Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-15
P. CALVIN JOHNSON.
NO ONE CAN TELL HOW he WAS
KILLED NEAR NEWARK.
Mystery-Remains to he
Brought Hero.

All DOUBT tn3t sne person referrcu VI III
yesterdays Dispatch as having been killed
in Newark, n. j., on Tuesday night was p.
Calvin Johnson. Of this city, has been re.
moved.
His brother-in-law. Mr.. Hull. left here
yesterday morning for Newark. and tele-
graphcd back in the afternoon that it was
johnson and that his head was badly
crushed. He is expected to return to
Richmond with the remains at 8 o'clock
this morning.
There seems TO be some mystery a. "a
how the man came To be killed. His body
was found on the cow-catcher OF a tram a.
il went into the city, but how IT got thefe
is q matter of surmise.
LYING on TIRE cow-cATcHEB.
The following special telegram to the
Dispatch from Newark was received yester-
, day:
tuesday night as the l0:40 train on the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad from Jersey City
swung around the curve into Centre-Street
station the station-m master and half dozen
Others in waiting discovered the body OF
man on the pilot.
Life was found TO be extinct and two
| train-h hands went forward and protected II
until the Market-Street station was
reached, when it was taken into the bag
! gage-room and County Physician Wright
son was notified. who ordered IT taken u
| Wooiruf's morgue. q,
The mans head was split open. the neck
apparently broken. and the right leg
| crushed. One shoe was missing. and ht
had evidently met with great violence,
| Whether he was struck by that train ol
! first struck by an east-bound engine and
| thrown upon the pilot OF the west-bound
locomotive is not known.
PERSONAL.
| The body was dressed IN neat-fittine
| suit of light-colored clothing; he wore
| dark-colored hose and Congress CATERS
and had on Gordon sash. He was very
well built. with good features, black hair
and a moustache of few weeks growth
| He was not over twenty five years OF age
and his hands showed no evidences of evel
| having performed manual labor. On exam
ining the clothing a complete set OF denta
instruments was found. The eases bore
| a strong odor of anesthetIcs. and had beer
| considerably used. The forceps were bright
aud were stamped Fremont" the manu-
| facturel's mark. cabinet photograph
was also in one pocket. II was that OF I
| Young woman about twenty-five or twen
| ty-three. with round. full face, dressed
| in dark skirt, black Astrachan sacque
| dark kid gloves, and wide-brimmed ha
| with large feather in front. On the bacl
of the picture was written Ny darling
Received July 25, 1890" 1t had been ear
| ried IN tho pocket probably since tina
| date, and was considerably worn. An en-
marked Richmond. July Il. $780, AM
was addressed MIR. p. G. Johnson. Green
way, Nelson county, Va" but had no Ell
| closure.
LETTERS DISCOVERED.
Two or three letters were found. write
on note-paper IN lady's hand, with tn
| name of the city from which they wer
dated carefully erased or cut out. IL wa
| not difficult, however. to discern that the
were dated at Richmond. Besides thes
there were large number of letter
written on pieces of paper resemblln
physicians prescription blank, In
| heading had been cut OF. 50 that what r.
NAMED was barely two and half by ,fou
number c"724") could be deciphered o
some of them, and an address. "Corne
Cary and -" was legible. The othe
street name contained about nine letters
only the lower part of which remained.
Az general thing these letters wer
| signed Rosa but one exception bore tn
signature Rosa Dallas" They were un
formly addressed My Darling Payne
EXTRACTS FROM TUE WRITINGS.
The following are extracts from some
the letters:
Policeman Hulcher inquired for yo
this morning. He says they think you al
in the city. but that they are tired of nun
"The police had been watching my hous
all day. so that when l came to get thos
things for you--
They are watching my house day an
night. l hope you are safe at Horsly Hal
riss.
Il heard that Tomlinson told them yo
deserted from the United States army an
they wanted you for that, too. l don
know whether it is true or not.
Doc Wessiger told me that Willie Boy
had gone TO jersey City.
II haven't neard from Annie Burnett
the Trainman girls, either, and L don
want to-"
Chief Hopper telegraphed the facts I
the Richmond authorities. and an answe
was received last night stating that tn
dead man was Payne Calvin johnson, q
that city, who was wanted by the police TO
severely injuring his mother The. bod
now lies in Woodruf's morgue, and VII
probably be claimed by relatives and sen
on to Richmond.