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

LnOuSaI Trip oOutR WUula 90 ukHi-
good. told him he had agreed 70
sign an article Of agreement, and he
drew up q short one. paper shown.)
! That is the paper.
.Q-Why did you have the paper
prepared by Mr.. HEtng? Al
thought it would be guide for some
bcdy-well, the Doctor had suggested
! it himself-that he would sign an ar
ticle to bother US no more, and /
, thought it would be agreeable to the
Doctor and that he would not refuse
to sign 1t.
Q.-When you gave him the $1,000
had the place he was to go to been
selected? Al think not-various
places had been suggested.
Q.-But he was to go South? A.
Yes.
Q.-After he got the money did you
go back home with him? Ayes.
Q.-How did he act? ALL right
like a man who had gotten $1,000.
He laughed and was jolly. He spoke
about his trip. and said he would go
| down and bid his brother Witten fare
well. He was in a good humor-when
the Doctor is good, he is good all over.
He asked me to come down and go
hunting. / went down, and we went
out parts of two days. I was very
cautious and careful, and kept away
from him in the woods. The Doctor
used me real we'll, and I thought the
trouble was all over. / stayed there
two days, and all of sudden my son
Witten rushed in to me and said the
Doctor had another SPELL l asked:
What is the matter now?" FIe said:
HE demands $4,000 before he'll 60"
l said: What will / Go?" He said:
"Tht boat is coming, get on it.. /
said How can l get on it?" and he
| said I'll fool him; I'll tell him you
have to go to Wheeling and consult
mother before you give UP $4,000"
| objection; sustained)
Q.-What did you do after Witten
made the statement? Al left Fish
Creek landing and came to Wheeling.
Odd you see the Doctor or have
any conversation with him before you
left? A.-No.
Witness then went into details con-
corning the efforts of Dr. Hissom to
get money from him. He spoke very
| rapidly, and frequently said: Il be-
lieved l was right" 81 thought I was
right then, and l think SO yet" etc.
| Mr.. Hubbard finally objected to these
remarks which he referred to as
| preaching" but they were allowed.
| Witness said the doctor told him he
! had no education, and he ought to
transfer his property to the boy, as
he could double it's value in few
| years. The doctor was violent and
| threatening, and witness said he
would do it. "My boy didn't have
sense enough to know l wouldn't
transfer my property to him."
Witness said he called DR.. Myers
on the day following the conversation
narrated above. DR.. Myers said he
had no hesitation in pronouncing the
boy insane, and very dangerous
man. Il knew something had to be
done. 1t was like death to me, but |
had to do it. l was afraid to stay in
the house. / thought if an officer
came, and my boy saw him, he would
shoot us sure. l saw similar case,
and the party walked out into the
light after one years treatment. |
thought the doctor might get better,
too.
Odd you say anything about
sending him to private sanitarium?
Ale would not agree to go to pri-
vate sanitarium. / couldn't convince
him that he was crazy.
Q.-What, if anything, was said to
him in Jail about experts? Al
suggested to him to get three physi-
clans who were experts. | told him
to tell them everything, and l would
not say word. If they would say
he was crazy, said I'd send him to
private sanitarium. If they'd say
he was all right, I'd set him up in
business. We made the arrangements
but the lawyers came in, and they
were never carried out. S. G.. Smith
was one of the lawyers. / refused to
discuss the matter with him. l told
my son I was doing all this to please
him.
Witness said he told Attorney
Ewing all about his boys strange
conduct, and that Mr.. Ewing said he
had observed in his office that the doc
tor appeared very nervous and excit-
ed. Mr.. Ewing advised him to have
the boy arrested, and not take any
more chances.
O.-When did you first see your son
latter part Of May. 1t was on Wit
tens advice. He had been going be-
tween US. I went down to talk to
him. He shook hands with me, and
asked him how his health was. He
said it was some better
Q.-Was anything said about
money? A.-Not that time.
Q.-You saw him again there, did
you not? Ayes.
Q.-What was said about money
then? A.-The doctor had been in
sisting on settlement, and l saw him
again. We talked about the trouble,
and about money. Witten was there,
too. The three of rs got on boat
and came to Wheeling. We got in
about dark. and went to the Howell
House. The doctor asked me to go to
the parlor for private conversation.
| objected, and told him l did not un-
derstand there was to be anything
like that He insisted and followed
him to the parlor.