The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-12
MANY WITNESSES.
The Respondents in Pipes VIII
Contest to Put
MORE ON THE STAND TO-DAY
And tho Indications are the Case WIN
not go 70 the Jury Before TO-mor-
row Evening. and Probably Friday.
There was no Partlcular Feature in
Yesterdays Testimony.

me Pipes win contest developed more
witnesses yesterday than was looked
for, and as more were summoned last
night to appear to-day the case bids
fair to go to the jury not before Thurs
day evening. The attorneys for Dr.
John R. Pipes are Colonel White and
Captain Dovener, and Messrs. W. P
Hubbard and Nelson Hubbard repre-
sent the respondents. Every witness Ii
questioned chiefly as to his knowledge
Of the deceased doctors mental condl-
ton, on which the tight hinges.
The first witness was DR.. NJ. A. Dow
Ter, who was recalled to Identity certain
signatures OF Or. Pipes. The sigma
ture In Exhibit 9" was not the doc
tors, he said.
Rev. F. W. Peschau, D. D., of Green's
burg, Pa, formerly of this city, was ac-
quainted with the doctor for years. Saw
him November 2s, 1898. and considered
the doctors conversation that Of a ra-
tlonal man. The witness testified at
the request at Slater Pipes. Through
out the day Captain Doyener ELECTED
from nearly every witness that he tes-
fied at the solicitation of either Slater
Pipes or T. c. Pipes.
Miss Anna Bowen. Of sardis, Ohio,
was employed as a domestic in the
Pipes home from November 1928. to
January II, 1899. Witness knew the
doctor used morphine. yet thought him
sound mentally.
DR.. j. w. Hickey. of Glen Euston,
Pa, had known DR.. Pipes. and in his
last conversation with him had noticed
no failure of his mental faculties; had
had seen him in Cameron about the time
the will was drawn.
Rev. j. A. Fullerton, Of the clarks-
burg NJ. e. church. said he and the doc
tor had discussed European travels and
general topics. at Mr.. Burley's house, in
Mountain Lake Park, the last time. and
the doctor had lived In The witness
cottage The doctor came there in Au-
gust. Had the doctor used narcotics
the witness believed he would have OBJ
served 1t, hence IL he used them, Wit
ness felt deceived.
Harry BurEley, of Cameron, had seen
DR.. Pipes but once. That was in Cam
eron. He supposed the doctor was
sound in mind,
Henry NJ, Russell was recalled, and
to Captain Dovener, from his memoran
dunn showed that he had engagements
with DR.. Pipes on March IL and March
%, 1898. To Mr. Hubbard the witness
said there was nothing to show that
he did not have interviews with the
doctor later
James H Waiter. of Cameron, drug
gist, had filed prescriptions for DIR.
Pipes. He picked out from his file
certain prescriptions the file being ex-
hlblted in court. but witness couldn't
swear to DR.. Pipes handwriting.
County Clerk Richard Robertson tes-
titled that George A. stidger. when the
will was admitted to probate. had de-
clared emphatically to one of the attor-
neys present, that the doctor was as
clear in his mind as he had ever been.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Ciemaus was at Mountain
Lake Park during August, 1898; saw
the doctor frequently. She lived at
her brothers house, James F. Burley's,
where DR.. Pipes stayed. The witness
knew nothing directly of the doctors
use of narcotics, but had heard one
evening of his asking for cocaine, Cap
tain Dovenes, who on one occasion had
endeavored to see DR.. Pipes at the Bur-
ley residence, asked the witness what
confined the doctor to his bed on that
occasion. but witness didn't know.
John Allen, colored. who was hostler
for Dr. Pipes for over three years, but
left him when the doctor went to Ashc-
vine. said the doctor told him "if he
happened to drop or he wouldn't give
his son anything. The doctor talked
all right when witness saw him after
his return.
James F. Burnley, of Mountain Lake
Park, knew the doctor for four years,
The doctor stopped with witness at
Loeb Lynn Heights during August, 1893.
Witness sold the doctor forty-four lots
for 500 finally. the owner having asked
$3.50. The lots were bargain, advised
the witness. The deal was made octo-
Der "a. and the deed. made to DR. and
F. H. Pipes. Witness also talked with
the doctor about monument the latter
spoke OF getting. Witness had son
in the marble cutting business, Mr..
Burnley had q public hall at Loeb Lynn,
which was leased to colored folks for
cake walks at times, and he and the
doctor had witnessed one of these af-
fairs until 70 o'clock one night He
knew the doctor to have taken narcot-
cs-cocaine-whlle sick. Witness de-
Med that DR.. Pipes had paid the bills
Of all who visited him. Had heard the
doctor say he was proud of his son,
John r., and regretted their unpleasant
differences.
The witness was subjected to a
lengthy cross-exnmlnation by Captain
Dovener as to the Doctors condition the
last two weeks at Mr. Burley's house.
and witness told of the doctor being