The times dispatch. [volume], August 31, 1911, Page 6, Image 6

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Officers Controvert Robertson Boy's Testimony
T?TE RESTS AFTER
PILING UP EVIDENCE
Detectives and Citizens Swear ihat Robertson
Boy's BlooJ Spot Lestimony Was Wrong-.
jJefense Begins at Morning' Session.
Apparently satisfied with its vast
array of evidence, which it has taken j
Bo much trouble to accumulate and
verify, even down to the most minute
detail, the Commonwealth rested yes?
terday in its case against Henry Cla>
Beattie. Jr.. charged with .-laying his
' wl/e. and the detense entered upon the j
scene with the witnesses whose testi?
mony it hopes will help save the i;:'c ;
of the young husband.
, i'racticajly no ground was gained ,
by the defense The story _of Alexan
ner Robertson, though told, r.o doubt, '
in good faith, about rinding a second :
'pool of blood on thu Midlothian Turn?
pike, was absolutely dlsprovon by I
Luther L Scherer. Sergeants Wren and
Wiltshire, members ot the Owen f*m- i
ily. Major J. D. Pat ton, John Alsop
and other witnesses, who examined thei
very spot where the boy claimed that j
he found a second blood spot.
Question of Veracity,
The only point Whlcj It is consld- ?
ered the defense might have gained '
was when an issue as to Veracity was 1
raised between lJaul Beattie, cousin
? ul the accused and the SttongOSt Wit-j
ii'fr against him. and U. W. Booth. I
'Booth stated that on the morning after
the murder he and Paul had a comer- j
Bation, in which Paul said that lie did I
pot believe his cousin guilty ot the i
crime; that ho was too devoted to his!
wife. Paul denied in lOto making such i
si Statement. Others did not hear ihq ;
conversation, and it will be for the .
Jury to decide which man is telling ,
the truth.
i L. O. Wendenburg was late tu ar- I
riving, and explained that he had suf- ,
tered an attack ot neuralgia and had j
been forced to proceed slowly in a '
taxicab. While court was wailing for I
blm, the defense called its roll of wit
res:-.-.- . to have thon) sworn It was |
announced by Judge Watson that he 1
had received from Dr. Lorraine a cer- I
tineail- saying that Mrs. M. C. Stlogor i
?YSys Ul and would lie unable to appear.
MIsb Louise Keams was the first wit?
tiest called by the prosec ution. There
was sopic delay, as sha was at the
.borne of Clerk Cogblll, a short dis?
tance across ihe road from the court?
house. She was accompanied Into
court by her father, who aut near on
the steps at the foot of the judge's
hinch.
Mlaa It rum* a Wltueim.
"Did you know Mrs. Beattie, wife of
the accused?" asked Mr. Wendenburg.
"Yes," answered the witness, clearly.
"Were you a friend of hers?"
"Yes."
"You were maid of honor at her
wedding, were you not?"
"Yes."
"Tell the Jury about Mrs. Beattie
wearing that kind of a pin," and the
hairpin found near the scene of the |
murder was passed to her for exami?
nation.
''We object." said Mr. Smith, but
the court ruled tnal the witness could
say whether Mrs. Beattie wore that
kind of hairpin.
"She wore light hairpins Just this
color," answered Mls6 Reams.
Counsel for the defense noted an
gS.tceptlon.
f "Did she wear thl6 kind of hairpin
all tig limo?"
"Yes."
iv "There are hundreds of thousands of
?Jalrptns like this and hundreds ot
'thousands of women wear tlu-m, don't
they?" asked Mr. Smith. "1 suppose
you know lots of women, white and
colored, who wear this kind of hair?
pin. Well, we'll leave out the colored
women. But there are hundreds of
women who wear hairpins like this,
aren't there?"
"I suppose so.'*. '
Miss Reams--war excused.
Mil-. Only One Ulood Spot.
George Jarrell, county officer, was
called. He was told ihjit there had
been evidence that a second blood spot
had been found, and Mr. Wendenburg
taBked:
?t"Dld You look for other si?its of I
'blood between the scene of the crime
and the Owen honts, on the Midlothian
Turnpike, and, if to, when?"
k "Yes. I looked on Tuesday night.
Em, sin on Wednesday, the following
?fay. and on Thursday."
*l. "Tell the Jury whether any other
blood spot was found."
r" "There was no >,thcr blood spot. If
there had been 1 would have been '
.bound to see it. I went up and down ;
Ith at road more than any other man j
?Working on the case. 1 mnao a close
investigation all over the pike."
"Do you know whether Alexander
Robertson found any other blood
spot?"
"I paid no attention to what any?
body fald I wajt positive there ffat
no other blood spot there."
"Don't tell It, but did you hare any
reason or not for looking for another
blood Fpot?"
. "One moment." cried Mr Smith "We
lobject."
a The court ruled that it was not
Bfccesfsry for wit:.ok;, to give his rea
S$ or to say whether he had one.
H "After the machine was brought to
Hie Owen home with the dead body In
Gjf" how long did It stand there?" asked
Klr Wendenburg.
I "I got there ar.ojt Il:S0, and It had
?been there up to that time."
I "Did you see any blood spots there T"
Lets Evidence stnnd.
I "We object." said Mr Smith. "The
body had been removed from the ma?
chine oefore Jarre! got there."
But Judge Wntson allowed the evl- :
dtnee.
"Nc." ar.swcred the witness
"If In the testimony It has been j
Stated that a blood spot twenty Inches;
?ach way ("Eighteen by twenty," cor- ;
'rected Mr. Carter) was found on the
turnpike In front of Mr. Rice's gate,
a few. feet from It. state whether It
^vm there on Wednesday, when you
Vere looking along the road."
"No, p'.v."
g- . "TYia you make any examination
Tharsday?"
"Yes. on Thursday morning There
Mra-i no blood there."
it "You went up and down Wednesday
?and ThuirSv/ looking for blood spots?"
R^fd M'. Carter.
m H[ yo-,- wero > .?'..? fled on Wodncs
Hfcjat there was no blood spot at
'-"Bfc>int, why did you go bafck or.
Hlsy? Did you h'.ar that there
BRotr.er spot?"
?'"'-'j'^B '* the newspapers?"
EH ? ,,-???,???! there u diagram of It In
jjg>^.' papers?"
il^^f'^Myp.8 to laps;?"
"So 1 could be positive."
As Jar fell left thu stand Mr. carter
asked him.
"Are you a detective'.'"
"I am a county ollicer."
"Doing detective work?"
' 1'es, sir. 1 am noing the best I
can."
"Then you are a detective?" insinu?
ated the attorney.
"He dtdti i say ho was a detective,
tie said he wus doing the best he
could," broke in Mr u endenb>trg
'Didn't you say that you were a
detective?" asked Mr Carter.
"J said 1 was doing thu host I could."
?oberer Contradicts Hoy.
Luther L- Scherer wus then called
to the stand. Witness stated In an?
swer to questions that he examined
tho road thoroughly two or three times
on Wednesday. lie examined it also
on Friday morning, lie looked espe?
cially for other blood spots, as lie had
heard that other spots had been found
and found none.
"1 went up to tho telephone post
numbered 160," he said, 'and down bo
low the Bell Line ami looked. Close
to that pole 1 got out of tho machine
with Mr. Bobertson. brother of the
witness yesterday, and we looknd at
the point where it was claimed the
blood had been found. There was
none there, and there was no indica?
tion of any " He said that the blood
spot at the scone of the murder could
be plainly scon at this time.
"Did you look In tront or Mr Bice's
gate?"
"If Mr. Rice's homo Is where it has
been tostltiod It is. yes. We did"
"Was there any evidence of blood
there?"
"None whatever."
"Was there any evidence of blood
except at the scene of tho crlmo?"
"The only blood on the load was the
Bpot at the scene of the crime. \> e
looked carefully to see if blood had
dripped between the points I have
mentioned?the scene of the murder
and the Owen home?and there was
no blood at all If there was any the
spots were so small they could not be
seen." He suld that ho went slowly
over the road, and that there was no
blood where Alexander Robertson had
said thetc was blood.
"You said you examined the road
on Wednesday and then again on Fri?
day. Were you looking especially for
blood on Friday?" asked Mr. Carter.
"Yes. Also on Wednesday. We
looked at the special locality on Fri?
day."
"Because you hoard Uiut another
blood spot had bo.cn found?"
"Yes. I Baw it In the papers, and
Robertson came there with me."
"Robertson? What Robertson?"
"That Robertson there." said Mr
Schorer, pointing to Taylor Robertson,
a newspaper reporter, and brother of |
tho witness Robertson. I
"We eXHmlncrl It together, and we '
didn't see nny blood." said witness.
"Huh:" sold Mr. Carter, "you are
trying to deliver us a solar plexus
blow."
"No," said the witness. Hushing an?
grily. "I am answering your ques?
tions.
"So you did know that it had been
clalnie'd that blood bad been found
there'.'' asked the an <rnoy, a little, re.
buffed.
"Yes."
Major Pattern Testifies,
Major l> Patton came next to the
! chair.
! "Tell the jury." said Mr. Wenden?
burg, "whether you examined the road
to see If there were any olood spots
I on this side of the homicide."
"Yes On tho morning of the 19th.
1 looked along the road for blood
spots."
"Old you sec any other than that at
the scene of the crime?"
"Not a single one"
Could stich tl spot as has been tos
tilied'to other than the one at the
scene of the murder has escaped
you?"
"1 think irot. sir"
I "The only spot you saw was that on
at the scene of tho crime?"
"Yes."
"How did you go along the road'."'
asked Mr. Carter.
"In an automobile, with John -M
I sop."
"Mow fast wore you i:oing?"
\ "Leisurely, about fifteen or twenty
I miles an hour."
"What side of the onr worn you
sitting on?"
"On the right side coming in."
"It blood had been sprinkled on th?
' road, would you necessarily have
j seen It?"
"I think I would have soon It. We
looked for everything "
"What part of the car were you In?"
I "In the back scat."
"You couldn't see in front?"
I "Xo."
"Whom were you with?"
"I mot Mr. Schorer. Wren and two
guards Horn the penitentiary with
; tho dogs Wo divided into two pnr
I ties."
! "Were you looking especially at
j first for anything?"
' "No, but 1 think we would have
\ seen anything."
Ben P. Owen, an uncle of the bride,
was called.
Owvu 1.1 a in Iim'iI Una,!,
Mr. St?nlth quarreled bo.causo Mr
i Owen had been lr. the court1 room
during the examination of the other
j witness, and Mr. Wondonburg lm
I mediately said that he would do
without Mr Owen and forcgu his
testimony Then Mr. Smith with?
drew his objection
"Did you examine the turnpike frBTn
the scene of the crime to the Owen
; homo for the purpose of finding if
I there was blood anywhere, else than
at tho scene of the crime?" askod Mr.
Wondonburg.
Witness answered that he examined
the road thoroughly about daylight.
I after the crime, and was looking for
j anything unusual. He found nothing
I unusual. He found no blood spot bo
' tween the scone of tho crime and tho
rallioud, and said that If there had
been any thero It was so email that
It was Invisible. He said that If there
had been a blood spot eighteen by
twenty inches In size in 'front of Mr.
Bieo's gate, he would have seen it. Bui
thero was no blood spot there. He
saw two drops of water und recogniz?
ed what it was. Ho examined the
road again on Thursduy, after hear?
ing that another blood spot had been
I found, but found no traces of it.
On cross-examination by Mr. Car?
eer, he said that the machine he as in
j was going very last, about thirty
miles an hour, but that ho had the
! road in view. On the next trip he
j came pack slowly, and slopped In
' front ot telephone pools Nos. lt>7 and
: 114, and saw no blood near them.
Sergeant Tom Wren testlflod to tho
same effect, that there was no other
blood on the roud.
I "Did you get Henry Beatule's ac
i count of the crime?" asked Mr.
I Smith.
"Vos."
"In giving his account, where did
j he say the man was?"
I "On the left, coming in."
I "Was there any Intlmatlun that the
1 man was on the right side?"
i "No."
I Mi. Wondenburg protested against
the defense bringing out a repetition
uf Wren's former evidence, but finally
consented to allow It to go in the
record.
Dotcctive-Sergeant J. J. Wiltshire,
County Officer Klynn, Coroner J. G.
; Boving. Policeman D. S. Voltz, Po
i I iceman G. W. Spun- and Squire W. S
I Jacob were also exutnined as to whe?
ther they had seen any sort of blood
i other that tiiat discovered at tho scone
I Of the crime. They had searched the I
road, and had found no other spot of I
I blo?d. Coroner Loving and Squire;
I Jacob had made a very thorough ex
, ominatloa.
I Tom Owen testified that the only
j blood near or at his house were a few
drops on the walkway and on the |
I porch, He was not cross-examined.
Stute Bests Its Case.
"The Commonwealth rests its case,"
announced Mr. W?ndenburg, us Mr.
owen left the stand.
. Mr. Smith said that he would like
to argue on u molon as to certain ovl
l dence. and adjournment wus had to
the Jury room, so that the Jury would
' not hour the argument. ?
When court reconvened, Judge Wut
l son said:
? "There has been a motion to ox
I elude all tho testimony about the hair
| pin. The motion is sustained, and you
I are not to consider it. Thero was also '
; a motion to eliminate whatever testl- I
; inony may have crept In as to thu !
actions of the bloodhounds at the j
scene of the murder. The court also i
instructs you that the testimony of :
all witnesses In regard to the action
Of Ihe bloodhounds at the scone of the
crime is not to be considered as evi?
dence against the accused."
I'aul Called by Defense.
Paul Bcattlc. who had been sent for
when court opened, was recalled then
to tho witness stund.
"Mr. Beattie." asked Mr. Smith,
"didn't you say that Henry stopped
the machine sevor.il times to fix the
lights? Is It a fact?"
BEATTIE MURDER TRIAL REPORT
SENT OUT BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
For Busy Readers
I'fir the convenience of readers
who desire a brief uceount ot tho
trial. The Ttme>>D|apateh will print
dull j the report prepured by a atait
correapondeut of the Aa?o_clntcd
1'rraa. Ilia atory appeara below.
Illy Associated Preaa.)
Chesterfield Courthouse, Va., August
."n?Testimony corroborative of the
Story told by Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.,
thai a bearded highwayman killed his
wife with a shotgun was introduced
by the defense in the Beattie trial to?
day, when W. R. Bollard, who lives
In the vicinity of the Midlothian Turn?
pike, where the murder occurred, de?
clared that he has seen a bearded
man with a shotgun there about live
hours before the tragedy.
it was the first move of the defense
after the prosecution rested its case
at noon-, to-day to establish the ve?
racity of the prisoner, and besides
Holland's statement concerning a man
with a shotgun, Eugene Honshaw, a
farmer who travels the. .Midlothian
Turnpike daily, testified that ho saw
a strange-looking man prowling
around on three different days before
the murder.
It was reported to-night that the
prosecution is ready when its time
for rebuttal arrives to put on the
Hand the man who passed along the
i.illroad tracks where Holland said ho
taw a man with a tshotgun. and that
the new witness will suy he was
squirrel hunting that day.
The defense summoned many wit?
nesses Besides the testimony re?
garding the bearded man expert tes?
timony was Introduced as to tho
bouncing qualities of an automobile
similar to that driven by Beattie.
(hereby accounting for the jolting out
from the car of ehe shotgun placed .n
S rear seat by Beattie after the en?
counter with the alleged highwayman.
Attacked by Stufe.
The prosecution attacked this line
of evidence on cross-examination.
It contended that the railroad cross?
ing where Beattie claims the gun must
have been ejected from the car was a
tnrinnth one. and that the Jolt Which I
might have resulted from cross'ng
(he track:; where the rails are ex?
posed necessarily would have tossed
the weapon forward from the crossing
Instead of directly sideways parallel
with the track where the gun was
found. The Idea of the prosecution
has been to Indicate that Beattie him?
self slowed down at tho crossing and
threw the gun to one sldo on his way
to the Owen homo with his dead wife.
The defense sought to show that be- |
Ing held up by highwaymen while j
motoring In this vicinity was net an
Uncommon occurrence, and put on the |
Stand a chauffeur who related an ex?
perience with a highwayman a year
The Commonwekith attorneys object?
ed to the testimony as irrelevant.
Judge Watson ruled that unless a
great many Instances could be point?
ed to showing hold-ups of a similar
character to the one described by the
prisoner, evidence as to a single Inci?
dent of the kind would be ruled out.
The defense announced that It intend?
ed to give, other instances later.
Beattie' counsel attacked the dcelaW
ration of .Sam Ta'.lcy that he heard on
the night of the murder a f.hot and
the scream of a woman on the Mid
lothlan Turnpike Several witnesses
testified that the morning after the]
murder, when Bcattle talked with Tal-]
lev and others, nothing wus said about
a woman screaming.
Mr. I'eiuherton's Cats.
An amusing incident oocurred when
tho defenso put on the stand William
t'emberton, a man of forty-flv.e years!
Of age, to attack the truthfulness and j
character of Tullcy. Pemborton'a own
mentality was questioned by Prosecu
I tor Wondonburg
"Are you right in your mind?" isked
I the prosecutor.
I "What do you mean. Am I crazy?"
Pcmberton asked. "Well, no."
"Didn t you have nine cats chained j
I in one room In your house once?"
asked the prosecutor.
I "No."
"Well, weren't there pictures taken
of those cats?"
"May he."
Hero the witness fidgeted and began
to show signs of embarrassment
Ho turned on Mr. Wendonburg. sav?
agely: "Look here, man, are you
trying to cross-examine mo? You arc
talking out of your head -"
Tho witness continued talking rap
Idly, but his remarks were drowned in
the laughter of the courtroom, and
even after Judge Wason had restored
order tho witness talked on In light?
ning like speed until tho court or?
dered him to stop Even the prisoner
Joined in tho laughter, and was the
last In the room to regain his com?
posure
Saw "Highwayman."
When Eugene Henshaw. a farmer
of Don Air. who traveled dally on the
Midlothian Turnpike Just before the
murder, was put on tbe witness stand
and was asked to testify if he saw
any strangeer on tho roa? on the days
beforo or after the murder.
"I met a man walking on the road
whom I thought was a lunatic -"
"Don't give us your opinion-"
"I ts&w tho man." continued the wit?
ness, "three times, the Wednesday,
Friday and Monday before the murder.
He was a bearded man Ho Boomed
to be fifty years of age.
This testimony was the first intro?
duced by the defense to support Henry
Clay Beattte, Jr'S story Of tho alleged
bearded high way man.
"Was It a white or colored man?'
asked Prosecutor Wendenburg.
' White man."
"He had a gray beard?"
"Beard about two weeks old"
.11 what position from tho scene
of tho murder did you see the man?"
"About three-quarters of a mile
away "
"What kind of a hat did he have
on?"
"Slouch hat."
"What kind of clothes?"
"Dark"
"Which way was ho going each time
you saw him?"
"Ojice he was going west. The other
limes ho was sitting down- 1 don't
know which way ho was going then "
Did Not Have Oun.
"Who did you first tell about the
apparition you saw In the shape of an
old man?"
"A yuung man by tho name of John
Ford "
' Did the strange man have a gun."
"Not when I saw him."
\ The witness was excused.
'( Broadiiax Robortson, a companion
of young Robertson, corroborated his
l^^rn's testimony ot^yesterday con
corning the presence of additions)
blood spots.
Ho said he accompanied young Ro?
bertson and found the spots together
with him, two days after the murder.
One of the Jurors asked the boy if
tho spots was in the middle of tho
road or not. Ho said ttmi it was not
and declared that the spot could be
I plainly seen by any one in a wagon
or buggy traveling along the road.
Holland Sow Him. Too.
W. R. Holland, a quarymun. said on
the witness stand to-day thut he saw
a bearded man with gun a short
time before the murdeS Holland lives
near the scene of the ^agedy.
"Do you remember seeing any per?
son on the track of the belt line at
the time of the murder'.'" ho was ask
ked by Mr. Smith for tho defense
"Yes."
"What sort of a looking man was
he'.'"
"Man about six feet tall."
When was It?"
"About 5 or n:30 In the afternoon
Just before the murder."
"Did he have any thing?"
I? "He had a single-barrelled shotgun.''
"Is there anything to hunt this time.
I of year?"
, "No."
"Would you know the man again
If you saw him?" asked Prosecutor
Wendenburg.
"Yes
Wore Sundy Heard.
"What kind of hair did he have?"
"Sandy beard. I dlrtnH notice his
hair."
"Any one with you when the man
with the shotgun passed?"
"Yes, but I don'u know his name."
"Was the man with the gun a
stranger?"
"Yos."
"Did you ever see him before?"
"Onco In Richmond a year ago at a
police station, when 1 went to Identify
Fome stolen brasses."
Holland was then excused.
The prosecution to-day placed on
the strand fourteen witnesses, nearly
all of whom were county detectives
to controvert tho testimony of young
Alexander Robortson as to tho pres?
ence of more than one blood spot on
the Midlothian Turnpike, where Mrs
Beattie was killed.
State's Contention. I
The State had contended that the
big blood spot where the murder oc?
curred was not' caused by dripping
from the machine In which Henry
Beattie, Jr.,, alleged his wlfo was seat?
ed when shot, declaring that no blood
whatevor could htvc oxzed through
tho bottom of the car and the grease
drlppan beneath.
By concentration attention on tho
single large spot of blood, the Com?
monwealth Intended to show that the
woman was murdered In a different
manner from that described by the
husband.
Paul Seattle, who was placed upon
the stand again to-day by tho defense,
admitted that ho had had a conver?
sation with G. W. Booth concerning
the murder, bub ho denied that ho told
Booth that he did not think hta cousin
Henry killed his wife. In previous tes?
timony Paul denied that ho had had
any conversation with Mr. Booth. Ho
explained that he dirt not know tl>e
man by name, but by sight. Mr.
Booth was prcscn' when Paul testi?
fied and was examined by the defense.
He testified that P.tul told him that
he (Paul) did not tnlnk Henry killed
his wlfsx ? i
WITNESS FOR THE STATE
MAJUlt JAMBS D. PATTON.
_ (Photo by W. W Foster.)
"Yes."
"Before you got to Sixth and Broad
Streets you stopped once or twice?"
"Once before we reached Weinstein'"?
we stopped to tlx the lights."
"Didn't you stop between Henry's
father's store und Sixth and Broad
Streets to fix the lights?"
"We stopped once before we reached
Meyer Grcentrce's."
"You have stated that you did not
tell the pawnbroker?Weinstein?that
you wanted the shotgun to use on
Mayo's Bridge, I understand, and now
1 ask yuu, did you use a gun on tho
bridge as a watchman?"
"No."
"Did you have a single-barreled
shotgun while you were a watchman
on the bridge?"
"No."
"I ask you if you had a single-bar?
reled shotgun in the cement house on
the bridge?"
"No."
"1 ask you did you have In your
possession on Sunday morning, or at
any lime preceding the homicide and
after you say that you bought a gun
at the pawnshop?"
"No." The witness sat steady as Mr.
Smith thundered at him, and Henry
Seattle watched Intently.
"Do you know where the cement
house, is at the end of Mayo's Bridge?"
"I ought to know. 1 helped put It
iip."
"Then you had no gun on any day
before or subsequent to the purchase
of the gun at Welnsteln's?"
"No."
Booth Knees Paul,
"I want to ask that Mr. G W. Booth
be brought into tho courtroom," said
Mr. Smith to the court
Booth was caller and brought into
the courtroom. He stood Just behind
tho witness chair.
"L/Ook at this gentleman." said Mr.
Smith to tho witness, "and see if you
know him." Faul half turned In his
chair so that ha could look at Booth
"Didn't you have a conversation with
this man on the bridge Wednesday fol- {
lowing tho homicide, and you said that!
you didn't believe that your Cousin
Henry was guilty, that he was so de?
voted to his wife?"
"I remember seeing him We were
cutting rails together at a machine.
But as far as having a conversation
with him about Henry it Is not so."
'"Is It not so that you told him
Henry had spoken highly of his wife?"
"No."
"Hadn't you neon him before that
day?"
"I don't know."
"Didn't you know who he was when
I ?mentioned, him when you were on the
stand before?"
"No."
"Stand nsldo."
Said lie Knew Paul.
O. W. Booth was called
"Do you know Paul Beattie?" asked
Mr. Smith.
"Yes. 1 got acquainted with him
after ho came to work dofvn on the
bridge."
"Did you have any conversation W|th
him on the Wednesday following the
homicide?"
"Yes."
"Did he make any statement as to
what he believed about Henry com?
mitting the crime, and as to what
Henry had told l.lrn about his feeling
towards his wlfo?"
"I went down on the bridge after
12 o'clock, and ho said. 'What do you
think of Cousin Henry now?' And he
said. T don't think Henry killed his
wife, ho always spoko so well of
her."
"Who started the conversation?''
"He brought It up himself."
"Are you a friend of_ Henry
Beattle's?" aske(t Mr. Wendenburg.
"I was raised Iii Manchester, and
I've known him practically all my
life."
"Aren't you a good friend of his?
Weren't you lntlmato with him?"
"I dealt with him."
"Well. Is there a limit to your
friendship?"
"Well, I have known him, and I've
known the Beattles all my life."
Nobody lleurd Conversation.
"Was there anybody present at the
conversation ?"
"No. Nobody heard it. Sutton came
up and Jennlngshe's tho foreman ?
came up."
"What time was that?**
"Twelve.'
"Where was the conversation held?"
"At the end of tho bridge."
"You said you were a friend of
Henry Beattle's," nald Mi. Smith. "Did
you ever visit him at his home?"
'No."
"Did he ever visit at your house?"
"No."
"Did you ever go visiting with
him?" I
"No."
"Do you know hirn except In a busi?
ness way?"
"No. sir."
"Did you over have a conversation
with him outside his father's store?"
"No."
"There was no business transaction
between you except In his father's
store?"
"None whatever."
Mr. Smith, finishing with this wit?
ness, stated that ho would liko to
proceed calling tho roll of the wit?
nesses for the defenso. and the Jury
was excused, as thero would he no
more taking of testimony until tho
afternoon.
BEATTIE WITNESSES
CALLED IN AFTERNOON
Bearded Highwayman Introduced, While Friends
of the Accused Begin Fierce Attack on Men
Who Testified for State.
Paul Bcattle, who had been hastily
summoned from the Henrloo Jail yes?
terday morning, came in for a second
grilling at the hands of the defense
In the trial of his cousin, Henry" Clay
Seattle, yesterday afternoon at Ches?
terfield Courthouse. When court re?
sumed at 2:40 o'clock, J. C. Talley wa>t
called, but he was not present. Paul
Beattle was then called, and when
he was seated in tho witness chair At?
torney Smith, for the defense, called
for Billie Baker.
"Look at this man," said Mr. Smith
to Paul, pointing to Baker. "Didn't
you on the Saturday night of tho in?
quest, after .you had left the witness
stand, go out and get In an ?utomo
"Yes; some ofllcors were there j^.h
ldlo?"
me."
\ "Did. you *?e Baker than!"
I
"Did you talk with hl-nT"
"Not to him. I talked with Sergeant
Sherry, of tho Richmond police force."
"Didn't you say that you were going
to tell everything you knew because
your Uncle Henry had had some rela?
tive in a room and mado thcrn sign
away everything they had?"
"No, sir. I did pot tell anybody any?
thing like that."
Chauffeur .*t?aln*t Paul.
Paul Beat tie was excused, and Vf. F.
Baker, agod thirty-two, n chauffeur,
was sworn. He testified that ho saw
both Henry Boattle and Paul Bnattie
on the Saturday of the coroner's In?
quest at thc"homo of County Coroner
J. O. Loving.
"Did Paul Boattlo c&ma froth tho
lmuc.it where he had '/een a witness
anjl get in your car?" 1 '
\Ho was. brought nut. h? ^hjx-a-fUcxa
and put In the oar I was driving.
Somebody asked him how he felt, and
ho said: 'All right." except that ho was
hungry. Somebody offered a bag of
cakes, and he ate some of them and
said he felt better."
"What eist, did ho say In your hear?
ing?"
"He said he intended telling every?
thing he kntw, that Mr. Beattie had
locked his mother or mother-in-law
In a ro'/tn and made her sign away all
his property, and that that ua< the
reason he was so poor."
"Who did ho say It was thsi was
locked In and made to sign this paper?"
"I am not positive whether it was
his mother or grandmother."
"It. was some female relative?"
"Yes."
"And he said he would tell every?
thing-?"
?Yes."
"How was it?"
"That he would toll about Mr. Beat
tie's having taken some femaie relative
and locking her Into a room and made
her sign papers."
"Did you repeat thut conversation to
any one?"
"We object." said Mr. Wendenburg,
and the witness was turned over for
cross-examination.
"What Henry Beattie was he talk?
ing about, the father or son?" began
Mr. Wendenburg
"Henry Beattie, Jr."
"You mean in regard to the signing
of thu papurs?"
"Y? s. lie said Henry Beattie, and did
not say Junior or senior. It was In
regard to his mother or grandmother."
"You said just now It was his moth
er-ln-law."
Caught on the Record.
"I haven't mentioned molher-ln-law
In my wholo testimony."
"Is that your best memory?" asked
Mr. Wondenburg, calling on Stenogra?
pher John Cl. Winston to read the rec?
ord cf what the witness had said. In
which he had just mentioned mother
in-law twice.
"Is that a sample of your memory?"
BSked Mr. Wondenburg, laughing.
"I don't know, sir."
"Wasn't this name qucBllon put to
Paul Beattie by Mr. Smith at tho cor?
oner's Inquest when Paul was on the
stand?"
"1 didn't hear the testimony at the
coroner's Inquest."
"Then the sample nbovc is tho beat
of your memory?"
"Well, anyway, ho did Fay boitio fe?
male relative."
"lie didn't say ?female,' did he?"
"No."
"Now, was It his mother-in-law or
his grandmother?"
"Well, I'm not here to convict any?
body," answered the witness, sullenly,
"You have nothing to do with that,
answered Mr. Wendenburg. "You come
here on the witness stand six week!
after a statement was made in youi
hearing und purport to give It accu?
rately, and yet you cannot say now
whether you said inothcr-ln-law or
grandmother three minutes ago."
The witness offered no explanation,
sticking to It that he had meant grand?
mother."
?'Where was Paul Beattie when this
conversation took place?"
"In u Reo car. ' Mr. Belton or Mr.
Bailey, of the polico force, was present.
Whichever one it was. he was the only
one In the car."
"Were there any other officers there?"
"Not that I know cf."
Giving the Information.
"When did you give this Information
to Mr. Smith?"
"I saw Mr. Smith about tive minutes
?fter the adjournment for dinner for
the first time."
"To whom did you give this Infor?
mation?"
"To Baylese I'-Pps. and he gave It to
Mr. Smith."
"You did not take Paul Bea'ttlc to
tho hospital the night he fainted at
the Inquest""
"No."
Broadnax Robertson, aged fourteen, a
i son of R. S Robertson, an employe of
1 the Merchants' and Mechanics' Dank, of
[ Bouth Richmond, of which Henry C.
i Beattie, Sr., Is vice-president, and a
j cousin of Alexander Robertson, of for?
est Hill, who testified on the preceding
' day, was called.
! Broadnax testified that ho wont'with
i his cousin on his bicycle trips to tho
j scene of the crime both on Wednesday
and Thursday following tho murder,
j He saw the blood spots on Thursday In
front of Mr. Rice's place, on the Mid?
lothian Turnpike. Tho Blood looked
like It had been sprinkled there. It
was between 10:30 and 11 A. M. on
Thursday th>t the boys found What
they believed to bo a blood spot. They
stayed there about five minutes, then
went on< to the real blood spot. The
sprinkled spot was about eighteen
Inches in diameter and was a mile to
a rtiile and a half from the other one.
Some passing pleasantry between Mr.
Wendenburg and Mr. Smith brought a
general laugh In the crowd, resulting
In a prompt rebuke from the court.
"The court has had trouble." said
Judge Watson, "In keeping order. Tho
counsol can help In this, but if the
counsel lnugh the court cannot expect
the spectators to remain slient."
Cro?>-Eia mined.
Young Robertson was turned over to
Mr. Wondenburg for crosR-exarrriiL3tton.
"Have you told all you know about
that?"
"I believe I have."
"Did you seo the blood spot on Wed?
nesday?"
"No, sir."
"Was it there on Wednesdny?"
"I reckon it was."
"You wont up there Wednesday?"
"Yes."
"But you saw it first on Thursday?"
"Yes."
"What did you go on Wednesday
for?"
"To see what was up there."
"You didn't know anything about
n second blood spot then?"
"No."
"Were you sent up there Thursday
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