Talk:Albert Johnson (criminal)

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I was watching an interview of Sgt H.F. Hersey on the Biography Channel. He was the person wounded by Albert Johnson during his last battle.

He was interviewed at age 98.

He stated that Albert Johnson was carrying multiple firearms including a sawed-off shotgun and his total gear weighed close to 150lbs! This makes the story of his flight even more amazing.

I don't think the tone of this article is unbiased. The term "petty criminal" appears to me to be a value judgement.

I guess the author assumes that he must have been a "petty criminal" otherwise the all mise mounties in their nascent Canadian police state wouldn't have been after him in the first place.

The fact remains, however, that he was never any evidence of a crime being committed up utill he fired on the mounties.

Well as the author of the article in its original form, I simply have to say that no value judgement was implied. However the claim that there was never any evidence of a crime being committed up utill he fired on the mounties is obviously incorrect as Johnson was being investigated for tripping the traps. That IS a petty crime, and why I called him that.

If anyone is showing a bias it's the author of the comments above. Statements like "I guess the author assumes" and "nascent Canadian police state" show this fairly painfully. Luckily he didn't actually change the article.

Maury 22:57, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rat River or Rat Creek?

Hi, I thought Albert Johnson's title was the Mad Trapper of Rat Creek not Rat River. Any objections to that being changed? Kimbalee1 19:18, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm quite sure it is Rat Creek, I went to school in the area that used to be called that... they have a community paper called "Rat Creek Press"...but someone has changed it back to Rat River... so I guess that is what this article will call it.-Kimbalee1 14:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)