The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-06-29


the premature birth of her seven
months child and in June. Her mind
about then was not good, she had
several fits, frothed at the mouth,
rolled her eyes, cried in pain, had
him to press her legs and had-iadies
to rub her arms, and be teiegraphed
for Dr. Mackey and sent for DIR.
Dent to come at once To wait on her.
He went for DR.. Dent when she told
him to go just before the birth of
the child, but the child was born
before the Doctor got there and
lived only about an hour. Before
be started for the Doctor he wanted
to call in some women near to az
tend to her while he was gone after
the Doctor but she said it was not
necessary that the girl and the boys
could do that until the Doctor came
Matte Zimmerman was not out of
bed, and had not been, the morning
that we went to brother Thomas
to help him thresh, she and mis- wife
had been working hard for days and
he let them sleep, though he called
the girl once and she did not get up.
Before starting to the threshing he
harnessed his horses and let them
stay in the stable until his return
when they hauled water to prepare
for his own threshing that day and
the next Lou Stephens never saw
him kick or kick at his wife; and he
never kicked her or kicked at her in
his life. He told Cal Eddy that he
did not think coroner's jury was
necessary because of the known cor
dition of her mind and he cited him
to the cases of his grandfather and a
Wade boy who had been found dead
and no inquests. He did not attend
the autopsy because be was too sick
at the time; he had arranged to go
but his physical condition would not
permit. He locked her dresses in
the bureau when her mind became
affected. She would pack them n
valise and carry and leave them at
neighbors and he did so to keep her
from spelling them. She was never
prevented from wearing them when
she desired to do so. The only rea
son that she left him was her un-
sound mental condition for he al
ways treated her right, he heard she
said that if it had not been for his
lying that she would never have
been at his house, but as a matter of
fact, he did not lie either to get To mar
ry her or get her to return to him. He
put the notice in the New DOMINION
because he was advised to do so,
having been told that people had
told her she could buy on his
credit whether living with him or
not. He sent her word aud asked
her whether she intended TO come
back to him and sent word TO her
that he had not done or said any
thing to her and that people had
/ lied TO her. She came back in about
week and on Tuesday and the
next day he washed and told her he
would wash her clothes and she an
swered him she hated for him to do
so, but he insisted and she brought
him some of her clothes-he thinks
she then changed her underclothes,
and he washed them, and on Satur
day of the sane week they went to
Fairmont to political meeting,
and it was when returning from it
that she jumped out of the wagon
and greatly injured herself, judging
by her talk afterwards upon the
subject and by her acts thereafter
and physical condition. He treated
her kindly after she came back, as
before, and instructed his sons so to
do, and to help her with the house
work and to make allowance for hel
when peevish or quarrelsome and
when, as they sometimes would they
answered her back he would make
them hush up. She had entire man
agement of the house, when able
and marketed with produce and
bought what she chose. And be al
ways bought her what she said she
needed or desired. He stated that
he had always been a hard working
farmer, and had poor school advan
tages and little education. But thai
he had been a school trustee for sew
eral years-and was now trustee
|, and that he had been for 10 or |!
years member of the Baptis
church and was now one in goot
standing. He denied all of the test
imony of Slime, Mollissee and Ing
hiram, his quondam fellow prisoners
and the testimony of Miller, Kenne
dy land Snider with whom he un
friendly, and the testimony Of th'
daughters and niece of his late wife
, that part of the testimony of then
all, and of others, that might tenC
to criminate him of the charge. Hi
and his late wife were married Sept
l, 1892. The riprapping has beer
at creek for many years and some
more of it way made in 1894. Onion
dried beef, potatoes and apple butte
were brought him in Jail from home
, He was sick-has stomach trouble
} and sometimes he ate consid erabl'
and sometimes little or nothing. II
denied eating u onions at one mea
in Jail here or bushel of apples a
one time in the Fairmont jail HI
also denied that he ever told his sol
TO break bottle of poison that wa
on the mantel at home. The onl.
/ poison he ever had there was som
that he got once when he though
, his mare had ring bone and when h
found she did not have it he threN
, the poison in the fire. From wha
he had heard, Dorsey Slime had no
, written the letters be dictated &C
cording to dictation. He had Mr.
Moreland to write his will and b.
wrote goodbye to his people becaus
be was very sick, had smotherine
, spells and did not expect to live un
! til his trial at this court.
/ On cross examination he said h.
did not see the marks on hrs lat
/ wite's neck until at the time of tn
coroner's jury, and that they locke
to him like scratches.
That they might look like fnge
} nail marks too, and th at his finger mai
, could have made the marks, but ths
they did not do so, that he was nc
, present when the marks on her nee
} were made. He and wife talked al
ter they retired the night of Inc
mother