The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-07

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when the police called at the Hlssom
home on account Of a disturbance,
caused by the doctor having a girl in
his once.
Miss Minnie suter, Of Woodland,
Marshall county, did not give any rela-
tive testimony.
]. earle anderson. principal Of the
Jefferson academy. at cannonsburg,
Pa, formerly Of wheeling. was
asked about letters written for ],
r. Hissom TO Or. s. K Hissom
by the law firm Of Mclaughlin & AM
derson, OF which he was a member, but
witness new. saw any letter, yet be-
lIeved that One was written. by N. L.
Mclaughlin. It was alleged that in this
letter the doctor was advised to 60 to
Cuba from Germany. but as witness
never saw 1t his testimony was stricken
out.
A Letter Figures.
The last witness OF the day was De-
tectiye McNichol. He detailed con-
yersation he had had with ]. R. Hissom,
who induced him to go to the Hissom
home. While there the father told the
SON that he would have to leave home,
whereupon the doctor said he would
remain to protect his mother. The
father replied that his protection was
suficlent. The son upbraided the father
for being stingy in money matters with
his mother. Incidentally the father re-
marked in the hearing Of the witness
that he would have to get rid also Of his
other son, Written, farmer. Witness
heard ]. f. Hlssom call his wife q vile
name. and Speaking TO his wife had
said: Lucy, you know we don't need
those boys" Mrs. Hissom, who was
CRYING, replied with. "well. they are my
sons; Doc is peaceable, and IL you will
let him alone there'll be no trouble"
To Mr.. Howard the witness said that
the doctor was apparently III on that
occasion, as he had noticed him 80 to
the sink and yomit. He didn't see any
girl there, but the father had told him
that the doctor wanted to keep a girl
in the house. The father said he
wouldn't turn his son out of'the house
without anything, and the doctor said
he didn't want any money IL the father
would leave his mother alone.
The witness Acknowledged writing
letter to ]. R. HIssom. dated March q,
1899. in which he said he would make
an afidavlt in behalf of the son, since
he was of the opinion that the father
was in earnest about sending the doc
tor to the asylum. The letter, which
was submitted in evidence by Mr..
Howard. became tie piece de resistance
for considerable questioning by both
sides Of the case. The phrase, u don't
want to threaten you," was cited with
some emphasis by Mr.. Howard, who al
SO attempted to draw out from the Wit
ness whether he had received reward
for the conviction Of Eaton, the fire
bug, and also some money for making
an afildavit to assist in pardon being
procured Cor Eaton, but the court sus-s
tanned the objection TO these questions.
Detective McNlchol next told Of In
tervIews with ]. R. Hissom relative to
hunting up blacksmith at Hunting
ton named Eskey, whom Hissom sus-
pected Of certain matters. The plan
proposed was for the witness to go to
Huntington and get Eskey drunk, but
nothing came OF it, To Mr. Howard
witness said that he was not to give
Eskey money to make him talk; he was
Just ito I'LL him up" While witness
was at Charleston he wrote to Hissom,
Offering to 60 to Huntington and see
Eskey for SO, but Hlssom replied that
he had concluded to drop that matter
for the present, as he was going ito
have trouble with his sons"
The witness said letter Of his to
Hissom was intercepted by Mrs, His
som, who then called to see witness at
his office, at 1908 Market street. Wit
ness denied that he or any Of the em-
ployes in his private detective agency
had done detective work In this case;
John w. Terrell worked for him occa-
sIonnlly and Bert swaftz visited his
office frequently, but witness emphat-
ically denied that under his direction
were they associated in the prosecution
Of the suit Witness heard the elder
HIssom say once that he was going to
give his son 5000 to go to South Caro-
lima; witness had testified before Judge
Blizzard.
The final proceeding of the day was
the reading by Mr.. Hubbard of the
transcript of the proceedings before
Squire Greer.