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Show GRIM TRAGEDY IN NOME. Miner Accused of Murdering Drldt and Durnlng Her Body. Seattlo, Wash. Charged with the murder of his young wlfo, whoso bod) ho burled In tho basement of his cabin at Nome disinterring it In the spring, when ho cut It Ju threo parts, crnted and later cremated It, Leo IT, Johnston, a well-to-do mining man ol Nomo, Alaska, was arrested In So attlo Monday, Johnston admits having hav-ing burned It, but steadfastly porslsta that his wlfo committed suicide and In a noto requested a secret burial and gavo him nil hor property. The facts directly leading up to and suggesting sug-gesting tho alleged crlmo data back over a Bpnco of threo years, when Johnston married Bollo Gilchrist, n young society woman ot Butto, Mont. While Johnston stoutly maintains that his wfe took her own life, Ms actions slnco that time would lndlcato that ho murdorod hor In ordor to gain possession of her property. |