Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-02-24
The Manner Of Reverdy -.
Death. '1hseai
BALTrmoex. VI

A.. r 1IxosE, No, Pa !.
MR. JOHNSON arrived at Ann.,.,.a
night 10 argue the case Of Bake ss
By invitation OF Gov. Carroll ~ ifEs
his guest at the Executive Mans;s.. rcsss
The Governor invited Chief Jus,i.s asi.
ton, OF this State, and several CO.. sss.
tlenSen. TO meet Mr.. johnson !, 4. gen
at the mansion. They dined =, alans'
p. m. At dinner, Mr.. johnson sr.s ~.
in excellent spirits and his usnsl ssaa'a
and entertained the company by h.
versation and relating anscno,aa CO..
dinner lac took one glass OF Mads;,. y
refused to take any more Att, =: aaa
he suddenly asked the Goyerpor , s'.ar
him into the parior. He toos Ae
Governors arm, and walking in the,s.
down on sofa. At the reoues, ~ 10
Johnson the Governor rejoined II. ',.ss
at the table. Shortly after a seryss,
peared at the door, and beckonirs \
Governor out, told him Mr.. Johnsa5
lying in the yard ON the stones c.
Carroll went Immediately to the rlaee y.
found Mr.. Johnson lying on The cohs1'
stone carriage way that passes unde, =,
porch of the mansion, close up to The ss1
and near door leading into the tsssens,.
He had evidently gone down the lrs.
steps and around to the side of the bog.
and fallen where be was found.
This was about s:l5 p. m, and the ia
preston is that he had been there 4 L..
half an hour. He was then dead -:
had been bleeding profusely from !.
wounds ON the right side Of his head an
face. ~
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side OF the forehead, two fractures Of 4,
skull from the upper portion OF the fps
head to the eyebrow, dislocation 4,
finger Of the left hand, and cuts On /,
hands and The legs. The physicians !
examining the body 10 determine the cas-,
OF death.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. Il
DIR. Lewis II. Stein, State Senator fror
Frederick County, distinguished DIR.
stefan, and Chief Inspector Of the sani,ary
Commission in the Army of the Poioms
during the war, who examined the BODY
shortly after IL was found, gives the fl
lowing as his theory of the cause Of death
Mr.. johnson either stumbled over piece
OF coal, or, being seized with apoplexy,
and striving 10 save himself, moved 10.
ward the west, staggering along by the
northeriy side of the Executive Mansion,
at each step his body gaining additional
momentum, SO that having reached the
door leading into the basement he swayed
around to the south, and fell, his head
striking against the sharp corner Of the
granite base of the house, which gave the
first wound on the head. Reaching the
pavement of rough cebblestones, a second
wound was received in front OF the frs,
At this instant, probably, the bonesof the
nose were fractured, and enc joint Of The
second finger of his right hand was dis.
located. Whether his subsequent strug.
giles NAV account for the abrasions on
his knees and the fingers OF his let!
hand cannot be positively asserted. The
WOUNDS in the scalp were accompanied
with fractures of the external bones Of TIE
Uranium and the base of the skull also
with the probable rupture Of some Of The
arteries at the base. Death must have re.
suited instantly.
Mr.. Gwynne, the Attorney General d
the State, and son in law of Mir. John
son, is of the opinion that he was seized
with vertigo and fell, as he had simnE
attack, lasting three hours, while atteDs
ing trial in South Carolina, several year
ago.