The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-12

'cident again until the death OF Mrs
Johnson and its mysterious surround
ings had been announced in the pa
peTs. Then he notified Coroner whit
field. and later he went to the jail and
was certain that the prisoner was the
same man to whom he had sold the
poison, although he stated last night
on the stand that he would not like
TO swear TO it, as he might oe mis-
taken.
seeks Standardization.
DIR. A +. Williams. OF the Wilson
hospital, told how he was called to
the Briggs hotel to attend sick
man. and found Johnson suffering from
the esects Of drugs. and then came
the entry Of Detective Wiley upon the
scene.
Promptly upon notice of the at
tempted suicide of the dentist at the
Wilson hotel. the detective was dis
patched to the scene, and he lost little
time In accommodating suspicious eVi-
dence of the young husbands connec-
tton with the death OF the wife. Haii
a score of letters, written by Johnson
were discovered in his ONCE at Mid
dlesex, ana in his room at the hotel.
These letters. many of them. are IN
eliminating in the extreme, disclosing
weak character.
1t was evident that the defense VIII
at the proper time endeavor to prove
insanity No effort was made to DENY
the authorship Of the letters alleged
TO have been written by the dentist
In fact he was asked 70 help decipher
some OF them which could not be read
by the lawyers, and was asked 10 help
out by his own counsel. Besides the
letters OF affection to Miss Ollie White.
and letters 20 friends. telling Of some
Atre disaster which he said was about
70 happen 10 him. the commonwealth
will disclose more at the trial in the
upper court.
Other witnesses against the dentist
were the parents Of the dead girl and
Mrs. George Z. knight. Sergeant Wiley
Miss Mary Jordan ]. A. McCauley
secretary Of the Medical college; Cor"
don Blair. Mrs. r. f. Stutz. at whose
home Mrs Johnson died. and Detec-
tive Gordon Smith.
The latter related the incident OF
the taxi which was engaged the Night
pr. johnson tok his wife TO the depot
with him, on the Monday night pre-
cedinr the death, when he left for his
North Carolina home, and sent he'
home in care of the colored driver
I'VE told Dr. Johnson" he said, re
/ rerrinr to Detective Wiley and him
nelf. that our impression was that she
| took one of the capsules he gave her
| that night
No" said DR.. Johnson, 'she die
not take one that night"
Marriage Sot Secret.
All the witnesses bore out the
statements already made in the
papers. The testimony of Secretar!
/ McCauley was that Mrs. Johnson, wh'
had acted as stenogTapher at the col
/ lere, din not conceal her maf-ia@'
from him or any oae else at TINT in
stitution, and the mother. Mrs Knigh
testified that the marriage was n"
kept secret in Richmond. although
DR.. johnson had requested that II .
kept secret so far as his people II
North Carolina were concerned, uni
he had built up his business.
The evidence introduced was IN
tendes to show that johnson ha'
murdered his wife in order that n
might return to his former sweet
heart. and that remorse overlook him
when he attempted to take MIS- o~7
life.
The defense offered no eHderc'
Mr.. smith merely asking that m
case be dismissed. All the witnesse
we're recognized for the appearance
before the grand pury Monday.