Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-27

Mrs. Hissom, and I also talked with
| Mr.. Myers.
Q.-Was there anything else prev
| ious to the day McNichols was there
| A.-No. I presume not. There was so
much Of it can't tell
Q.-What occurred at the time of
! McNicholl's visit? A.-The girl came
! to the home, and Mrs. Hissom spoke
about her and I shook my head and
said: mo! No! We have a girl" I
said: Simply go and say we don't
want her." Mrs. Hissom went up stairs
and when she came back she said the
/ Doctor said he wouldn't let her go. l
| then said we would have to put both Of
| them out of the house.
| Q.-Where was the girl then? A.
up stairs.
Q.-Was the Doctor up there? A
! Yes.
The witness went on to say that the
Doctor crossed over to the city in the
yacht ferry and when he landed he
| ran down Water street. Witness sent
McNichols after him to talk to
him gently. When McNichols came
over to the house witness said he told
his son to go into the dining room and
talk to him. In reply the Doctor said:
Hes your witness" McNichols talk
ed kindly to him, but he would keep
saying: Mother, you know what we
are going to dol" You know! You
know" With an oath he said: "Old
man, we're going to put you out to-
morrow" Witness said it was talk
ed over in that manner for two hours.
The Doctor, that day, grew very sick,
and vomited several times-'two or
three times, and l thought if I would
put my boy out his mind might top
pier clear over, and / would do what
could"
Q.-How did it end? Any Sec
ond son came in, and asked what was
wrong. He said he had been telephon-
ed to come. l told him.
Q.-Where was the Doctor then? A.
in his room
Odd anything else occur that eve-
ningss A.-No.
Q.-What happened the next morn
ing3s Airs. Hissom and myself
wer talking, and the Doctor came run
mig down the street She said: What
is the matter" and l replied: Il don't
know what is the matter; we'll wait
and see." He came in the kitchen door
and into the dining room, or sitting
room, and pulled out revolver and
said: 'I'll shoot you!" He also said:
IF you go back on me I'll kill father"
She asked him what he meant by 60
ing back on him. talked to the Doc
tor as gently as possible and asked
him what l had done. He said: you
are destroying the property. We
would have a fortune but for wou!"
etc. | told him he was mistaken, and
offered a reward if he could show me
where anything had been wasted, but
he went over it again and again :
1t was late in the afternoon when
| we left. If you ever saw a
! wild person it was my boy that day.
Q.-Was anything else said: A
think not. 1t was just the one thing
over and over again. Mrs. Hissom
sat still, and we all cried-I am sure
we did-we all felt very badly.
/ made every argument to show that I
was not wasting the money, and ask
ed him to point out to me where / had
sunk any money. All he would say
was: You know-I know"
Q.-After YOU and Mrs. Hissom left
| where did you go? A-To our home.
told him to see that everybody kept
quiet.
Q.-You remained there? Ayes,
with the children. Mrs. Hissom went
| back.
Q.-How long was she gone? A
| Half an hour or an hour-I could only
| guess.
Q.-When she came back what oc-
/ Cured? A.-She cropped a note in
my lap, and real. It,
Q.-What did it say? Have you the
note? A.-No; 1 cid not take care of
| it.
Q.-What did it say? objection. }
II don't know what became of it.
, l probably threw it down. don't
| know what became of it.
| Q.-Since this suit was brought have
! you looked all over your papers gener-
ally? Ayes.
| Q.-And did you ever see it? A
No.
Odd you ever look for it. A.
Not particularly, but l did not see it.
| My papers, this summer, have all been
stolen, and had very few things to
| look over.
Q.-What did tae note say? A.
AS near as I remember: II have come
to the conclusion that the best thing
we can each do is 10 separate at once
Something like that-I can't remem-
| Der. / LETT, and when / went
back to the house in a few minutes
the door was locked. but / went in
the kitchen and into the sitting room,
and sat down.
Q.-Was Mrs. Hiesom thers7 A.