Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1915 — Norwegian With Knife Wounds Found On Monon Streets. [ARTICLE]

Norwegian With Knife Wounds Found On Monon Streets.

Anton* Nelson, a Norwegian, claiming to have been in the British navy, was found in an unconscious codition in front of the Handley drug store in Monon Thursday morning about 2 o’clock, by Nightwatch Ira Robinson. He was suffering from a number of knife wounds about the chest and arms and it is also believed that he had been struck by a blackjack. His condition is serious. He cladhis to have been in this country about two months and during a rational moment said that he was attacked by four men, who robbed him of S3O. He is about 35 years old. When examined by Dr. Clayton at the town hall it was found that Nelson had nine cuts on 'his arm amd three on his right arm. He also had three deep cuts on the left breast over the heart. Nelson had but very little to say regarding the injuries and when closely questioned declined to talk. It is believed by Monon authorities that he was assaulted in some other town and brought to Monon in an automobile and placed on the sidewalk, where he was found.