Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1910 — Johnson Crooked to the Last; Leaves Debts of About $20,000. [ARTICLE]

Johnson Crooked to the Last; Leaves Debts of About $20,000.

No developments arose to give a clew to the cause of the death of John F. Johnson, the fprmer Logansport banker. The coroner refused to authorize the examination of the contents of the stomach, which would have cost $75, and the cause of his death will probably never be positively known. Johnson had many creditors and debts aggregating $20,000 are said to have turned up. His cash assets were $4. It is probable that he suicided, realizing that he was near the end of his string. A few years ago he was the president of a First National bank and after he had been pardoned from the government penitentiary he stated that he intended to set out to make good every cent to those who had lost through his bank. His good resolution was not carried out and it seems that instead he has defrauded others of $20,000.