New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-23

hene u a. nigh. and vltress him The mex moro
ing; wtnese tat by and heard me ,cso is' $3.50
he D,ctor his father asked IL say re had docored
Mrs CoL,. The Doctor said be hd doct0red her a. Re
wound sny woman, according 10 her disease IN. GA
nan asked the Doctor she ta up in bed on ne sun
day she died be said not, - a. she leaned on ON P
lows; he asked the Doctor wha. he gave ber II rna-
b.rb or picrs for mild physici the Doctor sae ,hst
when he wert tFre he felt her pulse and thougnI mai
she did DO, wnn. anything but l.,ie milt pSytc ne
said had taken tee emp that he had ei; be.cTe WIN
medicine IN and gave 10 her; that was AL ne said
about bcr t,ep his father told him be had es-er go
right over 20 The BSck House, accouut OF ne lax
that w.s going about him and Mr. Cnfe po! .9nibg
the w,,r,sn the doctor ssd he would go rght on, Dn'
he di ncs tht u would be prudent that day; witness
wen. then 10 bfch up bis horse the doctor came 20
him; Ire asked witness what he had eeV'ef oo-"ho.a
or 70 20 there then or wal. until Monday WHITES re
piled that ne iWickhaml knew rs o~n business az
he ,irrs no. know that he todd VICE nam anythia
about the excitement, a. nc though, me ia'hei -
todi bin CROUCH; witness saw DE-. WIchhah es ;.
afer thatat John Wickham Inc aoc.oi M bck
r,s.s naked him what had been done al ne Eilch
rouse. he repied that the woman fsd been taksn NJ
and that ber stomach was 20 be sbt 70 view i"'h,
witness asked him if ne had tod the doc'oI' ~" "a
bsd g;ren her: he sad he had tod them thef ne had
Given ber rhnbab and the extrac- OF max yOrhcai ne
doctor then told witness that he had lett three bo'les
at wi.uesas house; ono for witness one iof DyeoIe
AlIon md Hunt and one for GGbrel w ckbam OF new
vi The doctor said he wanted witness 10 mail the
one for Gabriel Wickbam the next day, ano ma
night 10 take the for Doctors Alien ana mum
to Anthems Smith and tel Smith tina. he Nlckhain
wanted il taken 10 Dr. Hunt the IL {ht and ne wante1
-v;,ness 10 tell Smith rot to DE hard him tWicknam
as a Juryman mr.. Smith, here alluded 70, was one OF
the Coroner Jury-Reporerl witness did "a direcoed
by DR.. Wickham; did not see Dr. Wlckhsm asaih uu,h
the Sunday night three weeks before, at Witness
bouse: witness was ebed when Nlckham came; ne
asked witness if be would not 90 to Port Jers with
him (Wickham); he did not say what for; ne sald
witnesss horse was az the Port, witness coni stay all
night with him: witness said For Gods sake, Doc
tor not TO ask him 10 stay all nlght-tDat ne was d
friend to him (Wickhsml az near "a he ought 20 DC
witness gave his reasons tor tins request tDht te
people had talked il about that he witness had done
wrong taking the letter to Smith, and that witness
had Wickham in his wagon, dressed N woman
clothes, when witness had his witness 81 wiie WIN
him: did not know how he happened TO take MS we
that MIG ht when he wen. to Smiths ne took her TO
have ride; witness then told DIR. "Nickham that ne
was going to tell him sometbiDg which might hurt MS
feelings; that if he (Wiokbam) had anything to do
with the life insurance business he had better
leave. for az sure as he lived, they would fetch
him in guilty: WickhaIn said ne did not know one word
about IT. witness said to hun that they ever look up
Sol Cole. lust so sure be Cole would swear to l.;
Wickhsm said he did not care what they swore 70, II
they swore to the TRUTH that he (Wickham) had been
paid for all the trouble he had done for him, and that
was all be could say about it, that was all that witness
said then, and Doctor left for Port Jervis saying ne
was going to New York witness saw Wlckham at
Pert Jervis the morning he was taken; told Nlckhem
he wanted to go right down to the Brick House WIN
Mr. Lyon; the Doctor said there WA no need OF wit
Gabriel Nickham said there nothing going to be
done: that the chemists in NewY0rk were coming up;
the Doctor said he was going to Ne" YORK anu WIZ
ness had not HIM sDee nor dd he KNOW "heie lie
low il; on the sixth day ID April witness met Cole az
the Brick House, and asked him II he had got store
for wife; Sol said no. along IN the afternoon OF the
same day witness again met boil at Newton, ana asked
him if his wfes life insured for iOOO; Sol asked
witness who told him so; witness said jim Vannoy;
two or three weeks afterward witness again met Sol
Cole on the road and he asked Solif he knew where
Wickham was, and if he had heard from him; Soi
said he did not know who his friends were; witness
said To him that he was enemy to him or anybody
else-that there appeared 10 be =" awful tax about
him aud bis wife, and that if it was vile OF his lwt-
nessl he would have her taken up before four
houre; Sol said that he had been to g9od
deal of expense, but if they wanted her
taken up they might do So witness then said TO Sol
that he was Young, and might want another WIFE, ana
that no must not expect to get another without he
satisfied the people that there was nothing wrong Sol
aid he was poor and could not 60 TO the expense OF
H. said IL the men about the Brick House would help
take her up he (witness for one would help 10 90 III
witness gave Sol letter TO Gabriel Nlckham IRON
witness TO Wickham; does not remember OF seeing
Cole again; witness aiterward got teegraphc dis,
patch from Newly ork from Gabriel Wtekham; wanted
witness to go and Sol Cole aud see how witness
stood; Gabriel had previously written 10
witness to know who was talking about
Soils wife on Thursday before he had
received letter from Gabriel, asking him to 60 and
see his tGahIels) father in the letter GHore stated
that the Doctor had gore to Maine; be wanted w'ness
10 see his father, and see what MS iaiher thopht Oh
all this talk that was going about; witness on Eunday
| went and saw old Mr. Wickham, and saw that ne
! Wick haml was lawfully hurt" witness sent word
that week Ia Sol Cole that he witness wanted TO see
hm-that he had telegraphic dispatch witness dl1
not see Sol Afterwards spell before then, witness got
| letter from DR.. Wickham for Sol. Cole IN tearing
IF the outside wrappcr witness tore OF the envelope
TO Cole and witness read the letter; Nlckhain Wahed
Cole 10 write TO him how his business was and 20 give
the letter in answer witness and LEI witness mau 70
Port JerNs 10 be sent 10 New York; Dr. Nlckhhm :
name was not on IT, but witness recognized the hahd-
writing; witness sent the letter 10 Mr.. Coe 10y Thomas
Perry; Cole did no, send letter 70 witness 10 be
| mailed to Wickham.
James NJ. Chapman, agent Of the Kuickerbocker In
surance Company in jersey City, and s.ockholder ia
| the same, testified to having received an Application
from DIR. Wckham for an insurance on the lie oil MIS-
Helena L. Cole; Dr. Nickham referred witness 10 his
! brother Gabriel Wickham of NewYork for whom
witness had transacted business Wickham stated tha
some friends of his wished 10 get then lives insured
| and witness gave him some blank forms, saying II
| would be necessary to have Companys physician
examine the parties; be gave witness the name OF
Mrs Helena L. Cole of the parties, and said
that the husband solomon Cole wan,ed an Insurance
on his life; there was talk having her Ia New
York for examination, and Port Jervs and Newton
were also spoken of; lie said Mrs. Cole was more par
ticularly wanted then, but that H. physician could
| anime Mr. Cole At the same time; Wlckham was not
| an agent medical adviser of the Company but he
appeared friend ard anily physician of the party
applying, he represented To witness this, appears
by witness memorandum, made at the time, wss on
Tire 9th day of October shortly afterwari, he
received 81 Application, filled up-the one pro-
duced and marked Is exhibit; accompanying
it certificate, signed by Dr.. Wickhsm
family physician also the certificate Of solomon
WestfaN as friend; the envelope IN which they
was post.marked, COlevile, October II, 1885,; the
handwriting on the envelope was the as the
ihcae signed 10y DR.. Wickham; wtress informed the
Doctor that the application was accepted subsequent
" wtIess stated that policy forwarded, but upon
quarterly, nes policy made out and forwarded,
and lmns dately after ihe rst payment premium Of