James "Jim" Johnson
and Tina "Tiney Mae" Johnson

L-R: Tina "Tiney Mae" Johnson and James Johnson - 1923

John Smith - Shot and Killed by his Wife, Tina Johnson Smith. Wife Claimed John Smith Attempted to Hang Her With His Belt

James "Jim" Johnson b Oct 1890 Virgie, Pike Co KY d Jan 1926 Taylor Co KY (was reported to have been shot by Tina's brother, Eli Johnson, but not confirmed); s/o William Johnson and Charity Bentley. James "Jim" Johnson m. 13 Sept 1923 Floyd Co KY to Tina "Tiney Mae" Johnson b about 1900 d Jun 1932 Floyd Co KY (shot and killed by her father, Daniel R Johnson) d/o Daniel R "Red Neck" Johnson and Sarah Johnson. Child of Tina Johnson and James "Jim" Johnson;

i. Arlin Johnson (aka Arlen) b 26 Jun 1925 Floyd Co KY.

Tina Johnson
and John Smith

Tina Johnson b about 1900 d Jun 1932 Floyd Co KY (shot and killed by her father, Daniel R Johnson) d/o Daniel R "Red Neck" Johnson and Sarah Johnson. Tina Johnson m. about 1926 to John Smith b about 1896 d Jan 1931 Floyd Co KY (killed by wife, Tina Johnson).

More about Tina Johnson:
5-6-1932, Floyd Co Times
Daniel Johnson Claims Self-Defense, in Fatally Shooting Daughter, Mrs. Smith, Slain Woman Under Sentence for Slaying Husband

Two days before she was to have been taken to the state reformatory at Frankfort to begin serving a five year sentence for the slaying of her husband, John Smith. Mrs. Tina Johnson Smith, 30 yrs old, was shot and killed by her father , Daniel R. Johnson, aged Floyd Co man, at the Johnson home on Abner Fork of Left Beaver Thursday morning of last week.

Her aged father shot Mrs. Smith three times, It is claimed, while he lay in bed unable to move as a result of injuries sustained at her hands a few days earlier. She advanced upon him throwing stones and threatening him with an ax. He had suffered three broken ribs at his daughter's hands. He was unable to be moved here immediately after the shooting it is claimed.

It was held probable this week that the grand jury would not make an indictment in the case.  Mrs. Smith killed her husband in January, 1931, and pleaded self - defense in circuit court here, claiming that he was trying to hang her, with his belt as a noose when she shot him. She was given a five - year prison term but had taken the case to the court of appeals which affirmed the verdict.

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The unusual spectacle of a father, charged with the murder of his daughter, fighting for his freedom, while his sons arrayed themselves with the prosecution in an effort to send him to the penitentiary, presented itself in the Floyd Circuit Court last Friday.

Daniel R. Johnson, 63 yr old Abner Fork Citizen, testified that he shot and killed his daughter, Mrs. Tina Smith, to save his own life. His two sons, Eli and Charles, testified against him, alleging that he shot his daughter three time as she entered his room without offering any threat to his safety.

Receiving the case at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, the jury deliberated till 11 o'clock Saturday morning and returned a verdict sentencing the aged man to five years in the pen. The defendant testified that Mrs. Smith had thrown a rock in to the room and that she was advancing upon him, brandishing a hatchet, when he fired.

His step-daughter,  Mrs. Owens, appearing in his behalf, stated that both Mrs. Smith and her brother, Eli Johnson, were drunk when they came to their fathers home and that she attempted to dissuade them from going inside. While she was gone after an officer, the killing took place.

Stating that his sister was shot for no valid reason, Eli Johnson admitted that he threw a stone at his step - mother and ran. The shooting followed soon thereafter.  Mrs. Smith was killed within two days of the date she was to have been taken to the penitentiary for the killing of her husband, John Smith.

Daniel R. Johnson, 65 year old Left Beaver man, who was convicted in June, 1932 of the slaying of his daughter, Mrs. Tina Smith, at the Johnson home on Abner Fork a few months earlier, was granted executive clemency Saturday by Governor Laffoon, who commuted his sentence from five to one and one-half years, thus rendering him eligible for immediate release.

Seven of the jurors who convicted Johnson, former Circuit Judge C. B. Wheeler,  who presided at the trial, and Commonwealth's Attorney C. P. Stephens, who prosecuted Johnson, recommended commutation of the sentence, stating that the prisoner is an old man and his further confinement would serve no good purpose.

Johnson shot and killed his daughter on the night before she was to have been taken to the penitentiary to begin serving a sentence given her in court here for the slaying of her husband.