Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-03

/ & y. N. W0DSG0rr GoSClHoQ UnaC ne haO
smelled liquor about Mr.. Nelson and
of having seen him asleep in the
stores. c-C4 z7s7ssr- -----
N. M. Scott, William Drumming and
G.. P. Jenness also testified that Mr..
Nelson was drinking man.
| Elisha May testified that he had of
| ten met Mr.. Nelson when here examin-
! ing the bank accounts and that he had
also met him in st. Johnsbury. He
said that he met him one time on the
street in Barton and that Mr.. Nelson
did not recognize him and it took him
some time to make him understand
who he was. Also testified in regard
to Nelson's being drinking man.
A large number of the witnesses
were brought in who testified in the
, 'E$6O0O'' as it was necessary to bring
most Of that evidence into this case.
Frank Davis, brother of Geo. Davis,
testified that George was in business
with him in West Superior, Wis, and
he identified certain letters which had
been exhibited purporting to be sign
ed by B. NJ. r. Nelson, as letters shown
to him soon after they We're received
by his brother at West Superior. He
testified to swhat they then consider
ed as the promising outlook of in
vestments in that city. Testified to
Mr.. Nelson's visiting in West Super
or and that he (Davis) went with Mr..
Nelson to every meal and that before
going, Nelson always first went to a
saloon and had some liquor. In the
cross examination, witness identified
quite long list of building lots at
one time purchased by himself and
his brother.
Sam B. Nelson, son of the late B. M.
r. Nelson, was put on the witness
stand Wednesday afternoon and con-
tinued Thursday. Stated the time of
his graduation from college, the time
he had lived at home since graduating,
the portion of time he lived west, both
before and after his marriage. Ger
tain letters were put in evidence, re-
ceived by him from his father while
in the west. These were letters writ
ten him after his marriage, and held
out various inducements for him to
come back to Vermont. His testi
mony tended to show that his expect
ations, based upon these letters had
not been realized and that his fathers |
plans for him had been rather change
able. Sam was witness to all the |
family trouble and his testimony COW
cred nearly all the ground in the en-
tire case, consequently took a great |
length of time.
When questioned in regard to his |
fathers drinking, he stated that his |
father had been in the habit of taking |
liquor regularly since he (Sam) could
remember, and stated that the liquor
was kept in Mr.. Nelson's Office and
detailed the various sources from
which it was gotten. .-
His cross examination developed
the fact that in the spring of '96, Sam
became quite importunate in his de-
mands on his father that something
definite be decided on SO that he
could settle down, and as result, the
Owen place on which he now resides,
was purchased by his father for him.
Friday morning, Mrs. Sam Nelson
was called and was excluded from tes
tifying on the grounds that her hus
band was Interested in the result of
the suit. - -c-s. 1.-
Lizzie G. Davis, wife of Geo. II. Da-
tnctifia6 in rQrord to hoiy,n in |
school and that her father was always
very liberal with her at all times. She
was questioned at some length and
told of her life at home both before
and after marriage and also of the
correspondence before they returned
home from West. Superior. Much of
her following testimony was about the
same as that introduced in the '6OOO''
case. She also testified in regard to
5he first trouble in the family, it be-
ng over the trouble between Sam and
wife, when the witness went at her
nother2s request to see if she could
1ot bring about peace between them.
SAID that before she went, her father
old her that in no event should she
AXE part against Sam. She was ask
ID if she had used certain expressions
n writing and in conversation with
Ter mother and admitted she had. She
stated that she had tried several times
10 see8her father. and mother. and to- l.
zee If there could not be a reconciIia- :
ion ofthel famiiy.. Had once written
Ter uncle sifS,oNelson, asking HIM to
lelp her to meet her father alone. All +
10 went to her fatheris house and en- b
leavorede to- have a. talk with him +