The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-03-02
followed by Oscar Nelson, come out
of the Candy Kitchen.
a Meeting With Nelson. N

a Meeting With Nelson. }.
Then, instead Of proceeding up
the stairs to the doctors office, he
followed Nelson, who was walking
south on Beltrami avenue short
distance behind the women. He sta
ted that he overlook Nelson in front
Of the City Drug store, and they,
together, rounded the Northern Ma
tional bank building and went into
the hall leading upstairs#to the re-
cruiting office. a Is ys,s,y 2. !. 5,......
The Shooting Starts.
y ''Nelson, was two or three steps
ahead of me as we started up the
stairs" said the witness, "and as he
reached the fourth or fifth step he
turned and came down step or two
and showed me with his hands and
arms up against the wall. My head
struck the wall and after that all
seemed dark. -..1.. ~ d..
II remembered nothing after that
until I was in the city hall talking
to the chief of police" st.
He testified that he had no other
intent than to make Oscar enlist,
when he entered the stairway hall.
Cross Examination.
On cross examination, County At
torney Torrance put the witness
through a severe gruelling, but In
the main he held to the story told
during the direct examination.
"Why did you load the gun when
you were going to see the doctor?'
asked Mr.. Torrance.
IT didn't know whether was go.
ing back to the house again or not,
was the reply. 49,
Again the question, "why cid you
start for the Doctors with loaded
revolver? Why did you load it,?
"Well, I had no reason; I loaded
it to try the extractor" was the an
swer. e.
Didn't Give Excuse. .
When asked why he did not tell
the chief that Nelson pushed him
against the wall on the stairway, ne
did not seem to recall any definite
reason, other than that he had no
occasion to. He testified that the
first person to whom he told 1t was
his attorney, Mr.. Mcdonald.
Torrance Starts Barrage.
It was here that the county at
torney started a crossfire of ques-
tons.
"You don't seem to remember
firing the shots that killed Oscar
You don't remember following him
out on the walk and sending another
bullet into him at close range? You
don't remember throwing the gun on
the walk and following him into the
bank? You don't remember hearing
Clarence Foucault ask you II you
were crazy? You don't remember
seeing George Rhea standing over
you with a revolver?v You don't re-
member telling the chief, Guess I'm
the man you are looking for! You
don't remember going over to the
hotel and pointing out names on the
register to the chief? In fact, ev'
erything was blank until you saw
me at the city haI?'
j. Saws Mind Blank. ~.
The witness then admitted remem'
bering seeing some faces staring al
him somewhere, but could not recall
where and when. He said his mint
was a blank from the time his heac
struck the wall in the stairway I'M
til the police and county attorney
talked with him at the station. r
Here the state rested the case ant
the attorney for the defendant also
rested, after few questions.
Court adjourned at 1880 unit
1880 this afternoon, when the argu
ments by the attorneys began.
Mother Takes Stand.
Just before Henrionnet testified
Mrs. Henrionnet, mother of the de-
PENDANT, took the stand. She stated
that on the morning Of the tragedy
her SON called her on the telephone
from Puposky and said he wanted
to see his boy. ,
The mother then went on to tel
how Roland had asked her to gel
the chief of police and go to room 81
of the Markham and get handker'
chief that he said belonged to Oscar
Nelson. He also said, according tt
| the witness, that he was coming tC
Bemidji on the train and that he wa:
going to make Oscar Nelson enlist
| in the army She met the train anC
Henrionnet alighted. She said sh'
asked how he felt and he said ne
hadn't slept we'll for the past two
nights and that his temperature hat
gone up to 102.
"Got Goods On Him."
Then, according to the mother
her son asked her if she had got the
police chief to go to the hotel will
her and she said she replied tina
she didn't want anything made pub
lie, to which the young man replied
eve got the goods on him and I'm
going to make him enlist" Thu
mother then said, she testified, sht
told him that she wouldn't do that
and that he replied, "I'm going to.
"Why didn't you tell me Rutf
was at the Markham" the mother
then asserted her son asked. II TOLD
him didn't know it until II o'clocl
that night. I told him Ruth hat
left the baby with my sister ant
gone to the Markham hotel.'
| Asked if she had accommodation
at the house she stated she had, tina
couch could be made into BET
and had been frequently used fo'
that purpose.
"After Roland left the train,