The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-05
THE DEFENSE
INTHE HlSSOM
CASE HAS |. 5 , BEGUN.
Several Witnesses for the Defense
Heard at Yesterdays Ses-
sions Of Court.
MANY.DEPOSITlONS PRESENTED
Some Of Which Were Admitted and
Others Acknowledgements Of
ana, the Evidence.

/ Yesterday morning. the plaintiffs
case was made up In the trial Of the
damage sult,of s. X Hssom. the son,
against ]. r. Hissom. the father. Tes-
timony for the defense was then put on,
and likely will not be concluded before
next. week. g.l
AT the morning session the plaintiff
rested, his attorneys first, Offering a
number of dispositions, most of which
were. excluded.
Samuel B. Montgomery. former
guard at the insane asylum. was put on
to testify that ]. r. Hissom had offered
him $780, The objection by the defense
to, the admission of this evidence was
sustained.
Josie Hissom, Of Monroe county, Ohio.
testified to DR.. Hissom having secured
flowers for the funeral of the niece.
Other dispositions were ruled out, and
the plaintiff rested. Mr.. Handlan
moved to exclude all the testimony for
| the plaintiff, but the motion was over
ruled
Tho state opened by introducing the
testimony of Miss Anna Sandrock. who
Is III and cannot attend the trial, by
having the stenographer read her evil
dence. DR.. S. X. Hissom, she says in
ouirnd botr much incuropcn OH. M rripl
on her life, and suggested fixing up 4
dose to put her out OF the way. She
| told OF the doctor taking her to Mar
| tins Ferry and Bridgeport, where he
endeavored to induce her to so to n
hotel, but she declined. They went TO
his office, where he gave her q tablet
and then 4 strange feeling came over
her and she awokc early in the morn
ing to find the doctor bathing her face.
Leaving the Office she met her father,
who threatened TO kill the plaintiff.
Continuing. she told the other details OF
her relations with DR.. S. X. Hissom.
Afternoon Session.
In the afternoon. Stenographcr Wal
tiers was placed on the stand again and
resumed reading the testimony Of Miss
Anua Sandrock. Miss Sandrock de-
clared that "her life was spotless until
the plaintiff crossed her path" His.
som. she testified, promised to marry
her and failed TO keep the promise. EIe
had peculiar influence over her which
she could not explain. She admitted
improper relations with the plaintiff in
this case. Letters from Miss Sandrock
to the plaintiff. In which endearlng
terms were used, were read to the fury
by Mr.. Schuck. Mr.. Walters was on
the stand until 4:25 p. m.
Theodore Fink, the real estate man
testified to DR.. Hissom having visited
him at his Office and told of having
gone to Cleveland with n young lady
where he had had good time; that he
had left her at Flushing and would soor
rejoin her. Hssom had asked the wit
ness to remember that he (the plain
tif) was in Wheeling while the girl was
in Flushing. On another occasion, six
months afterward. young Hissom had
visited the witness. and asked him to
witness his signature to Il letter he had
written, something about denying u
story that che and another man had
had n girl In the lattcr's office" His
som had told him of Miss Sandrock
writing letters to her mother every day
1 and giving them TO him to mail, which
he had not done. The witness said af-
ter the plaintiff returned from Germany
."he did all the talking" before he had
talked but little. The witness told OF
being called to the Hlssom home ono
night about week before the younger
| Hiss0m's arrest-the doctor was eX-
pected from down the river. and trou.
1 Bile was feared. On this occasion OIL
Ger BIckerton was in the house TO cope
with any trouble that might follow thr
arrival of the doctor. The doctor how.
ever did not come