Colorado Daily Chieftain, April 1, 1903
Woman Arrested on Charge of Murder
Dr. I. Carrie Johnsen was arrested yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff George L. Skinner on a warrant charging her with murder. The warrant was issued after an information had been filed in district court by District Attorney J. H. H. Low which alleges Dr. Johnson caused the death of Mrs. Pearl Gordon, wife of United States Recruiting Sergeant M. J. Gordon, by a criminal operation. Mrs. Gordon died Monday morning in great agony at a hospital in Pueblo, and so suspicious was her death that the physician attending refused to sign the death certificate until an investigation had heen held. Coroner Fugard called a jury yesterday to hold an inquest, a post mortem examination was made by Drs. King and Collins, and upon the result of such inquiries, the warrant was issued for Dr. Johnson's arrest. The jury convened in secrecy Monday afternoon and adjourned until yesterday morning when their finding was made public. The verdict was as follows: "We the jury find that Pearl Gordon came to her death at 3:15 o'clock Monday, March 30, in Pueblo, county of Pueblo, by septicemia as a result of a criminal operation and we find that it was from instruments in the hands of Dr. I. Carrie Johnson. "We recommend that stringent measures be taken by the proper authorities to stop such practices." The jury was composed of A. R. Pearce, Aaron Sonneborn, Thomas Cower, William Greer, James Lewis and C. W. Crews. Mr. Crews was foreman. All signed the verdict. Dr. Johnson was taken to the office of Sheriff Beaman, where yestarday afternoon she gave bond, in the sum of $3,000 for her appearanee for trial. Her bondsmen are Sam Honig, Benjamin Lesser and M. Bernstein. Dr. Johnson has an extensive practice and is well known in Pueblo. In 1896 she was arrested on a similar charge, and upon the first trial was convicted. A new trial was obtained, and after one of the hardest fought legal battles in the state, she was acquitted. When asked for a statement yesterday Dr. Johnson said that she had nothing to say, but she intimated that later something would be heard from her.
Woman Arrested on Charge of Murder
Dr. I. Carrie Johnsen was arrested yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff George L. Skinner on a warrant charging her with murder. The warrant was issued after an information had been filed in district court by District Attorney J. H. H. Low which alleges Dr. Johnson caused the death of Mrs. Pearl Gordon, wife of United States Recruiting Sergeant M. J. Gordon, by a criminal operation. Mrs. Gordon died Monday morning in great agony at a hospital in Pueblo, and so suspicious was her death that the physician attending refused to sign the death certificate until an investigation had heen held. Coroner Fugard called a jury yesterday to hold an inquest, a post mortem examination was made by Drs. King and Collins, and upon the result of such inquiries, the warrant was issued for Dr. Johnson's arrest. The jury convened in secrecy Monday afternoon and adjourned until yesterday morning when their finding was made public. The verdict was as follows: "We the jury find that Pearl Gordon came to her death at 3:15 o'clock Monday, March 30, in Pueblo, county of Pueblo, by septicemia as a result of a criminal operation and we find that it was from instruments in the hands of Dr. I. Carrie Johnson. "We recommend that stringent measures be taken by the proper authorities to stop such practices." The jury was composed of A. R. Pearce, Aaron Sonneborn, Thomas Cower, William Greer, James Lewis and C. W. Crews. Mr. Crews was foreman. All signed the verdict. Dr. Johnson was taken to the office of Sheriff Beaman, where yestarday afternoon she gave bond, in the sum of $3,000 for her appearanee for trial. Her bondsmen are Sam Honig, Benjamin Lesser and M. Bernstein. Dr. Johnson has an extensive practice and is well known in Pueblo. In 1896 she was arrested on a similar charge, and upon the first trial was convicted. A new trial was obtained, and after one of the hardest fought legal battles in the state, she was acquitted. When asked for a statement yesterday Dr. Johnson said that she had nothing to say, but she intimated that later something would be heard from her.
Colorado Daily Chieftain, April 1, 1903
Woman Arrested on Charge of Murder
Dr. I. Carrie Johnsen was arrested yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff George L. Skinner on a warrant charging her with murder. The warrant was issued after an information had been filed in district court by District Attorney J. H. H. Low which alleges Dr. Johnson caused the death of Mrs. Pearl Gordon, wife of United States Recruiting Sergeant M. J. Gordon, by a criminal operation. Mrs. Gordon died Monday morning in great agony at a hospital in Pueblo, and so suspicious was her death that the physician attending refused to sign the death certificate until an investigation had heen held. Coroner Fugard called a jury yesterday to hold an inquest, a post mortem examination was made by Drs. King and Collins, and upon the result of such inquiries, the warrant was issued for Dr. Johnson's arrest. The jury convened in secrecy Monday afternoon and adjourned until yesterday morning when their finding was made public. The verdict was as follows: "We the jury find that Pearl Gordon came to her death at 3:15 o'clock Monday, March 30, in Pueblo, county of Pueblo, by septicemia as a result of a criminal operation and we find that it was from instruments in the hands of Dr. I. Carrie Johnson. "We recommend that stringent measures be taken by the proper authorities to stop such practices." The jury was composed of A. R. Pearce, Aaron Sonneborn, Thomas Cower, William Greer, James Lewis and C. W. Crews. Mr. Crews was foreman. All signed the verdict. Dr. Johnson was taken to the office of Sheriff Beaman, where yestarday afternoon she gave bond, in the sum of $3,000 for her appearanee for trial. Her bondsmen are Sam Honig, Benjamin Lesser and M. Bernstein. Dr. Johnson has an extensive practice and is well known in Pueblo. In 1896 she was arrested on a similar charge, and upon the first trial was convicted. A new trial was obtained, and after one of the hardest fought legal battles in the state, she was acquitted. When asked for a statement yesterday Dr. Johnson said that she had nothing to say, but she intimated that later something would be heard from her.
Woman Arrested on Charge of Murder
Dr. I. Carrie Johnsen was arrested yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff George L. Skinner on a warrant charging her with murder. The warrant was issued after an information had been filed in district court by District Attorney J. H. H. Low which alleges Dr. Johnson caused the death of Mrs. Pearl Gordon, wife of United States Recruiting Sergeant M. J. Gordon, by a criminal operation. Mrs. Gordon died Monday morning in great agony at a hospital in Pueblo, and so suspicious was her death that the physician attending refused to sign the death certificate until an investigation had heen held. Coroner Fugard called a jury yesterday to hold an inquest, a post mortem examination was made by Drs. King and Collins, and upon the result of such inquiries, the warrant was issued for Dr. Johnson's arrest. The jury convened in secrecy Monday afternoon and adjourned until yesterday morning when their finding was made public. The verdict was as follows: "We the jury find that Pearl Gordon came to her death at 3:15 o'clock Monday, March 30, in Pueblo, county of Pueblo, by septicemia as a result of a criminal operation and we find that it was from instruments in the hands of Dr. I. Carrie Johnson. "We recommend that stringent measures be taken by the proper authorities to stop such practices." The jury was composed of A. R. Pearce, Aaron Sonneborn, Thomas Cower, William Greer, James Lewis and C. W. Crews. Mr. Crews was foreman. All signed the verdict. Dr. Johnson was taken to the office of Sheriff Beaman, where yestarday afternoon she gave bond, in the sum of $3,000 for her appearanee for trial. Her bondsmen are Sam Honig, Benjamin Lesser and M. Bernstein. Dr. Johnson has an extensive practice and is well known in Pueblo. In 1896 she was arrested on a similar charge, and upon the first trial was convicted. A new trial was obtained, and after one of the hardest fought legal battles in the state, she was acquitted. When asked for a statement yesterday Dr. Johnson said that she had nothing to say, but she intimated that later something would be heard from her.
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