Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-16

near the doctors and in five miputes hazard
the doctor come up and 60 into his office
In I'VE or 10 minutes heard someone
come up very fast, should Judge two stems
at time, and opened the door Of the doc.
tors office, and heard the most blood -onrd
ing yell be had ever heard In his life n
was just screeoh. Then some one said
Murder, help, murder"
Witness Went into the hall and the
crowd was coming up. He was one of the
nrst that went into the Doctors Office
saw Nelson In the end Of the private Office.
standing with a revolver pointed across the
room. Stepped around to the door and there
was DR.. Bunker standing in the oppo,ite
corner. The revolver was pointed at him
when witness stepped to the door, Nelson
moved his wrist and pointed his reyolver
toward the door, for second
| Witness said: What are Won doing
here, Nelson?"
He says: Don't you come in here. If
you do will shoot you"
| That was when he turned his revolver q
little. Others tried to get Nelson TO omit
Nelson said: "This man has given me
licking on the street, and he has got to
apologize or will shoot him.
The doctor said: won't some one 90
and get policeman and take this MANI"
Witness then went down stairs. Did
not think Nelson acted like a drunken
man
David Vigue testified that he saw the
very last of the affair In the street, Nelson
| walking down the street with his face and
| neck full of blood. Was on the street Is
or 20 minutes afterward and saw Nelson
go into the doctors office and heard some
body cry police" or murder " Went up
with the crowd and saw Nelson standing
In the little room with revolver in his
hand. Stepped in and asked Nelson to
put up his revolver
He says: II want this man to apologize
or 1 will shoot him.
1 says: Put up the revolver. Hold
Don't point it that way"
He says: "You put your hand on me
and will shoot you"
Then he got to telling that he would
shoot the first man that came into the
room. He kept the revolver pointed at
the doctor, resting 1t over the left arm.
After while Marshal McFadden came
up the stairs and saw Nelson with the
revolver, and he says: "Hod, what are
you doing?"
And McFadden didn't make any stop
He put his arm up this way, in front of
his face, and went right into the room
Witness thought Nelson was going to
shoot and pulled himself back The Off
GERS got in front of him, holding him, and
1 went behind trying to get the revolver
out of his hand, and while l had hold of
his wrist 1t went Off
Don't know whether Nelson was drunk.
He acted terribly curious. He was drunk
or foolish Should say this fracas in the
office continued from 10 to Is minutes.
City Marshal McFadden testified that he
went to DR.. Bunker's office and found the
doctor in one corner and Nelson in au-
other Nelson faced the witness with a
revolver in his hand, resting over his left
wrist Nelson said:
oh you, Andy don't you come in
here If you do will shoot you"
Witness said: 81 guess you won't shoot
anybody" and went in and grabbed him
round his arms and held his arms back,
and after a while the revolver was taken
from him. He leaned up against the com
mode with his hand behind him and the
revolver was discharged in some way.
Nelson was drunk and resisted, didn't
like the idea of being locked up. He was
marked up about the head and face and
very bloody.
Charles Fl. Nelson the defendant, testi-
fled that on the day in question he had
had no breakfast and had taken liquor
three or four times, which affected him in
the condition his stomach was.
Knew DIR. Bunker and was on good
terms with him. AS he passed him he threw
his foot up over the doctors shoulder,
In fun, as the doctor had stated. Some
thing was said about throwing witness off
the sidewalk ard they had a scuffie
friendly, as witness supposed.
Somebody choked the witness and as he
got up the doctors brother-in-law made
some remark, and witness asked him what
he had got to say about it, and witness
struck at him, as he thought, and the next
he knew he received blow in the head
and that was the last he rcoollcctcd until
he found himself in the lookup.
o. P. Richardson testified as to the en-
counter In the street. After the raising
of Nelson's foot, Nelson said: Perhaps
you can take me down and perhaps you
can't. The doctor said, Il don't know as
want to take you down." The doctor
went toward him and they clenched and
talked to each other.
Then they clenched again and fell side
by side and rolled over, with the doctor ON
top. The doctor had hold of Nelson's jaw
and held him down on the ground hard.
He got up and Chapman came along ard
said something, and Nelson said:
What in HI have you got to d o about
1t, yon son of b." and struck at
Chapman, and the doctor came up and
struck Nelson a solid blow, tremendous
clip, in the back of the neck, as witness
thought, Nelson staggered back little
and came up and commenced to make his
arms go, trying to strike the doctor, but
the doctor Tended off and struck him again
on the left side of the face and Nelson
staggered back and the blood spurted out,
and he fell in doorway. The doctor fol-
lowed him up and said
II don't want anything more to do with
you, now Keep still. You have got
enough
The doctor says to bystander: "Why
don't you take care of him? don't want
to quarrel with him"
He went across the road and Nelson fol-
lowed and struck at him, and the doctor
knocked him down again, and also a
second time, and the second time Nelson
souat RIGHT down Should saw Nelson had