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


subjected him 70 q rigid mental a1l
physlcaI examination before they ven
convinced that tie BODY they bliriet
WITH sofrowing a ut Zion cemetsrI
On Tuesday afternoon was not tiiat q
their SON.
In company with Charles Driehorst
the fathef and son hurried to theii
humble home at No 1888 chaplin'
street. There was a little scene. Hi
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 ITO see some OF
his friends, as he expressed It.
Hello Bishop. how are you?" was
the reporters sautation.
To a News man he submitted t.
be interviewed, though he stated he
had not yet had any breakfast and
against the wishes of his friends who
we're anxious to escort him around to
the crowds that gathered wherever he
on the street.
Bishop said he was in Kittanning
when he first heard about a corpse
having been found on the wharf here
and identified by his people as his own
dead body. He said he received this
word on Monday. He thought the
Kittanning 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
lalked to his stepmother over a tele'
phone from Kittanning and that she
had failed to recognize his voice. He
eft Kittanning Monday evening With
Isaac Cousins and his son Charles and
,ame to Plum Run. He had not re-
,eiyed the message from the Wheeling
police telling him that he would be
from arrest II he came here
md cleared up the mystery.
During his stay at Kittannins, he
'eslded at the home of Constable
richardson. 1t was Richardson that
old him of his parents strange mis-
AXE and advised him to so home at
,nce. He was employed about some
livery in the city, where he had been
itaying for one year and three months.
He said that somehow or other the
,eople on the car got next" TO the
act that "the dead man" was or the
ar. He was subjected to q series Ct
ross.examination all the way down
" men and women. He took it all in
God part and was in the best of
pirits when he met his father at the
ity building, whittier he had gone
With the chief.
The Fathers Story.
Hiram Bishop was also interviewed
y a reporter. He was found standing
t the cottage gate.
ats too wonderful to believe he
aid. 81 wouldn't believe that it was
Nv son at Plum Run until | had proved
/. This is a terrible affair. 1t is the
yorst | ever heard OF. That man we
uried Tuesday was Scared exactly
Ike Harry; he looked like him. was
ure it was my boy. We were con.
inced 1t could not be any one else.
"Those reports about my knowing
bout Harry's whereabouts and trying
o keep 1t secret are not true. 1t is
bout as true as those lying tales
bout me wanting to claim this body
s Harry's so as to get that little bit
{ insurance money. We would not
ave taken the money until the matte:
ad been sifted 10 the bottom, though
re didn't doubt for an instant that he
al buried any one but our son.
a was all worked up when they first
rought that body into the yard. II
i'd look like Harry, exactly like him
said that Harry Cousins had killed
i'm. Well, I'm sorry I said that /
Iardly knew what was saying at
he time. Newspaper man, this trou'
lie is something awful. Yon can't un'
erstand It,"
When queried as to the murder Of
he unknown corpse buried at Mt. Zion
emetery, Mr.. Bishop said: 81 don't
now any more about that than you
10, but I can tell you exactly what
constable Driehorst told me the day
fter the strange man with a blood.
overed face was seen on a Bellaire
ar.
constable Drlehorst told me that
.e had followed the strange man to
,ellaire; that some one had seen hin
% into a pawn shop and pawn q ring
or SIS and then sell the ticket for s..
,tor calling the ticket, the man said