People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1894 — TURNED THE TABLES. [ARTICLE]

TURNED THE TABLES.

A Western Girl Kills Her Lover Who Attempts Her Life. Lead. S. D., May 21.—Thomas Johnson. in the jewelry business here, was shot through the heart by a revolver in the hands of Minnie Van Aiken about 10 o’clock Saturday morning. Johnson and the girl had been keeping company for some time, and he was insanely jealous of attentions shown her by others. It is alleged that Johnson insisted on an immediate marriage, and upon her refusal he shot at her, missing his mark. In return she drew a revolver, and her aim was so true that the first bullet killed him.