Hewes and her daughter came to
the door.
Any person who once looked at their
fsses would know at once that he was on
the threshold of house of mourning.
az
heart would break Her daughter, pale
and grief-strlcken, stood behind her
'Tnese articles are pack of hes" Mrs.
Hewe3 exclaimed as soon as she saw the
reporter, land the answer to every ques
tioD is No. >"
"You have not received letter.
mo, I have not received a word. Ii
fact / co I'D not get word by mail before
next Thursday or Friday
IYou have not received a word by ca
bic. /"
mo- not word. don't know thing
about it; not thing Only what is seeI
In the papers
your husband is not in san FRANCHISES
awaiting your daughters arrival"
''No, decidedly not He has been il
the South on a business trip. he has
been clear to the Gulf OF Mexico l re
oeived q telegram from him day or 50
ago from Jacksonville, Fla. He viii b
home at 2 o'clock this afternoon; st leas
we ex2ect him
LAS soon as you get word from Yoke
hama will you make it public2'
Il caanot say. / shall be guided en-
tirely by my husband, aud can make n
such promise / should think M
daughters previous reputation in thi
city would protect her from such ssper
siODs
you have not formed any plsns2"
mo"
The reporter excused himself for In
truding upon her sorrow and left he
weeping at the door.
"ONLY A FILTRATION.
A despatch from Yokohama, receive
In London, says serious division Of feel
Ing has arisen between the English an
American colonies relative to the shoot
ing of George Cover Robinson. the Eng
lish banker, by Lieutenant J. 81. Hethei
ington Of the United States Navy. Hethel
ington will be tried by the American Cor
sular Court, but the English are watchin
the case very jealously, and should he b
acquitted, or let off with light penalty
there will be great dissatisfaction an
perhaps trouble. Robinson was yer
popular among the English colony, an
his friends say there was no good caus
for Hetherington's act. The case has al
ready led to strained relations betwee
English and American society In japan
and seine of the leading English hsv
given the cut direct to their America
acquaintances, especially of the oficii
class.
Hetherington's friends are making e
forts to secure evidence that will plRt
hlmrieht in the eyes Of the foreign elemer
and give reasons for his acqulttal The
hope to prove that Robinson boasted {
his conquests Of the other sex and tbs
Mrs. Hetherington was not his only VII
tim, aud that the circumstances undo
which Hetherington took the life Of u
alleged seducer of his wife would hNV
justified any husband in acting as he di'
On the other hand, Robinson's ant
norton statement, denying that he hI
been guilty Of any wrong and assersir
that he had only flrted with Mrs. Het
erington, has many believers, and wi
Il is claimed, tell strongly against Het
erington on his trial
Mr.. BAYARD's OPINION.
Hon. Thomas F. Baysrd, Secretary
State under President Cleveland, was |
terviewed at his office this AFTERNOON
"Mr. Bsyard. do you think the killil
OF the English banker in Yokohama,
Lieutenant Hetherington of the Unit
States navy, will give rise to int
u n A