The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-07-17
Show That The Two Young Persons
Slaughtered Aged Invalid With
Blow From Axe.
FAILED T0MAKEPR0PERB BURIAL
Continued to Live on Farm After
Neste Had Been Hacked to Pieces
and Burned.

That the verdict of not guilty in
the case of Lloyd Carlton, charged
with the murder of Peter Nestle, SUR
prised and even disguised some per-
sons in Park Rapids where the trial
was held before Judge McClenehan a
week ago, is shown by current issues
Of the Park Rapids papers, one of
which, the Hubbard County Clipper,
indicates it's belief that there was a
miscarriage of justice in the follow
ing language:
"The jury after being out about
half an hour returned a verdict of not
guilty. This verdict came as a sur
prise, as the case had been we'll tried,
and the result is no fault of the
prosecution. This is the second SIM
liar case for Hubbard county with
the same result.
MIR. and Mrs. Carlton are free;
but the fact remains that Nestle is
dead, and that both Carlton and his
AAC ouA1AC cIot AAo uCoCA w oS CduSCu
by blow from an ak in the hands Of
Carlton.
Body Was Burned.
And not only this .but instead Of
giving themselves up and seeing that
their fathers body was properly bur-
led, it was fiendishly burned in an
effort to hide the crime. When this
no longer was possible they make a
confession to escape punishment by
pleading that they-two strong Wig
orous young people against this one
man over 20 years of age who was
chasing them with grub hoe were
obliged to strike him down in self
defense"
The Park Rapids Enterprise says:
The evidence brought out as to
Nestes Temper tended to show
that Peter Nestle was man
of uncomfortable temper at times,
that on the day the crime was COM
mitted he and the CARTONS quarreled
three times; his death resulted from
the last quarrel. A son-in-law who
had lived with Nestle two years testi-
fed that he had known him to lose
his temper but three times during the
two years he had lived with him, and
Mrs. Nestle testified that during the
past two years he had not been 50
we'll as formerly and had been more
amiable about the home, and that fol
two months he had lived principally
on bread and milk, having stomach
trouble, and that he was not strong;
and that his hands were crippled
with rheumatism.
Quarrels on Fatal Day.
"The story Of the crime was re.
peated on the stand. The evidence
showed that the first quarrel on the
fatal day occurred at the dinner table
and another quarrel at the barr
where Carlton threw the old mar
down, and handled him easily, Carl
ION DelnS GOOD athlete.
F'The third quarrel took place a
the chicken coop where Mrs. Carl
ton went to feed the chickens ant
gather eggs. Neste ordered her from
the building and according to testi
mony, slapped her and knocked he
down.
Dodged; Struck With Ak.
"Carlton went to her assistance
and helped her to escape from tn
building; Neste then grabbed picl
axe and chased them toward tn
house; as they passed the woodshe'
Carlton caught up an axe, and whel
Nestle struck at them he lodged an
struck the old man over the hea|
with the axe, crushing his skull AM
killing him instantly.
"The CARTONS then went into tn
house and he proposed giving him
self up. Mrs. Carlton was disposed
to try to cover up the crime, and the!
finally agreed to hide the body. Mrs
Carlton hitched up the horse and tn
body. was hauled to brush pill,
about forty rods from the house ant
covered with brush. Ten days late
the brush was burned and the body
after the head, arms and legs hat
been chopped off was buried
Il .l j. h
Lived There Several Days.
"The Cartons stayed about tn