The Washington times., 1911-09-05

about it." the witness continued.
did you not tell him he was in
mo, SIR"
did anyone else?''
mo; we told him that II might looh
queer because he had bought the CUR
! with which Louise was killed"
| to Wedge Paul out Of it. didn't youYS
No. sir: didn't try to wedge him
out Of it."
Denies Paul Was "Crazy."
paul was pretty nearly crazy, wasn't
her"
mo, sir. He wasn't crazy as know
Of"
was he not nearly craEyf" repeat
| ed Smith.
mo. He said-(objected to.)
WAS he not nearly frantic?"
| The question was not answered De
cause Mr. Smith wanted to read Paui
inquest testimony. He was cut on In
this.
"Is It not fact, Mrs. Houchens, that
he was pretty nearly crazy?"
The witness repeated a previous an
well then. he was pretty badly of;
that time Wasn't that the day before
he went to the hospital? Wasn't nc
nearly crazzy7 Didn't he have fit
1T was the day before he was sick. "
Didn't you say that ne ne had Ss,se go. yeT yell
all he knew7'
mo, SIR"
Didn't his wife tell him that?"
II don't know what his wife told him.
She will have to- tell that for herself: :"
Thursday night?'
He told US Of buying the gun"
He did not say Henry had con-
fessed ?"
'He just told us Of buying the gum -
Did you think then that Henry had
killed LouiseT"
But you told Paul to make a clean
breast Of it?" ..-s
Mr.. Wendenburg cut In, and after ar
gument Mr.. Smith lost.
Now, understand you had never
seen Henry c. Beattie, tr., until after
the MURDER" resumed Beattie's law
yer.
mo, sir; 1 had not" -
Daughter Visited Louise.
He had been married into the fam
fly for about eighteen months, and you
had never seen him?'
mo, sir My daughter visited Louise,
but had never seen him"
You had never met him beforef
No, never until the Wednesday night
before the burial
Then you had never heard his voice
You didn't know whether that was
Henry Beattie's voice or not over the
telephone?'
was Henry Beattie the first time he
called. knew II was the same voice
the second time he called, for 1t 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 1t was. The voice
said, Henry Beattie: / 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 q ma
chine came up with 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
oner II 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 1t. Paul Joined |
him and they drove of together. 60
ing west"
Henry. He thought 1t was the de- /
fendant but would not swear posi- |
lively.
Frank McEvoy, nephew of ]. H. Nc |
Eyoy. a saloonkeeper, followed Mr..
DO you remember seeing Paul Beat.
tie at any timer
II saw Paul Beattie and Henry Beat |
tie either on Wednesday or Thursday, |
DR. Friday night of the week preceding |
the murder, in my uncle's bar. They |
we're standing near the door having |
4 hottie 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 your"
MIR. Britain"
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-
yether in your saloon and taking a |
1rink together asked Mr.. Wenden-
burg.
mo doubt about it; it was Henry
and Paul" !,
might have been either Wednesday,
or Friday?" began Smith |
On cross-examination.
Yes"
Not very sure Of the pight?"
mo"
Might have been Saturday." coaxed
mo it was not Saturday. I was not
n the bar that night"
Might have been Tuesday?"s asked |
Mr.. Smith after this crushing answer
mo, it was not Tuesday. / am
pretty sure of that" said Mr.. Nc
Evoy.
say how absolutely sure he was about |
The hour, and the examination of Mr.. |
ended. ~
John Britain was the next witness.
"Mr. Britain, are you the Mr.. Brit
tain who was with Mr.. McEvoy who
has just testified?'
"Yes"