The San Francisco call., 1908-05-21
WOMAN AND 2 MEN
IN DUEL TO DEATH
Continued from Page 1. Column

Continued from Page 1. Column
balls entered his left shoulder and one
lodged in the right side.
Johnson and Anderson with their
wives came to Oakland together from
Salt Lake about a week ago and both
couples secured rooms in the Central
hotel Neither Of the men has had
any visible means Of support since
their arrival here.
Mrs. Johnson. who is being held in
her room as q witness by the police,
said that her husband was a plumber
and had worked at his trade in Utah.
The trouble arose over her. she in
sisted, and said that her husband had
resented certain disparaging remarks
which Anderson made concerning her
in san Francisco today.
SAYS WOMAN SHOT FIRST
The police are not inclined to give
much weight to this story Mrs John
ing the first bullets that entered John
sons body and which were probably the
ones that proved fatal. She says that
while the men were scuffiing in the hall
She saw the Anderson woman step up
behind Johnson, place her revolver
against his body and fire.
Mrs. Johnson is about 35 years of
age. Of medium height, with a large
frame She says Anderson is a conf
dence operator known in Salt Lake
City.
Mrs. Anderson, when seen in the city
prison tonight, displayed the utmost un-
concern in regard TO the tragic affair
IN which she had participated and
laughed and jOked as though her arrest
We're a matter of no consequence. She
Is an attractive young woman with
regular features and fa3r hair.
My husband and I went into John
sons room this evening in the hope Of
patching up the quarrel which they
had during the day." she said. when
questioned about the shooting. LAS
soon as we knocked at the door John
son sprang up and pointed gun at
my husband and before I knew what
had happened he shot him.
Mr.. Anderson fell back against the
wall and cried that he was shot.
tried to hold him up, but Johnson
came out and pushed me aside and
be and my husband closed. l took my
revolver from my purse-I always carry
II there" she explained. and shot at
Johnson but the bullet missed him and
lodged in the door,
Then my husbandsbegan firing and
I saw Johnson rush into the bathroom
and close the door behind him. Then
I was too frightened to remember any,
LllHk lHDIt OiQ uDl see WneTe nv
husband went and 1 do not know how
be got away"
TELLS OF WIFE MURDER
johnson was married to my hus-
bands sister before he married his
present wife, and he killed her in Salt
Lake City by beating her to uncon-
sciousness and then pouring poison
5own her throat. BY the use of money
he succeeded in hushing up the affair
and the coroner's jury returned a YER
sict Of suicide That is what the quar-
rel arose over today
johnson has never had any visible
means of support and he has laid
slams to several different trades dur
lng the past two years. I married Mr..
Anderson in Salt Lake two years ago
and we have made our home there
until we came to Oakland last week. .
The murdered man was SO years of
axe. Of large build, weighing about 200
pounds. with fair features. Anderson
Is about 43 years old.
ONLY ONE IN SALT LAKE
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. May 20
rhe only Robert Anderson in Salt Lake
Vho Is a plumber knows Of no other
0tth the same name and has never
seara of Indian Joe" Johnson among
members OF his craft