Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-02-24
The Manner Of Reveray johnson,
Death.
BALrrxoRx. Nd. Feb

bALTinoEK. No, Feb. 10 4
Mn. JoHxsox arrived IT Annapolis las,
night To argus the case Of Bakerrs Frick
| By invitation Of Gov. Carroll, he became
| his guest at the Executive Mansion TO-DAY
The Governor invited Chief-Jnsiice Rar.1
ton, OF this State, and several other gen
flenIen. 10 meet Mr. johnson at dinner
at the mansion. They dined at about five
| p. m. At dinner, Mr.. johnson appeared
in excellent spirits and his usual health
and entertained the company by bis CON
versation and relating anecdotes. All
dinner he took one glass Of Madeira. and
refused to take any more. After dinner
he suddenly asked the Governor to take
him into the parlor. He took the]
Governors arm, and walking in there ar
down on sofa. At the request of Mr.
johnson the Governor rejoined the guests]
at the table. Shortly after a servant an
peared at the door, and reckoning the
Governor out, told him Mr.. johnson was1
lying in the yard on the stones. Gov
Carroll went Immediately to the place and
found Mr.. JohnsoH lying on the cobble-j
stone carriage-way that passes under the
porch Of the mansion, close up to the gallI
and near door leading into the basement
He had evidently gone down the front
steps and around to the side Of the house
and fallen where be was found.s
This was about Sis p. M, and the i'm
preston is that lie had been there at leasd
half an hour. He was then dead, and
had been bleeding profusely from theI
wounds ON the right side Of his head and
face. x
There are large wounds ON the rightl
side of the forehead, two fractures OF the
skull from the upper portion OF the fore
head to the eyebrow, dislocation of Al
finger Of the left hand, and cuts on ha1
hands and the legs. The physicians ard
examining the body 70 determine the cause
OF death. ~
AssAPorLs, Feb. IL
DIR. Lewis II Stein, State Senator from
Frederick County, a distinguished ply
stefan, and Chief Inspector of the Sanitary
Commission in the Army of the Potomac
during the war, who examined the body
shortly after ii was found, gives the fol-
lowing as his theory OF the cause OF death
Mr.. johnson either stumbled over piece
of coal, or, being seized with apoplexy !,
and striving TO save himself, moved 70.
ward the west, staggering along by the
portheriy side of the Executive Mansion |
momentum, so that having reached the
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 first.
AT this instant, probably, the bones'of the
nose were fractured, and one 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 left
hand cannot be positively asserted The
wounds in the scalp were accompanied
with fractures of the external bones of the
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 of
the State, and son-in-law of Mr. John
son, is of the opinion that he was seized
with vertigo and fell, as he had a similar
attack, lasting three hours, while attend
ing trial in South Carolina, several years
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