Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-03-12
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WILMINGTON. Del, March m
news t ono Yokohama, Japan. that CT, .ls
Cover Robinson, a wealthy ycpno NJ e
iish banker, lad been killed by Leg
ant James Fl Hetherington, Of the TIT o;sl,
States steamer Marion, on account Is ' !.
formers alleged intimacy with NJ
Hetherlngton, is of the greatest iDto IN.
to social circles here, where the womon /.
the case is well known. Il
Mrs. Hetherington is the daugbtsr :.
Emlen Hughes, manager of the Cor
w Bush & Sons company, and nrsyioss'
to her marriage to Lieutenant Hstbarin.
ton, lived at the home of her father. an
Delaware avenue. in this city.
She vas strikingly handsome vo7,,
woman and much admired. she moysS
in the best society in the town and W..
the ACKNOWLEDGED belle of her set ~
was always esteemed most highly ari
her name was above reproach. She Sa5
hosts o. ad nirers among the young SWELL
Lieutenant Hetherington was smitta,
with her charms immediately on maxine
her acquaintance at fashionable gatbeTa
ing, over two years ago. He pressed HI.
suit, and, although fifteen years he,
senior, was accepted and the wedlipo
day announced
On December 10, 1889, in Trinity cburpb
on Delaware avenue, they we're married
The wedding was brilliant affair. and
was attended by prominent guests from
New York, Boston, Washington, Pbia.
delpbia and the home Of the groom in
Iowa. Lieutenant John Henry Thomas
of Washington, was best man, and the
Misses Minnie Carpenter and Ellen
Hughes, sis'e of the bride, were brides.
maids. The ushers were Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Thomas D. Finlettar
Leonard Flnletter David Ieipar
Henry Craven and George LEROY Conway,
OF the United States navy. Shortly after
the marriage the newly mated couple left
for their distant home.
Since IL 1t time child has been born 10
Lieutenait and Mrs. Hetherington and
last sumn~r the wife and her infant daugh.
ter paid visit to her relatives and &C.
qualntanc's in this city. Lieutenant
Hetherlng on joined her here in August
last, and Inc couple returned home by way
of San FIR ncisco.
Washington Friends Shocked.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-His MANI
friends in Washington were greatly
shocked at the story that Lieutenant J. H
Hetherington, OF the United States
steamer Marion had shot and killed
George Cover Robinson, banker Of
Yokohama There was very little else
talked about at the United States Service
club and in other quarters where navy
men conSregate, and among whom Heth.
erington was well and favorably known.
Ever one expressed regret at the shoot
ing, yut stood Loyalty by Hetheriugton
A navy man, classmate of his, said
II have known Hetherington intimately
for years. He is not the kind of man to
take such step as this without having
fully considered the consequences, and
am confident that the case must have
been such as to warrant the shooting. lie
was always slow to anger and anything
hut impulsive. He neither drank nor
smoked, and from his quiet ways was
known among his intimates as Judge.
He has been married about two years, but
even in that time has had frequent quarre'
with his wife owing to the attention she
received fiOm other men. While no such
outcome as this was expected, it would not
have surprised many if divorce proceed,
inQs had been commenced at any time
Lieutenant Hetherington Is native d
Dubuque, Iowa He entered the naval
academy at Annapolis in 1874, graduated
with high honors in 1878, was at once
assigned to duty and has been in active
service ever since. Mrs, Hetherington Is
one of four sisters, the other three still! re-
siding in Wilmington.
Robinson, it is said, on his deathbed
denied that he had been criminally int,
mate with her, and asserted that they had
merely been carrying on Irritation.