Bay City (Michigan) Times, July 6, 1890, p. 6. DANGEROUS TO TACKLE Destiny Plays Some Strange Tricks with Ovid White's Case Jeffersonville, Indiana, July 5-The case of Ovid White of Salem for the murder of Jacob Johnson proves to have a strange fatality attached to it. First White managed to evade justice for seven years and was only recaptured through being overheard in Minneloa, Texas, relating his crime to another man. Next Gov. Hovey's private secretary, Roberts, got into trouble by enacting the role of murder catcher. White was brought to trial, and the judge became insane and died. Last week his trial began at Paoli, but no sooner began than Judge Pearson took ill and the death of Judge Pearson has been announced.