The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-11-20

lHdt 1Olduu f1ouTlOuucL udU Ut
cisively made up his mind to kill
Oscar Nelson on the forenoon Of last
Thursday, Nov. Is, was brought out
at the inquest held last evening in
the council chamber of the city hall
by the testimony of N. E. Given,
member Of the hardware firm Of Civ
en- Bros, at whose store HenriOnnet
purchased the revolver with which
he did the deadly work.
Mr.. Given testified that late the
forenoon of the fateful day, Hen
rionnet entered the store and ex-
planned that he was at Lake Julia
sanatorium and that the doctor had
instructed him to take long walks.
He said he had rifle which was too
heavy to carry on the hikes and
that he would like to look at tar
get pistol as he frequently saw small
game and could amuse himself TAX
ing a shot at whatever fancied. Mr..
Given produced Is Colts revolver
with long barrel and a, 80 Smith
e. WessOn blue steel revolver. Hen
rionnet selected the latter and or
dered box of cartridges, the box
containing SO loaded shells Then
he left.
Mr.. Given said it was about 25
or 80 minutes afterward he heard
that Henrionnet had shot Nelson.
Verdict Of the Jury.
The. verdict of the >coroner's jury
was to the effect: W.
"That the said Oscar Nelson
came to his death in the City of
Bemidji, county of Beltrami,
state of Minnesota, on the
eighteenth day of November,
1917, as the result of bullet
wounds inflicted by Roland
Henrionnet on the fifteenth day
Of November, 1917, between 10
and II o'clock A. NJ"
Coroner G. Akerberg presided
over the inquiry with County At
torney Graham M Torrance con-
Quoting the examination of the wit
nesses.
The jury consisted of E. B. Ber-
man, DR.. w. X. Denison, II. G. Dan
iels, Oscar Erwig, Edward Odegard
and John Tennstrom.
The duration of the inquest was
brief. 1t required no detailed ques-
tioning to place the case fully be-
fore the jury. In fact less than an
hour was consumed in the proceed
ings.
The jury, after being sworn in,
made the trip to M. e. 1bertson's un-
dertaking parlors where the body
was prepared for burial and ship
ment to the family home at Erskine,
and after viewing the corpse for
Identification and noting the loca-
ton Of the bullet wounds, the testi-
mony was commenced upon the re-
turn to the city building.
DR.. Gilmore Testifies.
DIR. Gilmore of Gilmore & Nc
Cam was the first to testify. 1t was
at their offices that the young man
went after receiving his fatal
wounds. DR.. Gilmore told Of the
entrance of Nelson into his office
and of dressing his wounds tempor-
arily preparatory to removal to the
hospital. He told the jury that Mel
son was shot three times. One or
the bullets struck him just above the
right wrist, another struck him IN
the back of the neck while the third
entered the body midway between
the right hip and the center of the
abdomen, ploughing through the in
testines and lodging against the
spine. Six punctures in the intes-
tines we're sewn up. Blood poison
ing set in which was the cause OF
death.
That the outlets we're fired at close
range was brought out by DR.. Gill
more, stating that on the coat of
Nelson were powder marks at the
points where the bullets penetrated.
Purchase of Revolver -,
N. E. Given was next to TESTIFY
concerning the sale Of the gun. Af-
ter narrating the transaction involv-
ing the selection of the revolver, Mr..
Given was asked if Henrionnet evil
denced any signs Of nervousness or
excitement. :.
"He wasn't nervous nor excited
so far as I could notice." he replied.
"He lust took the revolver and cart
ridges. put them in his pocket and
walked out as unconcerned as could
be-
Andrew Rust testified that he was
coming eastward on Third street and
saw Nelson and Henrionnet go into
the stairway entrance and heard
four shots. He continued eastward
until in front of the entrance when
Nelson came out, followed by Hen
rfonnet. lienrionnet had a revolver