Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-09-25
I Carson Sensation,

There has been a story i'll the mouths
Of the entire community for the past
two months regarding the death oi
Charles Calvin at Hobart Mills, his
WIFI, the action OF DR.. johnson and fam
lily the desertion Of the little Calvin boy
i'll this city, also the m~istreatment Of
Mrs. Johnson i'll the case, and it has
tinally come to pass when the home pa.
pcrs have to take the matter up as the
authorities OF law have now appeared on
the scene and the death and other dis.
agreeable points III the affair will come
to light.
1t was early i'll the month Of July that
the news WINS received in this city that
Charley Calvin had died Mt Hobart
Mills. !AE nc was 81 K but n few days
and none of his frler ds here knew OF
his illness, the news came as a shock
and surprise. 1t wa stated that he had
died uf typhoid fever, and none knew to
the contrary, this wa the general be.
lief. The body was brought to this city.
where K Was inferred, and the widow,
Il Carson Young lady, WAS shown the
sympathy that AL small communities
extend to their people in cases Of this
kind.
AbOnt this time the unsavOry rumors
came to this town. 1t was stated that
DR.. Johnson, who had attended Calvin
in his illness that led to his death, had
deserted his wife after administering
chastisemert. 1t WAS further stated and
generally known that Johnson and Mrs.
Calvin had been too intimate and TINT
thf ir couduct in the saw mill caup
had caused u great zeal OF indigna-
ton.
Mrs. CALVIN, after In, burial Of her
husband, returned Ia Hobart Mile and
disposed Of her property at " sacrifice.
When this was finished she came TO Car
son with her little son and. leaving him
in charge of relatives, returned to Tic
bart. Here she was met by DIR. John.
son. and the two immediately took the
west bOnud train and have never return
ed To that place. From time to- time
the rumUr has prevailed that there WAS
suspicion that Charley Calvin had been
poisoned, and that poison had hceD al
ministered 10y DR.. johnson, in order to
get him ont Of the way.
Yesterday the first move of the law N
determining whether The suspicious are
correct or are doing grave injustice, was
i~nauguratcd, District Attorney Moody
OF Nevada county, Cal, aud Sheriff
Walker Of the same place. arrived IN
this city. They were accompanied 10y
DR.. Shoemaker of Truckee. They in.
mediatcly secured permission from the
county authorities to cxhume the body
OF Charley Calvin. The body was re-.
moved from the grave and the stomach
and other organs taken from it. The
party took the members with them last
evening To San Francisco, " here an an
a~lytjcnl test is to be made, Should the
stomach show poison, the doctor and the
woman who is with him will be arrested
for murder and will have to stand trial
for their lives.
Judge Jones, The father ~ Mrs. John.
son, has been in this city for several
days. II is believed that he is ins,ru.
mental in tho movement la probe the
disagrrcablc scandal and possibly crime,
TO the very bottom.
Mrs. johnson il we'll known in this
city, where she and DR.. johnson first
set up house. keeping. rho lady il pro.
possessing NJ appearance and is every
inch q lady. She has gone to the home
Of her mother in Eastern Nevada.
Judge Jones, when he heard ~ the
trouble Ind ine disgrace that had bc1n
thrust upon him md his daughter, AZ
nounccd that he intended investigating
the matter to the limit, and that the dis.
appearance Of the two guilty people is
only the opening Of the scene.
Tho entire community Inns been talk.
ing over the scandal, rs oil Of tho par.
ties are former residents. The action ~
the California authorities yesterday will
only serve to create moro talk Carson
Appeal.
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