Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-05

The evidence for the plaintiff in the
100000 damage suit, is virtually all
in and several witnesses for the de-
Tense have testified. The plaintiff
rested at noon yesterday. The de-
Tense was unable to secure the attend
ance of Anna Sandrock, who is i'll,
and in order to get her evidence be-
fore the jury, swore the court stenog-
rapher, who read from his notes the
testimony which she gave at the for
mer trial. 1t was dull and tedious,
but matters became more animated
and interesting just before court aG-
journed, when w. P. Robinson, Of
counsel for the defense, put Theo. Fink
through a rather severe cross-eXamin-
alton.
The first witness of the day for the
plaintiff was Samuel B. Montgomery,
of Tunnelton, an asylum guard, who
said that j. r. Hissom offered him
$500 for certain evidence. This tes-
timony was ruled out by the court
taken in Monroe county,, was read.
She was related to the parties to tho
suit, and attended the funeral of the
Nelson child, sitting next to DR.. His
som in the church. She told about the
disposition of the flowers in the
church. Nellie Bowers placed them
on the coffin, and DR.. Hissom offered
no objection.
The court ruled out the dispositions
of E. w. Soles, Luther Avison, n. r..
Soles and Arthur Hissom, and all Of
the deposition of Luther Hissom ey-
cept that pertaining to the flower III
cident at the Nesson funeral.
The plaintiff rested at this point
and Mr. Handlan moved to strike out
the plaintiffs evidence, on the ground
that nothing had been shown-to con-
meet J. R. Hissom with the alleged
malicious prosecution. The motion
was overruled.
The first witness placed on the stand
for the defense was court stenographer
Louis Walters, who read from his
shorthand report of the evidence given
by Anna Sandrock at the former trial.
Cleveland with DR. .Hissom, declaring
that her life was spotless until he
crossed her path" that he had made
a promise to marry her, which he had
not kept; that DR.. Hissom had
peculiar uncomfortable influence over
her.
Miss Sandrock testified that she Wis
tied DR., HiSSomS Office several times
on business, or for treatment for
catarrh, but only once at the request
of the plaintiff. The business referred
to was an effort to induce Sam to get
$4,000 from his father, which her
mother desired to borrow. Several
letters, acknowledged by Miss Sand
rock to have been written by her, in
which endearing and affectionate
terms were used by the writer, were
read to the jury by MIR. Schuck. One
letter was written by her to her moth
er, after she left the city on the Grip
with DR.. Hissom, and was signed,
your runaway girl Witness admit
ted calling at the home of J. R, His
som and seeing the doctor. She testi-
fed that when DR.. Hissom learned
~ 1lCl lAdL 1lOl llOLhCl lllC WebEo
insured for $4,000, he suggested fixing
up dose to get her quietly out of the
way. The reading OF this testimony
occupied almost the entire afternoon.
The next witness was Theodore
Fink, real estate agent He remem-
bered the absence of DR.. S. K. Hissom
from the city, shortly before his de-
parture for Germany. The doctor
came to witness Office and stated that
he had been on a trip to Cleveland
with young lady, and had good
time. He said he rugged the girl out
in new clothes, and left her at Flush
ing, and that he would go back to
her.
What did he ask you to do?"
HE asked me to remember that he
was in the Office, so that if any trouble
came up, l would say he was in my
Office while the girl was in Flushing"
Witness saw him again about six