Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18
The Death Of ReYerdy johnson.

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 10.
Mr.. johnson arrived at Annapolis last
night to argue the case of Baker Us. Frick.
BY invitation of Gov. Carroll, he became
HIS guest al the Executive Mansion to-day.
The Governor invited Chief. j Justice Bar
ton, of this State, and several other gen
tlemen, to meet Mr.. Johnson at dinner
at the mansion. They dined at about five
p. n. AT dinner, Mr.. johnson appeared
in excellent spirits and his usual health,
and entertained the company by his con-
versation and relating anecdotes. AT
dinner he took one glass of Madeira, and
refused to take any more. Alter dinner
he suddenly asked the Governor to take
him into the parlor. He took the
Governors arm, and walking in there sat
down on sofa. At the request of Mr..
johnson the Governor rejoined the guests
at the table. Shortly after servant ap-
peared at the door, and peckoning the
Governor out told him Mr.. Johnson was
living in the yard on the stones. Gov.
Carroll went Immediately to the place and
found Mr.. johnson lying on the cobble-
stone carriage way that passes under the
porch Of the mansion, close up to the wall,
and near a door leading into the basement
He had evidently gone down the front
steps and around to the side of the house,
and fallen where he was found.
This was about 8 10 p. m, and the i'm
preston is that he had been there mt least
half an hour. He was then dead, and
had been bleeding profusely from the
wounds on the right side of his head and
face.
There are large wounds on the right
side of the forehead, two fractures of the
skull from the upper portion of the fore
head to the eyebrow, a dislocatlon of a
finger of the left hand, and cuts on the
hands and the legs The physicians are
examining the body to determine the
cause Of death.
AENAPoLIs, Feb. II.
DR.. Lewis II. Stein, State Senator from
Frederick County, a distinguished ply
sician, and Chief Inspector of the Sanitary
Commission in the Amy Of the Potomac
during the war, who examined the body
shortly after it 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 TO-
ward the west, staggering along by the
noTtherly side of the Executive Mansion,
at each step his bouy gaining additional
| momentum, so that having reached the
| door leading into the basement he swayed
around to The south, and fell, his head
suihing against un0 phorP corner OF the
granite base Of the house, which gave the
| first wound on the head. Reaching the
pavement of rough cobblestones, a second
wound was received in front of the first
At this instant, probably, the bone
of the nose were fractured, and one joint
of the second finger Of his right hand was
dislocated. Whether his subsequent
struggles may account for the abrasions
on his knees ana the fingers Of his let
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 tho
arteries at the base. Death must have re,
suited instantly
Mr., Gwynne, the Attorney General o
the State and a son-in- law Of Mr., John
son, is of the opinion that he was seizet
with vertigo and fell, as he had a similar
attack, lasting three hours, while attend
ing trial in South Carolina, severa
years ago.