Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-28
Il didn't know aissom in the matter
at ALL After / got the money was
told that Hissom wanted eight per

i Il didn't know aissom in the matter
I at all. After / got the money was
told that Hisaon wanted eight per
/ cent"
Helen Nccurdy, of 1922 Wood street,
| next went on the stand She had
worked for the Hissom family in 1897
So, on Fish Creek Island and in Wheel
I ing. She worked there while the doc
/ tor was in Germany, and a few days
later. she was present when R. t. Nc
Nichol called. She heard a loud con-
Yersation, but did not listen as it was
none of her business. She heard the
elder Hissom call somebody liar, add
ing. the doctor always caused row,
and he did not want him ABOUT the
house. Mrs. Hissom said the doctor
was her best boy, and always treated
her better than the rest. Hissom said
he would cut the boy out OF any part
of his estate.
Mr.. Howard cross-examined the wit
ness, in very searching manner. In
answer to questions by him, she said
she heard other things besides the mat
tiers she testified to on direct examina-
ton, but would not mention them
She didn't think they were necessary"
Il would not repeat them privately,
let alone in this court room in the
presence of all these men. l wouldn't
discriminate my character and lady
Ship
Il will ask you to lay aside your
ladyship long enough to tell the jury"
said Mr.. Howard
No, sir, / will not do it,
On redirect examination by MI.
Schuck, witness still persisted in her
refusal to repeat language which she
heard q
John B. Wilson was called. He tes-
titled that he took a number of affi-
davits in connection with the habeas
corpus proceedings.
Ex-Jailer VIM. Mccormick was the
next to testify. DR.. Hi3som was
brought to Jail by Officer Ed. Michael,
on commitment from Justice of the
Peace. Micf@els took witness into a
side Office, and told him the charge
was insanity and that the patient was
very dangerous. Dr. Hissom was
handcuffed. Witness got the keys and
removed the handouts: He then
searched him. He found a revolver in
yalise. DR.. Hissom was in jail for
some time. Witness asked him if he
knew what he was arrested for. The
doctor replied that he thought it was
joke, but found it to be pretty
serious. His parents called to see him
during his confinement. He was suffer-
ing from lung trouble, and coughed
great deal. He was allowed unusual
privileges. His cell door was never
locked at night, and he was given the
freedom Of the jail Office during the
day"
What did J. R. Hissom do or say
when he called to visit his SOM"
Il was never close enough to hear"
What did he say about privileges
allowed his SOM"
He asked me if it was not unusual
to allow prisoners such liberties. I told
him it was but that | allowed the doc
tor unusual privileges"
Did J. R. Hissom do anything to
make the doctor comfortable?"
Nothing"
Detail any other conversation you
had with J. R. Hissom"
He told me he wanted the matter
settled and proposed to select two or
three physicians and allow them to de-
termine the queRion of his sons SAN
lty. He suggested Dr. Meyers and DR..
Best"
What offer did he make to his sol? p"
He said he would be governed by the
decision OF the physicians, and would
pay his sons expenses for one year.
| sending him to Cuba or some place
| where he was not known
Witness could not remember the
names of the physicians whom Dr..
| Hlssom wanted to select. He suggested
getting physicians outside of the city
| TO make the examination The doctor
was taken from the Jail to the ASYLUM
by an attendant from the Spencer in
stitution. DR.. Hissom was nervous
and excited. He assisted a German
lady into the carriage. She was also
being taken to Spencer.
The direct examination of Mr.. Nc
| Cormlck was concluded at five O'Clock.
at which hour the court. adjourned.
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