The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-13

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their SON.
In company with Charles Drtehorst,
the fathet and son hurried to their
humble home at No. 1888 chapline
street. There was little scene. His
mother was not instantly convinced,
Together his parents examined the
scars on him body and made him prove
that he was really their son. This
done he shook hands with all present
and then went out TO see some Of
his friends as he expressed IT.
Hello Bishop. how are you:' was
the reporters salutation.
To a News man he submitted to
be interviewed. though he stated he
had not yet had any breakfast and
against the wishes of his friends who
were anxious to escort him around to
the crowds that gathered wherever he
appeared on the street.
Bishop said he was in Kittanning
when he first heard about a corpse
having been found on the wharf mere
and identified by bis people as his own
dead body. He said he received this
word on Monday He thought the
Kittannlng people were only kidding"
and didn't pay any attention to the re-
port until the police took the matter
up.
Didn't Talk to Mother.
He denied positively that he had
talked to his stepmother over tele-
phone from Kittanning and that she
had failed to recognize his voice. He
left Kittanning Monday evening With
Isaac Cousins and his son Charles and
came to Plum Run. He had not re-
ceived the message from the Wheeling
police telling him that he would be
immune from arrest II he came here
and cleared up the mystery.
During his stay at Kittannins, he
resided at the home of Constable
1t was Richardson that
told him of his parents strange MS
take and advised him to go home at
once. He was employed about some
livery in the city, where he had been
for one year and three months.
He said that somehow or other the
people on the car got next" TO the
fact that 1.-THE dead man" was or the
car. He was subjected to series cf
cross-examination all the way down
by men and women. He took it all in
good part and was in the best of
spirits when he met his father at the
city building, whittier he had gone
with the chief.
The Fathers Story.
Hiram Bishop was also interviewed
by reporter. He was found standing
At the cottage gate.
"It's too wonderful to believe he
said. Il wouldn't believe that it was
my son at Plum Run until had proved
It. This is a terrible affair. II is the
worst | ever heard Of. That man We
buried Tuesday was SCARED exactly
like Harry: he looked like him. ! was
sure it was my boy. We were con
vinced it could not be any one else.
Those reports about my knowing
about Harry's whereabouts and trying
to keep it secret are not true. 1t is
about as true as those lying tales
about me wanting to claim this body
as Harry's SO as to get that little biz j
Of insurance money, We would not
have taken the money until the matter
had been sifted TO the bottom, though
We didn't doubt for an instant that he
had buried any one but our son.
81 was all worked up when they first
brought that body into the yard. III
did look like Harry, exactly like him.
said that Harry Cousins had killed
him. Well, I'm sorry said that,
hardly knew what was saying at
the time. Newspaper man, this trou'
BILE is something awful. Yon can't IN
ierstand it."
When queried as to the murder OF
the unknown corpse buried at Mt. Zion
cemetery, Mr.. Bishop said: 81 don't
know any more about that than you
do. but l can tell you exactly what
Driehorst told me the day
after the strange man with a blood
covered face was seen on Bellai7e
car.
constable Driehorst told me that
he had followed the strange man tn
Bellaire: that some one had seen aim
20 into pawn shop and pawn p rms
for SIS and then sell the ticket for s..
After selling the ticket. the man saia
that he had just killed HaF-
~ Bishop and that he was going to
fix couple more
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