The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-02-19

appear better and would dress hlmeel
neatly aud be able to attend to business
T iese depressing spells would come owe,
him frequently aud he was never of sounG
mind; said Irwin once drew a knife OF
him and would nave killed him had ht
not left the room; at times he was tn
most devoted son and brother be eve
| saw; at other times he would be oblivion!
I of everything around him and would ap'
pear taciturn; he would at times have &
wild LOOK in his eyes and at others b.
! would have a vacant stare. Said they SEM
him to school, but he did not learn well
at times he would have the appearance o.
a maniac; he saw the necessity of EN-
pl lying his mind in some way, and got
him'employment as driver on a delivery
wagon. DIR. Seeber paid the wages which
he received. He was at first employed as
driver for Mr.. Jackson, u Rroceryman al
Hixginsville, and later by Mr.. VivioD,
Said be allowed him to work around the
bank for some time. He then sent him
to business college at Quincy, Ill. Irwin
became very i'll, and he was forced to
bring him home from the school; en-
ployed him again ct the bank and let him
attend TO small matters which a boy could
have attended to; said Filing was elected
cashier, and Irwin seeber no longer held
any position at bank. Twins mental
condition was such that he could not
attend to the banks business; he was
allowed to attend to some small affairs;
he was on friendly terms with Filing,
who directed him what to do. Said Filing
was one of his best friends, and that
when Irwin was In one of these moody
spells he would imagine the DOCTORS best
friends to be his worst enemies. Irwin
had taken his money out OF his fathers
bank at one time aud placed 1t 10 the
Bank of HigEiosvilIe.
On cruss-examination MIR. Vivion
presented a letter signed by Irwin
Seeber which was written to his old
teacher at Gem City Business college,
which was as follows:
HIGGINsvILLE. Mo-, March 10, 95.
Prof. D. L Musselman. President,
DEAR PROFEssuR: TN my return
home in july. 1894. from schOol l was
Immediately employed as book-keeper
in the Citizens hank. of this place, and
yOn can judge how well my services
were appreciated when l tell you that l
WAS TcCctllly GlCCItu dSSlSldlL CdSIlIcf.
l am sure hat | ONLY state the truth
when 1 say that my good fortune WAS
due solely to the valuable and thorough
Instructions received while attending
the Gem City Business college. | can.
therefore. confidently recommend this
school as being the most thorough and
practical of any similar institution in
the United States. Verv truly.
IRWIN SEEBER.
When asked by the state as to who
wrote this letter. DR.. Seeber said. II
myself wrote it,
Seeber was employed until August 10,
1896, when Elhng Was elected cashier.
Mr.. VIvion asked DIR Seeber if it was
not OH the date when Filing was en-
ployed and Seeber let out that Seeber
withdrew his deposit from the bank.
DR.. Seeber answered. yes" The
amount Withdrawn was $l220.
DIR. VIM. Harrison , of Marshall: Was
In Los Angeles in 1857; first saw Irwin
Serber there; was sent for one night:
flu d Irwin nervous and suffering from
fever, sore throat and nasal trouble;
treated him; noticed that Seeber acted at
times like he didn't have much sense;
saw Seeber ii year later in bank and he
again acted strangely; though, the boy
was not right i'll his mind.
CRoss-ExAMINED.
He could not give any particular
actions that caused him to form this
opinion.
Mrs Seeber. mother of the defendant,
took the stand. She corroborated DR..
Seekers statements In regard to the
physical and mental condition of the
defendant from the time he vas a small
child to the date of the killing of Mr..
Filing.
Mabel Seeber. sister of the defendant.
testified to the queer actions of her
brother and to their frequent occurrence.
She spoke of his threatening to kill HIM
self with a pistol and cOrroborated the
testimony of her father and mother.
Mrs Hendrix, of WarrenshurR: Had
lived al Higginsville and had known
Irwin Seeber. Told of his staying all
night at her house and of his getting up
and going out in the yard and lying
down on the ground and refusing to
come back into the house; she sent for
his uncle, Forrest Field.
Cross examined by Mr.. Lamb, she
said that MIR. Field come over and went
out ON the lawn after the boy; Irwin re-
fused to go home with him and Mr..
Field gave him n spanking He vent
along alright after that, as far as she
knew.
Forrest Field testified as to the Incl
dent al Mrs.. Hendrix house. Irwin had
drawn 4 pistol on him al the lime and
had threatened To kill him Thought the
boy was of unsOund mind ut the time;
did not remember spanking him; knew
If other incidents that had occurred
which showed him To be wrong In his
mind; was director of Citizens bank In
1895; had helped to elect Irwin assistant
cashier.
CROss-EXAMINED.
Said the capital stock in the bank was
$780, 900; the deposits ran about S40,0OO.
time in 1894 because he wanted to put
irwin out of the bank.
w. K. jackson: Had known Irwin
Seeber and had employed him to drive a
delivery wagon in 1897 DIR. Seeber paid
IrwIu's wages. Seeber had at times
while In his employ ACTED queerly,
would leave his work and be gone some
times for a week; did not think Seeber
knew right from wrong.
sam Viviou: Had known Irwin
Seeber and had employed him. Said he
had acted very queer at times: had some
sort of spells; saw him in bank after the
shooting and he looked like he had a
spell.
CROSS EXAMINED.
He did nOt thInk IT, ever spoke to
Irwin about Rejecting his dulles.
Elder Fred V. Lnos, pastor of the
First Christian church at Liberty: Had
been pastor of the Christian church at
Higginsyille, aud had been intimate
with the family of DIR, Seebei; told
of several occasions when the boy had
become suddenly frenZied.
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