Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-24
TINE DAsTARDlf DOG.
Pster Hsissr Receives a Prelimi-
nary Hearing Yesterday.
HID for Court Without Ball.
Tie Decision Of Squire ArJe---
A FsH History Of
re Case.

A fBh History Of
re Case.
Yesterday morning he case Of the State
" Peter Heiser wa beard before Squire
Arkls at TIE jal, Capt b B DOvernOr rep
reseuiiBg the State, and Col Arnett the de-
iendAhL Ten oeIOek !-ks the time set Tor
the hearing. bat Il vas faIly II before The
eo5r, vssrsady.
ALTTTLE HISTORY.
Before giving the evidence in the case
aiight history Of the terrible crime would
not Be anniss: About eight years ago
Hsiser married Nrs- Sarah Dillon, who At
tie tine Of the marriage vas EidoE and
The mosner Of = Etile giri, Eve years Of age.
On the lith Of last December, 1884, THIS
Rirl became . mother giving birth to boy
Iaby. At the time, REGlsrEE reporter
learned that Heiser vas the father and pab-
hshed exclusively the details Of the analr.
On the following tuesday, the 10th OF De
eember. the girl confessed that Heiser was
the fsthsr OF her boz, and q warrant was
is.ued fcr his arrest. Heissr skipped the
town and did not again appear here 1nh
about three weeks ago when, By the sdvlee
Of friends. be returned and gave himself up,
Squire Arkle tAkiBg him TO jail.
HEIsEK COxFEssEs.
The Ert witness examined was Richard
Robertson. one Of the proprietors OF the
NeEzLetter, who sWOre positively that
Hsissr admitted his guilt. Robert b.
Woods Jr, the next witness. also sEore 70
the prisoner having admitted he was the
father q the child, and in answer TO the
QUESTION pat by the reporter, How long has
this been going OnE Heiser sAids About
sve Years" Mrs. Sarah Heiser, when sworn,
aid: II am the prisoners wife; my dAagh-
tPr Maid Dillon, Is nov Is years OF age aud
Is mr. child BY ny first husband She gave
birth 10 a boy BABY on the 18th Of Deccm-
Der. / did not know what vas the mater
With her until about three weeks before the
baby vas born. Heiser acknowledged to me
thai he was the father OF the
baby. and that he was glad
the child was born, as he
always wanted a boy baby, and that
Maud vas more Of wife 10 him than l.
Maud first told me that three young men
caught her on the hillside, but finally
acknowledged that Heiser told her TO tell
4he tale. This Is not the only child ne has
tried; among others was Mrs. J. Sharps
and Mrs. Chapmsn's little girls
The Squire ruled the latter out as being
cor, ign 70 the case
AEG6ISG OFF.
CAPT. Doyener here introduced the fol
loving letter IS evidence, which was sent by
Heissr TO his fatherin-lAw, NJ. Vim. WAL
teTs:
WHEELING, January 3.
.Rr. H0hsrs:
SIR-PIease talk TO Sadie for me; tell
her and Maud 70 forgive ne and not aP-
pear against me so hard. | viii do any
thing in the world for them. Tel Sadie
and Maud 10 have pity on me. Mr.. Walters
please come and see me. II Will go hard
with ne. Talk 10 Sadie BY herself
Your sOn-in law,
PETER HEIsER.'
In the cross examination Of Mrs. Heiser
by Colonel Arnett the lady became slightly
mixed as 10 dates and finally acknowledged
that II was on the llth OF December the
child Was born instead OF the 18th, as before
stated. She also stated she was "a years OF
age and married Heiser on the Sd Of Octo-
Der, 1873.
AFRAID he MIGHT BIZ Hung.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman, sister Of Mrs
Heiser. was then called TO the stand ami
aid. Il was called to Heisers home in
the early part Of December as | supposed
for the purpose Of helping throug an oper-
alton to be performed on Maud. When /
found 10 nv utter surprise that Maud was
mother. On Tuesday following ! read an
account in the REGISTER that step-father
was also the father Of his step-daughters
child. Immediately repaired to the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Heiser and showed the ac-
count to nv sister. We sent for Heiser and
he denied the charge, but nv insisting ne
was guilty, as | knew a man named McNa-
NEE had seen his actions in the blackberry
thicket, caused him to acknowledge the
charge. | told him he had better leave this
country and nv reason for so advising him
was that knew my brother would kill him,
and did not want him hung for such as
him
The LETTER or Brute.
Here Capt Doyener offered the letter
written BY Heiser from Aassilon, O., to his
wife as evidence:
MAssILLOS, STARK COUSTY,
MOSDAY, December "a, 1884.
To Nj. DEAR WIFE:
will write you q few lines, Sadie nv
darling don't forget me, you don't know how
I have suffered but Oh God how you must
lave suffered. Oh, Sadie, have mot not
slept one hour since left Wheeling. Sadie
,eli me how my sweet darling Maud is, and
nv dear boy is. D Sadie, don't think hard
Of me, Maud is as much to blame as l am.
Sadie, when we meet / viii confess all from
the frst to the last Sadie if get work in
MSssillon, viii you come to me, darhngf
Sadie / could Of told you what was the
matter with Maud and so could she, long
ago
Sadie l was in Cleveland and on the
axe Erie. Sadie my darling sweet
wife write to meright away, dar-
ling, i viii wait till Saturday,
and If don't get an answer then will leave.
Sadie write 90 | get it on New Years
Sadie tell nv sweet darling Maud to write
me q few lines Oh Maud, my darling,
don't forget your papa. Oh! my sweet
darling Maud, what did We do. Oh Sadie
my darling, my heart is broken. Sadie
read these few lines to Maud: Maud watch
my boy. Oh Maud he is mine and yours
Tell me what his n2meis. MAad write me