Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-27

I She passed me two or three times-l
don't remember all that took place.
Once as Mrs Hissom passed me she
dropped a note in my lap. She went
I'D stairs, and I heard them all up
there. / read the note.
Q.-What did you do after that? A.
4 soon went to my room-it was
night then Mrs. Hissom came in,
and we consulted about what it was
best to do, and cried over it.
Q.-Where was that? An our
room.
Q.-Your bed room? Ayes.
Q.-What explanation did Mrs. His
som make of the note? Al think
she spoke about the Doctors COM
pelling her to write the note or he
would go down and kill her in three
minutes if she did not.
Odd she tell you the circum.
stances under which the Doctor COM
PEELED her to write the note? A.-The
Doctor made a proposition-in terrup-
tom She said: II wrote it to save
your life!"
Q.-What determination did you
come to-? A.-That | should go away
from home for while.
Q,-Why? A.-To see if the Doctor
would not quiet down.
Odd you go? Al did.
Q.-When? A.-The latter part Of
the night. I slipped my dog and gun
out and went over to Bridgeport and
went out to Piedmont.
Q.-How long did you stay? A
This was the last of November l
think 1 came home the 7th of Deem
Der, although some of the dates do
not agree with that-but that is my
recollection. / was gone seven or
eight days. l wrote to Mrs. Hissom
through Mrs. Hubbard. l wanted all
the information l could get, and told
them to deal gently with the boy.
When l came home and met him he
laughed and l shook hands with him,
and asked how his health was, and
then he went up stairs, and in an
hour or two, however, he was as sui
len and sulky as ever.
Q.-What happened that night, as
to his manner? Ale wouldn't talk
to me.
Q.-What first occurred between you
and the Doctor about the $1,000? A
The first thing about it was at DilMes
Bottom, in Ohio.
Q.-When? A.-Four or five days
after I came back from Piedmont. The
Doctor came down and found me
there. When l came in at noon he
handed me letter from Mrs Hissom.
I invited him to eat dinner with me,
and he refused.
Q.-What did he say? Ale soon
called me out in the yard, and asked
me to go up the railroad track with
him. l said: mo, no, we can talk
right here" Two or three men were
near, and / was afraid to go I'D the
/ railroad with him. He began by as
sailing his mothers character, and
said he had investigated it. He
talked in that foolish way, and he
said: eff you will let me, l will tell
you something" l told him if he
would get quiet and let us alone
would come UP and get him 81 900, and
/ said: "My boy, when that is gone
will give you more" He still
wanted me to go UP the railroad track,
and then he went up by himself. .
We came up and gave him an order to
James w. Ewing to give him 81 900
without signing any article of agree
ment. He went over, and came home
very much excited, and asked him if
he got the money, and said it was in
bank and then the door bell rang and
Mr.. Ewing came in and said he was
not well enough acquainted with my
signature to pay over the check.
told him it was all right, and l went
to the bank with my son. On the way
over he talked to me about mother.
. and only wanted to tell me one thing.
Q.-What bank was the check on?
A.-The City Bank of Wheeling.
Q.-Who was the business with? A.
Mr.. DalZell, | think. He got a
small bank book and check book. 1
told him: Now, when you go away,
if you have bad luck remember there
IS another $1,000 for you, for l want
you to get along" He wanted me to
! go to the Howell House with him.
Q.-To whose order was the check
drawn? A.-Dr. Hissom. CHECK
shown; exhibit No. a.
Q.-That is the check? Ayes.
Q.-That amount went to his credit
III UdHh. AIS S- Inc cQ6ck was
| dated December Sth, and was paid De-
cember 13th.)
Q.-That is the check Mr.. Ewing
brought over? Ayes.
Q.-How did it come to be in his
hands? Al went to Mr. Ewing the
same day and told him about my SON
that there was something wrong, but
was trying to humor him, and hoped
that some morning he would wake up
in his right mind. told him
thought would give him 81 900, and