The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-05
she Was Attending a B6autv
Doctor In Chicago and
Was Warned By
Her Lover
AN 0kLhH0MR MAN
FnO1Qed to Mdrru the GlrI Sent
Her Several Letters hinting
Strongly at Strange
DANGER

cslCACO, HI June 5.~Three times
utt.n wa4k William Turner school
-.aeser at Perry. Ok, wrote letters
aaralng Miss May Thompson OF some
MYSTERIOUS danger that menaced her
ans Thompson died Tuesday after Ne
.eiy.ng a treatment from Dr +. Wes-
~ Johnson. beauty doctor Turner
aas 70 have come 10 Chicago - marry
the xitI on June "a and the last Of his
..ters received three days before her
ath contained reference 70 the APP
s-oaehing nuptlals and final admonl
ION for Miss Thompson TO avoid at
I'll hazard q strange woman, whose
aane was not given. The lovers
Communication was very long covering
sans sheets Of closely written paper.
.E speakius OF her danger he said
Now May. dearest II you fancy
Ia there is anything wrong wlth the
actor $ aanese don't run any risks.
INST lrot OF home and put ia your time
IA rsuuing around the farm and gain
.g strength by natural electricity,
st.er than ruu any chances ~ith that
as--on connected With the electric
1afh.ne."
Tae warning contained In an earlier
..,~ vas q. follows.
SOU tell me Mary not 70 worry
aet that lady at ,ae doctor :, but
or YOU know that jealousy is the
s3.-' hing ~ cope with that you can
usr certainly would not give her
s&ss2 NF
aat She may think she Is entitled 20.
Yop don't say how often you take those
,-eatgaentx but II once . week you
.l miss onIs a few, | Mould rather
"a, Won try and DO without them than
m any risks"
n another. letteT he said
Now May. darling. don't forget TO
ss,a your weather eya on that woman,
ant # you see any danger, quit the
4 -ejtmont."
H. also aided that he knew enough
4 { th, methods OF beauty doctors To
)ut1nHe Miss Thompson treatment
q 5)m~,ii
TAes. ominous lines were picked out
( Z he rather voluminous writings OF
4 ne absent lover by Miss Sarah Jansen.
student at Rush Medical college.
u l,s Jansen also reported 70 the police
y 'ha' he wife Of f. Wesley Johnson
n he beauty doctor. acted strangely
Z hen told that Miss Thompson was
4ead but this fact Is not considered
gufcant. because 1t was not at all
Il surprising that Mrs. johnson should be
~ ksd by such news.
The inquest over the remains OF the
1# .,4tg, ri. a hafi to-day
aeanse the police had not completed
aF inyestigation into the strange
a-e Deputy Coroner Semi post
Eta1 the taking OF testimony until
"A Saturday morning. Or. and Mrs john
.oa were on hand to give their testi-
n Ia"nF. but were not examined
Or Johnson afterward said that his
treatment for improving Miss Thomp-
,o2s complexion could not possibly
N hase had anything to do with her
1eath. He declared that he knew of
40 woman who had been jealous of
Miss Thompson, and could not account
so7 the warnings found in the letters
written by the dead girls lover. Mrs
Johnson also said that she knew moth
ing about the jealous woman.
i'r Johnson. the beauty doctor was
arrested early this afternoon and con-
lhed In the Desplaines street station
n'onntary manslaughter is the
,harge made against him. He was
elased release on bail.
The element of mystery is gradually
'tng eliminated from the case. Ply
'clans say a face mask which the girl
"orr as ordered by johnson, fastened
2er demise. which has been made GER
& am by the potions taken internally.
or 7, Fl. Whiting, a well-nown DER
Ia,a'ologst. said today he was satisfied
oat Miss Thompson's death can De
saSIly traced to poisons used In at
.eMPtlng to beautify the skin.
Mrs, Johnson made statements tend
Jug to clears away the mystery. al
aough she remains most eager ad-
,.ocate Of the theory that the cause OF
nsS ThOmpson's death still lies hidden
lhaer an impenetrable veil.
There is something awful back OF
I, she said today. 1T Is crime that
VII not soon be cleared.
am an injured woman 1t Is un-
lue that I was the central figure In
My of the sensational scenes depicted
the house where the poor girl died.
am sure that the jealous woman
,,pp'ken of does not exist in reality.
AISs Thompson had mania for i'm
sslhing that some woman was jealous
VI her First, she said Mrs. Murdoch
vas vas Jealous, then she thought of some
SS,,aer woman who was angry with her:
que que must have written to Turner and
oa @M him that a woman at the doctors
'"'e was jealous of her.
-, a sum of money, said to be $500
Snrh Miss Thompson is believed to
"a ave had, is missing. Her brother,
Ssoar A. Thompson, is hunting for
'me trace of it.