| Show DIED IN PRISON elder john B johnson Jolius ou passes away in the penitential y on F friday february 1888 elder john B johnson of east mill creek salt sake county was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of six months and to pay a fine of and the costs of the prosecution against him ilia his offense in ill the eyes of the law was that he be had followed hie religious beligio us convictions vict ions and lived with two wives wives as their husband for several days after ile he was lodged in the bastile he was feeling rather miserable and on tuesday february nary lie he had bad a slight fever this steadily grew worse and on thursday march 1st ast warden pratt fixed up the guard room as a hospital the accommodations at the penitentiary being utterly inadequate in cases of sickness and notified the attending physician who pronounced brother brether johnsons affliction to be pneumonia on friday warden pi att sent word to sister johnson of her bus husbands bands illness and gave her full permission to give him whatever attention she bose she came ame to the penitentiary arid and waited upon her husband closely from that time until last night when being quite sick herself it il was deemed necessary defor h arto erto go horn om e for r ben which she didul did her own son remaining 0 with his hie father brother john gerber who is is serving a term for a similar offense to that for which brother johnron was imprisoned was d erected by mr pratt to assist in waiting on the sick man the penitentiary phocian phy 1 cian became aware last night blat that ills his patient was sinking and remained with him doing all in his bis power to cheok check the disease during the night all etoris were however vain and at 6 this morning the spirit of brother johnson took its flight from this mortal sphere ile iio was 64 years of age the sad bad news was conveyed to the grief stricken et family who had bad the body conveyed to their theirl home iome brother johnsen jol in son leaves two wives and a number of small children ill ho wasa was a quiet unobtrusive man and bore an e excellent ace ilent character marshal dyer warden pratt and the prison officials did all in their power for the decease 1 from the time his bis illness first came to their and nothing was denied to him that could minister to bi his S comfort their kindness is highly i appreciated by the bereaved family and the greater portion of the community who sympathize with the widows and fatherless in their afflictions deseret news |
