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

elusive proof that this isn't the man.
II 1t had been. the Identification would
nave been certain. as Sydnor saw him
TWO or three days later at the inquest.
lhey are not entitled to the benefit of
the doubt. We are. Was that Henry
Beattie out on the pike that night at
sunset: With that mass of doubt. we
ask what we have a right to, and
that YOU give US the benefit OF the
doubt.
They throw doubt on his being
late in getting to Tom owens place
the night of the murder The fairest
man ever saw go on the witness
stand was Tom owen, the uncle OF
TINS girl We are willing TO rest this
case on his. testimony He was the
first man to whom Henry told his tale.
and Tom Owen says that Henry men,
toned then that he had had a busted
tire. The first three to whom he
told his tale OF the hold-up were Tom
owen, Or. Mercer and Detective Wren,
and they all three agree as to what
he said. All the discrepancies were
discovered In what he is alleged to
have told others afterward Men
came here-doubtless honest-in fact,
the great majority OF the witnesses
in this case have told the truth as
they thought 1t was. as they remem-
hered il, hut they disagree. Ii the
prosecution had had confidence in the
case 1t had worked up. 1t would not
dwell on these lesser details. They
tell us that the fact that he didn't take
any others with him that night was a
suspicious circumstance. There was
was with her; Mrs. r. V. owen had
charge of the baby. Is there anything
remarkable in that? They might have
carried the baby. as they had done be-
fore. but the hour was late.
Cnndy-Buying Incident.
They go down to have the prescrip-
pictured with his head filled with
brutal Instincts. He stands outside
on the running board talking with his
wife. One would have thought that
he would have been steeling himself
for that dreadful crime. This MUIR
derer--whose victim would be alive
only few minutes-for her he bought
candy. There Is nothing unnatural:
yet it is paraded here a s a damning
circumstance They left the drug store
at 1927 o'clock Henry Beattie has
said from the beginning that ne met
three automobiles coming toward
town. They were the two Bon Air
hogs and Kastelberg: They ere a very
good set OF boys, from what I know
O1 tneiIi, young anu easily -inDueHSSu'
and they have been led, to say ana 70
see things which. II they had been left
to their own conclusions. they would
not have seen. IT Is very easy to lead
a witness
Here was the most damning ciycum-
stance In this case. When those boys
told OF seeing car by the road with
a man standing down in front and a
woman on the running board-boys
whose fathers had known-boys who
had every reason to believe were
telling the truth--the case looked
ugly; It looked very black. Mr.. Carter
and myself were worried. while we
didn't believe this testimony. Hnery
has said that his wife was not on the
running board. He knew there would
be ten or a dozen boys here to contra
diet him; nice. ciean-looking boys
whose appearance gave you confidence
In their testimony; 1t looked black.
MISUNDERSTANDING Part.
But God moves ina mysterious way.
Like a lightning fash from a clear sky
came the message that It had been
discovered who was on that road that