The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-26
JOHNSON TO STAND TRIAL
He Hears His Victim Relate His Crime
Without Any Emotion.

without Any tmoIon.
Frank Johnson, alias william Barrett.
sat II Judge CaldwelIs cpart room yes
ter~iay and listened 70 the story Of the
I-year-ola girl whom he shot, without
showing sign OF feeling. or even interest,
N the case When Alice l. Wilson was
called upon 20 identify the man who did
tbe shooting she sent one fiery glance al
the prisoner. and he met II without NOV
ing an eyelid. He Is a small. undersigned
man. and yesterday he was newly shaved.
a few re6dssh-brown hairs were carefully
brushed over the bald top Of his head.
ard the badness vas met by a fringe IF
curly hair that hung over his coat collar,
while during most OF the trial one hand
was engaged in caressing g weIl-trfmTned
mustache.
Alice L. Wilson. the accusing witness.
was the center of attraction il the court
room. and she endured the gaze OF the
throag seemingly without embarrassment.
She gave her testimony clearly and cooliy
except when the attorneys for the de-
PENDANT attempted to find out from her
the relations that had existed between
her and Johnson. The attorney asked
some leading questions as 10 whether or
not they were lovers, and how they had
acted when together: Miss Wilson lost
her temper her black eyes flashed. and
she gave the attorneys 10 understand that
she didn't propose 10 answer such aues-
TORS
DR. William Shannon. the surgeon who
attended Miss Wilson after the shooting.
was the first witness. He testified as TO
the nature and locality of the wounds, and
said that so far il had not appeared that
they would cause any permanent or seFf-
Gus injury. Miss Wilson had been con-
fined to her bed for week. but was suf-
fering very little now. Deputy Prescott
ing Attorney Morris asked him II the
shot in the head would ordinarily cause
death. and he said that ordinarily il
would. but this was very exceptional
case.
Alice L. Wilson was then called. She
was quiet and seif-possessed and the effect
of her black eyes and black hair was &C
centuated BY a neat-fitting black dress and
black gloves, the dead color being reliev
ed only by f'eecy white fascinator on her
hair. She said that she was IL years old.
had lived in Seattle three or four years,
and had been staying with Mrs. Bigelow
for three or four months. She had known
the defendant since she was a little girl.
he had lived with her family IN East Port
land. she then told the story OF the shoot
ing as she told Il on the evening II took
place. She identified a hat and overcoat
as those worn BY Johnson that night. and
said that the revolver in evidence looked
Just like the one he had used in firing at
her. The only words she spoke during the
whole affair were when he came up behind
her and put his hands on her shoulders
and she turned around. Those words
were: "Oh. don't"'
The attorney for the defense asked her
IL Johnson had not been, or wanted 10 be,
her lover. She said she guessed SO; he be-
gan paying her addresses year and half
ago and came to the house often, but she
didn't know whether he came to see her or
her family. He wanted to marry her and
had asked her father last winter. but had
H.. HI ~
nursery a few times and he had given her
flowers. but she refused to say whether
they had talked together as lovers. He had
never given her any other presents. except
one Christmas he had given her breast
pin When she saw him following her the
night Of the shooting she had hurried to
get away from him because she had heard
that he had threatened her life He had
been at Mrs. Blgelow's twice 10 see her
but had been ordered away from the house
Previous 70 the shooting she had not seen
him for a month and half Before he
fred at her. Johnson said: i've got you
at last; you have betrayed me and I'll fix
You"
Mrs. J.. J. Chapman. a middle-aged
woman in black. then told how Johnson
had been sick for two or three weeks
shortly before the shooting occurred, and
she had taken him food She had not
known him, but had been asked by some
OF Ltle neiSRDoFS 10 take MIN 1000. w milo
in his cabin on these errands he talked 10
her about his trouble with Miss Wilson.
and told her that she had lied about him.
ard that II he caught her he would kin
her
Mrs. T. r. Beckwith. the wife Of the
man who owned the revolver that figures
in the case. then told how Johnson had
borrowed IL from her for the ostensibIa
purpose Of shooting his dog. He brought
the revolver back the night or the shoot
ing. and II had then been taken by the
detectives IN the case. Johnson appeared
20 he very nervous and excited when he
brought the revolver back.
Detective Cudihee then told OF the ar
rest Of Johnson A short time after the
shooting took place.
The defense presented no testimony and
JUDGE Caldwell held the prisoner 10 the
superior court for trial. His bond was
fixed at 5000. in default ~ which he was
sent 20 fail