The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-07


put the items on your fathers billy"
Yes"
"why?"
Il did not want anyone to know I
was telephOning to a girl"
Paid Beuiah's Doctors Bills.
when Beulah was sick with an in
fictitious malady, did you not pay the
doctors bills? 20
/ Yes"
why did you pay the bill when
scribed?"
Asked Him to Pay 1t.
She asked me to pay it."
And you paid it?'
Did you not contract a similar dis
Yes"
Did you not see a doctor2"
Il went to see a physician: yes
When did YOU leave your fathers
home on the night of the murder -
"A few minutes after s o'clock
When did you reach Mr.. Tom
lOwen's homer"
After 9 O'clock
when did you leave there to go
to the druggist's?''
After 10 o'clock
"How long did it take you to get
from the drug store back to the store
leading into Mr.. Ovens homer"
About four minutes"
Louise Was Waiting for Him.
Had you intended taking your wife
Il had not made up my mind. but
usually took my wife riding"
Did not you say on your direct ex-
animation that your wife said, Let's
take little spin'?"
!. 4 don't know"
your"
Yes"
Henry,s Memory Hazy.
Did not she know you were GO
ing TO take her for a rider"
Il reckon So"
Did YOU intend to take the ride ur
the road?"
Il don't know"
Would you have gone if you wife
had suggested it?",
gone"
Did not you say YOU had not in
tended going any further until your
wife mentioned it?"
Il don't think 1 said that"
nation"
Il think you are mistaken"
j IF L Said 1t, lis True"
rs the statement regarding your
intention true?"
IF I said it. it is true"
suppose you did not say it; what
then?''
Then it is not true
it?'' -" 7'''o
No
Then you don't know whether it
is true or not, do you2'
If 1 said it. it is true; but / don't
think l said it,
When you went up the turnpike
YOU turned around at Tinsley's Lane.
did you not?"
| Yes"
Did you not stop your car at Short
and Main Streets. in front of John
Joseph's confectionery store, and did
not Paul join you there and did not
you and Paul so to McEvoy's saloon? %
L deny it,"
Did not you and Paul meet John
| BrittOn in the saloon?"
| i don't know BrittOn."
| Did you see Paul."
Il did not; 1 saw him the previous
night"
1 Says All His Statements Are True.
| rs that statement as true as all
the others you have made about this
murder?"
"An of my statements were true"
Did you not meet half a dozen
people, among them John Mason, at
| McEvOy's2 Mrs. Nolan and Mrs Paul
Beattie swear that you did meet Paul
at Short and Main; that you and Paul
did go TO the saloon. and that you
took Paul home. VIII you deny the
statement"
Il certainly will"
Was not Paul IN your father s
store on the Saturday night before
the murder?"
Saw Paul Hanging Around
think so; / believe L saw him
hanging around"
What time did you close the store
that night?"
"A few minutes after 10 O'clock"
Do you remember waiting on Mr..
| lsadore Forstner that night?"
NO. SIR
Did not Paul speak to you while
you We're waiting on Mr.. Forstner 2"
He did not"
| Beattie Again Denies.
| Did you not stop waiting on Mr..
| Forstner to speak TO Paul?"
No. sir; / did not see Paul until /
saw him coming on Twelfth Street. /
! had seen him earlier in the evening,
but he had gone away"
Was not Paul waiting for YOU
when you left the store?"
mo; he walked up. he said he
was going to Richmond. L said he
could set in and ride with me-"
Was not Paul in the habit of car
rylng packages to Beulah Binford for
| your"
Used Paul I'm Lieu of Negro.
| NO. but believe / did send one
package to Beulah by him about three
years ago. Then 1 used Paul merely
because / could not get a negro por-
ter"
Did Paul visit the store often?"
lie came over sometimes. but we
always watched him."
why are you trying TO blacken
Paul before the Jury?"
Il suppose you are trying TO find a |
reason for his visit to the store that
night"
Lights ON the Auto.
Did you have your regular rear
light on the car when the murder was
committed?"
NO; I had one or my side lights in |
its place."
Why, when you were on the stand
this morning, did you tell the juryl