The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05


A. l never spoke n cross word to nv
wife in my life, or she to myself. AS
far as our relations were concerned,
she and both always were OF a most
auectionate nature. and don't see
how anybody could have been any
happier than we were
O. You never spoke a cross word to
her in your life. and she never spoke
one TO you?
a. No. sir, and cam, any one say 40.
either
@. You challenge contradiction on
that point, do you?
A. Yes, sir
@ Was there any reason for her 70
be unhappy. that you know of?
a. Not thing in the world that I
know Of
Q. Did she know. when you married
her. of your former relations with
Beulah Binford?
y. Yes. sir. everybody in town knew
@. Everybody nigh, have known II
except the ladies Did you tell your
wife about It?
A. told her everything
@. You made clean breast of it?
a. Yes. sir.
Did Not Know All.
2. md you say you knew Of moth
Ing TO make her unhappy Did she
your resumption Of your relations with
Teulah Binford?
y. She knew | had been to Norfolk.
but she didn't know had seen Beu-
lab pintord
Q. How long before you went to
Eorfolk did you know that Beulah
Binford was there?
a. knew she was there-I don't
Know. about week. reckon.
q. Was that tho controlling rnotiya
of your going to Norfolk?
A No. sir.
.. Now you can state how you hap
Pened 10 go TO Norfolk.
"A. Well. had been talking with
my father about taking q little trim.
that l was feeling bad. and Bniy
Sampson and myself decided that We
would go down to tho races We had
been talking about going. and after
That some time--I don't know, IL might
have been a week after thai---he said
he had gotten letter from Beuia h
and said she was in Norfolk
@. Now when you went to Norfolk,
did you see her?
a. Yes. sir.
Q. How long were you with herr
=. Two days.
Q. You heard Billy SIMPSONS state
U1ent about that trip; Is that true?
a. Yes. sir.
- oIu you go Win her to the dit-
ferent places and the sort OF Joy
rides that he described?
a Yes. sir.
He Went to Norfolk.
Q. Did you automobile out 10 Piney
Bench or whatever IT was?
a. don't know whether we went
10 Piney Beach; we went riding in
an automobile. don't know exactly
whera 1; was.
Q. When you left Beulah Binford in
Norfolk, did you expect to see her
again?
a No. sir She asked me there. i,
she came to Richmond II 1 would see
her. and told her positively no.
Q. Did you tell her good -by, expect
ing 70 see her again?
a. never expected to see her again
MS long l lived. In fact. She told
me that her husband was coming To
call for her in q little while
=. You came back 10 Richmond then
about the hrst Of May. When was
me SeNt time that you saw Beula n
Iinford. or heard OF her?
a. The first L heard OF her. Billy
sampson called me up one night and
TOLD me that Beuiah was in town on
her way TO Danville. and asked me 10
come over with the car, and I went
over and met them between S and 3
o'clock on Grace Street in Richmond.
=. DID you know what she was go
Ing TO do IN Danville?
a. Yes
Q. Did you do anything to dissuade
hor from leading that life?
a, No. sir
@. What did you say?
y. No. sir.
First Refused to See Her.
=. what made her stay In Rich
mond. or what made her change her
Ihiha? DID you do anything to dis
suade her. said. from going TO Dan.
VILE. ETC.?
a. That was the night 1 met her
about two weeks after that. a weay
or ten days. 1 forget what time 4,
was: she called mo up one night and
asked me to come over told her
no. that l couldn't see her She called
me up the second time and begged me
10 see her that she was going aIvsv
went by that night and she askad
me II 1 would help her to stav here
In Richmond that she was going 10
Work, that she didn't want to 90 10
SanViIle. and I told her If she tried IA
90 right. l would help her out. she
IL not the first girl that have helnnJ
out. "eipoH
MIR. wENDENBURG If Your uoror
: please, are conversations betwaan ~
accused and this woman evidence in
TINS proceeding for any purpose In tba
world? AZ '"e
THE CoURT:-It was suggested
on former day OF the trial I DOM
Know how much Commemorative tes-
timony there was to support The c.r.
Gestion, that the purpose OF the com.
monwealth was to establish that tho
prisoner at the bar was responsible
TOT her location in Richmond. and for
her re-establishing her residence there
On that particular point testimony has
been allowed TO go to the Jury of
l. declaration when she came Ia
Richmond. of her purpose to remain.
or otherwise. Such declarations made
70 the prisoner would be about as
much evidence as the declarations
made to the witness Sampson, and told
ny MIN while on the stand. would
limit 1t. however. to the declaration
made about her purpose t. remain
mere, about the time she carnc