Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-22
Tells OF DR.. JOHNsON's
TALKS WITH MISS WHITE
Seventcen-Year-Old Telephone Op.
orator Tcstifics In Trial OF
Young Dentist.
CONFESSION, TEsTlFIEs GILL
Washington Newspaper Man Says
Accused Admitted to Him That
He Had Killed His Wife-Letters
to Dearest LcmueI, Are Rcad.'r,

a seventeen-year-o girl, Miss Lot
tie Holland. formerly OF MiddlcseX. y.
c.. who was friend OF Miss Ollie
White. member of the same school
and 4 telephone operator in MiddleceX
at the time DR. Lemuel j. Johnson re-
ceived the message saying his wife was
dead took the stand yesterday aftrr-
noon In the Hastings Court In the trial
of the young dentist, charged with the
murder of his wife. Mrs. Alice Knight
Johnson. of this city. by poison. She
identified the handwriting of the Zcbu-
lon scnool-tcacher. and also told of see
ing her and Or. johnson together in n
MiddleceN store the same nigh; that the
dentist left that town for Richmond in
responCe TO the message that his wife
was dead
The letters from Miss Ollie White to
the dentist, which were seized by De
tectivc Willy, were dated November IS
and December IL. respectively, one
month and four days prior to the
death OF Mrs. Alice Knight Johnson
The former letter contained n passage;
sweetheart, please do not speak OF
leaving Christmas; il causes my heart
to ache and concluded: Always
yours, or no ones one. Ollie"
The letter written December l5 read:
dearest Lcmuel: | wish you were
mere Tonight II is awful to be sick
and have no one with you. have
thought of You n thousand times Some
boys came over here Sunday, but all
saw hid in the expression on my face
some sorrow. Sweetheart. it seems six
months since YOU were here. Honestly,
] do believe am gradually going crazy.
Mrs. Philips says she is going TO tell
you not to write to Inc any more, but
she saw that would not stand for
any testing. Dearest. if you only
knew how I miss you, you would not
stay away so long. II don't
get better ] will have Mrs Philips
write YOU to come. Would YOU come?
Your sweetheart, Ollie"
TESTIFIES JOHNSON SAID
HE KNEW NOTHING OF POISON
The Holland girl stated also that
she had seen DR., Johnson with Miss
white very frequently; that he gave
her candy: that both Miss White and
DR. johnson had fold her that they
were engaged to be married. The Wit
ness was unable to identify the hand
writing OF some OF the letters which
Attorney Wise sought to admit. One
interesting statement made by the girl
was that she could identify the hand
writing OF each of the thrty-one pupils
In her school by seeing a single word
or their writing. This caused a smile
TO pass even upon the faces OF coun-
sci for the State.
Closing the first week, which the
state has consumed in putting in evil
dencc in it's case against DR.. Johnson.
1t was yesterday brought out that the
young dentist made a confession of
having administered poison TO her.
rhis testimony was given by 4. Cloyd
Gil. Washington newspaper man,
who engaged the confidence OF the
accused while in the City Jail. and
made an effort to have him sign n
statement which he had prepared as n
confession. The signature of Dr. John
son was never secured by the news
paper man. While the story OF the
confession was being related on the
stand. the prisoner watched Mr.. Gill
without sign OF emotion.
DIR JOHNSON NAY 60 ON
STAND THIS AFTERNOON
Court adjourned to resume at 10
o'clock this morning. About three wit