Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-16
THE ISLANDER CASE.
ANOTHER SOLID DAY DEVOTED TO THB
TAKING OF TBSTINONY.
Dr. Mccoy on the Stand all During the Session, with
the Exception Of Brief lntsrvalin
the Afternoon.
Tbsre was the usual attendance at Judge

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the resumption of the Pipes-McCOy trial.
The first matter disposed of was
final settlement of the order of the Court
and exceptions thereto, made late Tues
day afternoon, upon a statement made by
DR.. Mccoy as to what DR.. John Pipes had
told BIN about the troubles at his house,
and his inclination to leave home. Capt.
Dovener said while the record was being
corrected, he would like to have state
ment in the Intelligencer corrected. That
paper had said: Judge Campbell felt
called upon to inform Capt. DOvener that
he would run the Court little while him
self" which statement the Captain said
was not true. The Court said the Captain
was correct; that the Court had addressed
no such remark TO him.
Mr. Geo. Caldwell said the Court had
certainly said it would fix the record itself,
or something to that effect.
Capt Dovener said yes, that was true,
but the remark was made to Mr.. Caldwell,
and not to himself. He wanted to have 1t
straight.
This was conquered in by all, after the
Court had said it intended no reflection on
anyone, and the Court intimated that the
case could proceed.
DR. Mccoy RECALLED.
O.-Whst was the next information you
had regarding improper demeanor by DIR.
Pipes and Miss Stephens or DR.. Pipes and
Miss Greenlee? A-The next information
had was from Mrs. Pipes at my house.
She came down and requested to see me.
Odd you send for her to come? A.
Il did not.
Q.-What occurred? A.-She came into
the room and asked to see me, and we went
into a room to talk the matter over. She
said she came to inform me Of the intimate
relations existing between two OF the
teachers and her husband. She said the
improper liberties or privileges taken by
one of the teachers and her husband had
existed for over ten years, and with the
other for several years, and then she pro-
ceeded to tell me of the several compro-
missing situations she had seen them In at
her house. She first told me that DR..
Pipes and Miss Greenlee had slept together
one night at her house. I don't know that
can tell what she told me at each particu-
lar time. She saw me three or four times,
and told me a part Of the matter each
time.
Q-State whether this was before or after
You took the petition around to get sigma
lures? A.-They were all about month
or six weeks before that.
Q-Go on, and tell in detail all she said?
In response to this question, the wit
ness went on to detail the two "bed room
scenes, a. he said thew had been narrated
to him by Mrs. DR.. Pipes, and about as
they have heretofore appeared in the REG
IsTER, in MIS-. Pipes testimony.
Then followed the question;
State whether or not anything WAS said
to You by Mrs. Pipes about Miss Greenlee
and DR.. Pipes as to the hugging and kiss
ing?
The witness responded to this about as
has been heretofore narrated by Mrs.
Pipes and already published in the RIG
IsTER, and the answer was excluded by
the Court, upon motion of Capt. DOvener.
Mr. Caldwell said there had been no OBJ
lection to this by Mrs. Pipes.
Capt. Dovener said they had not, be-
cause they proposed to give her full rope.
But that gave no one else a license.
There was some argument, and then the
Court called attention to the offers which
had been SEVERAL times made by counsel
for the defense, and said they ought not
to have been rendered in the presence OF
the Jury.
To this Mr.. Caldwell replied somewhat
warmly, saying he had acted in thorough
good faith, with due regard for the in
terests of his client, and had no inten-
tion either of presenting improper evidence
to the Jury, or Of delaying the progress OF
the case.
The examination was then proceeded
With.
OWN you state now what Mrs.
Pipes said with reference to Miss Stephens
and Dr. Pipes having had improper con-
duct toward one another? Airs. Pipes
said she had also found DR.. Pipes and Miss
Ella Stephens in compromising positions
in her house on several occasions. OBJ
lection; Over-ruled l don't think can
state these various things without possibly
getting one mixed up with the other.
They have been repeated to me time or
two, and may possibly get part Of one
mixed up with the other. | think l did
that yesterday. Objection and wrsngle. ]
l think got part of one story mixed with
another. think Mrs. Pipes told me she
went down stairs to get some more medi-
cine for John; when she got down there
the lights were ont in the hall and draw
ing-rOom. She went up to the mantle
piece to get match and saw DR.. Pipes sit
ting in the corner. She asked why the
lights were out, and then looking further,
she saw Miss Stephens sitting on the floor
with her hands around her knees. She
lit the gas and DR.. Pipes turned it out.
She asked why this was done, and he said
1t hurt Miss Stephens eyes.
Capt. Dovener-Oh, that was all gone
over yesterday.
Mr.. CALDWELL must object to these
Interruptions. They are only made for the
purpose of hampering and distrscting the
witness and preventing his telling his
story.
Capt DOvener-Yes, he went over it,
and got DR.. Pipes in the corner instead o.
Miss Stephens. He is in that corner yet
Mr.. Alfred Csldwell-Yes, and will keeI
him in the corner.
After some further trouble, the witness
was allowed to 20 on and correct his mis-
tatements of yesterday regarding the visit
of Mrs. Pipes to Miss Stephens room, wher
there had been three calls for DR.. Pipes
lie said he got that incident mixed will
the trimming scene when Mrs. Pipe'
caught DR.. Pipes sitting on stool, ant
Miss Stephens clothing was up so sn'
could see her garter. TIE matter was fin
ally Strengthened out, and the two Incl
dents separated and made distinct by the
witness in about the form they have beer
heretofore published, except that at the
close of the scene, when Mrs. Pipes told
about the angel incident, the witness added
that Mrs. Pipes said she had ordered Mis-
Stephens out of the house, and had called
her every vile name she could think OF
At the conclusion of this correction by
the witness, counsel got into row ovel
the relevancy of some of the story, anC
some personalities were INDUCED in be
tween Capt. Dovener and Mr.. Geo. b
Caldwell, the latter saying Captain Dow
ener made a practice of interruptine
Court, counsel witness and everybody
else, and then went on to particularize hi
argument as to the evidence.
When he got q chance to reply, Capt
Dovener said that he did not intend to bt
misrepresentsd, and went on to say tha
be could only make statement to Mr.
Caldwell; God Almighty would have t.
furnish him with understanding.
Mr.. Caldwell-Well, | wish He had in
cluded you in the general distribution.
The Court said. wish gentlemen yor
would manifeet more Christian spirit
toward each other; to which Capt Dow
ener said be would like to see an end of il