The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-14
TIE STATHERS INQUIRY.
More Progress SIade At Saturday,
Session Than Any Day Since the In
Testigatioa Began = DR.. stafhers'
Side Ylef 20 b. HearII.


Special Dispatch % the Intelligeaeer.
WESTON. ". Va. Aug. ts.-The hrs;
witness examined IN he stathers In
yesdgation yesterday morning was
Fillmore Howell. a eolored hotel porter
at tie Ward house. Grafton his tes-
dnony related 10 the alleged going
away o. d.. siathsrs IN Nay. issS. with
one Mss Hattie Green. an employe. on
a tEip 10 ST Louis. The witness stated
that MIS- Green came 70 the hotel
where he worked on Nay 5. 1885, and
that he took her up 70 PEantytOwn TO
visit her little brother. a Reform School
inmate. and that she remained there
over night, returning the next day.
Wines carried a note from her Ehea
she returned 70 someone At the Central
hotel
Miss Green. who Is here, was called IN
and identified By the witness. BE was
present az tie station on the night o;
The 9Th. and saw her purchase . mile
age book with name Of Mauce SiathsEs-
He and the llcllet agent afterward Dis
one name az the hotel on the register
and another AZ the ticket ONCE BE
said a man had come down from the
hospital three or four weeks afterward
10 get an affidavit from him that Mss
Green had gone east and not west. and
offered him a position a. So month
II he could get proper endorsements
from his home people He ideati1sd G
L Topping as the man. and Mr. Top
ping was placed on the stand and cor
robJraIed HowelI's statement. stating
that he had gone al Stathers' Instance
to get the affidavit Topping Is the hos
pltai clerk
Thomas L Henderson. assistant tick-
et agent at Grafton. was the next Wit
ness. and Dr.. SIathers and Hiss Green
having been brought 81 and asked 20
stand I'd before him, he Identified both
as having been n the waiting room and
purchased .-cl;eis from him on the nlShi
u May s. 1855. Dr.. StatheTS. he said.
purchased q Pullman ticket to St
Louis. taxing lover. OF double. berth.
tia: being the only Pullman ticket sold
By him that night
Miss Green. who gave her name as
Miss Naude S;sthers and 50 signed i
on the ticket purchased from witness.
Al INTERCHANGEABLE mileage book s4yi;ls;
In the room the TWO paid 10 attention
20 each other. but witness saw them
20 10 the sleeper together he eIhi5-
Tied before the board his ofiice records
OF entries made on the day OF sale
showing that interchangeable mileage
book No 5sG5 was sold Nay :. isss, 20
Maude S;athers-
on cross exaTnination be admitted
that he nlIShI possibly b. mistaken As
20 the two being the same people. but
be protested tha: ne bad no doubt IN
his own mind Of their identity
Clerk Topping vas recalled and
stated that ne saw Dr. Stathers and
Miss Green and sister get INTO buggy
one evening last April and start out
driving ia ParkersbuTg- The doctor re-
turned 20 the hotel about 10 O'Clock at
night.
Kiss Grace Bussev Of Huntsville. one
OF tbs. young women who had formerly
made N affidavit. gave testimony rela-
tive 10 D.. StaIhers having gained her
confidence SOol after she came 20 tie
institution b. assuring her that be was
a Mason. and as her father vas Ike
wise q Mason he fslt it his duty 20 %
a father 70 her. Some time a1tsFEaEd
she alleges that he again approached
her and asked her 20 take 4 trip 70
Pittsburgh with him. saying he thought
girls Ough; to have q good time as well
as men, and that y. would Be no harm
u il was not found out. \ part Of her
affidayit relating 10 another matter she
admitted having learned 70 D. inc1--
rect. She also stated that Dr.. Snyder
and r. Ad Hall had induced her 20
make the affidavit BY telling her that
she would Be summoned before the
board II she did not When asked why
81 Ia RlF
insulfed by Dr.. St2th=rs she replied
that she remained because she vas
r,oor. She finally resigned and holds .
Recommendation from Dr.. Stathers-
Miss Emma Snyder corrobOrated Mrs.
Somaeryllle and Dr.. Perry as 70 the
s!guluE OF Mrs. SommeTville's counter
statement when III o. nervous trouble
Miss Alice Custer another enplOye.
stated that Or. Siathsrs talked 20 her
Al one time OF her good looks. and
finally put his arm around he=, Miss
Custer IS very pretty and IS blood Esi-
alive OF ;he late General Custer. Of In
dian fame
DR.. L5riI.a ?. Billiard. the lady phy-
s!cian. was called and testified as 70
having been called BY DR.. Stathers az
one lime to help treat Mss Green when
she had attempted suicide By taxing
an ounce OF bromO-chloraL She knew
40 reason FOR this attempt. The wit
ness had heard about the building vari~
Gus rUn0rs Of Intimacy between Dr..
Stathers and Miss Green. She corrob~
GRATED DR.. Perry in his statements that
while a night watch Miss Green made
her reports n the superintendent PM
ya;e Office, while other reports were
made In the general Office. and she was
seen quite frequently with the doctor
SO often that Il had excited comment
David Snyder. who was for two years
n director o. the institution. stated that
At one time about year ago Dr.. Stath-
ers had pointed out 20 him one Of the
employees % the institution whom he
said was loose. and told Snyder 70 FORM
her acquaintance. The girl afterTaTd
was discharged by Dr.. Stathers BE-
cause she was said 10 be in delicate
condition.
on REORGANIZATION witness said he
believed the institution 70 be managed
with commendabls economy, CLEANLINESS
and good care OF patients.
Nor was accomplished yesterday
thar In any other one day since the
investigation began. As the luteuiSen-
Ger has all along advised In Us editorial
columns. the public should De slow 10
decide and await ali the facts ootaina-
BE before determining the guilt OF any
one. Just now Dr.. Siuthers IS beneath
a great weight ot evidence. but q few
DAYS u taking testimony OF his wiz
neSsss may again put him on top.
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