The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-13
Has Cole Avowed the Real Purpose OF his
Deed The withdrawing Statements.
IRON the SNracnsA Innrnal JnneS.

L i safe 20 observe that no act of crime or
PERSONAL violence has ever occurred in this
: NE that has so shocked the sensibilities of
..r public mind rs that which sent the la
rrgi-d l.. Harris Hiscock TO an untimeiy
grave.
'Hi,cocR had exerted himself to secure Coles
r..mOtIon in the army, doubtless through the
,.u,ltaiiun of his wife. That one circum
STANCE brought them frequently together. The
wife employed the husbands friend profess
,r.lllV - her confidential business agent, rs
several ladies from time 10 time, in this city,
have tDUe--a trust induced by the most inno-
..... motives in the world. Mr.. Hiscock had
surrogate OF the county; he was lawyer
Of reputation ; he was careful, exact, ana dls-
cree, IN business management. II rs quite pos
-bIc If net probable that IN The disposition
u! he property By the will made by Mrs. Cole,
ana drawn by Mr.. HiScoCk, may be found the
nr.-.n Of the i'll will eugendered in the nus
htg8. : mind towards the wife 5 lawyer. Mrs.
tie possesses 4 considerable estate in her own
r-.,-S2U, 900 is the lowest amount we have
heard named. Her husband was not sue
..,,iul business opera tor: he was IN no one
os.upltion tor any length of time until he
t.u, INTO the army. He may have wanted
rna control and use Of that money. Mrs. Z.
NV have been advised 10 keep il invested
where n would be- safest. She was doubtless
anxious 10 provide for her children. We APP
r.-h"ud II VIII he found, Al the facts are ever
made public, that the original VIII secured 10
t.- husband, in case of 4 surYlNorship, only
t'.-l..Jmc Of her estate i'll certain contni-
n.
would terminate. The council probably en-
tended that term. There was enough In TINS
r.n.Fr caused dissatisfaction. II uanscends
uu probability 10 surmise that In this we nave
the secret Of the hostile feeling towards the
,a.-rl adviser in this business on Coles part.
P.rhau, he brOoded over his imaginary
wrongs until other fancics took posses
-.au Of his mind and he was led TO form
schemes Of revenge and satisfaction, whlch,
r..NEryuT their shape at first, grew familiar 10
l..- o.. ind ended
we have recorded. Some light may be thrown
upon This subject by a reference 10 Cole : per
-..ul qualities. He was man OF morose,
m-Dgial disposition. He made but few
friends and had few intimacies, or none
some we know. who were attracted by his
military reputation. tried 10 form his acqalnt-
aH.,. bul every advance made for that pur-
..-. was repealed He was a self-wiiled, de-
r.ruIuui man. and il l. easy enough 10 COM
ura4rud how. having once conceived strong
aversion tor the person he may have sup
uusrd PRIV 10 arrangements that did not pro-
mote his views, he was drawn on from one
position TO another till he had resolved upon
De- destruction. The will we have spoken of
was executed in August, 1864, at MIS-
Coles residence. This i the lime spoken
.. al the ooroneTs inquest when the muir
Gered man is accused O! attempting hber-
ICES with n woman who imagined she was on
her death bed. The thing i incredible. IN
March, 1903 Mrs. Cole called at Mr.. Hlscock
Office dictated the terms of the codicll, waited
for IL 10 be drawn out, and then executed me
instrument Both papers We're left with MI
ILscock for safe keeping. Was this Inc con
duct Of a woman who was conscious mat she
had sustained a gross insult from the man she
WIS thus employing and conided IN Inc
..r-a Is too inIolerdble for belief. Mrs Cole
certainly could have harbored no such sense
of injury 10 her feelings or character al tue
line If any confession has been Wruhg
from her lips subsequently, that implicated
Dir Hlscock, there must have existed Il mo,
tive for j., that goes beyond the question OF
wounded honor. What could IL have sprung
from if not from considerations connected
u.rL he will This view will certainly bear
animation until other and more satisfactory
evidence can be adduced TO discredit and over
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