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stand. Another 24 testified for the prosecution. Presiding was Judge John Tyler of the 9th Judicial Circuit. The prosecutor was J.Y. Menefee, but Mr. Baumgardner was not able to find anything that told him who represented the defendent.
James Johnson, 36, lived on a farm purchased with other family members in Harris Hollow. Mr. Baumgardner said he believes the farm is the former ski area property. Mr. Johnson was considered well mannered, and h$ had never before been in trouble. He was tnaried to Alice Dulen Johnson and they had several children.
Mr. Johnson is reported to have said he married his wife "for her riches not love.”
The other major character in the drama was Mary E. Shreve, called "Mollie" from Loudoun County and described as "an auburn-haired beauty." She came to live with the Johnsdns, "to take care of her aunt," Mrs. Johnson.
Mr. Baumgardner said she was a beautiful girl, very popular in town with the reputation of a "pure young lady."
"In the winter of 1858 there began to be heard dark and suspicious rumors of an improper intimacy. Her physical appearance began to change; she carried within her bosom the germinating fruit of a guilty passion," Mr. Baumgardner reported.
He said Mollies father wrote her asking her to come home, but Mr. Johnson intercepted the letter. At some point a child was bom, and later she did return to her home in Loudoun County.
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