Lebanon Express Sept 7, 1888 On Tuesday Aug 21, 1888, Hon. W. S. A. Johns, county judge of Crook Co. died at Prineville, form inflammation of the bowel. Judge Johns was formerly a resident of Brownsville, where the greater portion of his early life was passed; an was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1881, after which he practiced law in partnership with B.R. Nichols at Prineville, the partnership existing from 1884 until 1886, when he was elected county judge The funeral took place on the 22nd. and was conducted by the Masonic fraternity, of which the deceased was a member.