The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-03

The taking Of testimony IN the His
som case concluded last evening e &
O'Clock, and the next proceeding will be
the arguments of'counsel which win be-
Gin next Tuesday mornings Yester-
days testimony Was In rebattal and St
was along well-hammered lines OF
some interest was the production Ia
court OF the surgical apparatus design-
ed by DR.. Hissom, sort Of perpetual
motion device. and taken from ideas
suggested in Germany. 80 evidence
was produced to show that ]. R. His
som was worth more than $4,000, ex-
cept as stated by other witnesses. who
asserted that the defendant had told
them he was worth between 100000
and 100000
Those on the stand yesterday included
the Hissoms, father and son, Edith Ma
ser, George Maser, Ellen Mecurdy. r.
T. McNIchol, w. H. scatterday. CharEes
Wood, Jennie Hutchinson and Mrs,
Berisford, and the bulk Of the rebuttai
pertaIned to domestic disturbances at
the Hlssor home. AZ II his tirst ex-
animation, DR.. Hiasom, the plaihtlff,
was quite an entertaining witness.
The plaintiff was taken over wide
range by Mr.. Smith in rebtttal of GER
tain testimony by several Witnesses for
the defendant. he denied Anna Sand.
rocks statement that no used force to
her; that his assault on Laura Hill
man was more than a Shove after she
slapped him; that he talked with Anna
sandroek shout poisoning -her mother
to Fut the life insurance. He denied,
with some provisos in hlssdanial. that
he diSblayed violIDce to higfather, ex-
cept At the Hubbard homer
Incidentally, DR.. Hissoms IN discuss
ing 'aletter to him from his sister. Mrs.
Nelson, said that his rnossF had i'm
tended having him go to ffshtudlsy, to
look % a man, named Esksy. and Sc.
cure ahldavits from him. The doctor
was to get $25 each from hts mother
and sisters, Mrs. Hubbard ,and Mrs.
Nelson, for this job. Hssald his
mother suspected that his tlther would
give ESkey $1,000 to makesdiit IN affi-
davIt favorable to him. 50 ne could get
divorce.
The: Cipher coae
Mrs. Nelson's letter contained the
"clpher code. brought out byan intima-
tlon from plaintiffs counsel when Mrs
Nelson was on the stand. ghe doctor
said the key which ran, for d; 2 for e.
for &, ID 50 or, was familiar to his
sisters, and the father was ignorant Of
ii. He deciphered the key in Mrs. Mel
sons letter to read Everything is all
o. K.'leR1d referred, he 5said, to the
plans for his Kentucky trip.
Asked by Mr. Smith IL he had re-
marked to his uncle, Dave ;Hlssom, as
testified to by the latter, that S'he would
shoot the lawyers hearts out II they
would sellU to the other side" DR.. His
som provoked ripple Of laughter that
wandered from the lips Of jury counsel
and audtynce, when he replied:
IT made no such remark, for 1 never
thought lawyer had heart
Resuming, the witness said he never
offered violence to his mother. The
lock Of hair he carried, spoken Of by
william Hubbard, husband Of his sis
ter. was taken from the head Of wit
ness, daughter. Imogene, WHO lives with
his mothef.in-law, Mrs. Mcknight. He
said lis mother turned against him, be-
cause she alleged he cast reflections on
her character. A member Of the board
Of asylum directors, Mr.. Rraus, once
told him his father had ground for pro-
test against his mother, but witness
denied talking lily of his motbor.
The witness said a hired girl nauied
Johusoa, told him she overheard her
father md Lawyer James w. Ewing,
say they would fx witness II they could
ret him In the latter's ONCE, and he 30
Informed DR.. Guthrie. He denied that
there were revolvsts in sight when he
talked With his father at the Howell
HSuSs, and no threat Of his as to 'tfill-
iaE his,faGher with hot lead" Witness
didnt expect to make anything out OF
his 0hgine after returning from Ger
many, and never heard Of such until
from ether witnesses. His only caves
Groppiag At the family home was ut
his nOtheFs request. The only furnl-
turs be ever broke was lamp. which
was accidental. AS to other furniture,
the doctor chained the defendant was
confused with him, as It was his father
that tossed the furniture ab6nt He
never told Harry Nelson or Dave His
som that no would shoot his father.
Nelson, on the other hand, mid II he
had similar father he would blow his
brains out Denied throwing in the
are the picture Of his little nephew,
Stanley Hubbard, also other alleged In
cideutS Of disturbance.
not Against the Dutch.
The doctor dlOclaimed having made
uneomplimentary remarks about the
Dutch. I'm pretty well mixed up with
them myself" he said: II have Dutch
wife"
As 70 the glass Of drugged wine, the
witness Denied ever giving one to his
father; hadn't offered him wine since
his return from Germany. Talking OF
his conversation in the county jail with
Rev. John Stevens, of Clarlngton, the
witness lnfimated that the preacher
was after some Of his money.
Dr. Hiasom denied saying he had been