The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-06-23
M|ANDAN CROWD I
HURLS EGGSAT
STREET ORATOR
Drives A. B. Nelson OF Streets,
Sending Him Rack TO
Bismarck
GREAT E'lslE;''', CROWD COLLECTS COLL $
". .------- .-------
Speaker Taken 70 Mandan For
Meeting ~ Bismarck ma"
: In Auto !.
GREAT l EAT CROWD COLLECTS q ii.


A. B. Nelson. spsaking In Mandan
last night. was the victim Of missiles
throwh from ascrowd which had gath
cred around to hear him speak at q
street meeting, and was invited to re-.
turn to Bismarck post haste. Mr.. Mel
son. who was with DR.: T. Mcl.achian
returned. One egg struck him in the
face. it Is said. 49,.
Nelson is said to hail from Port
land. Ore. 1t is understood he Is the
same Nelson who spoke In Burletgh
county last fall In the political cam
paign. speaking for the Nonpartisan
league. At that time not much was
known about him, he being known as
speaker interested in economics and
was said to be a native OF Russia.
He was understood to be IN the state
payroll for a time.
DR.. McL.achlan said that he was
standing IN a hotel here last evening
when Nelson remarked that he wanted
to go to Mandan. pr. sMacL-achlan
said that he had nothing in particular
to do and told him he would drive
him over in his automobile.
Fire Cracker Thrown.
Nelson was speaking at q street
meeting. Mandan reports said that his
remarks were socialistic and drew
fire from the crowd which collected.
Someone threw fire cracker to
the street and it exploded.
= Il suppose that Is some 100 per
cent American celebrating Nelson is
reported to have said.
Nelson during the course OF his talk
was sai1.t0 have Incurred ire OF the
auditors by other remarks. He was
alleged to have referred to working
men % you. simps" in advocating
greater activity among the working
men In economic disputes. T.. a..
: Il did not know the man and know
nothing about him except that he was
interested In economic questions and
made q, speech in which he discussed
unemployment, the causes and prob
lens growing out of it," said DR.. Mac
l.achlan. 10 -, -,..@
!, When someone threw q fire cracker
while he was talking he said some
think like Il suppose that Is some 100
per cent American celebratiuE.' but
heard nothing out Of the way in his
speech -;.a s. h. ~. ~,
DR.. MacLachlan said that some one
threw an egg from window which
\ struck Nelson. Others threw eggs and
other missiles, 1t is said, one egg strik.
ing Nelson in the face. ..s
Alleged Remarks.
Nelson Is said at one time to have
remarked to the crowd, "Yes, you are
all out of work and all you can do
is stand round aud yell throw an
egg.'" People had been yelling this,
AT another time he Is said to have
remarked, "You say you are, Amert.
cans. but you are skunks."
"A we'll known business man Is said
to have climbed In the automobile from
which Nelson spoke and struck him In
the face.
,yr Auto Turned Around. -,
After Q remark regarding the Amer.
icanism of the disturbers, which the
crowd held insulting, according to re'
ports, the crowd turned the car
around and advised return to Bis
marck. $50. 81. II
The incident happened about Il
O'Clock last night. There were sew
eral hundred in the crowd, 1t was said
DR.. MacLachlan said there were sew"
eral Mandan people with whom he
was we'll acquainted in the crowd, with
whom he talked, and that to. avoid
any further trouble he drove the
speaker away. =
Efforts to reach Nelson to get his
side Of the story failed today.
DR.. MacLachlan said that he did not
know whether Nelson was speaking
for some organization or not, but th:I
he was not speaking for the Nonpar'
'tisan league.