New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
-, ,,,n,,N WOMAN MURDERFD.
AN INDIAN WOMAN Mthbhh''
urn pt,sp,yp AND DAUGHTER SUSPECTED OF TIE
CRIME.

AN INDIAN WOMAN Mbhpfhi'b'
urp urspANp AND DAUGHTER SUSPECTED w lhf'
CRIME.
Hannah Johnson, q ShinnecOck Indian, the
onr,od wife nf Ephrsm Henry Johnson. coore" man.
- ,oupd dead wednesday morning n he'd at her mouse
ar tho Southern Railroad, Bay shore, near shp' eur
tolk County l. l. The body was found hy h'r d"ug"t'
bv former husband who lives at Awityvic' anu WIZ
had come 10 pay her mother VISIT MIS- '"'Hs''
daughter arrived al her mothers house aOohl ii'V d.
m on Wednesday. Immediately upon 'h''''H| Wv
housc she asked where hcr mother WAS aud was i"iu "
her little girl an ncctinatc end, WHO .eside' WIN
Mrs Johnson that The grandmother was a'iecp I'D INV
hcd-room The daughter went 20 the bedroom NJ" !"
glance showed that her mother was d'ao' An' u'
woman mad heeu shot IN tie mouth aud tho pouE n"
notyet become lid She ay wiz her r'T"' nan"
TIC breast. and Ter lct, stretched o"' AT I", ''
Between the r1 ana fuecr of IL" leit hand seven
barrcllcd revolver was held Iy, the 'd'n" 'shS oc-
hind the trigger N such way as e. sho" tha' Tie "o-
man coulI not have discharged me weapon Inc''
woreb ooG stain. Upon tic Had AM h''r lh' 1000 W Wv
floor had hr Ell .shsi Lp h't Ntl showed "'''''''
Two uieccs ~ bed clothing found under me U'" ~
sl.o STA ned with blood ard evidence was h'' ""'N
10 snow that struggle he'd taken place n ire room
IN. re was al, blood on he dead w"m'nS enc s'' w"
none on her bo.y cx,Cp: d little ON the breast Inc
body had the Appearance Of having been washeo S'oF
death.
Coroner Pres on ~ Nmityviie who was AZ once III
formed reached BlyshOrc 81 abort O'clock "I 'Hi'
DAY evening, and glth hs lu'v soW'" ne rrn'.' Fp
soc time alter n. discover, NJ tc cne tuere NtI
no efforts mad" e. fLd the lni-sue tu ha" or 10
thc daughter; although D, htIcNei ma tUo ..S"nu
committed ;hc deed and iGat tne tau5Hi'1 W. an "
Nj, johnson wa about fOrtv-6vc ycort ~ age anu
had been M rred 10 Johnson tr@r )c irs' Josui ,
said formed q Urea. attachment for his E'tl 'HCI'c
AMI fIcoueutv visited her 81 tyvie. hCn cI.Tu
numerous quarrcls between johnson ana ms VIE -
alleged mat one occasion johnson cnl ms WG i'
open q razor and tnat for some ''le d Hnu Ue
nm the habit Of be TIM h9r severely. JonuS0n WH3 -
yative OF Wcsthurv. Qnerus County, generally follows
The water in the Sumner and IN The winter a nv
ing bg cutting railroad ti,h aud cord wood vi NJ laN
morning last he lett lis home aud dld not rel ~ u
Wednesday morning lie was seen about inc hnUec ~
10 o'clock, but al 1880 when ne body 81 BIS "H' '''
discovered, he rOwherc IL be found , ..,.
In reply 10 a question ny Coroner Preston the httIc
Girl said that her Grandmother went 10 Ded Just Up
breakfast aud that teen her IA her went mo u "'u
room he remsued for some time Nhe hrard COR
tlderabe noise could not that she heard pst9
fred Her ia her had been washing tne door on Ned
nrsdav eht The house was lCt ~ charge Z" lWpum,te
They report that about O'cO'k yesterday molnnG
outside The Ulcers WHO were unarnled' utcht" ',i
through the Tor two niles toward INC boTu, ou'
he succeeded m , ,aYiGg through the WoOJS.
At o'clock Yesterday morning Johnson again wa
seen near the hOue and arrested vest rd3y Hitc
noon. He rcmsnded L. TIE Rvelh,a al jan 10 avian
the action the Coroner DTs N1udewalrI and Presto"
made an examination OF the body OF the murderer
Yesterday hteruoon. ana nts!Ics We "0u4iI
me mouth fOund buci- ocs IN tho icft sicc pu'
mo- buct-loles could he found III tie clothing ana Tue
suppOsitIOn IS that the shots we're trrd WINE ntI
ClOtluug dsairaDg'd, after The Shnt IN the nou"
as he result OF struggle. Three Chalmers " Inc re-
Volyer were also found 10 he empty JohnrohN s'tp-
daughter, Annie Williams with whom IL Is chalsc n'
married and hvng al service win Ii Ianiy az Amy
VILE she denies al CJInpI!CltY III hVf hobtrs NtH-I
hNl an kloN.Vu-V y. l'. a. .,a.,,.,
District AtOrUc" PetS VIII he present ~ w 49,
SESSION inquest, which has b"er cost oned III
Gc1Iely. Yesterday. the pistol ound In the murdered
WORan's h6nd was lGenun'u 10 ucIOhtHS 10 Ju+IlsOh
h, ne " no sold il 10 MN Oh -1ODuGy