Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-18
THE END REACHED.
DR.. PIPES is HONORABLY DISCHARGED, AND
FOREMAN HkLD.
A Long and Sensational Hearing Before Justice
Arkls Last Night-An Outline Of the Tss-
hmony Adduc,d During the Evening.

| evening, WHEN lTOSeCulluR AllOIutJ
Howard gave notice that il the effort
was persisted in, one OF the defendants,
Mr.. Foreman, would get the worst OF it,.
The defense announced that IL WASH I
afraid, and the attempt to impeach
Miss Douglass was persisted in. Then,
In this line, the State sought to impeach
the character and credibility OF Mr..
Foreman, by introducing evidence TO
show, in the language Of the Prose
cutting Attorney, that 'he was liber-
tine," and that, at divers times, he had
attempted or had been intimate with fe-
males at the institution: that his ami
mostly towards Miss Douglass was the
result Of her resistance 20 his proposals,
and that the Prosecuting Attorney had,
when an investigation into the matter
was proposed, some time ago, by the
county authorities, opposed the thing,
because the defendant had but short
time TO serve as superintendent, and
also in the interests of a preservation OF
the fair fame of this county and COM
munity.
The first witness called last evening,
on behalf Of the State, was Miss II. y.
Douglass, whose parents reside three
and n half miles west Of Bridgeport, on
the National road. She went TO the
Infirmary July 18th, last, In response
to an advertisement in the SUNDAY
REGISTER for nurse for the insttu-
tion. and left April lSt OF this year.
She knew DR.. Pipes by sight, and had
seen him at the Infrmary three times.
The first time he was there. to
her knowledge, was on Sun
day. He came in carriage,
with another man, and got out
alone and went up to see Foreman.
short time after that he called again,
while Henry WadcSbecker was lying
cornse. The third time he came with
lady and went up TO the Office. This
was about a week after Wadesbeckef
died. On the first visit he went into
Mr.. Foreman's office, in the main build
ing. The other gentleman remained
in the buggy, and the doctor was only
there a short time. Wadesbecker died
in the evening. and the Doctor was
there the next day. Witness went to
Foreman and asked him to telephone to
the wife Of the dead man, in this city.
as she had asked to have word sent II ne
died. The telephone was out OF order,and
Foreman sent In note. The wlte came
out on the motor leaving the city at ten
o'clock. and said She had just received
the note from Mr.. DobbinS. She said
she was not able to bury the body and
Mr.. Foreman gave her lock OF the
dead mans hair. Mr.. Foreman then
ordered the coffin and said il would not
he ready until 4r. VI. Later Foreman
said they needn't be in hurry about
the funeral, for DR.. Pipes was coming
ont. and wanted the body. Foreman
said the Doctor had asked for 1t. The
Doctor was to take charge OF IT, That
evening DR.. Pipes came out and
he and Foreman went to the
room where the body was and
witness followed them. While DR.. Pipes
was standing with his hand on the fore
head Of the corpse, witness asked MN II
he was going TO take the body, ana ne
said mo, go on and bury II. Witness
asked the Doctor il Wadesbeckcr'S wife
wanted ii. and he said she didn't-She
had three children to look after, and
could not afford ii. Or. Pipes then
went back to the Grove, and canght the
same moter he came In on-if be came
out on one. He left about hve
O'Clock. He came about the
time the motcr arrived-about
twenty minutes OF five. II sleep IN the
hospital building, and that night
heard wagon come over the bridge
and 20 up around the grounds. saw
Foreman and James Creighton talking
before the Doctor came ont IL Is VerY
unusual for physicians other than the
regular ones. to come there. ana our
nhysicians consider ii an insult. Dr.
| pines went TO see another patient-a
sick man-whle he was there. and he
remarked that he seemed to be III
pretty bad way.
ON REORGANIZATION, to Captain
Dovener, the witness said Foreman ana
| Creighton were not at the stable wheh
they were talking, as Creighton had tes-
tilted the evening previous, but were be
tween the buildings The county road
ran around the buildings, where the
wagon went that night. but it was I'M
usual for a wagon TO be on the road NJ
that time of night-ll o'clock. Brand
stroup was i'm her room at that hour
and that was not unusual lie was
off duty then. Witness SAID
She was in Columbus, Ohlo'
from November to May, where she
was canyassing for DR.. Miller, for female
diseases. II wrote no letters from
there. know lady named Farms
worth. in BuchannOn, w. Va. also
know a gentleman named Farnsworth-
He was never married. | know Miss
Shanklin. | rOomed on Chestnut street,
in Columbus. and Miss Shanklin roomed
on Jay street. | answered an adVer-
tisement in the SUNDAY REGISTER be-
fore | went to the Iufirmary. | went
there July 18th. did not write let
ter TO Miss Shanklin about July 25d,
nor did | give one to Mr.. Foreman to
mail for me. | gave him letters to
mail, but none for Columbus. have
written no letters except to a gentleman
friend named Farnesworth.
At this point Captain DOyener read
the following letter;
ELM GROVE. W. VA, July %, 1890
"To the Editor n The Capital, Columbus;
"DEAR SRI was to-day informed OF a
matter that gives sorrow untold, ana also
advised 10 write you and ask you 10
publish the guilty ones. am wronged
and deserted wife, caused by girl named
Kate Shankland She has so enchanted
my husband that he is more fond OF her
than me. and more, he wrote me that he
had left me forever. ! felt II so keenly,
because am from well bred family and
a good home. So in exposing them spare
me an YOU can. that is, don't bring my
name in print. Now. please call on Mrs.
for all details. Respectfully,
Mis- r. ID. FARNEswoKTH."
CAPTAIN Dovener read this letter out
of a copy of the Sunday Neirs-Letter OF
p August 3, 1890, and from time 10 time
0 he would ask the witness II she had
read this article in the paper at the In
e Urinary. Appended to the letter was
!, long story, the result of investigation,
, by the Capital, and the attorney and
the witness kept up a running hre o.
, questions and answers all through th'
reading Of nearly column article th'
. effort OF the defense being TO have II
appear that the witness was the persoI
> who wrote the letter, and also the per
son to whom the explanations applied
. Witness denied that she wrote the letter
y, and said FarneSwoIth was the man r.
-. ferred 10. but she was not the VIE
She never wrote the letter. Foremal