The San Francisco call., 1896-04-02
A Sailors Bride Who Married
From Pique Tries to End
Her Life.
SWALLOWS A DOSE OF OPIUM.
Romantic Career of the Wife of Cap.
tain Harry Johnson of the
Bark Enoch Talbot.

Anna Johnson, the handsome young
bride OF Captain Harry Johnson of the
bark Enoch Talbot now lying in the bay
off the Arctic Oil Works at the Potrero,
attempted to commit suicide on board the
ship Tuesday night and nearly succeeded.
There Is an air of mystery and romance
about the affair." but from all that could be
learned the young bride made the attempt
In mt OF dependency resulting from dis
appointment in her marriage.
She was married to Captain Johnson
about four weeks ago in Los Angeles after
an acquaintance of three months, and
they spent their honeymoon on the trip
from San Pedro to this port
The vessel arrived here a week ago last
Tuesday, after tedious voyage. Mrs.
Johnson was almost stranger to the
City, and last Friday the captain went
ashore, taking her with him. AS he had
business with the owners he put her on
car for Golden Gate Park, arranging to
meet her later. When she returned from
the park she failed to meet her husband
and wandered around the business portion
of the City looking fer him till darkness
set in. She did not know how to find the
vessel, but by chance she met an old
friend, Elizabeth Emmet, who lives near
the Hayes-street entrance to the park, and
accepted her invitation to accompany her
home.
She was taken sick there and remained
In her friends care till Tuesday night.
when she returned to the vessel,
haying learned its location. Meantime
Captain Johnson, alarmed at his wife's
unexplained absence, had been securing
the City for her and had employed pri-
vate detectives to find her if possible.
When Mrs. Johnson reached the vessel
she was dlsmayed to learn from Mate
rhyyk Nn h \. 1S,.
and 1t was not known when he would re-
turn.
She went into her cabin and after awhile
she began to think that her husband had
deliberately cast her adrift. Then the
idea of suicide occurred to her and she
went to where the ships drugs were kept
and took bottle of opium. She swallowed
to await death.
About l O'Clock yesterday morning
Captain Johnson returned to the ship from
his fruitless search. He found his wife
unconscious, and the bottle OF opium bv
her side told him the story. He aroused
the mate, who hurriedly dressed himself
and hunted up DR.. De Witt. The doctor
hand for the unconscious woman and then
notified Lieutenant Bennett. of the Potrero
police station, who had her removed to
the. Receiving Hospital in the patrol
wagon.
They reached the hospital about 1
O'Clock and DR.. Bunnell promptly took
effective measures to restore Eer to life.
He gave her an antidote, and for three or
four hours she was kept walking round
and round the courtyard in front of the
hospital till she gradually revived. Yes
terday afternoon she had sufficiently re-
covered to be taken to friends house.
She was at first disinclined to talk and
n h Cfofa
sational nature, which she afterward de-
nied making, saying she was so weak and
excited that she did not know what she
was talking about.
Finally she consented to tell the romance
of her life. Il am an English girl" she
said, ''but my parents emigrated to the
| United States when | was mere child
After my fathers death my mother put
me on the stage, and as gave promise of
having a contralto voice of more than
ordinary power a bright future was pre-
dicted for me.
While still young girl 1 joined the
Emma Abbott Company, and remained
with them for number of years. NY
stage name was Beatrice Lee, and under
that name / sang at the Orpheum in this
City seven years ago. My stage career
was cut short by the loss of my voice
which had been injured by the hard train
ing got while little more than a child.
With the loss of my voice came stroke
of fortune in the marriage of my mother
to Thoma as Hughes, a retired and wealthy
lumber merchant of Los Angeles. 1 went
to live with my mother after her marriage
and remained with them till two years
ago. when | had quarrel with my step
father. After that l went to the home Of
some friends in Los Angeles, and it was
there met Captain Johnson.
He offered to marry me and give me a
home, and as thought loved him con-