Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-07

THE BODY AND MIND-THE
CONTESTANTS OCCUPIED THE
ENTIRE DAY AND RESTED
THEIR CASE LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON-THE DEFENSE.
The interest in the Pipes will con-
| test was manifested yesterday IN
| larger attendance in the court room.
In the morning there were a number OF
physicians in the audience, because OF
| the fact that it was known that Dr.
Henry Eyman, an insanity expert,
would be placed upon the stand by the
contestants. His examination was very
| lengthy and his testimony was listened
| to with close attention. There were
| several incidents of an interesting ma
| ture during the day. Late in the after
noon the plaintiffs announced that they
| rested their case, and after one witness
| for the executors had been examined,
court adjourned until this morning.
| DR.. Haning and DR.. Hall were on the
stand in the morning, and were inter
| rogated with reference to a letter which
] DR.. Hall testified that he wrote at
Mountain Lake Park, submitted and
had it approved by DR.. Pipes, and then
| sent it to DR.. Haning. 1t offered to
sell DR.. Haning horse and buggy and
other articles for $500. DR.. Hall admit
| ted that he wrote it in the hope that
| it would induce DIR. Haning to locate
in Wheeling.
Miss Mildred Worrell, bookkeeper for
w. A. Wilson & Sons, testified that she
knew DR.. Pipes and had done clerical
work for him. After his return from
Mountain Lake Park she saw him two
or three times a week. He was very
forgetful and his memory appeared to
| fail him in business matters. She gave
instances to Col. White, and on cross
examination stated that the doctor5
memory appeared at times to be good.
During the examination of Miss Wor-
| rell, Capt Dovener complained to the
court that one of the executors had &C
cused Dr. Hall of swearing falsely. DR..
| Hall was called to the stand and related
a conversation with Mr.. Pipes, in which
the latter asked if he had entered into
any agreement with the contestants to
profit by the breaking of the will. DIR.
Hall replied in the negative and said he
Pipes replied, Il think you would be
willing to swear to it," which Mr.. Hall
interpreted as an insinuation that he
had sworn falsely. The court stated
that there was nothing in the matter
that he could take cognizance of, but
warned witnesses against taking about
! the case.
The next witness was DR.. Henry G.
lyman, physician at the Columbus
Medical College for eighteen or nine
teen years, and subsequently superin-
| tendent of the Ohio insane hospital.
He was acquainted with the effect OF
| choral, cocaine and morphia upon the
| system. The persistent use of such
narcotics from the spring of 1898 to
| November 1898, in such doses as had
been testified to, if the patient showed
| forgetfulness and nervousness, would
certainly cause mental and physical de-
terioration. The constant use would
result in mental failure and loss of
will power. Conditions testified to by
witnesses and embraced in the hypo-
thetical questions propounded by Capt.
Dovener did not necessarily indicate in
sanity, but would prevent a patient
| from transacting business in rational
manner.
To Mr.. Hubbard witness said he had
read the Pipes will at the request OF
E, Capt. Dovener. If he had dictated such
document, in the opinion of witness
| he would be perfectly sane. The ef-
| feet of the drugs differed ON different
| persons. He admitted that better
| idea could be formed from knowl-
| edge of the patient than from a theo-
| retical knowledge. but stated that there
are positive laws concerning the effect
of drugs which cannot be overlooked.
Witness said that insane men some
| times transact business very well. viii
power is the first to go, as rule, from
the use OF drugs, but there are excep-
tons. If a man were addicted to the
use of narcotics, but retained will power
and business capacity, witness would
! inquire into the state of his emotions
before deciding him insane. night OF
uneasiness and excitability, resulting
from drugs, might not incapacitate a
man for business on the following day.
A man might have an unsound mind,
and yet be sane Witness would not
say, except in general way, that a
man addicted to the habitual use of
narcotics was of unsound mind, with
out having a practical knowledge OF
the individual case. If man took the
amount of drugs stated, and was sub
ject to the manifestations noted, he
would be of unsound mind.
Dr. F. ]. LeMoyne Hupp testified that
the continuous use of opiates would act
as a detriment to the intellect If a
mon ohlnrol rn0rphinp P0pai0p