Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-20

debtors room, and then was put In a
ceIl-cell No. in the upper corridor
O.-Do you know w. H. Fee? Al
do.
Odd you have any conversation
with him in regard to DR.. Baird? A
Once.
O.-When was that? Al examined
him for an application for the United
Workmen on December s; there are a
number of questions, and one OF them
is to give the name and address of the
family physician; the object is that
when the Grand Medical Examiner is OF
opinion there is question about the
anplicant. he can refer to the physician
for further information, and in reply to
that question Mr.. Fee wrote DR.. George
Baird. | passed Mr.. Fee, and the appll-
cation went to DR.. Dunn, at Pittsourg.
There was delay, and we talked about
the application several times. About
Two weeks after that-about December
22d-I went in the Office one afternoon
it was after four o'clock-after ONCE
hours-and he asked me about the ap-
plication, and he asked me about the
application. and he asked me about the
DELAY. and he said he had a notion TO
let the darned old thing go-to let 1t
drop-something was said about Mr..
Hathaway having said that Dr. Baird
had said he wouldn't reply to medical
questions that that d-n old - had
anything to do with. said: "Hatha'
way says you're half dead with con-
sumption, anyhow" and he said, "wait
till | see the Doc.," and | told him not
to incense him any more, and he said,
"Oh, he won't hurt any one. N L never
said anything about "old fool" or
I'd old fool"
Q.-Do you know w. FL. Beans? A
know w. C. Beans; / had converse
ton with him; think it was on the
18th of the month of January, as near
as l can recollect-probably the day
! after received that letter. MIR. Beans
came in to see me, as he frequently did,
and we got to talking about the small
pox case, and about the way some OF
the people were talking, jumping on
me at that time. l do not remember
exactly what was said. | think l told
him l had a good deal Of persecution
and abuse, out of spite work, and the
insults DR.. Baird had heaped on me,
and then handed him over the letter,
and he read the letter and we talked
over it. / was a good deal excited. l
think told him the letter, if not in the
handwriting of Dr. Baird, was in his
style; | know l was good deal excited,
and / walked over the floor. l said
/ wouldn't stand personal violence, but
would stand his abuse on account Of my
family.
Odd you tell him you would six
him." or that you were "ixed for him."
or that you would kill him? Al did
not tell him that would kill him, what
ever he may have gathered from what |
said.
OIL want to ask you one additional
question. What is true with reference
TO the nature or character of these in
suits? How were they in point OF time?
A.-They were as frequent as he would
meet me on the street, with a few ex-
ceptions: sometimes. when his wife and
! daughter were with him, he would not
do it.
Q.-I mean the tone? A.-When I
would come along the pavement, he
would almost hiss in my ear, You
dirty niger - He would say it in
the most venimous and spitefu tone
any man could use, or that he could use.
Q-After you fired, what did he say?
Ale said Ego to HI" and after l
| fired the second time he went on and l
saw him go up Eleventh street, and
after | turned my head | saw him go in
the door.
DISCRIMINATION.
By Observation-Disclosures, how long
did you know DR.. Baird before his
death? A.-Since some time in 1881
about the time l came TO the city OF
| Wheeling.
Q.-You met him as a friend? A
Yes.
Q.-And he was friend? Ayes.
Q.-Untl what time? A.-Until some
time in 1883.
Q.-For about eight years he was
your closest friend, was he not? A.
From some time in 1881 until the fall or
summer of 1855 we were on very friend
ly terms.
O.-Of the closest character? A.
That was the nature.
Q-You attended lectures, did you
not? A-Yes.
Q.-Who occupied the position of
Health officer at the time you were at
tending lectures, Doctor? Objection;
sustained.
Q.-When were you first elected
Health Officer of the city of Wheeling?
AIN isSs-in the spring.
Q.-At that time you and DR.. Baird
were on very intimate and friendly
terms? A.-Those were the conditions.
Or. Baird supported you? A
can't recall that he did anything in my
favor; he certainly did nothing against
me.
Q.-Who succeeded you as Health
Officer? A.-Dr. Robert Reed, in jan
uaryy, 1887.
Q.-Was that about the time the
friendly relations between you and DR..
Baird ceased or began to be broken?
A.-No.
Q.-When did they cease? A.
Sometime in 1Sss-in the summer or
fall.
Q.-Who was Health officer at that
time? A.-Dr Robert Reed.
Q.-During the time You were Health
Officer Of the city of Wheeling, were
you not absent from the city, and be-
fore this friendship was ruptured, what
was the degree Of friendship between
you and DR.. Baird? A.-The degree