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Show A KEXfttTIOXAf. Tl'BX. Mow (be Baak warn Bobbed '. ooo, Wiieemmi, W. Va., Nov. 24. Things took a sensational turn today In the trial of Harry li. Seyboid, charged with stealing $21,000 from the bank of Wheeling. Tbe defendant defend-ant swore that he di J not take the money, but that it was taken by Harry W. List, a son of one of the partners, and himself a heavy stock-Holder stock-Holder In the bank. Seyboid said that the afternoon of April 10, 1SS9. List came to him and asked bim to meet bim at tho corner of Twenty-second Twenty-second and market streets at T p. m. Defendant went there, and shortly alter List came up, having forty-eight forty-eight bundles of $500 each, wrapped up in a newspaper. He telJ defendant, defend-ant, to take It home and take care of it, and that if it was found out he would stand between htai and trouble. Defendaut took the money, kept It in the cellar until It' became damp, then put up In the garret to dry, and lastly carried tba packages up town, and deposited them in the bank, telling the cashier be bad drawn a prize in the; Louisiana lottery. lie denied that he had ever made a confession to anyone. TXte Tanxne r an CcSeaatar Be-aaased. Be-aaased. New York.Nov. 26. Ex-Senator Peter Ward of Newburjr underwent an operation at the Roosevelt Hospital, Hos-pital, Monday, which forever deprives de-prives bim of speech. His entire tongue was taken out by the surgeon's sur-geon's knife. Dr. Charles McBlrnr, chief of the hospital stafT, performed the operation, for a long time Mr. Ward has been suffering from a malignant throat affection which has lately threatened his life, and bis friends and relatives advised him to resort to vigorous measures. Medical Medi-cal consultations were held and the result was a determination to submit sub-mit to the knife. An effort was made to save as much of the tongue as possible, but as progress was made it was'dlscovered that the disease bad to spread that nothing but complete excision could result in safety. The operation was specially special-ly difficult and tedious, but It tu successfully performed and the patient was left In the care pf bis son. |