Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-12-09


baby, many of our readers have heard as a pill
and patent medicine manufacturer. The testi-
mony of his wife against him reveals great
deal that is horrible in human nature. For In
stance here is specimen extract:
At the time my child was born, requested
him to go for nurse, but he delayed until the
child was near birth before she arrived. When
my babe was two weeks old my nurse left me
on account of the sickness of her daughter
The Doctor said must get along without any
nurse. But grew worse, and he finally pro-
cured one, as told him must call on tho
neighbors unless he did When my babe was
one week old one day he lifted the
child over the foot of the bed when it was cry
ing, and dropped it on the floor. The bed was
quite high, Mysnurse, Mrs. Graham, was with
me but two weeks. The Doctor would not al
low her to stay. / borrowed money to pur-
chase neccssaries. had a little girl to takecare
of the babe. left it one morning to get break
fact. The doctor told her to go and get some coal
and he would take care of the babe. When re-
turned to the room, found that the child appear
ed singulary with its eyes rolled up and its chin
dropped down. mistrusted something wrong
| smelcd laudanum. took the child and when
the doctor came in held it-up to him and
said you have killed nv child-you have given
it Iaudanurn, for smell it. was nearly
crazy. He said don't say that-don't yonknow
that if the child should die they would hang
me. called Mr.. Baker aud he proposed some
remedies, lamp oil and milk, to naturaize the
effect Of the poison. WANTED the Doctor to go
| for physician but he would not go nor allow
me to send for one; the. child lay insensible all
day, and at night snid, you will not allow me
to have physician, and if the babe dies, 1 will
tell what is the matter with it. He said should
tell the physician how supposed the babe got
| it. He went and called DR.. Charles Hooker
DR.. H. wanted to know how the child got the
sold 1of1o I1nk. 81,
| ii got it from the flannel which was round his,
the Doctors neck. He said he had had the neu.
ragia, and that he put the flannel round his neck
and the child had inhaled it. The doctor had
flannel round his neck only in the night, and the
babe slept in the cradle and not with the doctor.
The child was six weeks old-born Oct. g.
1852 When l went to breakfast left the child
perfectly well. There was no smell of lauda-
nun aboutit When I returned I noticed it
from the mouth of the child. He never wore
flannel with laudanum round his neck before
nor since. After DR.. Il. came, he ordered very
strong green tea. ItSeemed to be better about 10
o'clock atnight The child was insensible all day.
did not recover from the effect for several days
On one occasion we had no washing done for
some time. He declined to hire waSher-wo-
man. He neglected to buy coal-said the SER
want might sift the ashes and procure some in
| that way. Iasked him to get some, If it was
no more than one bushel. He got enraged at me
because cmplained about the coal. He tore off
my sun bonnet mantilla and the thin dress
which had on. My little girl witnessed this
violence and cried, saying, "Don't hurt mamma"
| tie forbid me saying anything more about coal.
"A woman finally came to wash, and there notbe-
ing coal sufficient, he sent her off without finish
ing, paying her for half days work. That
evening told him could not live with him, he
treated me so. He brought home with him a
lawyer, q friend of us both, and repeated my
| grievancesin the Doctors presence. He admitted
| Il k.0rtN 1E L., slL
more dresses told him that it was not dresses
but good treatment which | wanted. brought
out the dress and the bonnet and showed them to
the lawyer. He always seemed to think when he
had been unkind to me that a few oranges and
q little candy ought to conciliat me. On one
occasion, bought some CLAIMS of mantle
| Doctor refused to pay for them, and the man
took the clans away. The price of the clans
was thirty-two cents. l generally reproached
| him for his parsimony and other faiingS in the
presence, of others-Inore frequently thnn when
alone; my patience with him was exhausted
at one time, wentto his office for something,
l think it was money, when he cursed me and
said, Good d-n your soul to.h-li." During
the Autumn, my father came to visit us, and
my husband charged him fifty cents for his din
ner. My father thought the price rather high,
end he took up with thirty and half
cents. asked my father for his daguerreotype
lie had 1t taken for me, and while was looking.
at it the Doctor Snatched it from me- and tore
the case apart, and stamped upon it with his
foot breaking the glass. This was because my
father travelled for Mr.. Baker, a former book
keeper of the Doctors, who had been discharg.
ed. On one occasion, my father was going to
New York, and he stopped to take tea with me.
Ate o'clock the Doctor came in and threw his
hat and coat out doors, and said: s'Old man,
what doyou want here?-if you wish to stay
in town all night, go to the tavern.
have thrown your hat and coat out, and If YOU
don't go, I'll throw you out after them" then.
said to him, if he going to act in this way,
hoped he would die; that could not live with
him. Here the witness was a good deal affec.
ted, and was some moments before she could
proceed If had not had two little caildrcn
sleeping up stairs, should have left that night.
was now [Spring of 1854 in delicate health,
and my husband sent for DIR. Charles Hooker.
stated to him what my case was. He gave
me medicine, saying it would restore my health
and have the desired effect-if it did not, it
would do no injury-that it was harmless as
water. My husband had previously taken me
to another physician, before he called DR.. Hook.
er, and got some medicine from him for me. I
did not take the medicine, because / knew what
twas intended for Then he sent for Dr. II.
Here the witness stated to the Court that
there We're occurrences which she could not
Ereate in public, and requested the privilege of
making the statements in private to the, Court