Emery County Progress | 1908-09-05 | Page 2 | Grim Tragedy in Nome

GRIM TRAGEDY IN NOME miner accused of murdering bride and burning her body seattle wash charged with the of his loung wife whose bod he buried in the basement of hia cabin at nome disinterring it n the spring when he cut it in parts crated and later cremated it lee H johnston a well to do mining man ol 01 nome alaska was arrested in se attle monday johnston admits hav ing burned it but steadfastly persists that his wife committed suicide anil in a note requested a secret burial and gave him all her property the facts directly lead ng up to and sug gesting the alleged crime date babit over a space of three years when johnston man led belle gilchrist a young society woman of butte mont while johnston stoutly maintains that his wife took her own life Ms actions since that time would indicate that he murdered her in order to gain possession of her property