The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
DEFENSE TRAINS
ITS BATTERIES
ON Mr.. SHERER
Strong Evidence of Chief In
vestigator Must be Broken
Down.
CROSS examination IS
TO BE BY Mr.. CARTER
Recitation of His Evidence
in Chief Was Convincing
Narrative and Had
Effect.


The batteries ~ the 6cferse WIN re
turned r. Sne,iai Agent fat7hrr
schere~ when tha rial pr rrf..s ,,ia,
psa.tte - q, r.s,,,,-.,a .tts ,.,,rr,,,..
IN ~. t.tr,t,5t go, ~ frbssts,.t.sIf,
.eurv
NIr Sf5ers, has IN, ia this noir,t IN
m. ,t5,t ks,v nr. ~ M stroroasf
,tft,sassrs ar ~ ,,rnus-,,ti..r 10 g.
al nc stars when court aaiolrnel
safuroav evening sbar,l,. brfare i've
o'clock and ,ounse1 for the -nrnsae4,-
,tot, had al maj hour inst e6rapl,fed
their eva,efp4tior - trr ,yf,reas NJ
AIN t,arter f,, ms 8sfense viii c,g.
duct tho decentralization this morn
ing. ana viii use eli his pn1yrrs IN
ensaa,nr;,,,. "a hra.I< 40 forrs a. I'M
avf1ll hraas}ei(5es 6f.lf,era,, as.t,st ~.
accused nv he v-tfneq. an Ft{recf ~.
aminatin,i
MIR Scherer mazda sr}eoafd VII.
ness lie rad the Whole story 50
CLEARLY m hfnd tbat yrha, hf ta+I tnn
stand saturday 8tternas, he was .tIe
to r.-r7r7rr-tr77
the csc 80 ali cfat+s ,,..,ts ard
ramln,atffns, .lear1x ana lvitbau, an
iastal.ts hve|tarty ~
Rehearses the stor[
He gave th.. Dissertation ~ ft... ,.r5,,,a
that the accused bad given min, He
told how he had. after investigating
the story as first told bp the accused
pointed cut ia Reaftie that Tie murder
of his wife could not have p0ssff,l,. or
Cured as he had said if had arrI,rras
lie told In detail of his examination ar
the car 10 ascertain whether or nor
any blood could have leaked nut ~
ii, such examination having been ,uata
In the presence rf Bea4fte who when
asked II ne cnli1d ..xulafr, ha,t. th- llnat
get on the ground said h. e,a3ta MOT
Mr.. Scher@r-s evidence al This pntnt
was most significant In It's character.
developing the exceeding care t,at mai
been taken TO search for every possible
crack or hole through which tn life
blood Of the murdered gtrl might have
gotten TO the ground
He had told Besttis tina, his state
ments were unreasonable and conflict
ing, and had told him THAT ne was
suspected. warning him for his own
good. and at the same time volunteer
Ing TO fellow fine Of frlvesttea-
ton that Beattte might suggest for 7na
apprehension Of the murderer, Beat
tie had never offered auv suggestions.
Beattie's Denial
When taxed with having resumed his
relationship with the Biuford girl H..
MT scherer shortly before his ar
rest he had positively and emphati-
SA@fs ueAte1 ~. MI sSENfTcF ldFnflNed
the Binford letter and told Of his ex-
rerimenting WIKI p car at the Belt
line to see how much ~ JOLT It
would receive IN going over the cross
Ing al high peed
Mr.. seherer testified that Beattie
showed no external expressions of
graef over the death Of his wife.
Al the latter part IF Mr.. Scheref' =
testimony there was a wordy Nrangle
over an attempt by the prosecution
TO Introduce the envelope in which
the KID letter, admitted by Feattie
to have been written bv him t.
Bulah Birford, was enclosed
Envelope Fixes Date.
The strong fight by the defense
against the admission Of the on
velope, sustained thus far hv thA
I, "a he Ia In Il
but when II Is noted that tha en-.