The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-18

walked down Seventh street They.
had gone less than thirty feet from
The corner when pistol shot rang outs
partially drowning a terrified Shrek
from the lips of the woman. Almost
simultaneously with the first shot
came second report and pedestrians
in the vicinity turned toward the scene
Of the tragedy in time to see Johnson
fall to the sidewalk.
officer Miller was standing diagonally
across from the place of the shooting.
at the corner of Seventh and Locust
streets. and Officer Ashe was at the
corner of Neili and Seventh streets.
three-quarters of a block away. Both
heard the first shot fired by Johnson
and the woman's scream. Each saw
Johnson fall, and ran to the scene.
As Officer Miller reached Johnson's
side the hand gripping the revolver was
partially raised. as though the man in
tended to shoot himself a second time.
He wasFtoo weak. however. to raise the
weapon, and the hand fell limp to the
pavement. Johnson was still breathing
and officer Ashe Immediately tele-
phoned for the patrol wagon. While
awaiting the arrival of the wagon, Mrs.
Johnson was found leaning against the
side of a building on Locust street,
bleeding freely from the wound in her
neck She had nothing to say con-
corning the shooting and when the pa
troll wagon arrived both she and John
son were taken to the city hospital.
Miss Frankie Williams, a young
colored woman living at 800 East
Fifth street, got off the car at the same
time as did Mrs. Johnson AMI saw the
woman husband approach her Miss
Williams denies that she was with Mrs.
Johnson during the evening and says
she does not know either of the parties.
She walked down Seventh street a
nT nd
his wife, but says that she heard no
loud talk of argument in fact nothing
until the first shot was fired. She then
looked around and becoming frighten-
ed. ran to the corner of Neill street
where she thought she would be out of
harm'S way.
Mrs. Cunningham stated that she had
known the Johnson family for a num-
Der of years. She did not speak very
highly of Johnson and said he and his
wife had had frequent quarrelS of
which she was aware. Mrs. Johnson,
she said, came to her house Wednes-
day and had remained there for her
meals and sleeping Accommodations up to
the time Of the shooting. Yesterday
Mrs. Johnson told her she was going
to Minneapolis for her clothes, and the
next thing she heard of the woman
she was informed of the shooting. Mrs.
Cunningham at first declined to talk
of the shooting and declared she did
not know either Of the parties to the
tragedy, but subsequently talked of
them as one entirely familiar with their
domestic history, thoroughly express
ing a wish that she should not be men
toned in connection with the affair."
Mrs. Johnson is quite light in COM
pleXion for a negro and somewhat pre-
possessing. She stated at the hospital
that since her husband had been out
of work, he had not provided for her,
and she came to visit with Mrs Cum
ningham until the return of her sister,
Mrs. Maggie Thompson, of 521 Wash
ington avenue, Minneapolis who is
now visiting in Chicago.
Mr.. Cunningham was formerly the
proprietor Of a saloon on Fifth street
between Robert and Minnesota streets,
which was a popular resort with the
cOlored people.
johnson died at the city hospital at
2:35
RELIC OF FIRE-CRACKER DAY.
FaIlen-Lindberg Assault Case FL
naIIy Reaches Trial.
Andy Fallen was fined SIS by Judge
Orr yesterday for having assaulted
Oscar Lindberg, a Payne avenue sa-
lOOnkeeper. The assault look place
July and resulted in the breaking Of
Lindberg's leg. Fallen has since been
in the county jail and at the city
hospital, where he was taken shortly
after his arrest He was released
from the hospital yesterday and ar
raigned for his offense, in the police
court