The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-02-13
EXAMINATION FOR MURDER.

THE charivari party through whose
agency Gudmund Olsen Dellebeck was
shot at his own door, are undergoing
their examination before Judge kirwan.
There We're twenty-five persons arrested,
but the State has discontinued as to two,
Ole Il. Thompson and Thos. Anderson.
1t is difficult to reconcile the indifference
of the entire party with the belief that
the shooting was accidental. Taken in
its most favorable light to the parties ar
rested and they appear crir1inally negli-
gent, and heartlessly indifferent. There
seems to be some difficulty in determin-
ing WHO it was that fired the fatal shot as
there were q number of simultaneous dis
charges at the time Dellebeck was shot
A young man named Nels Nelson is at
present being examined and circumstan-
ces point to him as the guilty one. The
examination is very thorough. The fol-
lowing witnesses have been examined
Ole II. Thomson, one of the defendants,
DR.. S. II. O'Conneu who made the post
mortem examination, S. 0. Berge, the
justice before whom the post norton ex-
animation was conducted, Ole X. Sohus,
Ole 3. Johnson and Martin Peterson in
vited quests at the wedding, and Thos.
Anderson one Of the defendants.
From the testimony given by Ander-
son and Thomson it appears that the par
ty were at the hotel OF G. Boettcher and
drank a keg of beer before proceeding to
the house of Dellebeck. Three of them
had guns and one, Nelson, a revolver
The party also carried circular saws,
bells &c.
Dellebeck, when the disturbance began
went out and invited the party in, re-
questing them not to make a noise. One
of the guests was directed to furnish the
party with refreshments, which he did
Directly after. the fire arms were dis
charged. Peterson stood within rod
of Dellebeck at the time the shooting
commenced. He testifies that some of
the flashes were vertical, and others hor-
izontal. After the discharge he looked
toward Dellebeck and saw him stretched
on the ground. A lantern was procured
and it was found that he was dead, shot
he INiN
that he stood at the door and that some
Of the flashes from the guns appearing to
come directly toward the door, he be-
came alarmed and sought refuge in the
house.
DR.. O'Conneli testified that the bullet
entered near Dellebeck's head through
the right cheek, directly below the eye
The bullet passed through the brain to
the back of the head; it was then DETECTED
and passed to the top of the head where
it remained. The brain was completely
riddled.
Nelson was asked directly after the
killing of Dellebeck, whether his revol-
yer was loaded. He replied that it was
not. He afterwards admitted that it
was. That he had been out hunting deer
the day before and on his return forgot
to unload the revolver. He gave bull
let to the justice before whom the post
norton examination was conducted and
said that if the one found in Dellebeck' 5
skull corresponded with the one fur
nished, then the fatal bullet came from
his revolver.
Suit has also been commenced against
the party under the charivari act If
this tragic ending of these disturbances
will put an end to affoirs of this kind it
will have brought about a good result.