The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28
is STILL A MYSTERY
RATHER PECULIAR CIRCUMsTAN-
CEs SURROUNDING THE DEATH
OF MISS JENNIE JOHNSON
WILL BE AN INVESTIGATION
Stopped by Daniel FentOn on the
EdgertOns street Bridge Several
Weeks stnce-She Was Keeping
Company wish a Young Man In
the Employ or a local Drug Firm.

COmpanys<Wfth a Young Man In
the Employ or a Local Drug Firm.
The parents Of Miss Jennie Johnson,
living at 6S1ssSims street, have not yet
solved the mystery of the young woman's
death at Minneapolis city hospital.
They are considerably agitated over the
rather peculiar circumstances in connec-
ton with their daughters death, and but
little satisfactory light has been thrown
upon the subject The parents received
telegram Friday night, when their
daughter was near to deaths door, and
went hurriedly to the Minneapolis hospi-
tai. The young girl was fast passing
away and in the few words with her
parents revealed nothing regarding her
illness, if there was anything of sus-
picious nature
Yesterday the coroner's physicians
made a post-mortem examination at Min
neapols Of the remains and the findings
indicated so clearly that maltreatment
had been practhed that this afternoon
Coroner Nelson will hold an inquest.
Yesterday afternoon the body was turned
over to the girls father.
Miss Johnson was sent to the city hos
pftal last Thursday by DR.. Henry s. Mel
son, the coroner, who was called to see
her by another physician. When the girl
came to Minneapolis she went to the
home of Mrs. Ida Johnson, a midwife, To-
Gated at 923 Fifth street south, and COM
planned of feeling Ill. She seemed Sc
riOusly i'll and Mrs. Johnson summoned a
local physician, who attended her, but
she grew steadily worse. Then second
physician was called, and he, upon learn
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have anything to do with the case. He
in turn called DR.. Nelson, who obtained
such facts as he could and promptly or
dered the patient taken to the city hos
| pital.
Miss Johnson was the young woman
whom Daniel Fenton stopped at mid
night on the Hidgerton street bridge sew
eral weeks ago FentOn was arrested on
| the charge of attempted criminal assault.
When the case came up for trial the pa
rents of Miss Johnson were inclined to
be lenient toward young Fenton and he
was finally tried for assault and battery.
! The testimony in the case showed that
Miss Johnson had been coming home
from Minneapolis the night of the assault
and, missing8ttte' last street car to her
home, was compelled to walk. Fentcn
followed her several blocks and seized
| her on the bridge. A policeman coming
before he haag done the girl any harm
beside subjecting her to a severe fright.
| Fenton was senteaeed to thirty days in
the county jail and finished his term yes,
! terday.
Two weeks ago last Friday Miss John,
! son went TO minneapolis She had re-
ceiyed letter late in the afternoon and
told her parents the comm unication sum-
moned her to the Mill City. She ex-
| nIafned that the let for was from V0Ilns
man with whom she had been keeping
! company and that she was going to visit
| the young mans aunt The young man
1iyed in this city until short time ago
and was in the employ of a local whole
| sale drug firm He Is at present working
| for a Minneapolis drug firm and lives in
! the Mil City, Miss Jchnson's parents
say they knew the young man well and
i had no objections to their daughter pay,
| ing visit to his aunt
| After leaving home Miss Johnson wrote
| once to her sister and once to her mother
! She said nothing in either letter, how
ever, about the location of the house
where she was visiting, but expressed
pleasure ct the pleasant time she was
having. Miss Johnson's parents say they
supposed their daughter was at the home
! of the young mans aunt, but have no
/ actual knowledge of this fact. Nothing
| has been heard from the young man by
| the family since Miss Johnson left home
Mrs. Johnson says her daughter was a
| quiet, well behaved girl, fond of her home.
and was rarely away. In fact the mother
says her daughter never spent a night
away from home until she went to Min
neapolis Mrs. Johnson says she knows
nothing Of the young man with whom
her daughter was keeping company hav-
ing an aunt in Minneapolis, although she
heard that he had relatives there. She
says the doctors at the hospital first at
| tributed her daughters death to con-
! sumption and afterward concluded that
| the young woman died from heart fail
ure Mrs. Johnson says her daughter
had not been very we'll for nearly a year
| She was naturally rather delicate, the
mother says, and recently suffered from
a severe cold.