From the Thursday, July 16, 1914, issue of the High Point Review.
Mrs. J. Johnson
Confesses…Says She Shot Husband Because He Made Life a Burden by Accusations of
Infidelity
Tarboro—“I am going to tell the whole truth about the
matter. I killed my husband because he had made life unbearable for me by constantly
accusing me of infidelity. I am sorry I did not say this at first, but I was
afraid and felt that I was alone in the world without a friend to whom I could
turn.”
The foregoing statement was made by pretty Mrs. Elizabeth
Early Johnson at the conclusion of a three-hour interview with her in which
every phase of the case was discussed. The interview took place in her her cell
in the county jail at Williamston and the confession was the first one made by
the woman who on Saturday night July Fourth, killed her husband as they were
riding along the road on their way to church in Martin County.
Up to this time the officers had been at a loss to find a
motive for the crime. For two hours Mrs. Johnson, who is about 22 years old and
an extremely pretty blonde, stoutly maintained that an unknown man killed her
husband and told a well-connected story of how it took place. During this
recital she showed very little emotion though stating that she was grieved at
the death of her husband.
At one time during the confession Sheriff Crawford brought
into the room a handbag containing two pistols and when the first one, a Savage
automatic, 32 caliber, was shown to her she said it was not the one she used.
This one was put back and a United States 32 caliber, nickel-plated pistol was
shown her and she identified it as the one with which she had killed her
husband, taking it in her hand and examining it closely. She said that she had
never seen it prior to the time she saw it Saturday afternoon, and said she did
not know to whom it belonged.
She also stated that no one else was connected with her in
the matter and that no one offered her any suggestions.
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