The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-07

GiImcr' room while | WIS there. ,Iidn'
see Is. there any other night. I,r. l..
HORSE was tied ont atstlie style, | think
Some capsules were given thar night he
fore Dr.. Gi,mer came Dir. Gilmcr 20
very sick, complained of heing sick a
stomach, and vomiicd ] think the sick
mess came OH after the capsules were Civ
/ en-. | never saw DR.. B. any more tina
night; ! STAYED ont near the horse a RICH
smart while; MIR. Gilmer seemed thirst,
in the day time, | have seen DR.. u. kis
Mrs. Gilmer while Gilmer was sick; h,
kissed her in the mouth; have seen hin
kiss her twice; he laid his hand ON he
shoulder; looked like they did not know
was looking; DR.. B. came first and DR.
Gilmer afterwards; one capsule was give,
about g o'clock, suppose, by Miss Lot
Gilmer: I went over there TO sit up Will
Gilmcr: Gilmer got worse in the night,
did not stay in Mr.. Gilmcr's room all tina
night.
GlLMEK's EVIDENCE.
| Wyndham GiImer, the injured husband
Was then called and perccptiblc interest
rose considerably. He was very pale anC
rather scared, hut soon recovered; The
witness answered questions readily hi
docs not strike an observer rs a man pos.
scsscd Of great intellectual acumen, hui
he testified in fair manner. He said: 81
live about three miles from here; married
Margaret Cecil, | was sick in May, 80; DIR
Baker was my first attending physician;
was sick four weeks: Drs. Baker, Wiley
and Glmer waited on me. Columbus
Stockton was employed by me; Dr. B. left
capsules for me to take; he said for me to
take Il capsule early in the night TO ena-
bic me to sleep and if did not sleep. take
another at o'clock After | took the
first capsule, become very restless and
after taking the second capsule, took
very sick; l had several twitchcs about
nv legs, some time afterwards / began to
yomit this was in the morning when DR..
b. came; ! think told that il had taken
another one of those capsules, It would
have killed me,
Dr. Wiley WAS called in Friday and DR..
Gilmcr on Sunday Dr. Gilmer told DR..
B. that there should he change of treat
mcnt and they agreed to change. DIR. b.
waited on me all the time during my s:cH-
ness. got better very rapidly after the
change eff treatment; B. was there when
my brother came: after that had pre-
scriptons in two Walls filed Mt Washing
toms drug store; Dr.. B. quit waiting on
me- then of his own accord.
| denied Baker coming to my house uf-
ter nly sickness, he first time, and first
denied him my house twelve months ago
last June; came from Sunday school and
found him in my house and ordered him
away, telling him didn't have any use for
him. for him to take up his hat and go,
that il ever had and further use for him
would send for him, that he had damaged
The character Of my house, and | would
not put up with it any longer. ! nm a
farmer and own four hundred acres Here
The defense objected to evidence concern
ing farm and objection sustained the pros
ccuiun remarked in passing that "maybc
Baker wanted a farm as we'll as wife
SAW lie ductUr the morning after the
burial of his wife; lie rode into my sweet
potato patch where | was mt work and
stayed ten minutes, he did NOT tnlk about
his wife and his appearance indicated no
grief; he following to John Miunick in II
clustering maIluer to let hin, (Baker) have
that horse that Minnick was running and
he would cool him Oft u little. went 10
his house the night ofthc day his wife was
buried, and also next morning at the
funeral; in the morning his manner was
rather boistcrous, and he contendcd with
his son whether certain boy was able to
ride on certain gray horse to town; The
son finally prevailed, and the boy rode off.
got receipt Of Baker for $500 from
my wife; gave her the money; | never
saw him the night took the capsules
can say positively that ! saw him the
evening before. when he gave instructions
as to the capsules. On one occasion |
told The doctor lie must not come to my
house any more; next morning | found
him in my parlor, and as my wife walked
out talked very roughly to him; took
Il cane from the window, telling him had
a good mind TO mash his head and started
towards him; he pleaded with me consider
ably and told me | hadn'ta better friend
than he was.
My wife is at my home temporarily; am
not living with her as wife.
DIR. GILMER TEsrfFIEs.
The next witness, DR.. Scott Gilmer m,
brother of Wyndham Gilmer; when went
to my brothers Sunday DR.. B. was there
the room was very dark and my brothe,
extremely Frustrated; he was complaining
of his stomach, dryness of the mouth, and
could not bear the light. l examined him
and diagnosed it rs nervous prostration
couldn't detect any organic disease DR.
b. said he didn't agree with me, but read.
lily agreed to change Of treatment, and
the change was made; | do not think thai
the doctor told me what was the matter
with him, IN our short consultation. left
for my home in Russell county, and return.
ed the next Thursday; was much astonish
cd to see the improvement; it was contrar!
to my experience. DR.. B. was there or
Thursday, and agreed with me that m!
brother had improved rapidly. After tina
made two prescriptions one being com
posed of vileris and bromide Of potassium
/ am graduate oftwenty yeass medical
experience, and have acted az au expert
The change in my brothers condition i'm
pressed my mind that he had been takin:
poison; / did not expect rapid recover.
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INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Mr. Sands Ganoral Manar ey n { thc No, fol-