The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28
is STILL A MYSTERY
RATHER PECULIAR CIRCUMsTAN-
OF MISS JENNIE JOHNSON
WILL BE AN INVESTIGATION
Deceased Was the Young Woman
Stopped by Daniel FentOn on the
EdgertOn- street Bridge Several
Weeks stnce-She Was Keeping
Company with a Young Man In
the Employ of "a Local Drug Firm.

Weeks Sfnce-She Was Keeping
Company with a Young Man In
the Employ of a Local Drug Firm.
The parents. Of Miss Jennie Johnson,
living at 6S1 Sims street have not yet
solved the mystery Of the young woman's
death at the Minneapolis city hospital.
They are considerably agttated 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 hurriedIy tolthe 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 post-mortem. examination at Min
neapOlis of the remains and the findings
indicated so clearly that maltreatment
had been praeticed 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
pital 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 1923 Fifth street south, and COM
planned of feeling i'll. She seemed Sc
riOusly i'll and Mrs. Johnson summoned a
local physician, who attended her, but
she grew steadily worse. Then a second
physician was called, and he, upon learn
ing the facts in the case. declined to
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 FidgertOn street bridge sew
eral weeks ago FentOn was arrested on
the charge of attempted criminal assault
When the cas-. 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, missing the last street car to her
| home, was compelled to walk Fenton
followed hersEeveral blocks and seized
her on the bFaEgesz A policeman coming
upon the sceIle frightened Fenton away
before he had% done the girl any harm
beside subjecting@ Der to a severe fright.
Fenton was sentenced 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-
ceived a letter late in the afternoon and
| told her parents the CONN Unication sum-
mored her to the Mill City. She ex-
planned that the letter was from a young
man with whom She had rbeen keeping
company and that she was going to visit
the young MANS aunt. The young man
lived 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 we'll and
had no objections to their Daughter pay
ing a 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 hcme.
| 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
nearolis. Mrs. Johnson says she knows
nothing of the young man with whom
her daughter was keeping company hav-
ing an aunt III 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 well for nearly year.
She was naturally rather delicate, the
mother says. and recently suffered from
a severe cold.