Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-15
DIR. NELSON'S ANTECEDENTS.
A Horse Car Conductor in Lowell and
Then Dentist.

Then n Dentist.
Dr. Everett NJ. Nelson is about "a years
old and went to Lowell ten or twelve
years ago from Sudbury, VT, where he
still has relatives. His first job in Lowell
was conductor on the Lowell horse rail
road. Soon he began to study dentistry
and in Il few months he threw out his
single from one of the most pretentious
blocks in Lowell and has had an extensive
practice, employing a couple of assistants,
who knew more of the business, it was
said, than DIR. Nelson did His quarters
were luxurious and for IA country doctor
he live in good style. He always reported
his income as extraordinary and when the
era of the telephone speculation came to
Lowell about three years or more ago he
dipped into telephone stocks. This gave
him an opportunity to indulge to an un-
limited extent in stories of his wealth.
He gave out that he made 900 in these
speculations but information from the in
side placed the amount at not more than
one-tenth of that sum. His exceeding
plausibility deceived many people, how
ever, and he passed among all but shrewd
business men as person of wealth.
a special despatch from Lowell, evi
IDENTIFY written by some one who knew
Nelson pretty well says: He was always
fond of magnifying his income and was re-
garded by his fellows as II polished liar
He has been very deep in speculation for
several years, and it had always been Il
great surprise to all who knew his former
position as puncher of tickets on the
horse cars, where he obtained the large
sums he spoke of in investments He has
been Il dangerous man to deal with, as
many Lowell men have found out, and he
has been in some questionable transac-
tions. One of them will serve as an Illus
tration. In the summer of 1882 he went
on a visit to New York State and returned
in short time with an exaggerated story
of the prospects of union telephone and
telegraph company, which operated in
Warren, Washington and Saratoga
counties, and he filled Lowell
with the most improbable stories OF what
could be made out of the concern il prop
erly managed. He induced William a.
Ingham aud few other gentlcmeu inter
ested in telephone matters to go and look
over the company. The result WAS thu
the company was purchased Tor %lluOJl
and DR.. Nelson was made the general
manager. suddenly the company proved,
long before Nelson left, that it was poor
concern ut the best and the Lowell men
who were induced to 90 INTO 1t Will re
member Nelson and the uniOL company
as long as they live. Nelson was at all
times trying to spring schemes of the
and with his magnificent cheek he spread
the impression that he was "A second Gould
on stock matters.
While he was in New York State it Is
said he became mixed up In two on thrc"
scandals and left that State with very
bad record behind him. His marriage
with Miss Tourgee daughter of the New
England Conservatory director II lew
months ago, was matter of surprise to
half of Lowell. He had been keeping com
pany with the daughter of we'll known
newspaper publisher here until about three
weeks before his marriage with Miss
Tourgee, and suddenly he abandoned the
Lowell young lady and married the other
The assumption of the presidency of the
West Rutland Marble company was an
other surprise to his friends h&e, and his
closing up his Office here, where he claimed
in his Dragging way, that he made more
money than any other dentist i'll Lowell,
was another.
His arrest for completely in the Mcneil
business will be no surprise among bust
ness men, as he was suspected from the
| first of being criminally implicated. The
downfall of Charles II. Neo is laid to the
evil influence of Nelson, VINO seemed to
take more than ordinary interest in his
pupil Neo.
ent companies he was in was on loans OF
money said to have been poorly secured,
ana Wnen anything was loSI -NelSoH iIt
some one else suffer. The opinion prevails
here that there was an organized system
of matchmaking being worked, and the
Lancaster bank has been one of the losers.
The companies he was the deepest in were
the Erie, Union and the Maine Telephone
companies, and the Rutland company
When he left Lowell to be married, it is
said that his finances were so reduced that
he had to borrow $500 from brokers to pay
his expenses, giving mortgage on the
Rutland company as security"