The sun., 1891-07-27
NELSON WAS A BIGAMlSr.
HE HAD A WIFE WHEN ne MARRIED
TIE WOMAN WHOM HE MURDERER


Eishtee. Years Aso Hc Deserted H's
wife and Children in Norway-He Lived
with Three Women IN This Country
The Woman He Murdered Beat Hin
What Will Become OF Her McnoyS
Henry Nelson. who killed the woman known
40 his vile at Il Coles street. South Brooklyn.
on Thursday. and took his own lie on satur-
day morning In Corona, was bigamist as VOL
as murderer He was married In Hobokon
on Oct. 1s. 1889. to the woman whom he
murdered. His lawful wife Ia sill living.
Nelson was an assumed name. His real name
was Hagbart Ottssen.
Yesterday morning Coroner Honeyer and .
jury vowed hls body In Chamberlain's UNDER
taking establ shmeut In Corona. The Coroner
gave permit for its burial. and tho inquest
will te held on Friday night. Tho body OF the
murdered woman Is ut the BROOKLYN morGue.
Probably the bodies will be buried toGethG-.
After murdeling the woman on Thursday
morning Nelson mu, have remained With tue
body several hours lie was seen coming
from his rooms at noon. Shortly aftsrward
no hired William Murray OF 39 summit street
to take trunk from the Coles street house to
$50 Union street. whero his daughter and her
husband. Eugene We ss. liye. When Murray
murderer appcared drunk at hi' son-ln-laws
to Weiss, dated July 20 and addressed to Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene WeIss: tsaia:,
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soao q to BssEss II S5Tas
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Try 10 git what you can for 1t and go in the
wIth the Thinevalla line 70 him The gold RUG
ike 70 give ~ my s9n Erenet Vtiesen II you
Signed With my own hand;
night. and arose on Friday morning at. 5
away 4ss as he i no
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slsi sssI,ps5si Si sS% ss Wiz a;sSss!:a
% they agreed ta i've toxe! her as man aud w vi 9
ss1ssst ,S5 ssvsn years. When tho time expired they
Ths 9sSR sor married sr On
StlsG. brought kSsk % hi. aaSg's ga 4. VIZ xo s
ensa frsaSensly aaa4rsed I and tw" % sea!. ago the
VIII whom sRe Rt Is now now llvins nin in Nsw Jsrses
Then Nelson met the woman whom he killed.
She Lad lived in Brooklyn Tor many.years. and
i: was said hat she had two husbands. both Of
whom were living. one oil them. named Cam
eron. is ead to have heen seen in Brooklyn
shott time ago. At tho time Of her marriage
tn Nelson the woman WAS worth several thou
sand dollars. aud owned The house in which shs
wai killed. She was an expert IN lace and en-
broidary work. an.l wns known as" Lit le Jen-
ME. the lac. maker" She and Nelson led q mis-
erable lie. Ne,on yn, an expert wood carver.
but Rad .neg!s ted his husi"ess. He and his
wife drank heavily ami fought almost every
day. Although a email woman, Mrs. Neiaon
had lit,ls din,cuity in thrashine her husband.
A few weeks ago she threw n hoX OF nails at
him. One week ago last Tue .dav he won't out
for q can Of beer and when he returned she
made for him with hammer. but he guarded
his head with the can.
Nsison was AFRAID Of the woman Ho often
said that IL sho did not sIop beating him he
would have 10 protect himself. and a few
months ago he got a revolver which he hRu in
his pockeI when the woman beat him.
The death Gf Nelson and the woman will
from ilO.0iM to sl2.nOh. and had no chii.'ron.
Cameron. her first husband. will probably lay
claim to 1t. The fnet that 10th Nelson anu she
were bieamists wiz rreven nt any 9, Nelson's
relatives rom claiming anything The woman
hal an account in the South brooklyn SAVINGS
Bank and. besides the Coles street house. she
owned property In Corona