, 1875-06-25


Tho Jury Find l'ropor Dtscrctlon
Arrest.
This Eoroner's Jury inpanaled TO examine
into tho circumstances Of thu aDoatina VI the
colofcl ual,, john 1otnkon, Tuesday oyentpg.
resumed its BoAslonH yesterday morning.
Tho tlrBt Witness WAS
TuoNAs JOHNSON,
Hon of deceased. lie tohtiliod Tu eadaY evcn-
Ing Constable Kooher. ass.a.Rut, and an az
prnsatna1, camo to my fathsr's residence and
found ns Alnent. They broko opon tho door aud
entered tho house. My fathor aud vote in tho
back yard. My fatllor wont Into tho house FIRST.
followed. We did not know until We got In
that tho door lad boon lrokan. Whom on tered
they we're scufl'tng trying to gos tho gun away
from father. Father ordered the,n 10 60 out.
s9s ss a into S iSo nauso s1ss IL saa. " lo Sa n
Tho Constable did not read any wri! or
toll fasLor 10 lad onet ~ my knowl.lge. At tbat
time, nor did no toll father ho cams to elect
l,o bad known tho officer two years, and had
lnin for lIlu. After thor had scuille1 Rwnla
the assistant OF koel1ler took tho gun from my
father aud Hai1 ho would take II to this nsattoh.
up-s.airs, leaving the Constable and hls asstt~
nuts down-Btafrs. Wo put bed acrosa tho etair-
way to preyent them from getting up. Tho OIL
cars attempted 10 follow us. Wo told them nut
to come up-to 20 bnck or Nc would knock them
III Ito lead. va had cauo atsa piece Of board.
Father stood over the stairway. aud stood by
the back window. Tie Constable waut back sud
keut out for Btato warr2n-tLat IL. Koeller said
they aci,t Tor one. There waa TO furtl'or ttou-
bio till the policemen came. Up to th's time no
writ Of ,ojectment war read in my presence,
though koehler said lo had it. Whom tho po-
|lceman came with the, warrant, they held rc-
yolver towards falhcrs face. and oom-
maas'd a.ns ms TO fstnar sls S e,a Rss te 70 rs al
and ho would como down. Tho oficora kept on
up-stai5s; thoy rushed up. and father struck at
them. Thou the policemen commenced 70 Ar1.
We lad not fred up to that time. No Ind no
takou away from III. Ny father did not say he
did not caro- for tho warrant or tho ofIfoees.
IIo eimply said thoy could not come up thcre,-ho
would como down.. They tired toward Lin.
boasd during tho Fllootug. {rIecs Of g.,a.-ppe,
shown mtuess.) That was DOWNSTAIRS. Wo did
no. have II up pstaira at oil. Largo club shovn.)
That was In ths housa; 1t was not usod. The
| officer road tho warrant. Father told them to
! hold on and he would comb down. Thon tho
officers commenced shooting.
10 jHr0r-l knew Kopllor personally.
know be had boon Coustat'o. Ny father alao
know him. Several neghbofs welo around
NJ, Cook advised fatlsor 10 coma down il 4a
| o1icerg oan,e With warrant; father sad he
would. After tho warrant was road father did
| not refuse 10 come down. ! know tho door var
broAan ouc, becauHe We left 1t looked. The
| bolt wac still lurnnd; tho catch was wrchchel
| ono aldo. The gun iB ono my father brought
| With him from tho army II has nerer boen
loaded s,ace. We did NOS know TIC oiiicera wore
coming that day.
| rho f,o1t witi.css was p. B. Cook. whoso state.
| ment did not di1ur from that published In
ycstasday'a Tn1HuSE.
| EuWIN ]. JONES
! was next sworn. Ho test,ticd' take caro- o.
horses At 14p7 prairio avenue. l saw d crowd IL
| the matter was. I saw tho policemen como Ultt
o sarrunt, aud followed theun into tho house.
| TAoy told JoAnson, wlo vaa at tho top Of the
| staira, they had a warrant for him. He told thon
to read It, aud thoy t1itt. could not hear vha
| johnson said in reHponAo. but tho pnltconlet
| took out tAer pisto1s and couple Of SLOTS warl
fired up-staira, I went inside the door, aud on'
Of The polca potDtau Ills revolver at INC, and tolt
me to rot out Of thero OF he would shoot no..
heard seroral shots fred after that ten OF twevt
| in ali. went to tha buck Of tha l,ouAa aud saV
| another policeman Of, . step-aldOr With 70
! volvnr, apparently trying to get shot ct John
son through the wndoH. did not Bas him ahoot
This concluded tue testimony.
THE VERDICT
Tho finding Of tho Jury Was that the sai'
| John johnson. now lying doAd ut tho biosguo
cama to Aia death on tha 22d day AZ juno, 1s75
| from pistol-shot wound inflicted BY Oihcc
| Berger wh!te Attempting to arrest said Jotusol
| under State warrant. and that, while we be
liaye an onicer tIaLilahle iu using force to over
! come rcsIataucs, we liud from tho evidence thu
| in this ln~tauce proper discretion was not uS3
| iu attempting to Arrest said Johusoa."