OSCAR JOHNSON VICTIM OF ROW IN EMIL CARLSON SALOON

Struck Over Head With Club By Victor Anderson, Bar Tender, Dies at Swedish Hospital

A backroom in the rear of the saloon , opposite City Hall on East Ludington Street, was the scene of

a row which resulted in the killing of Oscar Johnson between 5 and 6 o'clock last Thursday afternoon.

According to the evidence at the inquest, the killing was done by Victor Anderson.

According to the evidence, Johnson, who had spent the greater portion of the day in the saloon,

in an intoxicated condition, engaged in an altercation with Anderson. Anderson was attempting to

eject Johnson from the saloon by the rear entrance. Anderson was arrested soon after Johnson was removed to the hospital & lodged in the county jail.

Johnson was married & had become the father of a son - his first child, the same morning he was killed. He is also survived by a father in Sweden, 2 brothers, Herman 100292528 & a sister.

He had served with Company E, 34th Michigan Volunteers in Cuba during the Spanish American War, afterwards enlisting in the United States Army serving in the Philippines for 3 years.

(March 25, 1915, Iron Mountain Daily News, Dickinson, Michigan.)

The complete article can be found at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.

Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925

Oscar J. Johnson Age 26

Birth 1879 Birthplace Sweden

Father Edward T. Johnson

Mother Anna Hokanson

Spouse Edith Blom Age 22

Spouse's Birth 1883

Spouse's Birthplace Michigan

Spouse's Father Edward Blom

Spouse's Mother Caroline

Marriage 19 Oct 1905

Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan

United States Census, 1910

Oscar Johnson Age 31 years Married

Birth 1879 Birthplace Sweden

Relationship to Head of Household Head

Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan

Oscar Johnson's Spouse

Edith Johnson Wife 27 Michigan

[Researched by Karlene L Hall]