Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-13
he SANENESS OF TWINS
PROVEN BY THE DEFENSE.
WHO IDENTIFIED ELLIS
GLEN, GIVEN TWIN BROTH
ERS TO
FEST THEIR INGEN Y.
saSoSER REFUSED TO SHOW
-ETH-A COMPROMISING
LETTER.
.ccIal TO the Register.

ccial to the Register.
rARKERSBURG. N. Va, July IL
NO interesting ene were enacted in
ne Ellis Glenn trial to-day, when the
ate called upon the defendant TO show
sr teeth 10 the jury. so they could see
they were false, and when the de-
nse introduced as exhibits twin bro
5ers so much alike that few persons
IN distinguish them.
Several witnesses had testified that
Ills Glenn had false teeth, but was
fused under advice of her counsel to
zen her lips. Talbot and Bradford
fteshaw, twins, as much alike as two
cas-. were brought for a witness TO
zIentify. to show the difficulty Of
wearing positively to the identity OF
ne who looked like another.
The evidence to-day was tiresome,
William Richardson being on the wit
rsss stand all day and being piled with
I lot of technical questions which were
at interesting TO the hearers and
which to the layman had no bearing
Ion the case. RE was the only wit
zfss and was placed upon the stand
= the opening of court.
Mr.. Richardson threw some more
Light upon the identity of Ellis Glenn
#y testffying that he had talked to her
while she was in the Jail at Hillsboro,
IT.. after she was found TO be a wo-
#an, and that he talked with her then
HBout the alleged forgeries, the note
and the deed of trust. He stated that
Judge Oller, her Illinois attorney, was
resent during the conversation. He
$50 tcld of going to her trunk in IL
HI,0is and finding there a letter which
- had written to E. B. Glenn in re-
ard to the real estate transaction and
dd mailed to him at Williamstown.
The letter was offered in evidence with
#4s testimony as to where il had been
ned. In the trunk were also a lot
80 AtlllLl4IiC oPPatSif 'AhCS O
taings found in the trunk was a
ar 500 given by C. A. Sarber, Of Will
#amstovn. to E. b. Glenn. This was
$50 gwen in evidence.
Mr.. Richardson, early in his evil
face. was asked in regard to the
atement he had made last evening to
Sic effect hat he had altered the court
81 ord of the deed of trust. He stated
il answer to a question from the Prose-
tfipg Attorney that he had said 1t
merely in a jesting way, in answer to
wat ne thought was a ridiculous
asked a witness while he was present
u The court room if he had not had
access to the public records of the
l.cgk's Office. Mr.. Richardson said it
sruck him as so ridiculous that he an
sTered the question in the same spirit,
nut did not mean that he had actually
Hanged the record.
Most of the day was occupied in the
denomination of Mr.. Richardson
in regard to the alleged forgeries and
tiers which he is alleged to have
Htitten regarding the identity Of Ellis
tflenn. The forged papers also came
I'll for their share of questioning and
a suit which Richardson had with
-quIre Beeson over a piece of proper
~ was questioned into infinitely. Mr..
j harrison was even asked if he were
lot the same man who had a fight once
Vita some other man and bit his ear
1f. This question was promptly ruled
ft by the court, but it shows the
1aracter of questions asked of the
witness.
The defendant seemed to take a live
interest in all the proceedings
herein the note, deed of trust and
''2er papers were concerned. She list
ned attentively to all that was said
and whispered to her counsel occa-
%s.onally.
During the day the clothing that Ell
rs Glenn wore when arrested and
brought here were introduced as evil
Gence and We're passed about for in
spection. They were the usual ar
ueles of male attire. She smiled
slightly as she saw them in the
room.
Mr.. Richardson identified Ellis posi-
lively as the same person as Ebert
Nlenn and said he could not be mis-
taken in his Identification. He told the
"Aole story of his first meeting with
Glenn and of Glenn's subsequent visits
10 ms office. He said Glenn negotiated
win MIN for a piece of property and
PAID him five dollars to bind the bar
sam. Glenn was to pay 81, 200 for the
property, and was to give in payment
GEORGE Hoover's note for 81, 400, secur-
"a by a deed of trust for that amount.
Nlehardson paid him the difference.
before accepting the deed of trust he
went to the clerks Office and COM
pared 1t with the recorded deed of trust
ana 1t was the same. When he pre-
.Vntso the note to Hoover. it was found