Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-08

come back" She thought her father
understood the note. If she thought
it was serious, she would have de-
stroyed it.
David a. Hissom, of Monroe county,
brother of the elder Hissom, said he
called to see Sam after his return from
Germany. Sam refused to leave his
room and witness did not see him. The
first time he saw the doctor was on De-
cember oath.
he was at the door, and when l ask
ed who was there he talked Dutch to
me. l couldn't understand him"
Witness further testified that at
breakfast next day the doctor said that
he and his father were having hell; that
he came from Germany to prevent his
father from getting a divorce, and had
conquered his father. Witness said he
shamed him and advised him to leave
home, and Sam said he would go to
Florida.
Nothing new was developed in the
oross-examination of this witness.
Mrs. Harry Nelson, daughter Of the
defendant and sister of DR.. Hissom,
then went on the stand. She saw Sam
after he returned from Germany, and
asked If he was glad to get back He
replied that he would be if it were not
for the trouble at home. He used pro
fame language and talked ugly to his
father.
In answer to questions by Mr.. Schuck,
witness said DR.. Hissom used profane
language over the body of her dead
child. Fhe witness corrected this later,
and said the doctor was swearing in
the house, but was not in the room in
which the body was lying. Her testi-
mony corroborated in part that of DR..
Hissom, but cOntradicted it in some
details concerning the funeral Of wit
ness child.
Mrs. Nelson was handed the affidavit
which she made in the proceedings be-
fore Judge PAUL, and identified it.
Does your affidavit contain any such
statements you made to-day about your
first visit home after DR.. Hissom's re-
turn from Germany"
Objection; sustained.
Witness was asked why she had not
stated in her affidavit that the doctor
threatened to cut her heart cut with a
knife, and that he swOre when she
went to his room. Her reply was that
the additional statements made to the
jury were mentioned by her in Ewing
& Riley's office but she did not know
why they were not embraced in the affi-
dayit.
Witness was interrCgated about the
letter written to DR.. Hissom.
What explanation did you give for
this letter."
1T was a scheme to get the doctor
there"
Did you want to keep him there?"
That was the plan"
when you said your daughter was
sick, and you would pay him $25 if nee
essary, you told an untruth, didn't
you?"
Il knew that would bring him if any,
thing would. Yes, it was untrue"
Didn't your father advise you not to
admit that there was secret cipher be-
tween members Of the family?"
He did not"
Did not Luther Hissom and Mr..
Hubbard know of this cipher and use
it with you?"
Il don't know anything about the
cipher l never used those figures In
any note or letter"
Witness denied that she asked DR..
Hissom to bring flowers and hood for
the dead baby. She had sent her hus-
band to the phone to warn her father
that Sam was going to Sistersville Sam
asked that a sled be sent for him and
the family upon his return from Wheel
ing, and she agreed to do So
Now, Mrs. Nelson, didn't you testify
at the former trial that no arrangement
was made about a sled?"
81 don't think I did"
Lucy Hissom, the 15-year-old daugh-
ter of ]. R. Hissom, was next called.
Witness said she returned from school
one day and found members of the fam
lily returning from Mrs. hubbard's. DR..
Hissom held a revolver in his hand
and told Mrs. Hissom she must write
| letter to her husband, suggesting a
separation, threatening to shoot his
| mother if she would not write the let
| ter. He also made witness write note
on page of tablet paper. Witness re-
| fused at first. DR.. Hissom dictated the
| contents of both letters. While they
were in the room Mrs. Hubbard opened
/ the door. Sam sprang to his feet, pull
| ed revolver and said if that had been
his father he would be a dead man
Witness wrote at Sans dictation. that
mamma was afraid to go anywhere
without Sam After every sentence he