, 1880-07-11
LIMITING EVIDENCE.
p,,mpjng Out the Pond Near
Which Johansson Was
Killed.
-,,.1ovsry Of an Old Boot, Working
at the Wrong Spot.


@' at the Wrong Spot.
ri. Prisoner Tells Very Straight Story
Of His Doings-
.,..~ afternoon Tue TRIBUNE made sug~
F'' ~ the Police Department that, It the
te7. ho,e On the southeast corner Of Chicago
Eastern arenues were pumped drJ. the re-
sua .,;rht he the discovery OF the missing coat
Wv ~ ~1ur1cred Swede, or even OF the instru"
o. -. nsod in killing him. The representative
mon. a.. originator Of the 1dea was Instructed to
q ~ further that one OF tile city'e fro en-
Sass Wight be employed to advantage In the
s'nes Thcn the matter was hroached to Seoro-
~oie no-1e he at once saw that the proposition
Wa AyREY SENSIBLE ONE.
conference with Marshal Swenie resulted
- nreparauous being made for the work" Ino
xhv the quarry hole was selected as the
fe.e wta,r to contain the missing coat or weapon
y" t.,nuse it is the generally theory
a.v~,s m it's banks that the struggle which
Ha. ..s T., 1nhan.son's murder was begun The
siosk< of the Artesian Company. TWO
.hsr1 at the time inside and one
.. +h.m outside Of 18 buildings,
@-nnanImous In designating tho quarry-hole
49, sr,ot from which the unearthly noises
s-uh+ed)y 1te death-screams of the murdered
~e,ne at about half f-past O'Clock on the
.@-.,tno Of the murder. Then. again. It IS the
s.s.-,l)r accepted theory TINT the murdered
Hsn ,ras induced BY hts companion or compan-
1ans 10 take q bath in the quarry -ho4e.
:. o,der that his condition might be as defense
~, =. possible when they made their attacR'
nfr d 1nHF yo1 n q
.hsd tntshed taking OF his clothes and stood
.a~ .. - r. "a into the water. If this really
- @ "a nothing could be more likely
49,. +haf the weapon used would be thrown
.1.a s +ha xvater by the murderers after they had
49, x7,, it. All this was duly explained to the
.o,;.a authorities, who saw that the idea was
P roas. and So having secured the necessary
sssrsnn,ne apparatus, they led it yesterday morn
- n.st <ha auarry-hole, brought 1t up to the
-. af rho shallow pool IN which the body OF the
-.,,asred 49, man was discovered. and proceeded
to pump it DIT. ....-----.
~x r TER CsEIEsSE9s or TH1s PROCEEDING
c.nbe seen at glance. The articles hunted 1or
vc1e the coat Of the deceased and the weapon
With which his skull was crushed in The pool
hing only an inch OF two in depth, the cont II
1thaa been thrown in. could have been dlseoV-
r,cd m the morning after the muir
dcsn enough to have been hidden from
observation. On the other hand the weapon. in
al likelihood coupling-pin OF other heavy
niace of jrun, would have sunk clear from view
n the thin ooEe which forms the bottom OF the
pond ses5h ,4Ss .%SaF WHIST 70
1as PSnpms 1ap ~ Il he puddle: instead ~ et
he quar1r hole vas 5. gEand gaa ,n;Ies n'sake ns.t
o'clock in the morning. Asslstant-AaranA a!.:u
Petria wa. in charge Of the work and the motive
power vas supplied BY Engine no :: Me19hsl
80 gallons minute Of from the puddle,
but considering that the steamer amer W. ~
inference is thai the capacity Of the engine vas
ore,cstimnted, as there certainly we're not ~
ntl gallons more water tu the puddle befof9 tnnn
watched By an admiring throng OF natives. Yae
small bays came along with their fishing -Tods M
and had excellent sport in the gFauualF,.
M their trousers and padded out into the
decp, rank mud. and hauled the sunnsh ana
bu!heads In with their scoop-nets; II vas SUE
tasted heartily early last Sunday morning upon
the clottcd blood Of the murderco man. 9usI Insy
found no force in the: :Hickening reminder, and
d, f4s 1s Up tnStr 1nbas n M at at secondhand On tie
Thc day vas hot and the work OF pumping
went on very NlD"At. Ok4AAAA4& "eA~-A AAoe
synilahle. n subscription was gotten up and
keyr of ecitzer water was procured from nol&h-
hor,na saloon. The detectives lolcd about
nnricr some convenient shade-trecs. and dis
rwssrd The subject Of suppressed evidence Five
hours went by and the puddle. which. thouRn
not deep extended over several acres o1 gfound,
"a; found, at noon. 10 have sunk about an lnca.
Ar abult o clock ia the afternoon.
e1Ysp1crot7s LOOKING OBJECT
+.., -,;1dta 1T tha pudfte. which Mt
eppcareo ~ tuo dntentt,-oa to rt1aorize SUPER
once eausen nm,a1i NJ r;awe1 r carefully With
IN antehoes ~ nond1 ap,I 14rcnuneed it the eud Of
rs o!noEuat, ~ arro+nrr Ilov1e fe]t s11rD that
~ naI y. " ~ c,,Y ~ RE Inurrited man's misc
y "ss zoe ~ Eo4 -i~r ~. ataEnI his TrDutnfinn
.ns eoa. .er ner' - a"nnT,.ssed evidence on the
nn,nian ~ that he enid tell better what it was
afrer one of the boys had gone in and
eotten it out This gentle hint moved NetecliFe
Shea TO take Oh his boots ana Wade tnrousn ~ ~
mire in search OF the suspfc1o'1s op3ect' ne
drew it from the mud. and 1t turned OUT e oe
boot. The detectives investigated It HItn eye
and nose. and. while the ocular e1amfnnton olo
not enable them TO come to en{ dehnlt concaI-
Sion, the Nasal test 1.-THE boot being SerJ InAl-
odorous resulted in the belief that the pooL must
have been worn By the prisoner, ault9Ieu.
1t was accordingly carefully wrapped up IN
bundle; the bundle was sealed with the senl o1
the Police Depart ment, and after the lettcrs
S. f" had been written upon it. the parcel
WIS laid aside to be locked up Ia safe With mo
other suppressed evidence until the day Of the
frta1