Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-08


| think on February Sd / came up e
Wheeling, and when came over to the
house / went up stairs and talked t.
the folks, and father came up to th<
room where we all were and question
ed me about my brother at the island
He asked me whether he was selling
anything on the side, in corn. He sale
he had heard so. said couldn't keeI
books on Whittier. The next morn
ing father had gone away, and mother
gave me note, and said he had left i
for me.
Q.-tPaper exhibitedl sigma
ture is that? Any fathers; it !:
all in my fathers writing. (Note offer
ed in evidence 1t was dated February
Sd, addressed to ]. w. Ewing, and
asked that gentleman to please make
the best settlement with my SON pos
sibte. You remember I spoke to 70,
a few days ago about his claims tina
there is money coming to him as hi:
interest in my property" 1t was sign.
ed ]. R. Hissom.)
Q.-When you got that what did yor
do? A.-When / read it I didn't know
what it meant. l telephoned to Mr
Ewing, and he said he didn't know
anything about it. I said that was
strange, as the note said my father had
spoken to him. He suggested coming
over to the house the coming Saturday
at o'clock. / said: II know nothing
about it, and also that if would be
there he would find me. was not
there. knew that my trunk had been
broken open and all my valuable pa
pers taken. Among them were three
letters written by father to Jennie Nc
Fadden.
Q.-Who is Jennie McFadden? A.
A hired girl who lived at the house.
Q.-How long was she there? A.
All winter. till we went to Fish Creek
Island.
why did she leave? objection;
sustained).
What other papers were taken?
objection; sustained.)
Q.-What was the object OF ]. r.
Hissom in breaking open your trunk
and taking out your letters? (Objec-
ton; sustained)
Q.-With respect to the letter mat
ter with relation to J. R. Hissom,
was your trunk broken open by your
father? objection; sustained)
Q.-When was your trunk broken
open with respect to that letter? A,
About week before February Sd.
l didn't see father any more from the
time the letter was written until
came back from Sistersville in Febru-
airy. l heard my sisters home had
burned up. We got word Saturday
morning. 1t was February 10th or
11th-I can't say as to that-but it
was on Saturday anyhow, in the
morning. l went down to see what
was wrong. l went to Sistersville on
the 10 o'clock train, and went over
to the home and found my sisters
child dead.
Q.-When did you go from your sis
ter's house? A-When l left there
1t was getting dusk-nearly dark. She
asked me to go back to Wheeling and
bring mother and the girls (objection);
I want it understood I was sent back
Q.-Sent back by whom? A.-By
my sister.
Q-What did you do when you
came back. Al crossed the river at
Sistersville after dark and telephoned
up and asked for mother. Father
came to the phone. l asked him why
mother didn't come, and he said he
did not intend she should come.
told him l wanted to get some flowers,
and as / couldn't get them on Sunday
I wanted mother to get them that
night. He said there was no use in
that. l explained that they wanted
me to come up to get them for the
funeral.
Q.-What relation was the dead
child to your father? Ats mother
was his daughter.
Q.-Then it was his grandchild? A.
Yes.
Q.-How did you come to Wheeling?
A.-On what it called the midnight
train.
Q.-What time did it leave Sisters
vile? Avery late.
Q.-How much late? Alt should be
in Wheeling l think at 11:45, but /
left Sistersville about 11:40 and got
to Wheeling at twelve minutes after
one.
Q.-That Saturday night? Ayes.
Q.-When you came to Wheeling
where did you go? / got of at the
station and tried to get in to telephone,
but it was shut. l went to the Howell
House, but there was big crowd
there, and l went down to the Central
and telephoned to a reporter on the
Naurs and asked him lie he wanted to