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State Lays Its Foundation
for Evidence in Rebuttal
you over the phone whet ehe had
put down from day to day?"
"I think I glanced through the
book myself."
Mr. Wendenburg offered tho diary in
evidence, and It was closely scrutinized
by Messrs. Smith and Carter. After
I ratting u reasonable time, Julge Wat
kon remarked:
"Oentlemen, have you read tho
preface to that book?"
"We have read far Into Its contents."
replied Mr. Smith, "and we have Ut- |
terly fulled to see how It could be
itp/ered In evidence."
"I will lay a foundation for It." re?
plied Mr. Wendenburg. returning his
questioning
.Never la Love With Her.
"Were you ever in l/>ve with Beulah
Blnford?"
"I have never loved her."
"Was she In love with you?"
*'l-couldn't .-ay. She may'have told
me so. i didn't pay any attention to
anything like that."
"This was a dally diary kert by her
between you two, was it not?"
"I had nothing to do with it."
"I protest against any reference to
the diary until the court rules whether
It 1^ evidence," said Mr. .-Smith.
"It wag kept by her In reference to
her feelings to vo??" asked Mr. Wen?
denburg.
"I don't know that It was"
"What was her purpose In showing
you this diary?"
"I don't know."
"Didn't It glvo an expression of her
feelings to you?"
"J didn't pay any attention to It."
"Wasn't that diary kept for the pur?
pose of writing you a note every day?"
"I never received It If it was."
"Didn't she write something to that
effect on the first page of the diary?"
"If It was. I don't remember."
"You have seen, this diary?"
"Yes."
"It gave an expression to her feel
infra toward you?"
"Yef."
Diary Nut In Hvldenre.
"The diary. If offered In evidence,
should come In by the sworn testi?
mony of Beulah Blnford." ruled Judge
Watson.
"He 1c not hound by what 13 said In j
thert." protested Mr. Wendenburg. |
"I contend that the witness read this
book, knew Its content?, end by It I
want to prove that he knew of Beulah
Blnford's affection for him."
"I do not think the book is testi?
mony at this stage." bald Judge Wat?
son
"When did you read this diary?"
"J never read It; I merely glanced
at it."
"There are gome entries there since
Beulah has been In Jail," commented
Mr Smith "ft 1? obvious that the
prisoner could not have read all of the
entries "
"Since you have made that state?
ment." replied Mr Wendenburg. "I will
tell you and the court that the diary
stops on the night before the murder."
After argument on tho admlsslblllty
of the diary as evidence. Judge Wat?
son Instructed the Jury to disregard
the book "from ltd to lid"
"You said she used to tel: you she
loved you?" resumed Mr. Wendenburg.
"Yes, she may hava"
"What was her pet name for you
when she addressed you?"
"She called me Henry."
"Wasn't It her darling Henry, or
?Darling Baby'?"
"It; personal conversation, no, sir."
"Did you on Juno 15, shortly after
the return of Beulah Blnford to Rich?
mond?do you remember her going
out with some one named 'P'V
"The court has ruled that diary out
again and again." said Mr. Carter, in
protest.
Jealous Theory Advanced.
"It doesn't matter what prompted
the question." said Judge Watson. "It
may have heen sromptcd by entries in j
the diary, but the contents of the book
as such are eliminated "
The question was repeated: "Did you!
see Beulah go out u4;h a man named
'F' about June H to IS? Didn't yon
get after her about having been out
with a certain man?"
"I don't remember."
"It could have occurred, and you
have forgotten It?"
Yes."
Mr. Wendenburg called for the letter
hitherto' offered In evidence In which
Henry Inclosed ?10 to Beulah for pay?
ment.on furniture for a flat. He scored
his point at last In regard to the en?
velope after many trials. Mr. Carter
had heretofore prevented fh'e recogni?
tion of the envelope In evidence, and
was evidently paving the way to the
claim that the letter was an old one,
having nothing to do with recent re?
lations between Henry and Beulah.
Henry's admissions put the claim at
rvr*.
"Both the lotter and the envelope are
In your handwriting?" asked Mr. Wen?
denburg
"Yes."
"Does the envelope help you to fix
the date you sent the letter to Beu?
lah?
"Yes, It Is postmarked on July H,
1911"
"You sent It on that date?"
"Yes."
The en'-clope and letter were then
offered In evidence together and read
to the Jury. Henry explained that
there was one error In the reading.
Ho had closed with the oustomary sal?
utation, "Well, be good," which had
been read as a promise on his part,
"Will be good." Henry said he made
Beulah no such promise.
Money tor Furniture.
"Dldn t you, in Dr. Lovlng's yard on
the Thursday afternoon following the
homicide, deny that you had sent Beu?
lah money for furniture? Do you deny
that?"
"I don't think they asked me. I was
asked a question of that sort at the
Inquest."
"Y'ou cannot testify as to what was
said on the stand et the inquest," said
Judge Watson.
"Didn't Mr. Scherer ask you In tho
presence of Detectives Wren and Wilt?
shire and Coroner Loving whether or
no you were furnishing money to buy
furniture for Beulah Blnford's flat?
Didn't you deny that you had written
her a letter within the past ten days?"
"I don't think they asked me. I told
them everything I knew."
"Didn't Mr. Scherer ask you wheth?
er she had not been to a store to select
furniture for a flat?"
"1 don't think he did. I knew she
was to move Into a flat, and I was go?
ing to aid her- Others contributed
to it besides myself."
"Can you give me the names of any
others?"
"No, sir. I don't know who she ran
with. Her mother and sister and
brother-in-law were going to help."
-"Were you interested In her pur?
chase of furniture on Instalments?"
"No, sir?"
"You were not Interested in an Item?
ized bill?"
"I told her I would help hor, but I
didn't want her to tell me the bill
wss more than Jt really was. She |
VIC1IM OB 1DRNPIKE MURDER AND HER HUSBAND'S RELAU?ES
might have said the furniture cost
$500."
Mr. Wendenburg read from the let?
ter: "' Pay this ten on the furniture
and make him give you an Itemized
bill and what you must pay each
week.' Why wer/t you Interested In
what she was to pay each week?"
"I had told her I would help her
with It."
"Iraia" In Mrs. Cohb.
'"Don't let li ma call mn up any more.
?srmcbody will get wise.' Mr. Wen?
denburg read on. "Who Is Irma?"
"Mrs. Cobb. Fhe lived In the sara?
house with Beulah."
"Who would get 'wise'?"
"Well, I didn't want my people to
know I was running with another
girl."
" 'With oceans of love.' pursued Mr.
Wendor.burg. ' What did that mean?"
"It didn't mean anything: I have
sent messages like that to lots of wo?
men."
"'Brimming with kisses.' Did you
kiss her when you left her?"
"Yes "
"So you treated her In that way
the same as you treated > our wife?"
"I don't think it 16 necessary to
make any comparisons," said Judge
Watson.
"Well, anyway." said Mr. Wendenburg.
"the fact is that on July 14 of this
year, four days before your wife's
death, you were preparing to make
a home for Bculah Binford?"
"I told her I would help her. Her
sister and brother-in-law would not
let her live there any longer?"
"Didn't they tell you It was a shame
_you being a married man?to come
that way after her?"
"Yes; her sister wouldn't walk down
Broad Street with her. She expected
her to stay only on a short visit."
"You once took Beulah Binford and
her sister In your car to visit an
uncle?"
"Yes, but that was at night."
Delivery of Gun.
"It Is In evidence here." said Mr.
Wendenburg. "that on the Saturday
night preceding the homicide, about
10:15 o'clock, this gun was delivered
to Paul Beattle. It Is also In evi?
dence that that time Is In confusion.
If your store closed at 10 o'clock and
you took Paul to Richmond with you
and delivered Paul at his home, as
you have described, how could that
gun .be delivered to Paul In Weln
steln's pawnshop at 10:16 unless you
knew of It?"
"It wasn't delivered to Paul on Sat?
urday night?that Is. not while he was
with me."
"Now you have told us that when
the store cjosed you brought Paul to
Richmond In your car. Yon say you
got out three times to fix the lights
before you got to Grace Street. How
long did that take?"
"It took about ten minutes to get
from the store to Sixth and Grace."
"And you stopped at Fourth and
Franklin Streets to change the lights.
How long did that take?"
"About five minutes."
"You told Mr. Smith this morning
ten. Why do you want to make It less
now?"
"I don't know; It may have taken
five or ten minutes."
"How long did It take you to get to
Paul's house from there?"
"Five minutes."
"When did you get to Paul's house?"
"I don't remember. It must have
been about a quarter before 11
o'clock."
Paid for Phone Call.
"When Billy Sampson called Beulah
Binford on long distance from your
store, didn't you talk to Beulah?''
"I hollered something over the phone
to her." ?
"Did you pay the long dlstanoe toll
charges?"
"Yes."
"Didn't you go over to the telephone
office and pay for the call so that it
wouldn't appear on your bill?"
"Yes."
"So they wouldn't know you and
Sampson had talked with her?"
"Yes."
"You were preparing to go to Nor?
folk?"
"Yes. She knew we were coming."
"Beulah's doctor bill was charged to
you?"
"Yea."
"Why should you pay such a bill?"
"She asked me If I would pay It.
The doctor had tpld her that other?
wise she would have to go to the hos?
pital at the almshouse, so I told her
t would pay the bill."
"You left your garage at what time
on the night of the murder?"
"I left the house about s o'clock.
I got the machine out after I had
pumped up the tires and dusted It
off."
"Will you deny that you went, out
of your garage that night In your
car at a quarter before & o'clock"'
"Yes."
"You went on out Hemmas Avenue
to Dundee and then Into Park Street?"
"Ye*. I took the centre road from
Dundee straight across on the Mid?
lothian Pike."
When He Kelt Dike It.
"What was your usual time for get?
ting to the Owen place?"
"Whenever I felt like going; I nad I
no certain time "
"Did your wife expect you tha*
night?''
"Ves." *
"To take her out?"
"She knew 1 was coming In my car." ,
"What time did you arrive at Mr. j
Tom Owen's place-*"
"I don't know. I thought it was j
about 3 o'clock."
"You left there when?"
"A little after 10 o'clock?possibly |
10:15."
"You went down the pike to the drug 1
store In Swansboro?"
"Yes."
"You left there what time?"
"I don't know."
"What time did you reach the Owen
place?"
"It would he nothing but a guess If
I were to say. I don't know at what
speed I was running" .
"If you left the drug store at J0:.'7.
as one of your witnesses has testified,
what time would you pass tho en;
trance to Tom Owen's place going
out?"
?'In a few moments."
"Do you deny saying that you hadn't
Intended going on up tho road until !
she mentioned It?if you said that, was j
It true?" i
"I don't remember." I
"Then If your wife had not made
this unfortunate suggestion this mur?
der would not have happened?"
"I don't remember ever Faying It.
When did 1 say I didn't Intend going
on up the pike if she hadn't mentioned ?
it? I'm positive I didn't say It. The [
prescription wasn't urgent, and we .
didn't need to hurry back." ?
May liefer to Notes I.nter.
"Do you den^' having said that you
did not Intend go'lng on until your
wife suggested It?"
"If 1 said it. it was true. I don't
know that I had made up my mind
about It when she mentioned it."
A question arose as to whether the
witness had not stated In the morning i
that he had gone on at his wife's sug?
gestion. Stenographer Winston, who
had taken the morning evidence, had
gone with his notes. "If my notes are
not correct I will give you the bene?
fit," said Mr. Wendenburg.
"It Is In evidence here." went on Mr.
Wendenburg, "that the place you
turned around that night Is the high?
est point on the whole road; It Is
called the Look, Why did -you turn
there?"
"I didn't select any particular point
save some place where there was a
gate I could back in to turn."
"Why did you pick the highest point
where you could see for miles both
ways, enabling you to see the lights
of every car on the road?"
"I didn't pick lt. I didn't know It
was the highest point- 1 Just turned
there."
"When you started back from the
point where you turned, did you see
any cars?"
"I didn't see any cars at all after
the three cars going out."
"Coming hack, you passed Ritter's
store where the pump and tub are?"
"I thought there were pumps at
both stores."
"Ritter's store is about a mile west
of the scene of the homicide?"
"I reckon It Is."
"The next store Is about one-third
of a mile from the scene?"
"About that. I reckon."
How For He Could See.
"At the scene of the homicide, were
your front lights burning?"
"Yes."
"How far can you see with thorn?"
"I could see a buggy a half a square
away."
"Couldn't you see a man's hat or a
dog In the road 150 feet off?"
"You might notice a dog 100 feet
away. A man doesn't strain his eyes
unless he Is driving very rapidly."
"How far off can you see a man with
those lamps?"
"If you were looking for him In the
centre of the road, about 150 feet."
"It is In evidence here that you saw
this man In front of you and stopped!
your car suddenly. Why couldn't you ]
see this man 150 feet off?" i
"1 was not paying any particular at-'
tentlon. I was talking with my wife."
"When you are running a car don't
you keep a very close eye on the
road for glass or rocks?"
"I never looked for glass in my life.
Of course, if T were on a strange road
it would be different, but on a road
you are familiar with you can run al?
most with your eyes shut"
Hid Kot Leave l?lke.
"From the time this prescription
was filler] until you returned with the
body did you leave the turnpike?"
"No. sir."
"This man you describe In order to
get In fron", of you had to walk one
half of the width of the road?"
"I didn't say the man got exactly
In the centre."
"The road measures twenty-seven
feet wide, and you say you were run?
ning In the centre. Then the man had
to walk eleven feet six inches before
he even got In front of your wheel on
that side."
-f that measurement Is right, he
would I don't know whether *)e
walked or ran or what he was doing.
I don't even know whether he was on
the edge of the road."
"How could you have helped seelnga
man walking that far Into the road?"
"I wasn't looking for any one com?
ing from the side. I wasn't paying
particular attention. People do get
run over even In the day time, you
know "
"Wh.ro did he have his gun hid?"
"I don't know. The first time I no?
ticed the gun was when he pointed it
at m*."
"This man you tell of didn't have
any gun when the car stopped?"
"I suppose he had"
"Didn't a i get that gun from be?
hind a stump?"
"I don't know."
When He First Saw Gun.
"There was no gun In sight when
you stopped the car?"
"1 didn't see It until he raised It
and pointed It at me."
"What possible reason could that
man nrvt for murdering you or your
wife?"
"1 know of nine. He may have
peen trying to scare me. He might
have been drunk or looklnc for a
fuss."
"Haven't you swerveu out into the
road?"
"Yes"
. "Did he stagger?"
"I d n t deny having said that he
did, but 1 didn't mean to convey the
idea that he was drunk."
"Well, whatever you raid, did he
stagger?"
"I say now as I said before. Be?
cause I said he staggered out I don't
necessarily mean he was drunk."
"Did this man have any possible mo?
tive for taking your llge or that of
your wife?"
"No."
"There was no provocation given?"
"None, unless he had attempted to
cross the road and 1 had scared him."
"How far off was he when you saw
hlro?"
"It would be a mere guess, probably
fifteen feet."
Might Have Struck Him.
"Would you have struck hint If you
han't stopped?"
"If he had attempted to cro'ss and I
didn't atop I'd have hit him.
"Yes, if lue was right In the middle,
of the road you had 12 1-2' feet to the
right to passlhm "
Yes, if he had been standing still
I could have cut around him. '
"If he was fifteen feet In front of
you an' you had 12 1-2 feet clearance.
Is It your practice to stop on the roads
for such obstructions? Do you do
that when you pass peoplo on the
streets?"
"If hadn't stopped and had hit
him I'd have boon In some Jstl now
because 1 luidn't stopped."
"Don't ycu know you are h <re now
becausi you did stop?"
"I protest.1" said Mr. Carter.
"In how many feet can you stop
your car?"
"I don't know. It would depend on
how fast it was going."
"If you were running from fifteen
to twenty miles an hour, what is tho
shortest space In which you can stop?"
"I must Ixave run from whore I was
right up to the man. I could demon
starte better In the cor Itself. I never
measured the distance In which I could
come to a full stop." There was pro
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longe?: r.ror--questioning as to how far
It would take to stop the car going
first at fifteen and then at twenty
miles an hour
Had Face Full of Wnr?.
"If this man you describe was only
rtfteon feet off. In the centre of the
road with the lights full on him. why \
cannot you tell whether he Is white
or colored?"
"Well, If a man had a face full of
beard I wasn't capable of telling."
"You determined thut he must be a
white man after Dr. Mann remarked:
that colored men didn't usuajly have j
beards?"
"No, sir; I said from h's voice. I '
through! it was a white man. What
Dr. Man nsaid made me think lo much
more. I have said all along I thought
it wus a white man "
"If you hadn't stopped your c r
would you have hit thin man?"
"As It afterwards turned out I would
not."
"How far was he to the left of the
car when you did stop?'
"I could not say whether It was one,
two or four feet."
"Is that your best estimate?"
"Any of them would be a guess."
"You could have gone on by with?
out striking him?"
"Yes, when I saw him on the side
of the mnch'ne I reached down to start
the tfar ..gain I didn't know ho was
on the side of the machine until he
spoke He must have jumped back out
of the way." j
"Did you sae him move back?"
"He must have gotten out of the
way?jumped or run."
"He might have been six feet away?"
"Yes."
"Then there was no reason for your
stopping at all?"
"He wasn't six feet from me. Wh:-n
1 lirbt saw him he was Just to one
side."
"Did you see him Jump back?"
"I didn't sec him. I don't know
whether he Jumped there, ran there
or somebody pulled him there."
"You don't really mean that some?
body might have pulled him there?"
"Of course not."
Wife Said Nothing.
"What did your wife say when this
highwayman appeared?"
"She didn't say anything. She had
confidence In me to let me handle the
situation."
"She went to her death in alienee?"
"Yes."'
"Was she looking at him?"
"1 don't know."
"From the appearance of the wound
In the face she must have been looklns
at the man pointing the gun?"
"She must have.'"
"And if ahe was looking ut a man
pointing a gtin at her, do you mean
to tell this Jury that she didn't
screa m?"
"The gun wasn't pointed ut her. I
was reaching over for the brakes. Tho
Jerk of the car aa It started put her
In line."
"He raised the gun and tired at your
wife?"
"He merely raised it and fired. I
think he moant to scare us. Ho didn't
mean to shoot anybody."
"What reason would this assassin
have for raising a gun when 11 was
aimed at you?"
"That's what I said. He raised It to
shoot over my head and the Jerk of
the car brought my wife In line."
"What did the assassin say after he
had fired the gun?"
"He didn't say anything"
"What did he do?"
"He hit me with the gun."
?Did he attempt to load It again?"
?I didn't see him.".
"How much do you wolgh?"
"One ? hundred and thlrty-flv*
pounds."
. "How tall arc you?"
"Five feet nine Inches."
"You went up to this large, power?
ful man?you went after this giant for
what purpose?"
"AS any man would go after an?
other who had shot his wife."
"To do what?"
Wanted to Fight Him.
"To right?to get at hlra."
"Weil, what happened?"
"He hit me With the stock of the
gun and I Jerked it from him as I
fell."
"Then you thought about your
wife?"
"Yes, on tho spur of tho moment I
had Juitped out after the man."
"After the man or after the gun?"
"After the man. But after you had
disarmed this man who had Just mur?
dered yo?r wife you let him gor*
"I thought of my wife then and went
back to her." ,
"How <llil he set disarmed of thc|
shell that was found?" i
"I don't, know."
"Did this man have time to reload j
the gun?"
"If he had been looking for me he I
might have?from tho time 1 started
to get out of the car he could not.'
have. You couldn't load a gun while I
was going rive feet to save your life."
"If the shell that was found seventy
throe feot off belonged to the assassin,
did you see hlin reach down In his
pockiot and get it and throw It away?"
"I don't know."
"Did he run?"
"Y'es. he started running up tho
road."
"Then that shell found couldn't bo
the assassin's?"
"I don't know."
Disarmed Highwayman.
"After disarming hint did you have
to pick up the gun?"
"Yes. 1 fell buokwnrd."
"And you mean to tell the Jury that
a midnight assassin who has shot your
wife saw you fall to the ground with?
out the gun. and turns and runs?"
' I don't know whether he saw me
fall ur not."
' Why did you tell Major Patton and'
othtrs that night that your assailant
went into the woods?"
"I told Mr. Tom Owen and every one
that asked me that he went up the
roiid."
"Then you contradict Major Par
ton?"
"I had Just as soon contradict him
as any one."
"Did you put the gun on the floor
of the car or on the seat?"
"On the floor. I think."
Pirat Xcn? From Mercer.
"When did you tlrst know your wife
was dead?"
"When Dr. Mercer told me."
"Didn't you say when you first got i
buck to the Owen place that some-i
body had held you up and kilted I
Louise?"
"I may have said it."
"Then you did know she wus dead
before Dr. Mercer told you?"
"No. 1 wasn't positive."
"At tlie time of the homicide your
wife was sitting on your left, und fell
where ?"
".She fell over back of me."
"What purl of your body did she fall
against?"
"I don't know that the body hit anyj
part?I Jumped from the car as it I
stopped."
"Then she fell In between you and
the buck of your seat?"
"Yes. she fell back that way."
"When you got down the road you
knew you didn't have your coat on?"
"Y'es, when I stopped to light my
lamps I had to get my coat out of the
back to get somo matches."
"Where Is there any blood on this
shirt where your wife fell over against
you?" asked Mr. Wendenburg, holding
up the garment for the Inspection of
the Jury.
"1 must have had my coat on ut the
lime of the shooting."
"When did you take it off?"
"I don't know."
Put on Uloody Cout.
"Where did she lay on you. if you'
had your coat on?" i j
Henry took the coat and showed
blood spots on the shoulder. Finally,
at Mr. Wendenburg's request, he took
off his new blue coat and put on the
bloodstained garment to show the Jury
where the spots would come.
"I don't say her head touched my
body." he explained. "I don't' say she
fell rlKht away or that she died right
away."
"When you drovo into Tom Owen's
place you didn't have your coat on?"
"No, sir."
"Where was the coat when you
stopped to fix the lights?"
"In the rear of the car."
"Did It remain there?"
"It was found lit the front of the
car at the Owen place. I suppose
after 1 got the matches I threw it Into
the front."
"When you got out to grapple with
the giant, what became of your wife?'
"She was falling toward me when 1
got out."
"After you had gone the length oi
the car she was still falling?" I
"It didn't take the car two seconds
to go that distance. It was more 0.
Jerk than anything else."
"When you returned where was tho
body?"
"Lying down in the bottom of the
car. her dross out over the left-hand,
running board and her h*ad near the
wheil. I lifted her across the two
front seats, with her head over In my
scat."
"Did you lay her on her hack?"
"I don't know which way."
"Which way were her feet hanging?"
Afrnld to Take Chouces.
"On the left hand. Her head was In
my seat. I felt her pulse and heart
and hollered for help."
"Now, tell us again how you placed
that hody across the two seats?"
"if y-m will lay down here, Mr, Wen-1
denburg, I will lay you acroaa two
Mats."
"Well, never mind," replied the at
torney, hastily. "I don't wont to take
nny chances. Bofore you started down
thy road to the Owen place you lifted
her over Into her seat. Did you hava
her head In your lap?"
"No."
"Do you deny making such a state?
ment?"
"I know what you are speaking of,"
and the witnors seemed eager to ex?
plain something that his counsel con?
sidered extraneous.
Mr. Wendenburg stated that there
seemed no possibility of getting
through, as It was already getting dark
In the courtroom.
"It does not seem to me." said Judge
Watson, "that you are progressing
very rapidly."
"The witness was or. three hours In
chief.'" said Mr. YVenden'ourg. "I can
hardly cross-examine him in less."
"Well, go ahead. We will sto wheth?
er we can get through," said Judge
Watson.
"Describe to the Jury how you held
her."
The witness Illustrated by a dtmlnu
tlve copy boy who was standing near
the press table, putting his arm half
around the bo?*'s waist. He explained
that her head had fallen forward In
her lap?thut she was doubled up In
a knot.
No lllood on Lap.
"Hoxw could you hold that limp body
that way." demanded Mr. Wenden'ourg,
? without holding It close to you? How
do you explain that there Is no blood
or. her clothes or In her lap?no blood
on the raincoat except on the back
and shoulders?"
"There has been no evidence of a
critical examlnatlo nof Mrs. Beattlo's
clothes," suld Judge Watson.
"If there was so little blood on tho
clothes," remarked Mr. Smith, "It Is
surprising that they should have been
destroyed."
"Can you explain ho wit Is that
there Is no blood on the arm of your
coat or shirt?"
"There may have been no blood on
her back. I thought there was blood
on tho sleeve. 1 don't know whether
there was or not. Nobody has testi?
fied that there was blood on her
waist." v
"Dtin't you know It Is impossible to
run a machine fifty-five miles an hour
over a railway track with one hand?"
"I know I can do lt. I will go out
there and show you."
"You got out to fix your lights
about half way back?"
"Yes."
"What became of the body?"
"1 let loose of the body to see
whetwer It would slip out of the seat,
and It didn't, so I left It and got out
and Ut the lamps. I don't remember
whether 1 had gauntlets on that night
or not. I did not see any bloody
gauntlet In the car afterwards."
No Stains Around Pocket.
"You don't know whether your
hands were bloody or not?"
"I don't know, but I supose thoy
were."
"How do you account for the fact
that there are no blood stains around
this match pocket and no blood on the
matches remaining In the pocket?"
I "In till probability In picking up tho
coat and fumbling with It, it wiped
the blood from my fingers."
The courtroom had become too dark
to sec whether there were blood statns
on the coat around the match pocket
or not, und at 6:35 Judge Watson an?
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to-day. In order to press the trial
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