Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-10

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BY reason OF this charge Of lunacy
against you BY your father-what fees
are to be paid or are owed, and what
other expenses? A.-To Mr.. Smith
$500. to Mr.. Robinson $500.
Q.-What other expenses? A.
About $500.
Doctor, did you have any con-
v~ersation with j. w. Ewing after you
had been arrested? A.-Yes, / had a
conversation with Mr.. Ewing in the
Court room.
Dwell, what was that CONVERSE
ton? objection; overruled). A.-Well,
it started when Mr.. Ewing came to
me with the News, and l said l hated
to see it in the paper, and he said faith
er had gone to the papers and got them
to agree not to publish anything.
Q.-State what, If anything, he said
to you about meeting certain witnesses
whom he had gone to see to have them
testify against you before the Justice
If you know, state if any such con
versation occurred in relation to that
matter? Al told him that day that
father couldn't come to the Court
room because he was sick.
Q.-What did he say to you about
your having any witnesses in your own
behalf? Ale said I would not be
allowed to do that.
Q.-Doctor, you stated about money
you sent to your father while you were
in Germany, and that it was your own
money, largely. State the facts in re-
lation to that fund on which you
seemed to be drawing, and how you
acquired it? A.-Before my aunt, Mrs.
Steel, died she sold her home on
Wheeling Island to some one-I don't
remember who-and sold it in a way
to have it paid in eight notes of $500
each bearing interest-one each year
until paid. She didn't get that, how
ever, before she died. and l handed
the notes over to father before l went
to Germany.
Q.-How much would 1t amount to?
A.-$S15, 1 think.
Q.-What became of the funds due
you or those notes? Alt was what
| went to Europe on.
Q.-What did you do with the notes?
Al handed them over to Mclaughlin
and he was to hold them in his name,
but he and his wife signed a paper
separate from that. that they would
be turned over to father.
Q.-Your father practically purchas-
ed the notes? Ayes. ne gave me
the value of the notes. He gave me
$500 and l was to get the rest as l
wanted it.
Q.-When did you get the first sum
due on the notes from your father? A..
We'll, l think about the last money
got when 1 came home was about all
OF it.
Re-cross-examination.
Q.-You say you have expended
$500? A.-Not all yet; | haven't got
it.
Q.-How much did you expend?
How much have you paid Mr.. Smith?
| A.-Well, l gave him $50 once, and
then $50 more.
Q.-How much altogether? A
s1OO.
Q.-How much have you paid MI.
Robinson? A.-s50.
Q.-Then you owe MI. Robinson $3.50
and Mr.. Smith s1,400? You mean, 20
| you not, to pay that out of any money
you may get in this suit? All pay
it when I get it to pay them.
Q.-When did you make a contract
to pay Mr.. Smith $500? Am Jail.
Q.-And Mr.. Robinson? Awhile
in Jail.
Q.-Why did you agree to pay $4,000
to these two attorneys? A.-For the
liberty 1 was supposed to have for
nothing.
Q.-The contract was you were not to
pay until you were released? A
That was my understanding.
Q.-How much did you pay Mr..
Schuck? Ale had nothing to do
with it.
Q.-You W him nothing now? A.
No.
Q.-While in Jail on the charge Of
lunacy you agreed to pay Mr.. Robin
son $500 and Mr.. Smith $500? A
Yes.
Q.-And you owe it all but $50? A.
Yes.
Q.-And that is apart from anything
in this suit? Ayes.
Q.-You said you made an affadivit.
Is this the affidavit you made? (Pa-
per handed witness.) Ayes. (Pa-
per offered in evidence and read to
the jury. 1t related to the residence of
S. X. Hissom.)
Q.-That affadivit was filed in a pro-
ceeding in this case, to require o to
give security for costs as a non-resi-
dent? Ayes.
Q.-And you were summoned and