The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-13

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night, and the court SUSTAINED the OBJ
jeCtiona Over forty letters written BY
Mss sandroclt 70 pr. Hissom were put
In evidence. all REQUESTING interviews OF
calls from the doctor. some relative g
medical Treatment. and at the close q
the reading Of each. Mr.. scHuck would
ask the witness Il fear OF the doctor
nads her write the letters,
The witness said she had no thoughts
OF marrying anyone other than the
doctor, and she denied that She was
keeping company with any other per
son. This statement was made com
cerning one Of her letter., and she add
ed that tho doctor exerted an uncpn-
trollable influence over her while She
was In his presence: "Then your mind
was aflected," queried Mr.. schuck.
mot any more than at the present"
was the reply. She couldn't testify as
to when her fear Of the doctor began
Some time In 1891, she believed, was
when she frst felt this fear The let
tiers were NOT all written independent Of
this fear, said the witness, but she
couldn't positively specify which let
ters. When asked why che requested
the doctor to come to her home to meet
her German cousin, Il she feared him
the witness said the request was ma
turai when she expected the plaintiff
was to be her husband.
When tho next letter was submitted
to Miss sandrocl for Identification, she
glanced at 1t and excltedly said to Mr..
schuck, where did you get this? How
did II come In your posesSlon9" After
an impressive silence while she perused
the letter, II was read by Mr.. schuek,
It was dated at Massillon, O., June q,
and written to her mother, containing
descriptions Of Canton and other towns,
and requesting her parents not to wcr-
ry over her as she was enjoying herself.
It stated that "sam" was Kind but OBJ
stinate, and was signed your loving,
runaway girl" Init, the daughter said
the mother should come and travel with
them
"You were not afraid Of the doctor
when you wrote that letter?
II wrote that at his dlctation and up-
der threats from him."
"But didn't your mother Join the two
Of you at cleveland?"
Eyes; she had Sam arrested at cleve-
land"
At Plaintin's Dietation.
Next, the witness was asked Il the
plaintiff dictated the descriptions Of the
towns visited ana other statements. In
the main, the letter was dictated by
him, the witness replied, and she cited
another letter she refused to write ct
his dlctahon.
Miss sandrock admitted telling the
doctor that her parents were watching
her, relative to their company. She
never visited the doctor at Woodland,
but went to his fathers home at the
Island. visiting the family once.
Mr.. Howard then questioned the Wit
ness about the letter written to her
mother, and she was unable to tell
whether 1t reached her mother and how
1t came now to be In the plaintiffs pos
session.
oscar sandfock, father Of the proceed
ing witness, told Of the incident at Dr..
Hissom's office, on the Island, about S
o'clock one morning in May or June,
1897, when he, after searching for his
daughter saw her at the hour mention
ed, come out Of the office with the doc
tor. The witness seized his daughter
by the arm, at the same time saying to
Or .Hissom, VILLAIN, scoundrel, what
have you done?" Then the doctor, act
ing like crazy man, pulled a revolver
on him. Either the preceding or fol-
lowing day the doctor pulled a gun on
the witness at his home. He didn't see
the doctor again until the latter's re-
turn from Cleveland, which followed
the Ohio trip Of the doctor and daugh-
ter Of the witness.
Crosse examined by Mr.. Schuck, tine
witness had no recollection Of the doc
tor taking his daughter out buggy rid
ing after the trouble at the office spoken
Of. He never pulled a gun on the
witness. When pressed as to
whether he carried a shot gun around
on the Island that night looking for the
doctor, Mr.. sandroclS said: mo, 1 had
no gun, or there wouldn't be this trial
to-day"
"why?" eaId Mr.. schuck.
because 1 would have killed the
crazy fool" was the reply.
The witness had considered issu-
ing an insurance policy to the
plaintiff, and also the ap-
poIntment Of him as a medical exam
liner, but witness consulted with DR.,