New-York tribune., 1878-01-17
THE STORY OF THE CRIME.

Precinct who wa. ut Houston and Orchardsts ana III
formed him that man and woman had Dech quarrehhg
in their rooms BIZ. and that two pistol shots hAd
besn heard The officer hurried to the place. After
nassipe throagh tc. long, dark passage OF NO 194
| Orchards. he shown tho room IN which
| the firing had Decn heard. The door was
| locked Two strong blows forced in the door,
and the officer foand himself in SMALL and almost com
plcelv daIkened room, which seemed to be moccupied
door at one side revealed snolcr and smaller roo'
which was partially lighted through snall window
Moving toward this room. the officer stumbled over
human body, which lying on the dooisiiI one h"i'
III the back yoom and the OTHER half in the front Foo
Feeling in tie gloom to discover whether there any
life in the body lie was Mortified 10 find his hand oathed
in warm blood He had evidently plunged it into deep
cash in the CORPSE Rushing to The window, the ohcer
lore down the dlngy curtains and le; daylight fall upon
the
The body OVER which the Officer had fnlen that OF
woman whose features, and even her dress were bd
den y blood. The clothes torn partially from hrr'
laying 3re The wounds with winch she seemed to DC
covered and from whici blood stlil flowing. she
mad been almost Drained 10y blow which broke IN hc'
forehead her throat cut IN two places completely
SEVERN. the u.ar yIin ani cre were siNtccn wounds
rom stabs various parts 0i hef D"o!'
In the mddie Of The ROOM and only few feet from TIE
womar lav the body Of powerful man. dead and GOV
cred with boot Much Of his co!aing had been torn "
and a long gash in lis neck aud other wounds were
plainly visible. His throat was ct almost from car TO
ear: there were gashcs ami cuts Oh his chest and i's,
and two bullet wounds IN hs abdomen lna condition
of The inltGie of the room and other circumstances.
pointed to The tart Thai desperate struggle had taken
,,lq,c hetNren thv dead fngu and woman.
The body of TIC man was bent and distorted, "a 81 IN
tense agony and much whiting had preceded death.
The hooc o; the room which was small one nCt more
than 10 by II feet area. was covered with bl1od So
that il was impossible 10 wax without stepping ~ IT,
The many gashes ana cuts had drcnchcd everything
will blood me door and walls oven being spattcrcd
with g. Close 10y the dead mans side was found long
keen razor rccaing with blood. fcw icct away lay
hvc-barrcllcd revolver; slccpabcT knife Of large,
size at the mans feet and midway between tic TWO
bodies largo, heavy etcVC-hoos. These we're The
weapons hy which death bad heru produced and !;
needed only glance at the owfu picture 70 show That
the dead man had c doabe ci1mc
Win the massive blunt ieco o lion he struck c woman
on the bcad ln the midst Of their alteration, thon scz-
ing the sho.makors knife. nc stabbed bcr now her.
now there. tl Lcr body maUslod and cGi IN th"
most rgat!al manner, ana tnc with The rdl'r Eo al
most s4yercd ha hcad from the body. u"uihcd at
what ne had done. may De. having previously Dc
tcrmncd uuon suicide. he dr,W his revolver aua fired
TWO eho,s into III own boir, and Chen finished his
bloody work by drawing The Eccn edge Of the razor
across his throat
sncb At least tic theory accepted by he police
all Who saw the attitude and condition oi the corpsrs
Tina, the murder clcw ont of quarrel was definitely g.
t,h,.ca as the landlord o. the promisrs. Valentine
Worst ana other persons hcIi loud and angry talking u
Joilison's room.
The causes of the quarrel ~ The time Of the r.utdrr
wegr unknown, we're many o. The facts Icai-
ing 10 tlic history and life oi tire murderer and
Ina victim 1--we mopas 40 a wrl!-dIc.scl. good.
looking woman about unl,-cich, or f.riy wear.
of age called ri ~ l@i On hardest. auI rented room,
in TIE house Soc sad sns wished the place ior
he. brotl cl.u-aw Janrs Johnson. Who, wh"n ho hni
m0ycd iuto tn rooms was seen ~ he large man win
n iur. complexion AMI h-ayy feature. aHd aupor"tly
ffty-soIr years olt. I occupied most 81 h- TIM.
selling ana rcla.ii.. picture frames H.. rooms ",.c
sceu,,iy furnished. and he lived alone. AlHo-t erc:f
morning aid cScr.a: his tIppO ri is .cl-ir-a".
called, mt ms room. N order and either c0oa,d
lis meals for him or provided him With fool.
from her b,ssct. Sometime, she WIS accpInpfiri b'
hcr two little children, who spoke OF johnson as tc:
uncle, and no occasionally alone to bring hui b..
meals The name OF tho and her pgc" o ry..-
dcncc were mentioned oid AEcH the murder N'.
discovered were t unknown. II va reported, however
that he woman whom johnson stated was ms Hr'ih'ts
wife lived 40 town. The deceased vonru's visits
were never longer than for few houI- ana
no one could roWomtcr that she Lad ever r-
msincd Tor hight in Johl-on's Apartments. snr
WAS often Heard 20 complain That johnson
lazy aud did &: out OF bed 'arly enough on fV
cra occasions spc hel urirr wI' him. tIt 90 scriou
alterations were observed 'i Inc h.Wbhoi' From
their actions it vas not supposed that Johnson ond h.
sstoI-u-aw guilty Of criminal Relations bu the
soon after noon yestudy the W"r.an came to
JoAnsons rooms alone. quarrel -o1n a.'sr the origin
son and daueitcg OF the landlord were IN tnc small
courtyard III :roni ol tbo rour bor'e ana heard sney
Indicating struggle, and thou two rlstol htos, after
which All was stii Tie words " subject oi the quarrel
Annic Eiwarl., who lived in The same house win
johnson. heard the quarrel and v0inlhs screams.
and 10 oJohhson's door hut found il locked. Then
came TWO pistol shots il rapid Succession, oth,r IN
mates OF the house heard The shots hi only The land
lords and daughter noticed that johnson ana tie
The police 0i she 1'uth Precinct took charge Of tlc
pre- nises after thr tragedy aud Coroner W0ltman
sent for An investigation was IT once made 10 find ont
who he dead wongn was, ana "hcic She iv'd II wa
Thought by the pnicc hat the litilc children. missing.
Their mother, would come for her, and chcrr WIS sta
tonei to Watch Tor th'n surgeon from the 'hlh-
Is street IiOspai soon arrived ard found hat c had
| been extinct fOr some tImc ~ both bodies.
When Coroner W0tnan arrived he hinmoacd iuN
which viewed the remains. Tho Coroner then began
examination Of tHc articles the pcHisns ana upon
the bodies Oi the man and woman. The mi thing iu
attract his attention was bible, nl'on tie hyc0 oi
John Niulpiy', bo'n 1899, at Boelon Mas Tried
sons. and served wears in III" Albany Pcni.cn-
| tary, and God knows am innocent OF UotE'
large trunk IN one como! "i the room wac f0und
to contain letters and papers, bat they cnN dis
| potaut matter. These parcrs aud nmcfous things.
including small articles Of clobng, wcrc replaced
In tie trunk ana together Win The clothing ana scrap,
0f paper found in c room we've oven INTO the caIG "a
The officers Of The Tcntn Precinct station House. 20 avail
\ nea; black hat and beaver cloak, trimmed
with fur, aud trinlcts, were found in
the room, and evidently belonged t. The murdered
woman. II was noticed when the bodies
moved that the deceased was attircd in
clothes OF excellent quality, and that she
pair OF fine gater shoe THIS fact excited the suspicion
the Coroner and officers, vino wondered that
We dressed shpuld visit poorly clad and apparently
hai-staTVed man.
without further examination however, the dead
ratified away to the MOrgIe, aud officers sent IN
search OF witnesses IN the Caac.
CLEARING Up THE MYSTERY
The affair thus left shrouded III mystery. Ata
late honr last night however Of he officers az the
Station House foand I'm the clothing of Johnson card
bearing the inscription, The Empire City Copying Com