Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-14

! Knew Or. Mckinley and his two Chill
iren, the girl aud boy. never saw bin
| iruuk nr under the Influence Of liquor
D MT think ne was kind 20 his children
he lid not ciothe them we'll They bai
- shoes. HIS little girl came up a1f
| ssnted her shoes mended. My wife toiC
| aer she had better get rev pslF, anc
| he said her father had no money. Hal
he time there was 10 0ne 10 attend r.
Toe children. At one time the little boy
was very sick and had little or no attend.
tnee. We could hear his moaning dis.
tlnctly where We lived.
Dr Il a. BeH-l reslfs Ia Louisville
Dldsnot know DR.. Mckinley. He wac
employed FOR a time as Acting AssistaL I
Surgeon ia the Bureau department..
Here witness read from Bureau records.
showing that DR.. Mckinley wss die
charged from the servlce OF the B0re 2u
or iatemDersnce and neglect Of duty
DR.. Boi0DlO5l DR.. Mckinley
L bast saw him two or three months ago
Kucw his children. I took him to M
asuss when he had deirium tremeus,
and attended him until he recovered
Hs did not drink any more FOR six
months after that, so far SO knew, ba,
| was told hs did drink. Ho Stoned o.
be very Aind 10 his little boy. have
'asn him since this trial commenced
The last time l saw him he was walking
up JedersOu street ln his shirt sleeves,
drunk.
Cross e-rd7lined-yVhen / hrst beesne
acquainted with him be said his physi-
c,an had advised him to take whisky
The physician, he said, brought him
more whisky, which hs declared to have
hsea dragged. hs told me he prseticsd
la curing men Of drunkenness. ] have
osen at his house g few minutes ct 2
time Oaly. Never saw him aaltrest his
children. He is, think, pretty good
physician.
Jao. Patterson TX aew Dr.. Mckinley
BY sight. reside in Louisville. I was
8. the Widows and . phans' Home, on
the NrwbuTg road, when his daughter
ss taken there. l was superintendent
Of cut door work. Iu the spring OF '67
she was brought there by two OF the
managers. Shs wss very thinly clad,
and her clothes were very much worn.
she had no change of olothts Mex o.
ley came two or three times to the insti.
tuition. he took his daughter away after
she had been there two or three months.
When she came there she did not appear
to have been associated with the refined
and Intelligent, and did not seem to ap-
probate the value OF truth.
Cross examined Il was iUfJrmed her
father took her to q Catholic acsdsmy.
Have heard OF her going to aa Episcopal
sabbath school. DOn't know whether
she went 10 sabbath school az the in-
gtsnoe OF her father.
DR.. Oot6rloHsy.-I live ia louisville.
Knew DR.. Mckinley and his children.
My connection with him was q very De-
cuiisr one. He was my assistant IL tbs
Goverument dispenssFy. After he had
been attached to ths establishment some
time, he Was taken sick. / attended
him, And prescribed stimulsnts Whsn he
was weak and e0nYalescent. He eoon
after got on Considerable spree. Saw
him ct Dr.. BOwman's, Ffflicted with de-
lirium tFemsna. His daughter esms to
my h0uss and inquired for him. She
stated he had been on a spree FOR several
months, and that she had 10 place to 70.
as she could not get into the house hsT
father had rented. She was sent 70 the
WldcTs' eDd Orphans Home, on the
NewbuFg road. She asked me 20 write
10 her brothers In Tennessee to come and
take her away from her father. She
stated to me and my wife repeatedly
that she was step-dsughter Of Dr. Nc
Knley. Sas seemed exc a9d.0Giy
shEewd. Sne asked nay wife, e Mrs. Oc
terIoney. DON'T you think my ps is ike
Henry VIfI7n My, wife asked hsr why,
and she replied, "Recauss he has So
many wives"
Cross e1GB1ineI- Il .gss told ths DletoT
remnved her from the 0 0han's Home 70
the ST. Utsuline Academy. l have seen
the Doctor iG $50 slrsss. Saw him very
little ghea be first came 10 nae. He
made very favorable impression upon
everybody who met him. A iett=r for
her that came from beg brother fsn into
beT fatheT's hands.
Dr.. 4. s. Bell reside Ia louisville.
Koew Dr.. Mckinley aud his children.
They lived next door 10 my sou. Know
nothing about their treatment, except
that they bore evidence OF hsying OeeG
Oeaten very frequently. think ths dif
ference ia lhs c6u6iti0n OF the girl since
she has been in ST. ULsuiine Is inamessu-
tabiy better than it IVES while she was
with her father.
AT the conclusion Of Or. Bell's testi-
nony, the court adjouraed the case
lOtl this afternoon at J O,CloIh.