The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-08-31
Crucial Point Is veracity on
Purchase Of Gun and Later
Confession
DEFENSE MAKING ONSLAUGHT
ON CAARACTER0F PAUL BEATT|E
tmmsterisl Facts Proven Indicate
That q Strange Man With q Gun
Passed Along Midlothian Pike Sew.
eral Hours Before Murder.


tense in the Beattie trial resumed Its
Attack today on the evidence presented
by the commonwealth and q score OF
witnesses were summoned to appear
10 testify as to various points OF the
base which the prosecution has built
hp to support it's charges that Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr., killed his wife with
/ shot gun purchased for him by his
sousin Paul. Inasmuch as the ac-
fused and his cousin Paul were alone
hot only at the time of the alleged
transfer Of the gun from Paul TO
Henry, but at the conversation on the
day subsequent to the commission OF
the crime when Henry Is alleged TO
have told Paul that he was sorry ne
had done it" the case has resolved It
telf in a question of veracity between
the cousins.
Continued attacks on the veracity
Of Paul Beattie as to his story of the
purchase of a shot gun for his Cou-
Sin Henry Clay, Jr., brought out the
statement from E. H. Neblitt that he
saw Paul with a shot gun the day
liter he claimed to have delivered the
weapon to Henry. On cross-exam1na-
lion Neblitt said that he had only
yesterday given this information to
counsel for the defense.
did you tell any one else about
IT."
"Not until a few days ago when 1
told my wife and ]. G. Saunders"
why didn't you tell Of it before?"
asked Wendenburg.
II didn't thing it was Of much i'm
portance until Paul Beattie denied 1t
Dn the stand"
"But did you not tell Smith yes
terday morning and did not Smith
base his question on the information
you gave him?"
EYES," 49,. .'...
Paul already has given his testi-
mony and the defense from now to
the end of the trial, which is expected
to be some time next week, will apply
itself to efforts to break down his
story through attacks on his character
and his reputation for truthfulness.
This will be reinforced by the testt-
mony of the prisoner himself who will
take the stand at the last moment.
Man With the Gun.
Testimony corroborative OF the
story told by Beattie that q bearded
highwayman killed his wife with q
shot gun, was introduced by the de-
Tense when w. r. Holland, who lives
In the vicinity of the Midlothian turn
pike, where the murder occurred tes-
tified that he had seen bearded man
with q shot gun there about five
hours before the tragedy.
It was the first move Of the de-
tense after the prosecution rested Its
90 1fokH
prisoner and beside Hollands state
ment concerning man with shot
gun, Eugene Henshaw, farmer who
travels the Midlothian turnpike daily,
testified that he saw strange look
Ing man prowling around on three
different days before the murder.
It is reported that the prosecution
Is ready when its time for rebuttal
arrives to put on the stand the man
who passed along the railroad tracks
where Holland said he saw man
with a shot gun and that the new wit
ness will say he was squirrel hunt
ing that day.
Besides the testimony regarding the
bearded man, expert testimony was
introduced as to the bouncing quail
ties Of an automobile similar to that
driven by Beatte. thereby accounting
for the jolting out from the car Of
the shot gun placed in a rear seat by
Beattie after the encounter with the
alleged highwayman.
The prosecution attacked this line
Of evidence on Cross examination. 1t
eontended that the railroad crossing
where Beattie claims the gun must
have been elected from the car was a
smooth one and Jolt which might
have resulted from crossing the
tracks where the rails are exposed
necessarily would have tossed the
weapon forward Of the crossing in
stead of directly sideways parallel
with the track where the gun was
found.
The idea of the prosecution has
been to indicate that Beattie himself
slowed down at the crossing and
threw the gun to one side on his
way to the Owen home with his dead
wife. ...- .....
The defense sought to show that
being held up by highwaymen while
motoring in this vicinity was not an
uncommon occurrence. and put on the
stand a chauffuer who related an ex-
perience with highwayman year
ago. The commonwealth attorneys
objected to the testimony as irrele-
want Judge Watson ruled that un-
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