JOHNSON'S BRUTALITY
IL!.-I;SA(;K OK HIS LA IK wifk. (. iI!CA(JO, November 4. Am.rtijj; tiio witnesses called to testily boioi'ts the Grund Jury that is investigating the chargo of. abduction .igaiu.it Jack was Mrs David Torrv, -mother of the negroe's wife, who : committed suicide in the oarly part of last month. in thy course of her evidence Mrs Terry said "No one will ever know how erne! Johnson was to Etta. Ho beat her so badly once that she was forced to <4O into a hospital. The girl was mortally afraid of liim, and she ran away once and hid in a hotel. I have seen Etta's eyes black and her face bruised. Before she went to Europe with her lrasband she told m that sho would rather die than go. "At the time of Etta's funeral I went to Chicago with my daughter ArlLno, as T wanted to tako charge of tho body. Johnson refused to give it up. Ho forced his company on us, and had a. photo taken, making it appear that ho was leaning on my arm. After we entered the motor car that was taking us to the cemetery Johnson climbed in. Arlino pulled down the shades, but Johnson put them up, again so that the crowd could seo us."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 9 November 1912, Page 7
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213JOHNSON'S BRUTALITY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 9 November 1912, Page 7
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