Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-25
THE MCCOY CASE
CONCLUDED AND GIVEN TO The JURY, LAST
EVENING.
Two Conyictions--A Case Of Alleged Bribery CT
Trial-Pleas Of Guilty in the Circuit Court
The Bridge Matter.

Upon the assembling Of the l. ). CIR
cult Court in the top of the Postofice
building yesterday morning, In contln-
uance of the Mccoy pension case, there
was an unusual large attendance, most
| ly from the Eighth ward, where there
/ is a lively interest in the suit.
DIR. j. w. Mccoy, the defendant IN
/ the case, again occupied the stand. lie
spoke of his memory being refreshed
concerning some matters Of which he
remarked the day previous, and that he
was slightly in error in regard TO the
cashing of the checks. lie had stated
/ the afternoon before that he knew
nothing about the disposition oil
the Sl7 check; that he had
given il 10 Mrs Specht soon after
| he received IL in a letter, and knew
nothing Of what ultimately became OF II.
However, after thinking it over, 1t oc-
Cured to the doctor that he did take the
second check of S47 to Mr.. Blum and
got IL cashed. and handed the money to
/ Mrs. Specht. from which amount she
handed him $40. The Doctor said
IL was customary for him to receive her
official letters from Washington IN ms
care, but if upon opening the envelopes
II found the letters were addressed to
her individually, and not upon business
common to US both, | was very careful
TO hand them TO her without reading
them" He said he did not give advice
on the pension matter TO Mrs. Specht as
an attorney, but only as friend. lie
had also given little friendly advice
on the same subject to others. Was in
the habit Of making out medical certllI-
Gates for pension cases for which he re-
ceived uniform price OF sl.5O, aud rare
" over that unless il involved consider
able extra work. Mrs Specht owed
him certain sum of money for medical
services. but the medical fee was not
made contingent upon getting her pen
sion. The doctor stated in the course
of the testimony that he was first
charged with taking an eXhorbitant fee
on July 3Oth, 1855, but the principal fact
embodied i'm the testimony was that the
! Doctor cashed both checks. During the
testimony the fact was again brought out
that Mrs. Specht had several names, and
| the government while considering the
claim had received different christian
names, such rs Frederick and Johanna,
and had written to find out what her
real name was. The witness explained
that he understood that the German
name Fredericka was Rachael In Eng
| fish. and that Johanna, which name she
also went by was another name in Eng
fish.
Mr.. Hearnc, attorney for the defense.
at this point vcntured TO remark that
there was no difference between the
German and the English OF Fredericka
and Johanna, and in SubStantation OF
his claim called to the stand Fred Win
gerter.
The next witness placed on the stand
was a German by the name of Elgas, who
spoke somewhat broken English, and
who got viSibly excited rs the testimony
advanced. He said he lived in the
neighborhood, and had known Mrs.
Specht for five years; that his wife was
on friendly terms with her. 81 heard
the Doctor and Mrs. Specht talking
about something one time, but didn't
know what they said, rs | was not pay
ing particular attention" Mrs. Specht
afterward told me she had offered the
Doctor 5000 to get her pension for her.
| told her / thought il was too much,
as she might not know how much she
was going to get. She said if she got
the pension she'd pay the Doctor upon
the bill she owed him for services
Lydia Hahne was the next witness.