New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-01
TRIES THRICE TO KILL.
Norwegian Seeks Girls Lfe-FHes
Dozen Shots.

r.roas Johnson. a Norwegian keeper Of a
boarding house at No. 210 East Thirty-second-
st is in the prison ward Of Bellevue Hospital
on a charge Of felonious assault on complaint OF
Annie Boiland also Norwegian twenty-elght
years old, employed q servant in the place
She says Ne tried 10 Kill her three times yes'er-
day. Johnson is in a serious condition from
loss OF blood from wound in his left thigh
A bullet from the revolver OF Detective Murtha
of the East Thirty-ffth-st station, hit him.
The bullet went through grating in the side
walk in front of the house into the su5-cellar'
where johnson had taken refuge.
Johnson fired more than a dozen shots in at
tempting to kill the girl and in defending HIM
self from capture. one bullet came .ithin
few inches OF Murtha's head as he was looking
into the grating for the prisoner and another
rassed through the coat tails of William Heinze,
a Doarder in the house. The shooting also
caused a stampede among members of the Tam
many Central Association, who were sitting on
the stoop Of their clubhouse opposite
The girl escaped without scratch. she de-
clares that since she has been in this country
nine months johnson has tried to Kill her four
times because she would not marry him, once
several months ago by shooting, and three
times yesterday, once by trying to force her 10
drink carbolic acid and twice with his reNoNe,
The girl came 10 this country win letter Vi
recommendation fiom irlenus I4lele W ''-'-'
md he gave her employment. Everything went
we'll until Johnson sought 10 marry her After
his first attempt, as she says, TO XIII her she
left the house. but three weeks ago. on Johh-
sons PROMISES TO behave himself. she went odcA
to the boarding house to work
Yesterday morning Johnson told her, she says
that he would give her one more chance TO
marry him. She refused again Then he trieo
TO make her swallow the acid Only Few
drops of the acid reached her face. Then she
says, johnson tried 10 drink the acid himself
but gave up the attempt
shortly after noon he pointed a revolver at
her and was about TO discharge il when she
grabbed his arm and knocked the weapon from
his hand. About three hours later he fred twice
AZ her. she says Neither bullet hit her, nor
did either Of two more shots he fired few min
utes later The girl ran upstairs and locked
herself in a room on the second floor
Patrolman Norberry. of the East Thirty
hfth-st station, was summoned, and Detectives
Quinn and Murtha who heard the shots two
blocks away. joined him. Hearing that the man
was in the cellar, Murtha put his head to the
grating, and he did so two bullets went by
his ears. He lodged back in a hurry. Norberry
went upstairs looking for johnson. and as he
put his head out OF the top story window an
other bullet from the grating sang by him.
Making a rush TO the grating, NIurtha fired
once into the darkness OF the sub-cellar. A cry
told him that his bullet had taken effect, and
the shots from below ceased After waiting a
few minutes Murtha and Quinn entered the
cellar and found Johnson. DR.. Pearson took
rlm TO Bellevue