Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-03

was followed by Jennie Hutchinson.
also servant in the Hissom family.
| The questions asked her as to occur
rences also met with prompt objec-
| ton, but the plaintiff got in the infor-
| nation that on one occasion Mrs. His
som had some bruises on her face, and
that the Doctor said the trouble was
caused by notes passing between wit
ness and J. R. Hissom.
| Q.--And did she not say she. wanted
you to remember things that happened
| in the house because there would be
| divorce proceeding? Ayes, sir.
| Q.-And did she not say that when
they lived down the river her husband
threatened to chop her head off?'
! Collection; sustainedl.
| Odd you see Laura Hillman at
1 the Hissom house? A-Yes, sir.
| N"What occurred?" Collection; over
| ruled;) and the witness said she over
heard the doctor and Miss Hillman
III the parlor talking. Miss Hillman
wanted the Doctor to marry Anna
Sandrock, and he made reply that
! she did not like.
Laura Hillman slapped the Doctors
! face and he pushed her back. Then
/ Mrs. Hissom and / opened the double
/ doors, and Miss Hillman said she
would have the Doctor arrested, but
! Mrs. Hissom said she would not do any
such thing. Then Miss Hillman went
| away"
! On cross examination, after the mat
| ter had been enquired of, witness de-
! nied that she had ever been employed
/ at the Metropolitan Hotel
At the afternoon session Robert T..
! McNichol was called by plaintiff as
to the conversation Mrs. Hissom had
at his Office as to the Eskey feature
of the case. Witness said she had made
/ the statement, and added that if she
dared Il could show you over one
hundred scars"
On cross-examination witness was
shown letter and said it had been
written by him.
Q.-You wrote this letter to the Gov
ernor of West Virginia for the pur-
pose of influencing the Governor to
pardon VIM. Eaton, didn't you?" COB
/ lection; sustainedl
+ Q.-It's true. is it not, that after
having aided in the capture of VIM
Eaton and receiving a reward of $500
~ esANNu hiiC pisAA W OCSulC nAO PAL
/ don? objection; sustained.)
J. R. Hissom was then recalled, and
gave the amount to his credit at vari-
Gus banks, as testified to generally
when he was on the stand the previ-
Gus day
During the afternoon the plaintiff
was recalled to the stand for direct
examination by Mr. Smith, and was
still in the witness chair when Court
adjourned in the evening. undergoing
cross-examination by Mr.. Howard. A
working model of an engine devised
by DR.. Hissom, with a hand air pump
attached, was produced and explained
before the jury. Later, in reply to
questions, the Doctor said he had
never made any threats of violence
against his mother, and he had never
displayed revolver against her.
Q.-When you told Mr.. j. W. Ewing
that you were willing to sign paper
and go away, if that paper contained
stipulation that your father should
treat your mother right and not abuse
her-what did Mr. Ewing say about
that? Al never said I would sign
the paper. l was in his Office in Janu-
airy. l said I cared nothing about the
property, but any paper prepared
would have to contain that clause.
Q..-When did your mother turn
against you, and for what reason? A.
When I told her, in JAIL about the
! treatment | had received after coming
home from Germany-had been put
in an asylum, and she said father
had said she talked about him.
Odd you tell Mr.. Hissom, or any
one else, anything about your mother?
Al never did.
Q.-When you spoke to any one
about your arrest-your being kidnap-
ped from Ewing's ofice-how did you
become advised that any such scheme
was going on-who told you? (Objec-
tom What, if anything. did you
know about the kidnapping? A.-The
hired girl told me father and DR..
Guthrie were talking, and they could
fix me if they could get me in Ewings
office. Father said to me:
you know what I'll do with you if l
get you out to Weston-you know what
can be done with drugs" I said l
would not go to Weston, and l didn't.
It's pretty hard to get the jury to
understand that-hard to understand
that a man would do that to his own
son, but it is just as hard to think
that (word not caught would do that.
1t works both ways.
The witness denied that he had ever
threatened to pour hot lead" into his
father, or used profane language to-
ward him, saying there was no occa-
sion for it"
Q.-What fortune did you expect to
make out of the machine you brought
home from Germany? Al never ex-
pected any.
Q.-What force, if any, did you ever
use or what demonstration did you
make, against your sister Lucy. to in
duce her to write letter? Al never
used any or made suggestion. Lucy
wrote the letter herself.
| Q-What occurred when DR.. Myers
called at the house? Ale appeared
to be very glad to see me. He talked
about the schools in Germany, and
about my trip. He stayed about if