Book 2 - Nathan, Amy, Madison and Ethan Berga

from breaking dishes and hurting the
children. I have seen him so full that he
could not get into the saloon when he went
back after supper. He would fall down and
I would go and get him to lock the door to
keep him from losing his change.
Q. Where did he sleep
A. In the saloon.
Q. Had you ever seen this axe handle before
A. Yes.
Q. Where had you seen it
A. He had it behind the bar. I have seen
him have it in this hand and in the window
and I have seen it behind the bar.
Q. You came in to get a Doctor
A. I did and four men who were working
for me.
Q. On a hand car
A. Yes Sir.
A. Never.
Q. That was the first trouble you ever had
A. Yes Sir.
Q. Did he ever have any trouble with anyone
you know of there
A. I could not say that he had any trouble
really, only a little trouble he had with Mr.
Riggs. They had some talk together. Of
course, that was nothing to me. They did
not fight.
Q. This check, do you remember how
much it was for
A. $13.50
Q. That was the one that was coming to
Johnson for goods against the mentioned
men
A. Yes Sir.
Q. And that is the one he had agreed to let
you have on that board bill
A. Yes Sir.
Q. You may state how you were arrested
A. I had made arrangements to bring him
to Rhinelander and had a stretcher and was
all ready to take him on the train, and they
said he had died, so I came to Rhinelander
and gave myself up.
Cross examination
Q. You say you have known Johnson since
about the first of August
A. Yes Sir.
Q. Did you ever have any trouble with him
before
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Q. Now, when you first went into that
saloon where was Mr. Johnson
A. At the table on the east side of the
building.
Q. Towards the front of the saloon
A. Yes Sir.
Q. What did you say when you first went
in
A. I just walked up to the bar, and he went
behind the bar.
Q. Then you took out your time book and