Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-25
THE CUT-THROAT.
JOhOsOn's Trial For Murder,

ceeded to prepare 4 paper setting forth what
they expected to prove BY Mr.. s., and while
doing 20 an oticer arrived from Virginia, stating
that Mr.. s. had been summoned, but was = man
Of advanced age, and was confined TO his bed
| The defendants counsel prepared the Rtidaylt,
to which the prisoner made oath, and read the
| are mateTial-Mr, Swink, who will testify as to
! his character and attachment 10 his wife, and
tho other ~ to deceased committing adultery
The 6ouft stated that II the witnesses re.
| ferrcd to could not be obtained, tho defence
should have the bcneht OF the aihdaVit.
THE JURY.
The Jury was then called A. follows Geo W.
Donent, Samuel y. Douglas, james Payne
Israel Demlng, Eustancs o. Brien, Geo. WIN.
| neT, Moses T. Parker, Frederick A. West, John
II. Semmes, Frederick A. Klosler, ThOS X.
! johnson and W. Green.
oPENNa ron THE GOVERNMENT.
! Mr. Harrington said he would show that on the
81 Of September he was arrested on peace war
| rant, and that no then expressed some feeling;
that about six o'clock on the evening Of the
and that shortly Afterwards quarrel occurred
| In which she charged him With taking some
clothes away and threatened to have him sent to
wife TO the bottom Of the yard and holding her
bead across the palinRs, cut her throat from ear
to ear. Upon this prOof he would ask verdict
Dr. HlrtIgan testified that he found ave
| wounds In the body the principal Of which was
In the neck from side TO side, the knife reaching
hand bleE Of The nssE And on The cheek he
| examined the body, and found that she was
eReCiHic about six or seven months. The wounds
| indicated that they were made with q sharp 10.
| stTunsnt ami male On rInv 'resistanee
The cFoss-eX animation developed nothing
more,
have two othsS medical WItnesses here is there
any serious controversy rs 10 the cause Of deathf
II Il useless TO examine further.
NJ A PeteTs tsstIbei that ina sound In thu
neck caused death,
nT A nj SbscEie teatIiod TINT the wound in
the neck caused death.
MI Harrington. in not call the other med
teal witness
The Court. Gall In your other Witnesses, you
| hays thom bere
EtanriS RIaIT About 4 o,clock on thu ava
ming Of The homicide Mrs, Johnson came home;
sbs had isIt hsT children At house on SItnsss,
| she came for them and shortly after heard a
S.'css AN Jobp,on's honSa, bsS,d Rsr nv lard
have mercy Charies Il cutting me.'Tthe neXt
time she saw Jane johnson she lay dead.
mai SsSSsaTSSSd about t%o sSes PSI bosS pO,
m nnoS So1ss Of WiInssI WItns.s ssSrd IeSS
All WHARF she vas going. and heard hsT Teply
~, ,SS S,s yoinS ~ mi ,SS cbil'irSn Ia ~
Then sbe heard lie cry that he was cutting her.
Johpson and his wife seemed 20 1.-Two peaoeabIy,
but witnes, knew very little about q:
he secs him. and knew lane JohnSon IN me
mannsT Wltness heard JohnSon And hIa viz
quArToiinE on the steps in the back yard. He
. | tsEei toT 6Is thlnES she SSId M ksd gIven
| them 10 her, He then said that she had threat
| ened to send him 10 tho penltentiary, Witness
then went down the tot, and 10 a few minutes
heard lane Johnson cry 4 murder y and Soma
ono said "he il cutting herr Witness Then
iooked over tina fencS and saw johnson drop hsT
from bis arms lie hal a razor IN his hand
she fell 10 the earth,
ThIs was bstWeen o and 10 o'elock nj nIvht
vI,nns, ,hinSS va sams SfIsaS XS S1 9Snm
them. As he came from the woman, who i Id
| an the yrnund. no passed Within ton Teet Of viii
ness Witness went down amer polIcemRu
Tunnel. All that witness knows about taklnE
the Things away was that sho wanted 10 giyI
~ giys him soiN shS aiso ave snms vonnv
man bundIe Dotb JohnHon and hIs vile snoks
ike thoy we're mad. AZ they passed down IN
Vanl Wines hsar,I Lana ash JohnSon Ia Iet he,
BSS;srve,pt svindle tra,or ,bovnl Wilma,
found mat razor in hls yard ths moTnIus Sftei
tss, rum Iohnsnn,s yari WhsTS lie mnSdsy va,
| snmmittod. w"
CnsseTamIpet, Wasled 10 Look for the m yo
| ,herc because lnhnson had tnI I MIN the di,ac
,inn IL Wbicb bS bad tbrnGn /, % nun '"o Univ
| pm..- 7,.,,,,.II a., a.. act ~ s..,.,.A.
h,,a on IL RAJ so.a y, ,pPIS ~,
lasI hnto On nIs peaL Sp IVY nah toIa VIZ
nSss thn co'2TeI aS nun haq pe , SlSd PEA
nntttfnd 9be deed. and E,lloNIng him mn aTresteI
him, Il proved to be Johnson who said that h,
haJ comnittsd the homisIIs' AMI mai hS ~
I
mn And Johnson said; ami no AWKWARD viii
yru' MT TTunpelI; you eonld not Be- kinder 4
me il You we're NV iather,m He told witness h,
| IIVai Inc woman and had mani a thousa nd All
lars win her' This statemsnt abSnt loving IL,
woman vas made before Ihe homicide, WlIneS,
| 6ad advised MIN Ii be could moi ARTee with I'M
wife 10 keen away from her, He Then TSplied
: that he Ioyei her and could not Keen away iron
her, witness thinks that when 10 arrestsi
johnson he said il would let him alone he
would 10 10 the station house He was on a line
betWeen his house and the station. house, Al
tbe lima OF the homicide the fence between MI
BIair's or Johnson's ward was mot complete, IN
paIInys had not been nut on the lower sections
Wines tOOk charge Of JohnSon's house mex
mnrninE. There was nothing In the house theI
I'M a st1ye and trunk but nothing else. Hal
10 harrow a table and chairs foT me use of IN
. coToneT. ON the shelf behind the door WAS /
sbaylng. bnTi dIl not notice 4 brush or SOAP,
The 0OyeTnment rested here
Asit vas 3 O'clock me defence desired An al
ionrnment
; MI. Harrington wanted TO know 10 day tn
grnnnds Of Inc defence He might want 10 ~
nm and N he knew those grounds now II nigh
say, a day
The O01ft said that the defence must 10 O.
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