The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25
A BLOODY DEED.
Thursdays Tragedy In a Suburb Of
Cincinnati.
A COlOred Man Winds Up n Quarrel
About Ten Cents by Shooting His
Wife and Cutting His Throat.
[Cinclnnati Commercial of Yesterday. ]

lC1nclnnau commercial OF 1eSterday.J
On Mulberry street, in Greenwood" the
paradise of the colOred population of Lock
land, have lived a darkey family named
Johnson, for some months past. Henry
Johnson, the head of the family, is a stout
man, IS years of age, desperate and unscru-
pulous. He has frequently had trouble with
his mother and his family about trifling
matters, and has often threatened to perpe-
trate summary vengeance upon them.
Johnson has one daughter, who is about Is
years of age. About half-past 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, Johnson had difficult
ty with bis wife about ten cents. He had
sent his daughter with quarter of a dollar
to get some article of food. She brought
back ten cents change, which her mother
took. When he came in he demanded the
money. He had been drinking bad whisky
and he wanted some more. His wife held
on to the ten cents, and then the trouble
commenced His wife, daughter and moth
er, who were present, took side against him.
He first picked up an axe with which to lay
them out They ordered him 10 drop this,
but he then seized musket that was stand
ing in the corner of the room, loaded
with shot, and discharged the
weapon at his vile, daughter and
mother, who were standing together. The
charge took effect in his wife's shoulder, and
Johnson seeing an opportunity to disappear
during the excitement that followed, hid
himself in an clubhouse not far of. The
women gave the alarm and Constable David
Wolverton was notified. The officer sue
ceeded in finding Johnson in his hiding
place. Upon his making movement for
ward TO arrest him, johnson whipped out
strong brass-handled knife and plunged the
blade into his own throat as if determined
TO end his own existence rather than submit
to an arrest. The constable rushed forward
and pulled the knife out of Johnson's neck
and stuck it in his pocket. The wound in
hicted was about three and half inches
long and about two inches deep, one of the
small veins being severed.
DR.. COfeen was summoned, and extracted
several shot from the shoulder of Mrs John
son. Her condition is dangerous but not
necessarily fatal. Dr. Smith sewed up the
wound in Johnson's neck, and applied BAN
dages around his head and neck TO prevent
any more effusion OF blood. Johnson was
taken before Justice Carson, of Wyoming,
and committed TO Jail in default of bail TO
await a preliminary examination upon the
charge of shooting with intent to kill, >"
which will be held as soon as his wife is able
to appear against him. He was conveyed
TO Jail last evening by Constable Woolver-
ton. ~ $3.50. sf
When Johnson was ASKED whom he shot
at be replied that he just shot into the
pile" meaning that he did not care much
which he would kill, bis wife, his mother or
his daughter. ..
There was some talk among the people of
Greenwood and Lockland of lynching John
son last evening, and the constables who
took him to the train to bring him to the
city bad 70 hurry him out Of the way Of q