The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-29
Driven TO Suicide Woman
''Clicked Revolver Thai
Is All She Can Remember


When he bought tho store back l
wanted to 80 and help but he wouldn't
let me.
Who worked there then:
A girl.
told him if he would quit drinking I
would stay out of the store.
Did no quit?
! No. At times at night whom I woke
! up and didn't sec John III bod | would
! got up aud so down 10 scr that tn" doors
wcr locked. l would find him there
drunk I took the money. locked the
! door and put out the lights.
Slept On Porch.
; II dodn't want ncighbors to s"r him
| there ut night. worried about fire ana
| oil in the store. found tho stove door
| broken Off. One morning just at day
light Iwcnt down and found him there.
| When he came homo drunk got up and
went down to sec that everything was
{ locked UP: He fought with me for col
orins Easter eggs for tho children and
kept me up all night, 7 never got To
! bed. Another night slept on the porch
! and crawled In through the pantry WIN
| dow.
The Might before Christmas.
| When I had to so to the hospital he
/ was drunk His sister got money to en-
| on. 7 went IN town with the children
| ad my suit case. He gave me SIN and
said could so 10 tn" hospital on that
/ Then he took US over and put us on tho
I car.
How did he treat little Gene the night
! before Christmas?
He pulled Genes hair and tho child
cried, and he took tho child on his lap
! and hit him. then put MIN 10 he'd. The
| child called mother. mother I didn't
i Interfere for knew tho child would got
! 1t worse went out in tn" yard ana
! chicd Then when wen; in the child
! followed John downstairs and John
whipped him. -,
The next day the chi,d's face was all
black and blue and his eye was black.
Afternoon Sessior-
f, How did he act with respect to ply
steal violence during the last five or
! six months?
He would come in and scold. Once
! he accused me Of going out through
| the night With other men.
| One night he knocked me down on
the floor and gave me an awful KICK.
He would come home and tell OF beng
with other women. and saying nc
didn't need me
What developed about the girl in the
store? -.
tried to make the best Of it. He
talked Of her and called her name Il"
his sleep.
How much Of that talking did he DO
! IN rho last two or three months:
T didn't pay much attention. He said
things that led me to believe shc was
running the entire business.
When he was sick he would take no
medicine from me- but he took 1t from
her, He brought meat, and said Sic
had sent It UP
What about his toe:
Girl Fixed His Toe.
He had a sore toe. asked MN "
let me dress it. He said he wanted ~
.atrh a car. I started in town n llttle
later, and when ! got TO the slofc S"'
was fixing his toe.
A. times they stood close tosetncF
i1 told him the neignoors wcrc talking
/ What occurred on the day Mr. Foei-
llnger was in the store" T..
e+onpcd IN the store and asked II
John had gone to town. Tho girl salo
no. but he was out John was sitting
behind the counter. drunk.
| said to the girl: Il am surprised
There's Just one thing to do. III ca.,
his uncle and have the place raldco'
She said: HE don't drunk IN heeF-
the whiskey amt here"
GIRL stopped Fight.
+5e,3 70 Telephone and he came TO-
wards me and said he was going &c
clean ont the works. He came out ike
no was going to choke me- and the CIR
said, you wont hit her in here. JONI
ouietcd down, and she said: you ouRh.
to be glad have control over nm;
lust then MT. Vocllinger came IN nv
was a cousin to her. She told VI.
yoeImger I blamed her for John
drinIeing. I told Mr.. Foellinger no"
John had been drinking. and Whcr
Iohr swore at me Mr. Vocllinse'
stopped him. -,
The girl took Johns hand and SAD
~ror INV sake, John. don't say any
WORE. Then he stopped. except M
said didn't do my wifely duties. l
took the little child and left
Trusts the Girl.
EJave Won ever or do you now thinF
, there was anything wrong between th'
No thought she was just a littl'
foolish in her conduct. ,,.
Did you ever have controversy WIN
her? 49, :, IN.
Yes; on Monday after that IN ' nc
etnre was there and she came VI
Che asked me il ! took back tho tn'hEs
, r had said, and 7 told her it IL Was"
O nostofrice would put her out
She asked me- why I didn't lcaFr u.
o,,c She said she was Ca Inol.'
and she would make. ono out or nun
told her nv best friends wore CAIN"
lie and had let them haptlze one '"
: ~ hahies She said she would n'N',
como in my house. and 1 toio NV
wouldn't let her. c,,bcr.
. I told her, teTou arc your ''."
n daughter" and she asked m" what
came from.
Ne Permitted It. 49,
,ooLo5 Of John She told mc tncH
. could put me in tho Asylum" CIV
= nv babies from me. .;,s
T She said something about my h;tFi,f
v m tceth and I told her If mao WV
| money I would have them.
John told me- to shu, u7. She hh'tii!
said 70 him: For your SAKE" III shu
, / UP" and went out. ,,;,
n She criticised mo for giving IN" chi'
= drcn choose sandwiches.
Accused His Wife.
, Il He was always accusing m" u NUM-
y nv children His mother said h'i't'
- NV first one | CAV" the "h'ldr'h tn
:. hes, carr could. When til" baby oi''
; John was drinking and carried on. n"
:. sister tried 10 stop him and took IN
vbiskcy. FL wouldn't kiss tn" ban!
= goodbye. H. sat right next !" 'ha' ny
ing baby and drank wh!Sk'y
For how long has h" accused YOU U
9 killing your children"
o For a long time.
. Has he always kent that "r:
Yes, be has.
Did Mrs Reed Lie7
II. Do you know Mrs. rharl"S Reed"
q Yes. sir
:. Did Won he3r her on the stand"