Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-03-19
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 YoKoHoMA, March 14-The inquest into the circumstances attending the death of George Gewer Robinson, the
 prominent broker and society man who
 was shot by Lieutenant J. H. Hether ington, of the U. $. $. Marion, Febru
 ary 13, was concluded on the 18th with
 verdict charging Hetherington with
 wilful murder. The latter had accused
 Robinson of alienating his wife's affec
 tions from him, and meeting Robinson
 who was out driving, fired three shots
 at him. Robinson was carried into the
 United club building, where he fingered
 until 11:30 o'clock Sunday, Feb. fl,
 when he died. Before death he caused
 letter to be written to U. $. Admiral
 Belknam expressing pardon for Hether-
 ington's act and requesting that ut
 most possible leniency might be shown
 in dealing with the case. Many prom
 inent officials and residents of lYokoho-
 ma were present at the inquest. The
 evidence before the jury about the
 shooting did not vary from the particu-
 lars already published. The jury after
 dellberatiDg about 15 minutes returned
 the following verdict: We find from
 the evidence laid before us that Geo. G.
 Robinson, died Sunday, February 14th,
 1892, from bullet wound inflicted by
 J. H. Hetherington, lieu 'enant of the
 U. $. navy, on Saturday, Feb. 14th,
 1892, and we find said J. H.
 Hetherington guilty of wilful mur-
 der."
 Robinson's funeral took place Feb.
 9, and was attended by majority of
 leading residents of Yokohoma and To
 kio, foreign diplomatic corps being we'll
 represented; $. Dunn, U. s. charged d. affairs, being among the number. Heth
 enngton is understood to have been re-
 moved from the Marion to the U. $. consulate.
 | PARIS, March 15.-It is evident that
 the persons who stole dynamit ite car
 trlGges from tho Seine quarry are en- deavoring to inaugurate a reign of ter
 TOT in this city. About 2 o'clock thls
 morning a terrific explosion occurred at
 Lybau Barracks, occupied by the re-
 publican guard, adjoining the Hotel
 Doville. The guards fortunately es- capped without injury and the only harm done was to the barracks and buildings of the vicinity, which was great. PREVENTATIVE MEASURE. A cabinet council held this afternoon at which President Carnot signed a bill | introducing clause in the penal code | making the wilful obstruction of prop erty by means of explosion, punishable with death. | WASHINGTON, March 14.--The sen ate executive session today spent an hour in the discussion of the Boring sea question. The matter came up before the senate Tn the shape of message from the president, in reply to a resolu- | tion requesting further information as | to the effect of Pelagiac sealing. The president sent an extract from official l reports of BerIng sea commissioners | showing tLat contrary to Salisbury's statement the British commissioners l had conceded that seals be diminished | in number by the hand of man, which, | of course, means largely through acts of | pOachers Tn killing seals at sea.
 MAssILIoN, O, March 14.-Henry Bohl, chairman of the state democratic con- l mittee several terms, said: "I think the strongest democratic ticket would be Hill. of New York, and Gray, of Indiana. If not Hill, then German, and Gray. I doubt Cleveland's power to win. The same forces that operated against him in 1888 would be active. Either Hill, Whitney or German can be elected.
 WASHINGTON, March 14. - General Schoneld said today that the war de- partment would undoubtedly investi- gate the charges preferred by certain Mexican residents of Texas against Capt J. c. Bourke, third cavalry, growing out of his conduct during the campaign l against GarZa revolutionists. Alega- tions are that Bourke allowed troops to | commit depredations on ranches of cer- tain Mexicans along the Rio Grande. NEW YORK, March 14.-A match be- | tween Sullivan and Corbett which prob | | ably will be arranged tomorrow afternoon | has been extensively discussed by local | sporting men. A good many believe Sul- | llvan will have an easy time with the | Californian. Not few good judges of | l fighters, however, think this battle will | be SullIvan's Waterloo. kSAN hANCISCO, IhdICu lt.-ln6 U D | cruiser Charleston came down from | Mare Island today and was put to sea at once without stopping. Her destI- | nation IS not known positively but 1t is | believed she has gone to San Diego to | await orders for Boring sea. PROVIDENCE, R. I. March 15.-The | state republican convention met this l morning. The platform adopted op- poses the free coinage of silver, en- dorses reciprocity thanking Blaine there | for, approves the administration, nomi | mates for Governor D. Russell Brown, | ieutenant-governor, Col. Melville Bull |
 CHICAGO, March 15.-In the prelimi- nary examination of pr. Scudder, for | the murder of his mother in-law, ser l want testified that she saw Scudder | | strike Mrs. Dunton on the head three | 1 times.
 CHICAGO, March 15.-Budd Doble to days accepted the challenge of Williams, to trot Axtell and Allerton, the sta,- lions, match race for S10,O0O, winner to take all. TIFFINE, EOhio, March 15. - Walter Snider shot Ed. Naylor, Bert Crobough | and Thomas Downey and killed him. self this morning. Snider is aged forth
 five, unmarried and one of the most | popular men in the city. Naylor and | Crobough are members of firm by | which Snider was employed, and Thos
 Downey was fellow clerk, recently ad-
 mitted to partnership with John Naylor, l in the hardware business. Snider was not s*ken in. Since 1t was learned that Snider IS thought to be worth S20,- GOO, but perhaps had the money so tied up in real estate that he could not take an interest in the business. He entered the store this morning and found the others already there. He made a pre- tense of desiring Crobaugh and Naylor to examine the contents of a box which 1