Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-30
The Shocking Tragedy In George.

4 BRTTAL KILLING OF JASE R-fZA JOHNSON Py
HEE aus BAND CHARLES Johns N-Ig,rg.,s
! PROMPTS THE BLOODY DEED.
On Saturday night, between crs u O'Clock
! ar"Ip-td man named Caa- les nhISOo, win o1
! IN Between Market and Ere !cr.ca stress
tecTz clown, Killed hiS wife lane ? liza johnson
4 hy cutting her throat fi-In - . ...- .sra, a
/ razor. According 70 his ~. s.a. n.s.-s he ~.
/ aCtuatsd BY jealousy.
STATEMENTS oF TIE ACCUSED.
JOhDs0E states tina. he LETT tbs CITY q -It two
| or three years ago and joined conrFEy VI. . =
! hl'eu states cavalry. stationed n fes a.. An
that he remained in the service Uutii five weeks
+ 40, vtCn lie return 20 Georgetown AMI
found his wife there; e. at Curing ni> abseTCa h
seat money To his wife dat after his reS..ru he
found conclusive evI6e IRE that she E4is oeeH
| CRIMINAL, intimate with enc Alfred Snow den,
: CCIe-e|. trP- - johnson upN-ri|rI her viii.
| her conduct ana that she sand that she l. tied
! him and threatened . get some ell OF vitr.Ol
and give to Lin 70 kill hiR, that a about week
' since she commenced to remove HE furn tEyC
/ from. ais house; that when lie returned trCE-
| work on Saturday N GIT she hat taken evevE-
thing from the house, even h. bed a-G the
cooling Etensi'-- that Re rcHsc--.atsd viJ. Lar
that manner as he had been good auL flI.a fuj
husband - her that he reV'iti hath s--7.!
make no husband Tor Ter - she I'D rot & A.. Tor
him. 70 which he reFlia !, that ait O~ch lie .1rw
she had a. other, Ee intended 20 H. care o. her
ara treat her vel, la she thea IL -1 .su e.!
pos on flm an u { Pc - 1U4 sC- i'.r S.utE
IoIsor, u 3 .ch s'-'a- !, he h@caroe su-r,. ina
IL vas - 'F '1g I tEet me 'Jf 1- Ei- W .eHt
int tho ar. q he So opposed. . g Wire -.
had takeT IT, t.-n.tpc- md ioii Ter latau- ygr
he took tie razor ana "a her throat.
ENF'-EC- - Tag Ics.. EsT.
From the e tir1uU- n the crrJ,r : ir..,. e-t
ve-rerday. II 7r--.aaTs that le gr4-ra' Eis f.
meek trt -ly uI,-r hi am and dragged I.r {.
lU'-6 distance ,cGU j1c hr.-a g. -'G Ia,a gar
iDr and hen braEiug hi. - E-.-iT the Il nee
cUt her throat from AZ - ear. tn9 threw her
upon PIE Or Itang- adjacent lie tire. -ha
TsZUT a Cistarcs Ct two adi JI- ug lots some
Tor. feet OF, W ere Z wa iOGI I atrerTar IS by
the police. al , returned - hf- ,rrl~r where no
oi.fHEcl Is clothing, snd. p'aoi = box against
the back inor, .Ockcd the front coOr. and LETT
the key or his house VII a npiya6Cr, and wa-
PREPARING 20 escape when ta.oE into cas-
todv by Officer ". H. Trun1ei. an e>ritcd
Grove fol owed the prisoner 70 tire station house
John on : > feet inc hes in hei. ut, So years Of
age. o. rather dark complexion, sfCGtlv tujIt
aud Ias been since rs return in the employ of
MtssTs. McGarity x ADDISON o: Georgei .iwn.
The deceased is comeIy-!cckiuc fSuIatto
woman, 2 years Of az. about feet inches in
height, end OF good ph y-ical lie =clopment
THE VERDICT.
The cO-Oner's jury. after deSiberatiou, re-
turned the following verdict: Tha. the said Jane
Eliza johnson, COlOTrd, came to Lsr death he.
tween the hours of Q and 10 O'Clock on The C5tI,
DAY Of September, 1872 at her r.,sidsnce. no. -
9Th street Georgetown, in the county aforesaid
from wounds inflicted with razor By Charles
johnson, COlo-cd. The coroner then ave
commitment OF Johnson to jail
TEE ACCUSED TAKEN - JAIL
large crow gathered at the police station
IN GeOrgetown this morning, to witness the de-
hut Lieut.. F-sax Outt a5lked thCm By ordering
Ufcer T.unneli - take him on. the ba-l, wa
arEE Bridge street {, the cars. This was d1ue.
but Just a. Lieut.. E-Sex and officer TrunnaII
were entering The car with thtiC prisoner, the
CTGWc-COmEC-ed mainly OF CvOred persDnS-
discovered hIn, and shouting There he 1es,''
MADE r.isE Tor tie c-T, which - this time was
m"vii down Bridge street. TIE prisoner WAS
first conveyed to Gardeners gallery, where his
counterfeit VTc>eniutnt was tal e.. after which
he was cSc"Tteitn police head quarters. where
e. H. 80
ten ~ lis personal appear on the books OF
the office. lie was subsequent ' taken 10 iaii
hy CticeT TTunEeI.
Although comparatively unconcerned Z was
somewhat del resseG this E.orlirg, anc re-
marked that * was not quite sure that he would
10 the same thing over under similar CIR
eumetanc2S. When taken into custody on Sat
uTdav night, he iHtiE,atcd that Ee expected TO
be ''hXed' for what be had done.
TIRED OF LIFE.-A painful scene was wit
messed Lear 9Th street wharf oa SATURDAY. A
man LameG Truman, with his wife aud their
httie son were seen to walk TO the sea wall lust
south OF the Fulton restaurant, and the husband
was heard 10 say 10 his wife as they were APP
preaching the river Here's a good place; mn
IN II you want to-" He then wi; hGreW from her
leaving her with her son about ten years old
rear the wall. The boy clun, To her dress cry
ing Don't mother, don't" She started towards
The wall, but fortunately tile new made earth
over winch she was passing gave way, and she
anc TIE boy fell. Officer Turnhurke who had
been aching EeT movements, was here called
away 10 aiG : nan who was oven board, and Mr.
Sheckels, OF tna Fulton House, with Others
went 20 tie assistance # tie woman and boz.
She said th"t sEe intended &c drown herself: thai
she Y a. tired Ct life and there y u no paacs on
earth Tor her. that her and heI husband were
formerly III good circumstances, but by his dis
sll'atlon they had been reduced - poverty, her
husband being the mere wreck OF his t4rmer
sell. HE WiIes mind apparently had been
someUh7' affected. The pcrSaTs who went II
her assistance persuaded her ID give up the idea
a. ~ nsE iron ~. h
posed ami finally the three were induced n TAX.
a sat in the street car and 90 home. Some OF
lh' sc no saw the family Obtained their address
ana Wall cnceavOT 20 OBJ ain the admission 81. the
" man 80 some charitable inst tuition ir,-
vide place for the boy. 1t i to be hoped mat
VIC husband ana father will BE- reclaimed ami
once more tie family become united and
happy.
ARRESTED yer PERJCRY.-Ru lolih Blu
mrrhcTg WAS arrested IN this CITY on Sa-.rda,
~ DEPUTY United States Marshal John : Pag-
ley upon bench warrant based upon a rre.-
sentiment by the grand Jury of the United states
Dis,rlct Court IL Baltimore, charging him with
PERJURY. IN claiming 10 be inform IL the liquor
cases Of tire United States vs.. GUdschaIk and
SIuln1an, liquor dealers, and others trie.i Sona
months since il tia. court R,.rlerberr NJ.
taken before a United states Commissioner
and gave bond in the sum OF 5000 for a;,,,pa~-
anct al court III Baltimore this morning. Tho
Ba.umore Stnt Of this morning says The
grand jury on Saturday followed lp lie present.
melt against Biumenberg with an Indictment
SouTHEEN MARYLAND RAILRoAD-Progrsss
q TIE UoTk.-Between four and i've hun Ired
lab0rers are employed Oh this road, and IL i, the
intention OF the managers TO push the work
vigorously. and 70 greatly increa e the present
force. Colonel Samuel ). Smoo' the president
OF the read, haS recently purchased his old rrsi-
derce, on AZ street, near the avenue for the
sum OF >littO. which he intends to rebuild 50
a. 10 be used offices for his railroad II j.
confidently expected that this ro.d will b. FIN
lshed IN May next, and open il time for the
spring travel via Baltimore and Washington :,
Point Lookout, Northern Neck, and Norfolk
i He 1HHATERs.-1he patrons of the Ma
tloEsl The alter are promised dri matte novelty
this evening. being the first pert rmance o. tn.
palace Of Truth with Susan Denim. an Old
Washington tavcrite, in the principal role. The
palace o. iTEth Is said ~ be & very pleasing
mixture of burlesGue and comedv.
Several new features are prom ed At the The
alter COmiGue this evening. AM ing the IL male
artists who viii appear this week are Anne
HiLdie, Lula Dc may, Sall!e AI., LottIe For
rest, and the fearless and peerless trapJ ZisJ.
Belle Celeste.