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


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 ofthe young woman's
death at the Minneapolis city hospital.
They are considerably agttated over the
rather pecultaE circumstances in connec-
ton with their daughters death, and but
little satisfactory light has been thrown
upon the subject. The parents received
a telegram Friday night, when their
daughter was near to deaths door, and
went hurriedIy teNthe Minneapolis hospi-
tai. The young girl was fast passing
away and in the few words with her
parents revealed nothing regarding her
picious nature
Yesterday the coroner's physicians
made a post-mortems examination at Min
neapolis of the remains and the findings
indicated so clearly that maltreatment
had been praeticed shat 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 923 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 Fdgerton 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 lenlent toward young Fenton and he
was finally tried for assault and battery.
The testimony in the case showed that
Miss Jennsonahad 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 herASeveral blocks and seized
her on the Bulge A policeman coming
upon the sce1le frightened Fenton away
before he had~aene the girl any harm
beside subjecting Der to severe fright.
Fenton was sentenced to thirty days in
the county JAZZ and finished his term yes,
terday
son went to minneapolis. She had re-
a Left 1ot in hn of nj
told her parents the CONN unication sum-
moned her to the Mill City. She ex-
planned that the letter was from g. young
man with whom She sllad rbeen keeping
company and that she was going to visit
the young MANS aunt The young man
lived in this city until a 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 Jehnson's parents
say they knew. the young man well and
had no objections to their Daughter pay
ing visit to his aunt, o.
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 Johnsons parents say they
SupOSSu IIlSII WAS DIT the HOII16
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
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 a year
She was naturally rather delicate, the
mother says, and recently suffered from
a severe cold.