Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-17


with the Doctor, telling him that eit
was q shame he was trying to kill his
parents for the little bit Of money
they had" Later the witness heard
the Doctor tell his mother she had bet
ter write q note to his father, who.
Sam said, was trying to get a divorce
and leave home with all the money he
could scrape up. Sam said he would
kill father in three minutes il she
didn't write the note, and he would
hurt her. Mrs. Hubbard came into
the room at this time and Sam point
ed a pistol at her and said she ought
to be careful how she came into the
room, for If it had been his father he
would have been killed. Sam dictated
to his mother to the effect that she
could no longer live with her hus-
band and would have to separate. This
the mother signed and was sent to J..
r. Hissom through Mrs. Hubbard.
Sam also made Lucy write a note
which the witness didn't see. He
heard DR.. Hissom tell her to write
that he had used them all well since
be had come home from Germany.
The defense asked the plaintiff to
produce these notes, and the latter an
swered 1t was a matter of record
that the notes had been taken by
members of the Hissom family from
the Doctors trunk and destroyed.
Afterwards, the witness resumed, his
mother told his father she only wrote
the note to please the Doctor and
didn't mean anything by it. Sam then
called his mother a - fool.
At Fish Creek Island, while they
were shocking corn, the Doctor told
witness he had heard something that
made him conclude that it would take
$4,000 to settle it, and if he didn't
get a definite answer that day he
would kill the old man. He told the
witness to carry the news to his faith
er. The witness then advised his
father to leave the island by the next
boat, as it was dangerous for him to
stay around while Sam had a SPELL"
The next day Sam got the witness to
go to Wheeling and try to effect a set
tlement with his father. This the
witness did, and his father said that
he would not give Sam any more mon
ey to fight him with. The witness re-
turned to the island and told Sam he
would have to settle down and go to
work and he might get the money.
The next day Sam went to Wheeling,
but came back and looked after his
father on the Island, but could not
find him. While coming from the ISL
and the doctor fell in the river and
came into the store looking very
scared. The witness thought then he
had killed his father.
In The afternoon the examination OF
witness was resumed, in answer to
questions telling, among other things.
of the Doctor threatening to kill a
man. and saying: "In these DAYS l
could get off easily on a plea of tenn
porary insanity" At the Howell
House, the Doctor, after a talk, said
he would pour hot lead" into his
father without a moments warning"
At that time witness displayed a re-
volver, and the Doctor said he didn't
want money; he wanted revenge.
The cross-examination was by Mr..
Schuck. Counsel, soon after he start
ed, asked:
OIL want to ask you-at the time
you were speaking Off you and the
Doctor and Charles Woods all lived at
the Island. and went hunting together?
A.-No, sir.
Q.-You did not? A.-No, l never
hunted with the Doctor and Charles
Woods.
Odd you ever go hunting at all
with the Doctor and Charles Woods?
Al was over at the station with
them once, but we were not hunting.
Q.-I was asking if you were hunt
ing? A.-No, sir.
Q.-At the time Charles Woods was
at the Island-that time you say he
and his wife were there-didn't the
Doctor and Charles Woods leave the
Island and go hunting? Ayes, they
left.
Q.-How long were they away from
the Island? Al don't remember how
long.
Q.-Were they gone a day? Al
don't remember anything about hunt
ing. One day they were at Woodland
i don't know of their hunting, but
they had their guns with them.
Q.-Were they gone all day? Al
think they came back about noon.
Q.-Were they hunting the next day?
A.-The next day the Doctor went