The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-14
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to~boca h,,. shout t.vo weeks ago sold
all kts furniture and said ne was soIHh
away. re has evidently been hanging
about the uelgnborhood waiting ioF a1S
chance 10 avenge his imaginary grieF-
ance. re is known 20 be fnssneiy jealous
and a dangerous man when under the IL
fuence Of liquor.
Ills second Crime of the Kind.
johnson. who IL short man. OF light
build. came 70 this city from Oregon about
four wears ago. and for some time vas
super In Cordray's theater. About a year
ago he went into the nursery business on
Chestnut street. and continued II until
short time ago.
while living in Oregon. IN 1854. he got
into scrape very similar 20 this. He had
been living with a woman named Nc
Naught, and became jealous because sae
wanted 20 leave him and shot her He was
tried. convicted and sentenced 70 the penn
Tertiary for seven years. but was paraonea
after serving three years. He Is 80 years
Old and a native OF England.
The wounds Not Dangerous.
Or. Shannon. who attended the wound
ed girl. found that one bullet entered the
left arm near the shoulder and came cut
on top OF the shoulder; another carried
away about half an inch OF the top OF the
left ear and the third penetrated the skin
on the left side Of the head near the top
and followed the skull around TO point
nearly Opposite on the right side. The
doctor located the bullet. but VIII not take
Il out until today. While the wounds are
painful they are not necessarily dangerous.
How the girl escaped with her life IS sim
ply miraculous
Johnson Denies His Guilt.
When taken TO police headquarters
Johnson positively denied TO Chief Rogers
that he mad anything to do with the shoot
ing and said the first he knew Of 1t was
when told BY the officers The chief ques-
toned him closely as % his whereabouts
during the evening and the answers given
were very conflicting.
when searched at headquarters some
blood stains were found on one of his
shirt sleeves. When asked 10 explain how
they came there. he said he had killed his
dog during the day and got them in that
way.
His Persecution of Wilson.
To the reporter Chief Rogers said the
first knowledge he had of any trouble in
the family was in the middle of last
March. Johnson and friend Of his
named Mrs. Levy called on him and stated
that Wilson was drunk and would not at
tend at the burial of his wife, whose body
was then in Bonney & Stewards under
taking establishment, and asked him 10
look into the matter. which he did, and
found that Wilson was sober and had
been for some time and was completing
the funeral arrangements. 4 month or
two later Wilson and Daisy Wilson came
into the office and complained that John
son had been annoying the girl about
marrying him and asked the chief for ad-
vice They were told TO lay the matter
before the prosecuting attorney and have
him put under bonds TO keep the peace
The prosecuting attorney could not find
grounds sufficient TO issue the complaint.
The chief then told them TO let him know
when bothered by Johnson. and sent De-
tective Cudihee out to talk TO him. Cudi-
Ice told him the thing would have to stop
and nothing more was heard of the mat
ter until the affair of last night.
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