Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-15
Would Be Suicide Sull Sur.
wives Despite Brain
OOzes Out.
CASE NOT wITHoUTPARALLEl
Civil War velerans Relate Similar
lnstanCoS--Tho Record
Case.


With CHASTITY hole IN his right TEN
pie. through which the brain oo2cs
l pnnciured By a bullet from q 32.call
Der revolver hrcd By hif own hand
( WIKI suicidal intent. Charles Johnson
a ginuat Swecd. atlll lives though an
I conscious. az ST. i0eophs hospital
whore be- was removed IN an ambn
lance The man was brought 60 al
huuurraua last night ih Hemieon-
I sCious condition on Santa fo train
7 No 4. which arrived here no A
O'Clock Johnson shot himself On ID,
Z train near Kennedy. n station toll
side Of Lamy iunciion.
While surgeons admit that John
sons ease Is not without precedent
I they declare that the fact that he q
still alive is very mysterious No
uslcnsibie reason has been advanced
/ for bis remarkable vitality. which d
especially peculiar 10 view of the fact
( thai be- was fan OF whisky when he
committed the decd. She effects oi
which have worn on during the ln
ter.m this has undoubtedly depressed
bis heart action
Tho attending surgeon This morn.
ms Farc as BITS opinion ihnt The
wuhnd would undoubtedly ur0yo fatal
Elbow Ions the man viii live" he
said. q am not prepared % state 4
may be- several days before he dies
The brain Is onzlng from his wound,
which goes to show that o has been
perforated hy the bullet Since it is
impossible 10 probe FOR she missile. g.
has not been located. u Is NO doubt
Judged some place uoar the left side
Of the head. as q ga not penetrate
through both sides st the skull
"As u rule. people die under such
circumstances. but instances are on
record whore they have lived" con.
iinuod the surgeon ln response 10 Ia.
torroeatoraios There have been
cases inal as remarkable ps this one,
lnad more ao'
Shot Himself on Train.
johnson rs about 80 years old and
heavily built He win probably weigh
more than isu pounds On HIS pcruu
was found membership card in
1Eck Drivers union No. 200, nf chi.
cage, with other papers which cvi-
dcnce thnt hp IS affiliated with She
American Federation OF Labor IA
SON 80. luh is snid iu ho thC local con.
picuuus in the tpamsicrs' strike in
chiCBqn o. the one which furnished "a
number of alugrega and sandhag men
who lntimidatDd sfriko.hIeakora Cor
neiius ~ Shea. of Chicago. president
OF the to6mstora organization. ie
now being tried for conspiracy ln con.
uCctlun With the era of lewlcssuods
durlnN ihc strike There ia nothing
to Indicate that johnson Wus directly
connected With this. however
No transportation was found upon
the man. but passengers stated that
be- was being shipped hy tho Santa
Fc f0r construction work ln Cailfor
MIA Travellers On She smoker ahHfe
johnson rode declared Dc dld not np.
pear tn have hoeu drinking until The
train reached l.hmy, where he ia said
80 have drank heavily while the train
stopped Tor wafer and coal
After leaving the junction, Johnson
arose from MS seat and staggered Into
fhe toilet Almost Immediately att
EDWARD Che pHfgcngprH wore startled
by the report Of q revolver When
ihp man WAS dragged FROM The closet
be- was soml.consclous. Blood irickled
from the wound In his temple lie
put ln q senf hy the passengers who
thought be- was not badly hurt. only
suffering from deirium tremCns. FIX
animation at the hospital disclosed,
however, that the bullet had entered
hiF brain
Assistant Nal, bal Kennedy and two
surgeons took ihieon 80 the hspiial IN
Inc ambulance.
Veterans Recall instances.
Much comment was INDUCED in
about town Oils morning regarding
the attempted suicide. and Numbers 81
persons recalled instances within
their anoWleage of where individuals
have lived with bullets in their brain
I Rev. Wsldof. of Illinois. who Is visit
Z Ing bis son. nf NJ * Wylder. and Or
ID. n. Warner. Veterinary surgeon
both nf ahom fought n the war ni the
rebellion. grew reminiscent in Ruppet
lrHa store. where they told how. VITA
{ In their recollection. sOldiosa shot Dol
the brain on the hold of battle had
} survived their wounds
Rev Wyider discussed the case n
Henry Boring companY ID. Thirty
! SECOND Illinois infantry. Who wal
struck ln tho forehead win a mushc
( ball "The missile entered ai She tor
~ thc forehead and ranged backward
lodging under che scalp in che back o.
/ hls head making an ugly wound. de
clarFd Air Wylder
20 personally knew the man. i'
I returned from the war ana lived "a
his home at GroenyillC no. INIT
1875. when { heard from him last
suppose hg u living set ! have hear
nnihmg ni biz deaih.
Another case nni exactly ln point
hm siiil 10 goes 90 show what u Wii
iake fo KIN a man sometimes, 1c
CURED ln "a little town near carlin
| vnle il o. is called Nllwoli. ! he
Hove
"The clty marshal Albert Gates
Wnng tn Arrest deaneradQ uamel
Dave lyle. who was ARMED with
huge carving anllc. with which Do
approached the officer in a threaten
lng manner when be- advanced
Gates drew revolver and shot hln
through the breast The bullet dion
oven STOP lhH man. who was nlmna
upOn Gates when DO nfpd hNlif
THIS ilmr the bullet struck iYl
squafely ln Me forehead and wen
. clear through MS head ii ala not p
much as singgcr him. and Gates ha
In narrow escape from being hlligi
I Lyle lived ior'Y.nyc minutes ester 2
Nas shot tha last tlmo 70 was q
aat ll RE r,mu hHhle
49, D. M Warner rectDN ihe cas-
uf Major Eldgdf who commanded
. regiment of Nnlrnifrf troops Ia "a
civil war BE w1s sh0i 10 ihe iuf'
hnsd NlIh ga lunlH fnl 90 %
; a.. 80 aIa aI..Hl Ia.f liz ia. HH" Un.U