admitted the murder and sought to prove an alibi, After the check had
cleared the bank, he was identified as the man who had cabkhed it and
the-saned=off-shotgun—was-found-hidden—in-the-barn-at—the-home-of tis —
brother-in-law where he lived and a hired man identified it as belong-
ing to Johnson, At his trial, he exhibited a hardened attitude and
when he was sentenced to die, he told the Judge: "I thank you, judge.
ft appreciate the sentence," On February 12, 1932, he was electrocuted
at the Indiana State Prison, Ezonically, a few years earlier, while an
inmate at the prison, he had dome some repair work: on the chair,
LAGRANGENEWS, LaGrange, Ind,, 6-11-1931; 10-15-1931
aGrange STANDARD, LaGrange, Ind,, Feb, 11, 1932,
admitted the murder and sought to prove an alibi, After the check had
cleared the bank, he was identified as the man who had cabbed it and
ae cewedwote whotwunwas fond iniiden ti-cnehaae atthe hone: fOl7 Nise aml
brother-in-law where he lived and a hired man identified it as belong-
ing to Johnson, At his trial, he exhibited a hardened attitude and
hen he was sentenced to die, he told the Judge: "I thank you, judge.
i appreciate the sentence." On February 12, 1932, he was electrocuted
at the Indiana State Prison, Txonically, a few years earlier, while an
inmate at the prison, he had dome some repair work on the chair,
LAGRANGENEWS, LaGrange, Ind,, 6-11-1931; 10-15-1931
LaGrange STANDARD, LaGrange, Ind,, Feb, 11, 1932.
jadmitted the murder and sought to prove an alibi, After the check had
‘eared the bank, he was identified as the man who had cabbed it and
iche-sawed=off-shotgun-was-found-hidden-in-the-barn-at the home of his —}
brother-in-law where he lived and a hired man identified it as belong-
ing to Johngon, At his trial, he exhibited a hardened attitude and
hen he was sentenced to die, he told the Judge: "I thank you, judge.
{i appreciate the sentence," On February 12, 1932, he was electrocuted
ft the Indiana State Prison, Bzonically, a few years earlier, while an
Enmate at the prison, he had dome some repair work on the chair,
EAGRAIGENEWS, LaGrange, Ind,, 6-11-1931; 10-15-1931
LaGrange STANDARD, LaGrange, Ind,, Feb, 11, 1932,
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JOENSON, Herbert
Johnson, alias Herbert Good and Ray Freeman, had served one prison
term in Ohio and two for Indiana for burglary and cartheft,. He began
his last sentence in Indiana in 192) and was paroled on Oct. 30, 1930,
into the custody of his sister and brother-in-law in Brighton, Ind,
He was considered a mean and dangerous man and was suspected of the
murder of a neighbor, Jason Swihart, in the Winter of 1930, Swihart
was robbed of money that he had accumlated to pay taxes but no evi-
dence linking Johnson to the crime could be accumulated, Around
9:40 on the night of June 5, 1931, he knocked on the door of Bert C,
Frye, a Seybert store keeper who lived next door to his business,
When Mr. Frye opened the door, Johnson told him to "stick 'em up."
Frye immediately closed the door and, as le did so, Johnson fired a
asawgd=<off shotgun through it with the load striking Frye in the ab-
domen and inflicting wounds from which he died a few minutes later,
Johnson forced Mrs, Frye and her 12-year-old son to step over the
body of their husband anf and father and go with him to the store
where he stole a small amount of mone k i
$4.98 which Mr, Frye had cashed cater eat Cage 1 ae
woman and boy who summoned help for Frye. Johnson cashed the check
at a Kroger store in Sturgis and was arrested the next day. He never
JOENSON, Herbert
Johnson, alias Herbert Good and Ray Freeman, had served one prison
term in Ohio and two for Indiana for burglary and cartheft. He began
his last sentence in Indiana in 192) and was paroled on Oct, 30, 1930;
into the custody of his sister and brother-in-law in Brighton, Ind,
He was considered a mean and dangerous man and was suspected of the
murder of a neighbor, Jason Swihart, in the Winter of 1930, Swihart
was robbed of money that he had accumlated to pay taxes but no evi-
dence linking Johnson to the crime could be accumulated, Around
9:40 on the night of June 5, 1931, he knocked on the door of Bert C,
Frye, a Seybert store keeper who lived next door to his business,
When Mr, Frye opened the door, Johnson told him to "stick 'em up."
Frye immediately closed the door and, as he did so, Johnson fired a
asawgd-off shotgun through it with the load striking Frye in the ab-
domen and inflicting wounds from which he died a few minutes later,
Johnson forced Mrs, Frye and her 12-year-old son to step over the
body of their husband anfi and father and go with him to the store
where he stole a s nt i
$11.98 which Me, Frye had cashed eer, Gigek in the arount, of
woman and boy who summoned help for Frye. Johnson cashed the check
at a Kroger store in Sturgis and was arrested the next day. He never
JOHNSON, Herbert
fe had cashed eariierthst Gags in the anount of
