Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-08

Yesterday morning evidence 10 Sus-
tain the will of DR.. John H. Pipes was
offered before Judge Heryey in the Cir
cult Court At noon an adjournment
was taken after several witnesses had
testified, until Tuesday morning. There
are still a number of witnesses to ex-
anime for the executors, and extended
arguments will probably be made, SO
that the case will not be given to the
jury until Wednesday The court adj
journed until Tuesday on account of
Judge Heryey's inability to be in the
city Monday.
The first witness on the stand yester-
day was w. r. Cooey, of the under
taking firm of Cooey & Bentz. He was
a witness for the plaintiffs and should
have taken the stand Friday afternoon,
but was attending funeral. Mr..
Cooey testified to BUSINESS dealings
with DR.. Pipes. His partner had obli-
cations which he could not meet, and
when they fell due, witness offered to
assume them and take his interest in
the firm. He raised the money and
then learned that DR.. Pipes had already
purchased his partners interest. Wit
ness went to see the doctor to buy him
out, not caring to have him in the firm,
but d.. Pipes asked $500, which wit
,,.,oc nor, ct dopod 1vorhitanf Once or
twice the Doctor rambled and was in no
condition to transact business On an
other occasion he saw Dr.. Pipes walk
ing in front of his house at four o'clock
in the morning smoking cigar.
On cross-examination Mr.. Cooey said
DIR. Pipes was generally clear enough
in his business transactions, and he ad-
united that it was no evidence of I'M
soundness for DR.. Pipes to buy his part
ner's interest when he saw it was a
good thing.
Dennis Meighen testified to business
transactions with Dr. Pipes. His eX-
animation was conducted by Nelson c.
Hubbard. He never noticed any change
in the Doctors mental condition. He
identified several signatures of Dr.
Pipes. To Capt. Dovener witness said
he had been deputy marshal, but de-
MED that he had done any detective
work in this or any other case. He
told of DR.. Pipes setting broken limb
for him in March or April of 1898. Wit
ness was at Mountain Lake Park at
the time OF the Pipes family reunion.
DR.. Pipes was walking around the park.
Witness said he had loaned money TO
Dr. Pipes, who had figured the interest
accurately. He was subjected to a
searching cross-examination.
Mrs. Matte Richardson, of Cameron
was the next witness. She knew DIR,
Pipes for many years. She saw him al
Cameron few days before the '9S cleo
ton, at the home of his brother. Wit
ness made a friendly call, and convers-
ed with him on different subjects. The
last time she saw him he was weak
physically, but clear in his mind She
had a conversation with the Doctor in
Wheeling in which he told her of the
contents Of his will.
Mrs Richardson did not know that
DR. Pipes used narcotics. He had al
ways been her physician. While IN
Cameron DR.. Pipes was either IN
bed or walking when she saw him. He
had asked her to do some cooking for
him. He did not ask her in a childish
way. She did not remember having
told members of the Pipes family about
some of the requests in the will, but
might have done so. When witne<s
saw DR.. Pipes in Wheeling she noticed
nothing abnormal in his condition
Shortly after noon court adjourned.