The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-01
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Kills we, Buries Body, Disin-
terS Cuts Up and Burr S
Remains.
| TRAGEDY TAKES PLACE
IN FAR NORTH AT NOME
LEE JOHNSTON NAw7 THE
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MI ROEHEh NV ~
Seattle, Wash. arged
with the murder wife
whose body he bu ement
of his cabin at M ing II
in the spring, wher three
parts. Grated and ia ed It.
Lee II. Johnston. a . Inning
man of Nome. Alasl ted in
Seattle today John Having
dismembered the bd ~ hav-
ing burned ii. but srsists
that his wife commit and
in note requested !, and
gave him all her lproI facts
directly leading up to- esting
'>tts alleged, crime da '.er a
space OF three years, Johnstcn.
n well-to-do miner. mai Be- Gil
christ, young society WI Butte,
MONT. In the spring of 1! TX her
'1Sons,
Had a New Aft
on Oct of the same W y, mys-
teriously disappeared from Nome.
Johnston said she had left for Seattle.
Relatives in Butte and a Mrs. A. NJ.
Hedges, sister living at - Blake
ley. Wash. received letter Gently
from Nome purporting to b ,tated
by Mrs. Johnston to a cot Fred.
Johnston came out from -Nom\ three
different occasions, and each told
relati I'm Butte, it is charg that
lie 70 nd IN
and that having her power of a. .orney
he had come to Butte to dispose pf the
property and get the money. The sus-
picions of the relatives were aroused a
year ago. and last June Joseph War
rem. special agent for the department of
justice for the district of Noufe. was
detailed on the case. tosetHer with
George b. Grigsby. district aEorI ey of
Nome. Warren came TO Seattle ard
had all mail from Johnst8n's wifes re-
latives intercepted.
Woman Disappeared.
Later Warren lea ped that Johnston
was in Seattle livjne at 1902 -Four TIA
avenue with a Woman named Cora
}Tatsch, VINO declared today that she
married Johnstoufln Omaha in 1902. II
is alleged tina She. a few months ago.
went before afnotary and swore that
she was Bellies Gilchrist. the wife of
Johnston. anA signed a revocation of a
power OF Attorney issued by JonnsIon-s
. wife 10 him shortly after their mar
rage. in ordeE that new power of at
torney might be given him investing
him with holute control of all her
property. 81
JOHNSTON Arrested.
f. &. SmiA a broker OF Butte. who
had been Investing money for Mrs.
Johnston fhile the latter was in Nome,
! was appri}ed of the latest move of
Jeanston " Warren and was told to
: mold on 11oday, after a warrant had
been issued for Johnston's arrest and
4 requisition papers had been served on
the govern9r of Washington, detect
fves who had been working on the case
with Warren went TO the Johnston
house on Fourth avenue and arrested
MIN. He Insisted that his wife COM
united suicide. He will be taker back
to Nome in few days.
Story of Johnston.
In a statebent Johnston said
1T WaS-lRst about dusk on a cold
evening in Netober 1905, / was going
down to an on we'll near our ca bin for
some water. my wife was standing in
the doorway nd smiled at me, telling
me 10 hurry Back as supper was about
due told her I would, and arrived
on my retJ N trip in about five min
utes. Wha Amet my gaze when l re-
turned was ~ wifes PROSTATE form
stretched oss the doorway he's
BOSOM heavirfSS and a look of great pain
on hef face. by her side was a half
glass OF cyanide of potassium. She
died about fvk minutes after nav ar
rival Near heN aside was note. / lost
the note, but h guess / could write it
from memory ii I had some paper"
Johnston ,henl wrote the following
Darling Lei realize that I'm no
companion for 1,ou. and never can no
Nothing but death will relieve NV s,,f-
ferings. IwanA vou TO have slI my
real and persona I nronertv. and no ono
else. The power II attorney will he all
you need. Dispose of NV remains Sc
oretly and let no None know that have
sousnt seIi-destr( ction. Forgive me