Book 2 - Nathan, Amy, Madison and Ethan Berga

hit him on the head with the axe handle
when he hit you on the face
A. I could not say, I don’t think I struck
him with it only when he was behind the
counter.
Q. How often did you strike him with the
board
A. I think three or four times. When I got
away from him he fell and he fell against
some beer cases there.
Q. At that time, did he fall down hard
A. I think it was hard. I had time to pick
up my checks and get away.
Q. Was he lying in the corner when you
went out
A. No, he followed me to the door.
Q. How long did you have this fight
A. A pretty short time; it did not seem to
me to be more than two or three minutes.
Q. Now, when he picked up his check and
put it in his pocket were you not pretty
mad about that
A. I didn’t get mad; I thought it was funny.
Q. You did not try to get the check
A. No Sir.
Q. There was no struggle between you and
him for that check
A. No sir, there was not.
Q. Did you notice that Johnson was bleeding
after this struggle
A. Yes, he was bleeding some.
Q. Now, the only time he struck you was
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A. He struck at me two or three times.
Q. You had no abrasion of the face
A. Just a little bit there, (pointing)
Q. That is the only wound you had on your
person that you know of
A. Of course he kicked me on the side
when we were down on the floor, but it did
not make any mark.
Q. After that when was your attention next
called to Johnson
A. I see him come to the window and look
out when I came in on the train.
Q. Did you come to Rhinelander on the
next train
A. Yes Sir.
Q. Did you come for a Doctor
A. No sir, I did not think he was hurt to
amount to anything.
Q. What time did you get back home
A. It was somewhere about ten o’clock, I
think; between ten and eleven.
Q. Did you know anything more about
Johnson that night
A. No, I did not go near him at all. I went
home and went to bed.
Q. What time next morning did you first
have your attention called to him
A. I should think about nine o’clock.
Q. What took place then