The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-08-29

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Adams's testimony pore out the
charges Of the prosecution that Beat
tie could have brought the shotgun
obtained from Paul Beattie to the
place where few hours later he con-
Quoted his i'll fated wife.
Detective L. L. Scherer.
Scherer sat calmly in the witness
chair, setting forth a narrative of his
activity on the case from the start
saying in part:
s'Mr. Beattie asserted to me that
while bending over the brakes the
highwayman had fired. He said that
Mrs. Beattie dropped over to the right
or on his left shoulder, that the man
stepped to the rear of the machine
and, meeting Beattie in the rear, the
man struck grazing blow.
''In the meantime his wife had fall
len, he said, to the front floor Of the
car. Beattie said he held his wife on
the left seat and took her to Mr.. Tom
Owen in that position, driving with
one hand. I asked Mr.. Beattie where
the man then went. Up the road or
in the woods, he answered, uncertain
~.
Relations With Binford Girl.
'I asked Beattie about his relations
with Beulah Binford, and as to "i*th-
er his wife knew that Beulah Binlcrd
was back in Richmond, and he said
merely that she did. He stated that
he and his wife hal rot Quarre'ied
then, and that they never had had a
cross word" = - ~; ;:ss Sg::s "sH ~: s.
y "'Was there anything said a5out his
wife knowing the relations between
Beattie and Beulah Binfcrd" asked
prosecutor Wendel1IES.
"I asked Mr.. Beattie if his wife knew
ab.ut his relations with Beulah Bin
ford before the marriage, and he said
yes"
It was at this point that Scherer
testified that he had asked Beattie
about his physical condition, and the
court by agreement with the prose-
cutting attorney, arranged to take up
that question on q separate occasion.
Scherer described in detail his work
the day after the murder.
Beattie Identified Gun.
I'VE had been there-a short time"
he said slowly, "when some one came
up with singleIbarre1led gun. 1t was
identified by Henry c. Beattie, Jr., as
the gun I am not positive whether
he stated it was the gun used in kill
ing his wife, or the gun which he
thought was used in killing his wife.
after e. G. Beattie, Jr, had come
up to the spot, I discussed the case
with him, and asked him to give me
as near as possible the facts concern
ing the case. We had only spoke a
few words when reporters interrupted
us. We walked away to the blood
spot. I and others, who gathered
there, asked Beattie to place the car
in the position it was at the time OF
the shooting. Mr.. Beattie then placed
the car, first on the left-hand side OF
the blood spot going toward Rich
mond, with the front seat about op-
posite the blood spot.
HE had already told me that he
had stopped the car to keep from run
ming over the murderer. He stated
that the assassin had fred from IN
'front.'"
Scherer said some one in the crowd
got on the left seat OF tne eal 0n''
that he took a position in front OF the
car, where the murderer was suppos-
ed to have stood.
Impossible, Said DetectTe.>
"sMr. Beattie,' I said, at the, time
YOUR wife could not have been shot
from this point He then said the man
must have moved to the left about SIX
feet. He examined the car closely
There was no blood on the foot ooaro'
The blood spot on the seat of the car
was about eighteen inches long. We
were trying to find how the blood go'
in the road.
"I raised the cushion in the ma
chine, and then the plank in the hoor