Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-28
MANY WITNESSES.
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but don't remember it.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
ana IN old friend of DIR. Mccoy; l have
a grandson attending Richie school; Dr.
Mccoy spoke about Miss Greenlee The
most-a' least l recOIect more about it.
P. B. DOBBINs.
1 know Mrs Pipes; l was a member Of
the BOare in 1887; Mrs. Pipes called on
me about the trouble; she spoke to ms
about u" bedroom scene with Miss Green.
lee; rs to the first scene, she went on to
state how 1t occurred, and after she finish
ed, asked II she didn't take her to Chan.
tauqua, after the frs scene, when the
three were iu bed, and phe said she had;
don't remember rs to the other scene;
told her if she could allow such q thing "a
happen aud not resent it-travelng with
her as cOmpanion-It told her I thought she
was about as much to blame as the others.
Q.-What did she say t. that? A.-She
SAID nothing; she cried about it She said
che hadn't thought much about the three
in-s-bed incident.
Odd you ask her whether she
charged DR.. Pipes with committing adul-
terry? A II asked hec if she knew OF his
having committed adultery with the two
teachers.
Q.-What did she say? A.-she said
she did not know it.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
She came to me ~ an official member OF
the Board, to talk and expOstulate to me
about the appointment of these women as
teachers; this was before the vote was
taken on the confirmation Of the teachers.
Odd you mention the Chautauqua
trip? A.-Yes.
Q-How did you know of it? A-From
DR.. Pipes
Q.-How did ne happen TO tell you ?
A.-Within week Dr. Pipes, DR. Mccoy,
Prof. CragO and Mrs. Pipes, all came to
me, and DR.. Pipes told me of the trip.
This talk was before the special committee
was appointed DR.. Pipes came to me be-
fore Mr.. Pii es. At the meeting of the
Board. Dr. Pipes vacated the chair and
called nae TO it. / appointed the special
committee. was told of the other scenes
by Mrs. Pipes.
Q-You voted for the confirmation oil
Miss Greenlte? A.-Yes
Q.-After you had talked with all these
people? A.-Yes.
Q DR. Pipes spoke of these things in the
B0srd2 A.-Yes.
Q.-Wha' did fa say by way of apology
for having slept with Miss Greenlee? FOB,
jec,ion.
I aid.
Q After hearing them you voted fol
confirmation? A Yes.
Q Yen haven't very iendly feeling
toward Dr.. Mccoy? A.-No, not an un'
friendly feeling; l am not intimate with
MIN; may have said 70 some one that he
was making a good deal of trOuble;I asked
Dr. Mccoy to support me for Sheriff be
did not decline. but / dOu't think he gave
NE a suppo t; DE- Pipes did; have very
friendly feeling for DR.. Pipes.
REDIRECT.
may have saiG something about DR.
Mccoy which could be construed rs I'M
friendly; I may have said lie was meddle
some, or making trouble; have no recol
lection Of saying anything.
BIT. NIXON.
know Mrs Ed Wheat: l had q con
vers0tion with her in 1887, about the petit
tioa; che came to me, wnere was board
ing; she ask me to sign the remOnstrance
but said nothing about the teacher to me
Ms DR.. Mccoy was with her. thinl
Mrs Wheat talked about the teacher, bu
don't remember what she said.
Q Did Mrs. Wheat say anything about
either Of the teachers being prostitutes
A - I don't recOllect
Odd she ssy anything about Mrs
Pipes ying she had caught DR.. Pipes anC
one Of the teachers in the very act? A
don't recollect whether Mrs. Wheat sale
il or not. Both were talking; they stated
both were not fit to teach in a publi'
school; nothing was said about prostitutes
that l remember, but something was said
about Mrs. Pipss catching one OF the teach
ers in bed with the Doctor.
MRS MARTHA JACKSON.
Mrs. Ed. Wheat came 10 my house, will
petition, in 1887; she said: I'VE have
paper we want you to sign, against the
Eighth ward teachers and against Dr
Pipes,n witness said she did not care to sigr
it, end Mrs Wheat went on to tell abou
the teachers, and said they were not fit Z
teach; she called them prostitutes; she sale
Mrs. Pipes had told her she had come from
prayer meeting, and had caught Mis-
| Greenlee and DR.. Pipes in the very act; sh'
GOT me to sign, and also made me sign my
husbands name; when he came home he
was angry. and said for me never to do that
again Mrs. Wheat said they were trying
20 run Miss Greenlee and Miss Stephens
and Or. Pipes out of town-that's where
they belonged.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Mrs Ed. Wheat did the talking; they
read the petition to me; there was some
thing about DR.. Pipes in the petition; ii
was the first had ever heard about the
NATTER was surprised. In reply ia
ouestiops by Mr.. Caldwell, witness went
over a conversation with Mrs Wheat in
detail, giving what passed circumstantlal-
Iv.1 Witness asked Mrs. Wheat how she
knew il. and she said from Mrs Pipes
own lips; she said 'if You would see Mrs.
Pines your heart would ache; she comes
to our house and cries every night" she
said Mrs. Pines came home from prayer
meeting and caught them in the very act
stumbled over them in the dark then
said: "Well, I'll give in" they fairly
frightened me into it, against my WILL
and worse than that, l signed my hus-
hands name, too. 1 had never heard q
harmful word against either one before.
MRS. CHARLES JACKSON.
know Mrs. Ed. Wheat, she called at
NV house with the petitions she wanted to
Keen Miss Greenlee out of the school; she
said she was not fit person to teach; that
there was a scandal about DR.. Pipes; l
asked her what proof she had, and she said
they had Mrs. Pipes word for it; that DIR.
pines and Miss Greenlee had been seen
toeatber several times; she said it was
TFelv if Miss Greenlee didn't teach Dr..
pines would leave town; she said Mrs.
pines had said she had found DR.. Pipes
and Miss Greenlee in very improper posi-
tion-they were on the floor, and she
stumbled over them
On cross-examiDation witness said she
thought Mrs. Wheat had said other things
to the other Mrs. jackson, but she had not
repeated them to witness; che spoke OF nc
one TO witness but Miss Greenlee; she did
me ntion Miss Stephens at all.
s. L. BRICE.
Nv drug store is west of DR.. Pipes
office. thew connect by door; am in the
habit Of calling the Doctor; there is bell
wire from his Office into the house we can
mil and if he doesn't respond we look for
him. or enquire where he is. 100.
Do you recollect, in 1888, or 1884,
han Won called him three or four times