Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-15

Dher, CHARMING III 10 ne MS FEOp-
crty-The jury Did Not Witness
h Affnfr-An Outline of the
Testimony Taken During the
Day.
There was rather a dramatic incl
len in the Circuit Court, Judge Her.
vey, at the conclusion of the morning
session of the trial of Hissom VS.. His
SON, yesterday.
It will be remembered that the last
witness on the stand Tuesday evening
was Mrs. Oscar Sandrock. mother OF
Miss Anna S%androck, and that, among
other things, she testified to having
secured Doctor Hissom's revolver from
his room in Cleveland, after his ar
rest, on the occasion OF his visit to
that city with Miss Annie, and where
the girls mother found the couple and
brought her daughter back home. Mrs.
Sandrock was in court yesterday
morning with the weapon. and short
ly before loon she was called to the
stand. She exhibited the re-
yolver; iourished 1t rather dra-
matically, and made a statement
which will appear later on. At
ter her evidence was conclud-
ed the revolver was offered in evidence
but was objected to, and was laid on
the table of st%enographer Lew Walters.
When court adjourned: and when the
jury had filed out of the room to the
main corridor. but while Judge Her
vey was still on the bench, plaintiff,
DR.. Hissom, advanced to the stenog-
rapher's table and seized the weapon,
exclaiming that it was his property and
had been taken from him. A good deal
of excitement followed, Mr.. Handlan
appealed to the Court, and Judge Her
vey admonished the witness to let the
weapon alone. This he finally did,
quiet was restored, and the attorneys
and few spectators dispersed. The in
incident was a lively source of discus
sion during the remainder of the day,
however. by those who saw or heard
of it. The revolver was loaded.
The first witness of to-day was
David A. Hissom, brother of the de-
fendant, who lives about fifty miles
south of this city, on the river. The
first time he saw the plaintiff, after
hic orrixrn1 fr0xo G@~,o-r T.,
uary oath. Plaintiff called at witness
house, in the evening, and remained
all night. The next morning, while
the family were in the sitting room,
the Doctor jumped up and said there
had "been a hi of a time at home"
He said his father was trying to get
a divorce from his mother, and he was
compelled to keep his father under his
thumb. Witness expressed his aston
ishment, and told the Doctor he was
mistaken, to which the Doctor retort-
ed he was right, and if his father had
made a move he would have shot him
and claimed it was in self defense.
Witness said he shamed the Doctor
for talking in that manner about his
parents. Witness said: Il advised him
to go home and leave at once and not
try to live with his father. After we
had talked it over he said he believed
he would do that and go to Florida
and hang out his sign. If | succeed
says he, well and good; if not I'll go
somewhere else | told him that that
was the proper thing to do"
In continuing testimony witness said
said he saw DR.. Hissom after his re-
lease from the asylum, and he said he
had sued his father for 500, 900 because
he had sent him to the asylum. Wit
ness advised his nephew to settle the
case. The next time witness saw the
Doctor he was at his home. with a
man from the asylum. Witness did not
like the Doctor to bring strange men
about the house.
Later the plaintiff came down to the
farm, accompanied by S. G. Smith. Ar
rangements were made to see the Doc
tors father and arrangements were
made to have a meeting of the con-
testants at Mr.. Towards office In ord
er to have a compromise OF the suit.
Mr.. Howard was out of town then
and the compromise project failed 10
materialiZe.
Witness said ]. r. Hissom would
nave dSIceu ID sign papers binding
himsel: to treat Sam Hissom as one of
the other children and at the proper
time give him one-elghth of the prop
erty but he would 20. pay Sam any
money Immediately.
On REORGANIZATION witness said
he was acting az peacemaker and
wanted to see the trouble fixed I'D. He
had tried 20 bring about an
ment between father and son. The
Doctors wife also wanted 1t settled.
and said it was an awful thing to oc-
cur IN the family.
Later witness said, in reply to ques
lions, that he thought a heap of the
boy" always. ]. r. Hissom said that
Sam was the flower of the flock. If
he had tc pick out one of the lot he
would pick Sam" The witness denied
that he had never said hatSam's father
had told him Sam treated him the best
OF any of the children. The witness
was questioned as to the conversation
ne had with Attorney S. q. Smith at
his farm. and denied that he had said
certain things charged to him. He
said he didn't remember telling Mr..
Smith that If his first wife were alive
she would make a good witness for DR..
Eissom.