Clackamas-Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Parson Held For Assault September 17, 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com May 25, 2008, 8:05 pm Morning Oregonian September 17, 1908 Preliminary Examination of Rev.S./D.Martin at Oregon City Oregon City,Or.,-Sept.16-(Special)- Rev.S.D.Martin was toady held to the Circuit Court on the charge of assault with intent to committ murder.His bonds,which were placed at $500,will be furnished tomorrow. Mr.Martin is the Vancouver,Wash., parson who shot and slightly wounded Ed Wollman in a Clackamas County hopyard Monday morning.The preliminary examination was held before Justice Stipp this afternoon.Wollman was the only witness examined by the state,the defense declining to introduce any testimony.Attorney McCdredie severely cross examined Wollman and revealed that the injured young man and his companions entertained much ill will towards the minister as a consequence of which the shooting resulted. In relating his story of the affair today,Wollman stated that he mounted the wagon,which was 16 feet in length,from the rear and walked towards the seat occupied by the driver and Mrs.Martin.When he passed Mrs.Martin,who was seated in the rear part of the wagon bed,Wollman testifed that the woman called to her husband who turned and,without a second's warning,shot. Wollma says that by the time he was standing in the center of the wagon bed and had gone about five feet beyond where Mrs.Martin was sitting. In some cross exxamination of the witness,the attorney for the defendant made some conclusions that would indicate that self defence will be Martin's main defense. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clackamas/newspapers/parsonhe108nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/orfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb