Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-03 | Page 16 | Model Confesses to Slashing Artist

MODEl CONFESSES TO SlASHING ARTIST SAN FRANCISCO Dec 3 PV Augusta Ball Johnson 25 attractive artists artist's model was charged today with assault with a deadly weapon on the basis bosis of her confession police said that she slashed the throat of Robert A. A Lockwood Los Angeles architectural tural a artist artist- in his Telegraph Hill Studio here Authorities said she admitted cutting cut cutting ting tang the artist with a warmed razor razorblade razorblade razorblade blade because he lied to her ber Lockwood recovering in a a hospital told authorities he had attempted suicide sui sut- cide clde and when confronted with the girls girl's asserted confession said he would not prosecute her The girl girl- who said sald she has hos a n husband husband hus hus- band Lloyd Johnson and two children children children chil chil- dren at Culver City Ca Cal told police she had been Intending to kill Lockwood Lockwood Lock Lock- wood for three da days She said she warmed the razor blade so the operation operation operation opera tion would be less painful At the hospital Lockwood said the model was Just a a. friend who was Wa out of work and that he had hOO tried to aid her