Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-23 | Page 5 | Colored Woman Killed by Shot

COLORED WOMAN KILLED BY SHOT Special to The Tribune. POCATTO! XO, Idaho, Sep.-.. 22.--.Mrs. Base Johnson. rvHored, w,i sl.ot and killed at 2 o'clock t his mom in z and Ivr hnsbnrd was seere!- v.-, mnd--,! in :t pi - -tnl duel in which Jo.-opii .1 :r;e. :u oi i -ne-TO, wic!d-d an r; utrciiri i ': v, i:h V :- 1 n dahnc rr sui t s. Tl-e s: i-f . ii ".irred r.t the' home of the Johnj-or. I 1 ' 1 North Third avenue. i Kvtrc to (!',e fact t'-t .T'l'-.nso-i a s so FOvcrv'y wondd as not to ( ahie t. say njucia, UcuUls are idekins. lut he stilted that James entered his home just before, the shooting and, handing him a bunch of letters, asked Johnson to read them over. At the same time he whipped out Ii'ih automatic and sent three bullets into the body of Mrs. Johnson, who was in bed. As Johnson reached to turn out the Hsht to escape the assailant James fired a shot at him, wounding him se-I se-I vorely. James escaped through an open window a nd up to a late hour tonight has not been apprehended. The case is in t he hands of Sheriff G e ors c M a se y a nd h i s deputies. James is a !ar?c nero, weighs about ' 1 sfi pounds, stands about five feet four inches and is about 54 years old.