Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-28
From the New-York Gazette.
IOHNSON'S EXAMINATION.

Johnson was yesterday morning brought up
,,,;, for examination. Having no counsel,
Mr.. M'Eweu was requested BY the magistrate
10 81, by him. After having been repeatedly
cautioned that his statements must be volunta>
,ily made, and that he might stand mute il he
pleased he proceeded to reply to the questions
NJ, to him, bu, in a very low tone Of voice.
His statement was according to the CONNER
tial) Substantially as follows:
Ills name is Richard Johnson. He was born
in Virginia; but as he has many relations liv-
inp, though neither father nor mother, and as
Mi, is meanc holy business, he did not wish
10 70 further into particulars upon this point.
r. was rs years old last January. When the
charge on which he was arrested, was stated 10
lin 10 be hat Of numbering Mrs. Ursula New
man, BY shooting her with a pistol, he replied
that "he could only say that he did not intend
oiriure, and supposed that he must have been
somewhat intoxicated"
He became acquainted with the deceased at
ner own house-the New England Hotel, in
Observation-Disclosures five and six years since.
TDey came from Philadelphia to this city a.
bOu the 7th OF Nav last, and she kept board
ing house at No rs, William street. They
had been living as man and wife for three
Years and upwards. The reason that they were
not married was, tina. she had married sec
Ond husband, named Lat,ell, with whom she
had lived but a few months, when he went "a
way; she believed that he was dead; that he
h4d been los, at sea; but she was not certain oil
his, and had therefore put him OF ny telling
I'm that it would not do until she knew whe'
her he was dead or not. This was The FIRST
reasun. Aao,her WAS, that she. had Involved
herself TO the amount OF $500, bv endorsing
;uo notes Of S4oo each, for brolher-in>law
This she did wlthou, consulting him: and she
declined marrying him until that business
should be settled, so that he might not be IN
'ofed, Still he urged her 10 marry HIM, be-
lr'ng thar with the books and property as
signed 10 her by her brolher-in-law, the notes
could be paid That business was ultimately
Srled, by the payment OF the hrst note Of
o+IO, and some compromise, or beneht oil some
ar, Tor the other. After the payment OF the
a'N note, and before the second became due
She being in the family way, went TO her bro
'r'ln'iaW's house, 500 miles from here IN ths
tennessee country, where she was confined
one 'heie represented that she was married
enl vas called "Aunt Johnson" by her neice
he child was born in August, 1897, and the
mother renamed there three months, atiel
"hich she returned to Philadelphia. There
Vas much talk among their friends at Phila
Tphia, as TO the manner in which they iiVet
'os'lhsr; and Mrs. Newman's mother was dis
'es,ed abuu, it. She came to talk to them
aou he and the deceased both represented L
E' mother, to satisfy her, that they wer'
married.. They then resolved to come 10 New
'o'S' when she promised again she would b
married., after they got settled. But here,
S''n, she put him off, Her reason now was
nat should she fail in her new undertaking, !
'O0'a not involve him. He was opposed t.
|' taking boarding house at or $500 rent
Sseaase he knew they could not make 1t out o
,,pa'dsrs. But she would have her own way
Ss again urged her 10 be married. He wa
sOas well-had good printing Office, and ;
S'0u run oil work, and was determined TO bring
%s child home, and have her acknowledged a
Ss wife, and tina, as his child He feii that hi
n'u rather be dead Than alive, il he must liv,
.0-,and he determed shat he would not. -Ac'
'o'nsy about Two or three weeks ago, nj