Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-07-05
MURDERER CAPTURED.
Located on a Farm Four
Miles from Emporic.

Paul Johnson, VINO Shot and
Instantly Killed Henry Miller
With a Shotgun i'm Little
Washington a Month Ago,
Has Been Arrested and Is
Landed Safely in Jail.
Paul Johnson, the negro who
murdered Henry Miller, also colored,
in the lower edge Of Little Washing
ton three weeks last Monday night,
and who has since evaded arrest,
Was captured near Emporia, formerly
known as Bellfield, just across the
Virginia line, yesterday afternoon,
by Chief of Police w. M. Harding,
of that place, and lodged in Jail for
safe keeping until the authorities
here could go for him.
There was a shrewd little piece of
detective work in connection with
the location of Johnson, which We
are not permitted TO give the public.
EARLY Yesterday morning Chief
Freeman received reliable inforIna-
ton, dire ct from the scene, that
Johnson was at work on q farm,
about four miles from Emporia, the
informant giving the name of the
gentleman with whom he Was at
work, and all other information ne
eessary.
Chief Freeman FASTENED to his
Office and wrote a letter to Chief
Harding, which was mailed on the
Norfolk -Shoofly, apprizing him of
JohnsUn's whereabouts and a>k:ng
that he take steps to locate and arrest
him at once
Last night about 8 o'clock, a ~. s.
sage was received by Mr.. Freeman
from Chief Harding, that Johnson
had been arrested, and was safe in
Jail.
Chief Freeman and Sheriff Stevens
have been quietly, but diligently at
work on the case, ever since the
night of the murder. It was sur
missed that when johnson left here
he would go direct to Virginia,
where he had previously WORKED
possibly on the same farm where he
was arrested-and where he has an
uncle, and his capture has only been
a question of time.
All this talk about his lying
around the city for the purpose of
killing some other parties, and the
report that he has several times been
seen in different parts of the city, has
been much ado about nothing, and
some think it was a shrewd little
game to throw the officers off the
trail in order to give johnson an
opportunity to make good his escape.
Be this as it may, the fact remains
that he did not tarry long in these
parts after the killing.
johnson says that after the night
of the killing he took leave of the
city by way of the electric light
station, went from there to Wilson,
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Rocky Mount, and from there made
his way to the place where he was
arrested, and where he has since
worked as a farm hand.
Sheriff Stevens, accompanied by
officer Jack Fulghum, left on the
Norfolk Shoofy this morning for
Emporia, for the purpose of bringing
Johnson back to this city.
A telegram received by Chief Free
man this afternoon from Sheriff
Stevens states that they have the
right man and that they will arrive
home with him either tonight OF on
the Shoofiy in the morning.
The killing of Miller was a most
cOld-blooded murder, premeditated
and deliberate, and Johnson will
doubtless pay the penalty of his
crime on the gallows.
Dock Isler, Johnson's accomplice,
is still at large, but in due time he,
too, will be apprehended.
Cotton Acreage This Year.