The Death of Albert Johnson

Written By Frank Anderson
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Routine Patrol	A Cabin	Siege on Rat River
The "Mad?" Trapper	3rd Large Posse	Over the Divide
Who was A. Johnson	Johnson Autopsy	Wop May Chronicals

PREFACE

Some men are famous from the instant of their birth by their very method of entering life; some grow famous for the manner in which they progress through life; while still others achieve fame by the circumstances surrounding their departure from life. Albert Johnson was one of the latter.

Dedicatd to Mabel.

The Death of Albert Johnson book cover. — **The Death of Albert Johnson Book Cover.**

REFERENCES

Canada, Sessional Papers, 1932, "Report of Royal Canadian Mounted Police".
Constable T. E. G. Shaw, "Man Hunt In The Arctic",
R.C.M.P. Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 2, October 1960.
Alan Phillips, "Who Was The Mad Trapper of Rat River",
Macleans Magazine, October 1, 1955.
Captain W. R. "Wop" May, as told to H. R. Kincaid, "Trapping The Mad Trapper of Rat River".
True Detective Mysteries, October and November, 1932
J. Welford Mills, "The Rat River Trapper",
Scarlet and Gold, Volume XIV.
Canadian Airways Log Books, 1932, covering the operations of the Bellacana for January and February, 1932.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Appreciation must be expressed wholeheartedly to the following wonderful people who took time out to assist in the preparation of this volume of the Frontier Book series:

Mr. John Millen, Ladner, B.C.;
Staff Sergeant T. E. G. Shaw, Ottawa;
Mr. Arthur Knox, Calgary;
Mr. Elmer Scott, Calgary;
Mrs. Georgina Barass and Miss Margaret Howson, of the Glenbow Foundation, Calgary;
and finally to my 8 year old son, Gerald, for the simplicity of the title.

PHOTO CREDITS

John Millen, pp 6, 30;
Glenbow Foundation, pp 9, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 35, 36, 38, 44, 45, 47;
R.C.M.P. Quarterly, pp 8, 13;
R.C.M.P. Ottawa, pp 50, 51;
Elmer Scott, p 54.