Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-16
SUPERIOR COURT.
September Term, Judge Oliver G. Hall. Presid.
ing.
Sheriff, E. e. Norton,
Clerk, W. s. Choate,
Geo. w. Heselton, County Attorney.
+. A. Small, Stenographer.

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The court, Saturday morning. took up
the case of Chas. H. Nelson of Waterville
now in order for sentence, for an assault
with dangerous weapon. Testimony was
taken out for guidance Of the Judge in
imposing sentence. E. F. Webb appeared
for the respondent
Luther G. Bunker, the complainant,
testified that he was physician and sur
geon and had lived in Watsrville little
over six months. On the 7th of May last,
soon after IL O'clock he was standing on
Silver street and his attention was at
tracted by some ones leg coming up by
his face. He caught the leg and looked
up and saw Nelson, with whom he had
had some acquaintance. He dropped the leg
and Nelson moved on little way, turned
round and says
Doctor, you don't want to try any of
that on me. :"
The doctor said: "If anybody is trying
to do anything it must be you"
Nelson came back and the doctor backed
away, trying to get away from him, but
Nelson seemed bound to get hold of him,
and at last did, and then the doctor took
hold of him.
When they clinohed they went off the
sidewalk into the street, the doctor on top.
Before the doctor could get clear, Nelson
had bitten his hand in three or four differ
ent places. Got clear and stepped on the
sidewalk, supposing everything was over
But Nelson got onto the sidewalk and
commenced to strike at the doctor.
The DOCTORS brother-in-law, Mr.. Chap
man, came along and said, Don't make
any trouble, MIR. Nelson" and Nelson
turned round and struck at him and then
turned back and struck at the doctor two
or three times.
The doctor then struck him and knocked
him down. Then went across to the north
side of the street and just as he was about to
step onto the sidewalk somebody halloed,
Look out.
Turned round just in time to fend off a
blow from Nelson. Nelson struck at wit
ness two or three times but did not hit
Then witness struck Nelson and knocked
him down again. Then witness went In
to Plaisteds drug store dressed his hand,
and up stairs in his office and change his
clothes. Soon heard someone step into
the waiting room Stepped out and saw
Nelson. Went to speak to him and be
pulled out revolver and witness stepped
back into the other room, followed by
Nelson.
He says, Damn you, I am going to
shoot you, and kept making threats that
he would shoot. Went on to say witness
had insulted him on the street and he was
going to shoot him, using a good deal OF
profanity and making all the threats he
could Later ON he asked for an apology
after he had threatened to shoot several
times he said something about An apology.
He said II witness didn't apologize he
would shoot him. Said that good many
times, all the time covering witness with
the revolver. Nelson was In The office
nearly Is minutes. Witness told him he
had done nothing to apologize for. That
was all the conversation witness made
with him.
He continued to cover witness with the
revolver until Marshal McFadden came
and grabbed him. Nelson threatened to
shoot any man who came through the
door into the room. Nelson stood where
he could cover witness and also the crowd
at the door. Said he would shoot anybody
who stepped into the door, his own mother
or wife. Said his wife begged him not to
take the revolver and come over there
Don't think he had been drinking.
Charles b. Davis, Kennebec Journal re-
porter, testified that he saw the very last of
the scrap on the south side of Silver street.
Saw the doctor getting up from the ground
and heard him say: This Is not my
business to be a street fighter and don
want anything to do with 1t, and pushed
his way out of the crowd and went across
the street.
When he had got nearly over, Nelson
came out of the crowd and said: Where
is the son of IA B. and started after
him. Somebody said, Look out, doctor,
he is after you again"
The doctor turned round and Nelson
commenced making passes at him, the
doctor wardlng off the blows first one side
aud then the other, the>doetor backing and
Nelson following up, nearly to the corner,
when the doctor stopped square, took a
firm position and struck quick, hard
blow, hitting Nelson on the left cheek,
and Nelson dropped as quick as flash.
The doctor reached over and took him
by the shoulder and was going to strike,
and may have struck him once or twice
if he did it was very quickly done
MIR. Chapman stepped up, took hold Of
the doctor and said: You want to be
getting out of this now. This has gone