The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-23
FOUND in TRUNK
Popl Of Blood in Baggage Room Led
Police to Investigate.
NAN HAD BEEN DRUGGED

MAN HAD BEEN DkU6GEU
Widow and Male Escort Vigorously
Deny Amy Knowledge.-Ro"t'ng
Mistake Causes Dl,!uv" Mat
tress and Raiment Arc Blood
Stained in Room in lIo:tl
4 blunder by the murderers N
wrongly rorting t'i"S sent To ;he
union station in Portland, O@egoh,
was the means late Tuesday of dis
closing a CHASTITY murder. The VIC
tim is William Jonlsae. who. with
his wife and seven-year-old son, ar
rived at Portland on Monday morn
ing in company with man who
went by the name Of A. C. Powers.
The party registered at a cheap
North side hotel, Powers" as COM
ing from Nome, Alaska. The john
sons did not give their residence.
Powers, whose real name is j. P.
Webb, and Mrs. johnson, were ar
rested at an uptown lodging house
early Wednesday. They were located
through finding the little boy, dur
ing the absence of Powers, or Webb
and the woman. They were appre-
hended as they were returning from
an automobile trip to suburban re-
sort. Both the man and woman,
though intoxicated. denied all know
ledge of the crime Webb declared
he saw Johnson last at the Union
station Tuesday afternoon, waiting
for a train to go to Seattle. He as
serted Johnson was intoxicated at
the time. Nothing important was
elected from either.
On Webb's person was found two
watches, one of which Mrs. johnson
identified as her husbands, and two
ladies handkerchiefs, both blood
stained. One of Webb's hands was
injured and bandaged. He carried
an International Typographical un-
ion car, issued by Vancouver, B. c.,
local No. 226.
An ordinary-looking trunk was re-
ceived at the depot late in the day
and ordered checked via the Oregon
and Washington railroad to North
Puyallup, a. station not on that road.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Tuesday
night the trunk was taken to the
platform. There the mistake was
noticeable, and it was sent back to
the baggage room. A little latei
one OF the baggage men noticed
pool of blood, which had trickled
from the trunk broke it open and dis
covered the body of man.
Investigation by the detectives de-.
veloped that the mans name was
w. A. Johnson, and a visit to the
rooms occupied by him and his fam
lily resulted in the discovery that
the mattress was saturated with
blood and also that blood was spat-
tered over many personal belongings
Of Johnson.
The detectives believe Johnson
was first drugged with the alcohol,
then struck over the temple with
a BLACK jack" as he lay on the bed,
next shot through the temple, and
finally, to make certain, Johnson's
negiligee shirt had been twisted and
tightly knotted about his neck.
Among Johnson's belongings was
large number of cards bearing the
name Miss May Webster and
some of them having the address
1915 South Wall Street." and others
"1031 Ellis Street." San Francisco.
The Wall street address does not
name any, city, but is believed by
the police too be in Spokane, Wash:
In Powers" room a suit case was
found containing blackjack clot.:
ted with blood and frayed at the
end, a bank book of the Scandina-
vian-American Bank OF Seattle, be-
longing to ]. P. Webb, some loose en-
velopes which had borne the same
address, and an International Typo
graphical Union card No. 226, issued
by the Vancouver (B. CO., local to
J. G. Webb.
According to the clerk of the no.
tel the trunk left the hotel about the
middle of the afternoon. The clerk
said he remembered the incident, be-
cause the porter commented on its
weight, after having carried it TO
the expresses wagon. A few minutes
later the clerk stated, Mrs. Johnson
and her child left the hotel and did
not return. About O'Clock Pow
ers" came down, and after saying he
was going out for little while,
mentioned that the Johnsons would
probably go to Seattle on the night
train.
Over $1,000 in currency was found
on Mrs. Johnson. The woman said
her husband had recently sold a
farm near Seattle, and had entrust-
ed the money to her for Safekeeplng.