Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-27 | Page 2 | Woman Murdered with Paving Brick

WOMAN MURDERED WITH PAVING BRICK CHICAGO May 27 UP IF P Mrs Florence Johnson 34 wife of a city fireman was attacked and beaten to death early today by a a. negro who entered her south side apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment through a window Her body was found on the bedroom bedroom bed bed- room floor with a paving brick near by Her sister Miss Margaret Witten Witten Witten Wit- Wit ten 28 28 who was sleeping in an adjoining room said she saw than the tha n negro gro scurrying through the hallway hallway hallway hall hall- way and jumped out of a window A few minutes later police seized a negro near the building He identified himself as Thomas Crosby Crosby Cros- Cros by Dy 18 an automobile washer Sergeant Sergeant Ser Ser- geant Harold Fogarty said Crosby's hand land bore scratches and his clothing clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing was bloodstained