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THE WASHIWOiN TjlMKS, lUiSDAY, SilUMBB 5, 1911
State Produces Important Evidence To Contradict the Testimony Given By Beattie
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WITNESSES SB
'TMHEiYAT
. MEETING WITH PAUL
'Neblitt's Story Contradicted
Now Mother-in-Law
J Backs Up Paul.
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.meet him there, and that he did meet
Paul at Short and Main streets."
"Gentlemen," saJu Judge Watson, "it
seems to me to be the law.- I note an
.exception for the defense," and the Jury
'was recalled.
"You say that was on Mondav or
xnursaay; - asitea me courc or Mr.
Latham.
"Yes."
".Have you any way of fixing the
dates?
' "No, I remember it though."
' "Are you sure about the week?"
"Yes, sir."
Coached By Detectives.
On cross-examination, Mr. Smith en
deavored to show the witness had been
coached thoroughly by detectives visit
ing him. The direct testimony was
probably much weakened thus.
"Mr. Latham, you have testified that
the prisoner said: '111 be there In fif
teen minutes.' "
"I don't think he said 'I'm going
there.' " -
' "Did he tell you after leaving the
'phone where he was going?"
"All I heard him say was 'Be there
In fifteen minutes.' "
"Where?"
"At Short and Main."
"Did you make a statement to Ser
geants Wiltshire and Wrenn?" asked
air. Smith.
"They had a statement, but a lot I
jhad said had been cut out,, and a lot
of things In the statement had never
happened.
''Now. didn't they sav that they had
absolute proof that it was Thursday
nigntY uian t tney try to make you
think that It was that night?"
"Yes; they did."
"But. on re-direct, Mr. Latham swore
he actually remembered with his own
mind what happened. He might have
oscillated a little more If there had
been re-re-cross and re-re-dlrect exam
inations." W. R. Hart Called.
W. R. Hart, following Latham, was
it better witness for the Common
(Wealth. "Mr. Hart." asked Mr. Wendenburg.
"do you remember seeing the prisoner
the preceding week of the homlc!d?"
"Yes."
"When was It?"
"Thursday night preceding the mum
per." "What did he dor'
"He went In and telephoned. I ask
ed him where he was going, and he
said he was going to take Mr. and
Sirs. Paul Beattie riding."
"Where did he say he was going?"
"He said he was going to Short aud
Main streets."
Mr. Smith took the witness.
"You are sure, Mr. Hart, that all he
eald over the telephone was 'I'll be
there In fifteen minutes'?"
"That wac all I heard."
Witness Isn't Certain.
"Bat you heard all of the conversa
tion, did you not?"
"I am not at all sure."
"But there was no secrecy about his
.telephone talk?"
"No."
"Anyonvs could have heard It all. If
listening?"
"Yes."
"He asked you to go along with him,
didn't her
"Yes."
Further cross-examination of Hart
Hid not shake him.
"Did you know where Beulah lived,
Mr. Hart?" A
""No," said the witness heatedly.
Smiles pervaded the court room.
"Beattie seemed to want you to go?"
"Yes."
"Asked you two or three times?"
"Yes."
Mrs. E. J. Houchens Called.
Mr. Smith repeated this question al
Snost verbatim twice more and Mr.
''"(Wendenburg objected. Mr. Smith re
torted it was a habit of Mr. Wenden
urgs. Mr. Hart was excused from
further attendance at court.
Mrs. E. 'J. Houchend now took the
stand.
"Mrs. Houchens, you are the mother-in-law
of Paul Beattie"
"Yes. sir."
. "You and your husband and Paul and
lis wife live in the same house?"
"Yes."
"Have you a telephone there?"
"Yes."
"Do you know anything about Paul
receiving a telephone message from
.Henry C. Beattie. Jr., on Thursday
night before the homicide?"
"It was Thursday night the 13th of
ffuly, as near as l can remember. It
jvas about 9 o'clock. The telephone
bell rang, and I answered It. I asked
(who it was, and he answered Henry
Beattie, Jr. I said Paul was upstairs;
jfor him to hold the phone, and I would
call him. I heard that sa.ne voice that
had called over the phone talking to
IPauL I was In my room right at the
phone. Paul said: Til meet you at
Short and Main us soon as I dress.
Til be there in fifteen minutes.' Then
(he came back to jny phono and callel
up Mrs. Fisher and said Henry C.
Seattle had said to tell her "I'll be
there for my wife's dress.'
Returned In An Automobile.
- "When Paul returned, how did he
come back?"
"In an automobile. I got up when he
came, hearing the noise. Mrs. F. E.
Nolan, a next door neighbor. was on the
morch. I know Henry Beattie was there.
i. heard Paul say, 'Good night, Henry-'
,1 did not know Henry C. Beattie, Jr., at
'the time."
"You know him now?"
iJYes."
"Tell the Jury if the young man here
Is the young man you saw in the car
Ivith Henry?"
"I didn't see him well enough to tell."
"Were they both doing something out
.at the machine? Do you remember what
time Henry brought Paul home on Sat
urday night?"
"It was Just 11. I am not used to. hav
ing cars stop in front and I got up to
.see. It was the same car."
Direct examination ended and Mr,
.Smith began vigorously, for the evi
dence seemed most Important. '
"You are Paul's mother-in-law?"
"Yes."
i Told of Buying Gun.
"Recognized Paxil was in avbad fix
."didn't you?" -
' "Not until he told of buying- the
ipin."
"When did he tell of buying the
.Run?" l
' "He told ' us on the Thursday night
following."
"Didn't you all tell him he'd better
go and tell the police or he'd get him
self into a terrible .fix?"
"My daughter told me she came down
Into the room and toldnne and she said
she told Paul to tell all about it to
the police."
Mr. Smith declared the answer not
'responsive,
"Wetold Paul to tell all he knew
about it," the witness continued.
"Did you not tell, him he was m a
bad fix?"
"No Blr."
"Did anyone else?"
"No; we told him that It might look
queer because lie had bought the gun
with which Louise -was killed."
"And you immediately went to work
to wedge Paul out of it, didn't you7"
"No, sir. I didn't try to weage mpi
out of it."
Denies Paul Was' "Crazy.
"Paul was pretty nearly craz7,-wasn.t
her'
"No, sir. He wasn't crazy as I know
of." -
"Was he not nearly crazy?" repeat
ed Smith. '
"No. He said (objected to.)
"Was he .not nearly frantic 7"
Th nupRtinn -wan not answered be
cause Mr. Smith -wanted to read Paul'"
Inquest testimony. He was cut on in
this.
"Is it not a fact, Mn Houchens, that
he was pretty .nearly crazy?"
The witness repeated a previous an
swer. I r
"Well then, he was pretty badly off
that time. Wasn't J hat the day before
he went to the hospital? Wasn't he
nearly crazy? Didn'f""ne have a fit
about thenT"
"It was the day before"he was sick."
"Didn't you say that he had got you
all In a fix and that he'd better tell
all lie knew?"
"No sir "
"Didn't-his wife tell him that 7"
"I don't know what his wife told him.
She will have io tell that jfor herself."
"Did he make a clean breast of It that
Thursday night?"
"He trild us of buying the gun."
"He did not say Henry had con
fessed9" "He Just told us of 'buying the gun."
"Did you think then that Henry had
killed Louise?" v
"No."
"But you told Paul to make a clean
breast of It?"
Mr. Wendenburg cut In, and after ar
gument Mr. Smith lost.
"Now, I understand you had never
seen Henry C. Beattie. Jr., until after
the murder?" resumed Beattle's law
yer. "No, sir; I had not."
Daughter Visited Louise.
"He had been married -into the fam
ily for about eighteen months, and you
had never seen him?"
"No, sir.- My daughter visited Louise,
but I had never seen him."
"You had never met him before?"
"No, never until the Wednesday night
before the burial."
"Then you had never heard bis voice.
You didn't know whether that was
Henry Beattle's voice or not over the
telephone?"
"I know it was he because he said it
was Henry Beattie the first time he
called. I knew It was the same voice
the second time he called, for it was
the same voice."
On redirect examination Mr. Wenden
burg asked: "You said you had other
conversations?"
"When?"
"Well, late Thursday night after the
murder. About 10 o'clock the telephone
rang. I asked who it was. The voice
said, 'Henry Beattie; I want to talk to
Paul.' This was absolutely the same
voice that called me up the Thursday a
week before."
Joseph's Doubtful Testimony.
John Joseph, a confectioner at Short
and Main, was the next witness. He
is a Syrian and has lived in Rich
mond one year. He testified that he
saw Paul Beattie on July 13, at night,
when he came Into the witness' store,
between 8 and 10 o'clock, and waited,
and in about seven minutes a ma
chine came up with a young fellow
In It. Paul got In and they departed
in a western direction. He partly
identified Henry C. Beattie as the man
who drove the machine, though he
would not swear to the identification.
He testified that Mr. Wendenburg and
Mr. Scherer took him to Jail to Iden
tify Henry Beattie, and admitted that
he could not have Identified the pris
oner If he had met him on the street
or elsewhere than in the Jail, where
he knew he was to see the prisoner.
Not Sure It Was Beattie.
Frank Mason, who was In Joseph's
store, hit Beattie a little harder than
Joseph. He had known Paul for some
time.
"I was In Joseph's store that Thurs
day night (July 13) when Paul came
in and bought some candy. Pretty
soon an automobile came up and a
young man got out of it. Paul Joined
him and they drove off together, go
ing west"
Mr. Mason said he did not know
Henry. He thought it was the de
fendant, but would not swear posi
tively. Frank McEvoy, nephew of J. H. Mc
Evoy, a saloonkeeper, followed Mr.
Mason. ""
"Do you remember seeing Paul Beat-
tie at any timer
"I saw Paul Beattie and Henry Beat-
tie either on Wednesday or Thursday,
or Friday night of the week preceding
the murder, in my uncle's bar. They
were standing near the door having
a bottle of beer. I don't think Henry
Beattie saw me. Paul spoke to me. I
didn't pay any more attention to
them."
"Who was with, you?"
"Mr. Brittaln."
"What night was this?"
"Tt was either Wednesday. Thursday.
or Friday before the homicide."
Witness Is Certain of It
'Any doubt about their being" to
gether in your saloon and taking a
drink together?" asked Mr. Wenden
burg. No doubt about it; It was Henry
and Paul."
"Might have been either Wednesday?
Thursday, or Friday?" began Smith
on cross-examination.
"Yes."
"Not very sure of the night?"
"No."
'Might haye been Saturday?" coaxed
Mr. Smith.
"No it was not. Saturday. 1 was not
In the bar that "night."
"Might have been'Tuesday?"asked
Mr. Smith after this crushing answer.
"No, it was not Tuesday. I am
pretty sure of that," said Mr. Mc
Evoy. Then Mr. Smith got the witness to
say how absolutely sure he was about
the hour, and the examination of Mr.
McEvoy ended.
John Brittaln was the next witness.
"Mr. Brittaln, are you the Mr. Brit-'
tain who was with Mr. McEvoy who
has Just testified?"
"Yes "
Says It Was Thursday Night
"Did you see Paul Beattie on that
night?"
"Yes."
"What night was it?"
"Thursday night."
"Who was with htm?"
"Henry C. Beattie. Jr."
"Can you remember how they
came?"
"They came' in the front door and
went out the side door. There was a
machine outside the door making' a
great deal of fuss. It attracted my
attention.' . , .
On cross-examination Mr. Smith
'sought to make a point of McEvoy not
naving neara tne macnine outaoors
when Brittaln did.
"What time were they InOhereT"
"About between 8 and 9 o'clock."
"That's the nearest you 'can come to
It?"
"Yes, that's the nearest I"can come
to the time,"
Lawyers In a Tangle.
The lawyers got into a row over a
question relative to the witness' talking
to officers of the Commonwealth before
testifying. As-the squabble-' ended, Air.
'
Smith demanded "protection In the dis
charge of my duty from interference
by counsel," and the court, in ofderlng
the questions answered, reprimanded
Mr. Wendenburg by implication, An
adjournment of ten- minutes followed.
John D. Blair, Jr., a witness for the
defense, was' now Interpolated after the
ten-mlnute adjournment. Mr. Blair
was not at hand when the defense rest
ed this morning. ,
Blair is another of tho Bon Air Joy
riders. He was In the first car, Ro
land Lasslter's. .
"The car we passed was a Knox car.
I wouldn't swear the number was J3.ll.
The best recollection" is that it is the
same car I saw in the garage two daya
before. I did not notice the number
when we passed by."
Cross-examination developed but lit
tle, but Mr. Wendenburg -would""not ex
cuse the" witness" permanently.
.James Rafter followed." v
Watchman Testifies.-
Mr. Rafter Is a watchman on the
Mayo bridge.
"On the Sunday preceding the mur
der, who relieved you!"
"Paul Beattie."
"What time did be relieve you?"
"Seven o'clock."
"What part of the bridge do yon pa
trol?" "The west side."
"It is testified there was a gun in that
cement house. Did you see any?'
"No."
"If there had been one, would you
have seen it?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure that there was no gun
there?"
"I examined the front of the house
and by the door."
"Was there any gun there?"
"No."
"Did ycu see Paul when he came on?"
"fes.A .
"Have any gun?"
"No; what size would It be?"
"A snotgun."
Didn't See Any Gun.
"Did you see him with any other sort
of a gun?"
"No, sir."
Cross-examination began, Mr. Smith
asking if the house was not sacked full
of cement bags packed closely?
"Yes."
"Couldn't a gun have been hid in that
house without your knowing it?"
"Well, I couldn't swear to that"
"And there's a big place under the
house where you could hide a gun, Isn't
there?"
"There's a place-under the house. It's
built on the side of the hllL"
"You were not looking for any gun?"
"No."
"Did you watch Paul Beattie to see
If he took anything?"
"No, why should I watch him?"
"Then you did not look at him
closely?"
"Well, I had a personal view of
him."
"Oh, you did watch Paul pretty
close?"
"Not pretty close, but I saw him
leave all right"
E. J. Houchens. the father-in-law
of Paul Beattie, waa next called. "If
anybody had come across the river
In a boat, you could have seen him,
couldn't you?"
The witness admitted that Paul
Beattie had come to the cement house
in a boat on the Monday or Tuesday
preceding the murder of Mrs. Henry
C. Beattie, Jr.
E. C. Houchens, father-tn-law of Paul
Beattie, was the next witness.
"Where are you employed?" Mr.
Smith asked.
"I am a night watchman. I watch
Smiths Island." ,
"Were you on watch the tsunaay
morning before Mrs. Henry Beattie met
with her deatm
"I was." . .
"Did you see Paul Beattlo on this oa
pailrn?"
"Yes, I saw him on the north side
of the Island."
Didn't Have a Gun.
"State whether or not he had a gun?"
"No, sir; he had a morning paper in
his hand."
"What time was that?"
"It was before 6:30."
Cross-examination failed to elicit any
additional statements from the father-in-law
of Paul Beattie.
W. H. Lewis, night watchman at a
paper mill, was then called.
"On the Sunday morning before the
death of Mrs. Henry Beattie, were you
on duty?" he was asked.
"Yes. sir."
"Where?"
"At the foot of Canal bridge."
"Did you seo Paul Beattie that
morning before Neblltt came up, and
afterward?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did he have any gun?"
"No, sir."
Didn't See Mr. Neblitt
"Did you see Mr. Neblltt at all."
"Yes. sir."
"Did you see 'Paul Beattie go up to
ther carriage and talk to" him?"
"No. sir. I never saw Paul Beattie
speak to Mr. Neblltt at all."
On cross-examination, witness testified
that he did not see Paul enter the ce
ment house, but that be had seen him
sittlne on a log with a colored employe
of a carpet mill, talking to him."
In Mr. Smith's cross-examination, he
was asked
"'Aie you known some times as 'Buck'
Lewis V
"Some times."
"Are you the same man who was
shot at by Officer Wrighfand arrested
for gambling down on the creekT'
"No, sir, I have never been shot lit by
an officer."
"Have you ever been arersted for
gambling?"
"I was once,, for playing craps and
poker down oir the creek."
Walter Lumley was the next witness.
eH testified that on the Sunday before
the murder he was on the arh bridge
and saw Paul Beattie. He saw Mr.
Neblltt when he drove up, but did not
see a conversation between Paul and
Mr. Neblltt, and said Paul remained
seated on a loir In conversation with a
colored man at he time Mr. Neblltt
was on the bridge, perhaps ten minutes
In all. though in answer to Mr. Smith's
questions earlier In the examination, he
had testified that the time was three
or four minutes.
G. D. Talle Called.
G. D. Talley was then called. He
Is employed about half a square from
the paper mill. He said was at the
arch bridge on the Sunday morning
preceding the homicide. Paul Beattie
was seated on a log by the paper mill
when Mr. Neblltt drove up. He saw
no gun at any time during the nerlott
Paul was to be seen. Ha did not see
Mrc Neblltt In conversation with Paul
RpflttlA! TTa dA nnt hm "Pstlll In tha
cement 'house, nor In the door of .the
cement house., on cross-examinatior
the witness' hurt himself vby Bhowlnsr
nnlmoslty toward Mr. Neblltt, as Mr.
Smith interpreted his remark.
Following air. xaney, A. H. Crowder
also on the bridge that Sunday mdrn-
Jng, Joined in proving Neblltt mistaken.
These last tnree witnesses were better
than the first ones on this point, be
cause they all said Paul did not en
ter the cement house, while Neblltt
was around.
Asked to Be Shown Paul
Wlll!am G. Sharpe was called as a
witness. He testified thaf on last Fri
day he and Mr. .Neblitt'"were In a tree
outside of the court Jiouse, looking Into
the window, -watching the court pro
ceedings when witness said: "There
goes -Paul Beattie, with his baby In
his arms."
"Where Is he? Point him our to me,"
he said Neblltt said to him.
At this time Paul Beattie was waltrlncr
on the court house green, -with his baby
In hlaiarms;
V
"What did he ask you to. do so far
puiui -aui outT
"HegBaid, 'Point out Paul to me, will
your "
"I showed him Paul 'under a tree."
He said, 'Wrerer I pointed again.
He said,. 'la that Pauir ", ,
wT,h,e.i'witneS3 swore his relations 'with
Neblltt had always been friendly.
Dr. J. O. Loving was called to the
tand to testify as to the position of
" fieury ueatiie s Doay wnen it was
b,rouht home shortly after the homi
cide. The question was asked him
whether It would have been possible for
we vvuy oi airs, iieatne to nave re
mained. Stationary In thn niitnmTihllo
seat, as .was testified to by Henry Beat-
:, jr., yesieraay, with tne car run
ning at the rate of speed it is said to
jitto oeen going alter the nomlclde.
The' question of admissibility of evi
dence came up on this question, and the
Jury was again excused.
The object of calling Dr. Loving was
to get in a contradiction of Beattie on
statements yesterday and In previous
times. t
Photographer Arrested.
Right at this time Sheriff Gill caught
a photographer appearing to be taking
aplctuio of the court -room through a
window while the trial was going on.
This was contrary to specific order and
Judge Watson had the alleged offender
Drougnt in. The man asserted he was
Just resting his camera on the window
ledge and the court let him off with a
mild admonition and warning.
vr. Loving was excused because the
court ruiea adversely. ,
Mrs. F. E. Nolan, who lives next
door to Paul Beattie, was the next
witness. She corroborated the state
ment made by Mrs. Houchens, relative
to seeing Paul driven ud to his home.
by another man, who drove the ma
cnine. This was between 9 and 10
o'clock, nearer 10 than 9, on the
Thursday night preceding the murder.
She- was not positive as to the color
of the car or the top.
"It was too dark to see."
Mr. Houchens swore she saw a yel
low top. Mrs. Paul Beattie was an
nounced as the first witness after the
luncheon'hdjournment, which came at
1:10.
A hung Jury Is now being pre
dicted as the outcome of the trial.
The prediction may, perhaps, be pre
mature, but is based on the remark
able showing Beattie made In testify
ing yesterday, and again today, cross
examination being again the order when
court convened this morning.
Will Be Doubtful to End.
As a matter of fact, the issue of the
Beattie case is doubtful now, and will
be doubtful until the Jury has come in
with a report. So many surprises, so
much evidence unexpected by either side
has already been sprung that none may
yet safely .predict what the upshot will
be. Beattle's Iron nerve and quick re
sourcefulness mlcht fall him henr. h
.day Is over, and in a single Instant he
uiisui unao an ms ercorts ror himself.
Highly damaging new evidence against
him may be put In on rebuttal, and a
hint of this Is at hand. The defense
may yet again hit the Commonwealth
such a blow as it struck when Kastel
berg confessed his 1ov ride: all tho
uiu niany oiner mines mav hitnnon
If the case went to the Jury right
now, perhaps, even probably, the Jury
would disagree, but tn mv thi. i- t
say something different from a predlc-
uuu ui uuiiimie aisagreement ir may
very well happen that the Jury will not
agree when all is over, but it is too
early yet to say so with any degree of
authority. Beattie U still "hair-hung"
destruction. No man can yet
know, no man can guess, how the case
will stand three days to come.
Beattie Makes Good Showing.
But that Beattie, In spite of a fear
ful handicap, did -brave things for him
self In cross-examination no one dis
putes, yet Prosecutor Wendenburg,
though he could not break Beattie.
drove him Into one entanglement from
which no escape seems possible. Mr.
Wendenburg made Beattie reaffirm and
reaffirm that he did not see his coussin
Paul that Thursday night, when the
commission to buy tne gun, according
to Paul's story, was given. Certainly
Beattie faced an ugly alternative here.
It .would have been disastrous to ad
mit he saw Paul that night; It will be
disastrous to have dented It as he did.
The prisoner chose his course and clung
to It. He swore again and again he
did not see Paul that evening. On this
denial the Commonwealth has htm be
yond pcradventure of a doubt. The two
cousins were seen together In three
places by different witnesses, and the
denial by the defendant will be shown
a falsehood. Bay tho lawyers for the
State. ,
On other points, too, the Common
wealth yesterday laid the foundation
to prove later, or to try to prove, that
truth and veracity do not 'exist in
Henry C. Beattie, Jr.
Beattie's Pluck Wins Friends.
AH the Commonwealth has up Its
sleeve on rebuttal is not known, but
many of the questions of today and
yesterday were asked with this cross
firing evidence, in mind. Beattie was
game yesterday and his gameness and
his acumen aroused "much admiration.
Even those who deem him a, brutal
murderer, forgot for a time their horror
at his deed, as they believe, and ad
mired his fight for life.
When darkness finally drove the un
willing court -to end the day, the youth
was still uporKthe stand, fighting as
gamely as he had begun, Bhowlng no
evidence of fatigue, no sign, even
slight, of weakening. With a fortitude
born of desperation, he faced the su
preme moment, casting his die with a
skill that excited the wonder of all who
saw him.
Coolly then he stepped from the chair,
and while the crowds melted away In
tne ausK, leaving him aione once more,
went back to his dismal cell again,
happy in the thought that he had
struck with no puny force-at the fet
ters binding him fast. With the begin
ning of the eleventh day. he came into
It again, all the stronger for the night's
rest, all the surer-footed for his.- ex
perience at the opening.
Morbid Crowd Listens!
To the throng Jammed within the
court house and spreading across the'
green, it was a thing that fascinated the
eye the picture of Henry Beattie bat
tling for his life. It was a morbid
REMARKABLE RECORD
Flesh-forming Food That Succeeds
Nearly Every Time
A man or woman might as well starve
outright as to take, food Into the stom
ach and not have it assimilated, yet
In Washington as well as in every
other town and city there are many
people who are thin, pale, and seem
underfed, slmplybecause the food they
eat Is not assimilated, and falls to make
good blood and firm flesh.
Samose. -the wonderful -flesh-forming
food, taken before or after meals, min
gles with the food, so that it is assim
ilated by the system and makes rich
blood, and pleasing plumpness. No one
can use lWnr n. wpplf or ten days with
out a noticeable gain in weight. Sta;
tisucs snow that out oi every iuu peo
nle who mmmcnrw the use of Samose.
98 will find a'full galnvin weight and
restoration of health and strength.
Anyone who is thin. weaK. scrawny.
and emaciated can nut 50c an deposit)
with James O Donnel anuiaKe nome a
box. of SamosA. If thn treatment does
not give a noticeable increase Jn good.
'firm nesh and restore strengtn ana
health, James d'Donnell win return, the
money -without any questions bent
prepaid on recript of -soc,
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crowd, which believed little the, boy
said, and which yet stood unwearied
through many bours to see and hear.
With unruffled front, he faced them, all,
and whenmen fought and tore one an
other's clothes and scaled' trees" and
risked arrest merely to peer stupidly
into his face he looked calmly back,
with lips Just parting in a faint, calf-
scornful smile.
At first he was nervous, as one might
have expected, considering the Issue at
stake. For a few moments in the early
morning he seemed III at ease under
thn wonderinir scrutinvof the hundreds
packed around him. But when his voloe
finally came, it waa flat and. at. a dead
level, like a piece of lead, -and as the
time went on he grew calmer, yet
steadier, and before an hour had passed
was the same old Henry Seattle again,
unshaken and unshakable.
Flicking a bit of dust from his sleeve
now and then, sipping from a glass of
water-at his slde occasionally touching
his lips with a handkerchief ne held in
his hand through the livelong day, he
told his story and told it well.- That he
spoke without effort, as if by rote,
can hardly be counted, against -him.
For weeks he has had nothing else to
think about and It is scarcely lmagin-
nhl thnf hn nhmild have waited until
the eleventh hour to shape his testi
mony. It was clearly evident mat ne
had studied it out to the minutest de
tail and that he was prepared for any
question that might come.
Seady With Explanations.
Many a night he has spent poring
over the record of the coroner's Inquest;
he bad failed to note none of the es
sential statements of the witnesses who.
had preceded' him. It all told for him
now. Whenever there seemed lack of
reason in what he said, he had an ex
planation ready. Straight to the point
he went every time, and spread his
whole story quickly before the Jury,
and the Jury listened carefully. If he
felt strongly at any time, he showed
nothing of It. not even the horrible
story of the crime shook him as it came
from his lips. -
This he told like all the rest with no
emotion. He got Into his blood-stained
coat and stood up, straightening it care
fully in front, more mindful apparently
of the good fit than of the night of the
murder it recalled. Throughout' the en
tire day he looked fullMnto the faces
of the-twelvo men who are to determine
his fate. If he saw or felt anything
there that did not please him, he kept
It to himself.
Brothers Being Traced
To Share Inheritance
The police have received from the
authorities of Detroit, Mich., a cir
cular offering 25 reward for infor
mation as to the whereabouts of John
and Patrick Walnole. brothers of the
Jate L'eut. Henry Walpole, of the De
troit ponce department. Both orotn
ers are beneficiaries of the estate of
Lieutenant Walpole.
Jonn walpole Is a railroad switch
man and Patrick Is a trainman. Both
are suDDOsed to be In tho West.
The reward will be paid by Bernard
Qulnn, administrator of the estate of
Lieutenant Walpole, 4S5 Fourteenth
avenue, Detroit.
Wife of Marine
Corps Captain Dead
Mrs. Emory DuBols Underwood, wife
of Capt R. O. Underwood. United
States Marine Corps, died suddenly
this rooming at the home of her
parents, Capt. and Mrs. R. C. DuBols,
2028 Sixteenth street northwest.
Born in Washington. Miss DuBols
met Cantain Underwood while he waa
in the navy, and a year and a half ago
tney were marrlea on Doara tne bat
tleship Pennsylvania, while in the har
bor of Seattle, Wash. Last December
she came with her husband to Wash
ington, and since the first of the year
Captain Underwood has been stationed
at the navy yard.
Funeral services will be held at the
home of her parents Thursday after
noon. Interment will be In Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Pope in Old Bedroom
' While Repairers Work
ROME, Sept. 5. Although the old
bedroom of the Pope, above the private
library In the Borgia apartments. Is not
yet quite ready, the Pontiff "Insisted on
returning and occupjing it, saying that"
tne nnismng toucnes can ne aone wmie
he is inside. :
During the Pope's recent illness his
physicians recommended that the bed
room be enlarged, and while the repairs
were, being made His-Holiness was re
moved to a more spacious apartment in
tho library.
On re-entering his old bedroom, now
made more than double Its original size
by the removal of a partition wall, the
Pope said he felt as happy as though
he were returning among old friends.
Own a Poured Honse in
The Model Suburb
Coma- to Vh-stala 'Elctuands ana let -as
build for yon an Ideal boine. a poured'
ctmtntf bunjalow, damp-proof, vermin
proof. Ore-proof and ace-proof. 6top pay.
ing rent, and own your own home, your
rent money will do it. A four-room
bungalow on a EOxUS ft. lot. CMO. Psjry
menu of flS per month. A fire-room
bvnc&low on a KOxUO ft. lot. ri.SOO. pay.,
meats of $13 per month. Come now and
see a house poured. Virginia Highlands
la the most beautiful suburb of Wash
ington, only U minutes' ride from 11th
and Pa. are. Belect a home alt now
while prices are low. Lots f3U to 300.
Payments of HO down and fS per month.
No Interest, no taxes. Cement w&Ucs.
water, electrlo light and sewerage. Call;
phone or write today far a book of de
sign and marked plat.
Virginia Highlands
Association
Suite 403-5 Corcoran Building,
Washington. D. C. Phone Main 5(3.
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Artists!
rOTTLIi find It advisable
V to get .ail of yourj
. sKetcningr matenau nere:
Hi before you go on youtj
vacation. Standard goods at!
reasonable price. x s
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Yacht Party Returns to New
York and Will Go to "
Newport.
NEW YORK; Sep" 5.-Co!. John Jacob
Aster's week-end house party at his
great estate, Ferncllffe.was concluded
last night with a dinner. Th minion.
aire host afterward escorted hli friendu
aboard the steam yacht Noma for a
moonlight gall down the Hudson. They
will reach New York very early today.
,H?Ief? P!5M. aro changed after the
party departs tomorrow for Newport, it
aJiee,x P011 that U16 Astor-Force
wedding will be performed within a few
oays.
J?". UJn. yesterday Colonel Astor
was obliged to leave Mlsa Force and her
family and their friends, while he par
ticipated in confernces pertaining to
personal business. Owing to this, the
party did not visit the Dutchess County
Fair at Pougbkeepsle.
Mrs. William Force, mother of the
bride-to-be, accompanied by her daugh
ter Catherine and two companions, en
joyed an auto trip to Red Hook. Colonel
Astor and Miss Madeline Force went in
his 60-horsepower car for a fast drive
toward the Connecticut border. As they
whizzed through the main street of
Rhlnebeck the holiday crowds who rec
ognized them were much excited.
Afterward a friend of Colonel Astor
explained the couple had-enjoyed a short
trip on the country roads.
Illinois Methodists
Meet in Conference
PEORIA, lit, Sept. 5. The Central
Illinois Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church began Its annual
meriting here today, and will continue
in session until Tuesday or. Wednes
day of next week. Bishop Quayfe, of
Oklahoma City, is presiding. A large
number of ministers and lay members
are in attendance.
The opening day was given over to
sessions of the Epworth League and
Methodist Brotherhood.
RUMOR
DEEURES
Just ,1 9 Suits
$6.75
Left of the 59 put on sale last Sat
urday, and they're all big sizes
you big men certainly are
lucky. They sold as high as
$25. Take your pick at $6.75.
Sizes run as follows :
Quantitle5
Sizes
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WOMEN OF SOCIETY
SPIT IN HOBBLES,
BUT RAISE SKIRTS
Show Athletic Ability and
' Bits of Stockings,
Too.
NEW YORK, Septi 5. Society women
raced in hobble skirts at the Rockaway
Hunt Club's gymkbama, at Ccdarhurst.
L.. I. The married women ran first, then
the buds. 'Mrs. E. L. Smith, wife of
one of the Judges, gave a swift look
arotmd the landscape, grabbed her
'skirts and "hit out" across the ''grassy
lawn with amazing" speed.
Mrs. Johnstone Livingstone narrowly
escaped disaster. Mrs. William Ray
mond' and Mrs. G. W. Wickersbam, af
ter a few brief attempts to combine a
glide with a side hop, looked at each
other in despair. Mrs. T. R. Williams
tried a polka with some success, but
she could not get over the ground
quickly enough. Mrs. C E. EUerman,
got away last and finished ditto.
Miss Eleanor Carey wort the single
women's hobble skirt race and beat the
record of the other race. She held her
SKins in a position that let her sprint,
and away she went. She was an- easy
winner, pne of the contestants came
perilously near a somersault, and the
throng gasred until all danger waa
over.
It was agreed bv the ludees that mnm
study of the trotting gait of a kangaroo
would be necessary before hobble skirt
races could be run swiftly.
There were other events. Fletcher
Harper and other society men stuck
their heads in buckets of wuter, seized
apples with their teeth and ran around
the field with apples in their mouths.
Women raced in sacks and men ran
with eggs held in spoons.
Wants Loveless Secretary
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 6. Because
six of his secretaries have married In
rapid succession City Comptroller Hes
ton Is looking for a young woman to
fill the position and sign a contract to
remain single.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEJi THAT A
meeting of the stockholders of the
Dupont Securities and Investment Com-
fiany. a corporation created and organ
zed under the laws of the State of
wesr Virginia, new ai wasnington. T.
C., on the llth day of August. 19U. tho
following resolutions were adopted:
RESOLVED, first.' that the Dupont
Securities and Investment Company, a
corporation created and organized un
der the laws of the State of "West Vir
ginia, does hereby discontinue business
as a corporation and surrenders to said
State its charter and corporate fran
chises. The Eoard of Directors will
"convert the property, choses in action
and all assets of this corporation Into
cash, and nay off and discharge all
debts, liabilities and obligations, and
after fully discharging all euch debt3,
liabilities and obligations, divide the re
mainder Among the stockholders pro
rata with their several holdings of
stock, but no such payment shall be
made to any such stockholders until af
ter publication of notice hereinafter
provided.
RESOLVED, second, that the Presi
dent of this corporation cause notice of
the adoption of the foregoing resolutions
to be published in some newspaper of
epneral circulation published near th ,
principal office or place of business of
tnis corporation, once a ween ior iaur
successive- -weeks: and that be certify
this resolution to the Secretary of tho
State of West Virginia and deliver to
nlro a certificate showing the publica
tion of said notice as provided by law.
Given under my hand this llth day of
August. 1911.
H. A. THRIFT.
Vice-President of said company.
Attest: PATJIi SLEMAN. Secretary.
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