The Washington times., 1911-08-25
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the whole road%
-. "Beattie eat enS Sranked aR up. got back in
this time the stranger fred. Beattie
said he thought he was firing to scare
him and was firing over his mead. At
ter the shot he jumped out and grappled
with the man. He said the man nearly
threw him down, striking him with the
gun, but he got 1t away, nearly fallin.
to the ground, when he got up he
found the stranger had run Off inc
the woods. He threw the gun into
the car. jumped in and drove home" /"
with Douglas Beattie and Henry Clay
Beattie, jr.. out in a car to the scele
of the crime. We stopped the ma
chine at the blood spot in the road
Mr.. Wrenn asked him to place his
car as IT stood. Beattie did so, turn
Ing the front Of the car toward Rich
mond on the right hand side of the
road, with the left hand running board
OF the car about eighteen inches to
the right of the blood spot"
Mr.. Wendenburg at this point offered
q map of the murder. The defense said
1t would enter no objection.
The engineer who made the map was
not at hand to be sworn, and Mr.. Wen
He then examined FARRELL, using this
Did you see any stumps en- the
southern side of the road?"
Yes"
The witness located them on the map.
May l ask what scale of inches this
map is Drawn to?" asked Mr. Smith.
Amuses the Court Room.
The court room roared, for all knew
Mr.. wendenburg's map was drawn hur-
riedly and offhand. The court ordered
silence, and Mr. Wendenburg fell on
Mr.. Smith for this jocularity.
1T is no time or place for such
efforts"
FARRELL now described how Henry Clay
Beattie, jr., told him that after the
shooting, he said Beattie told him that
he took the right hand seat In the car
and held his wife's limp body in his
left arm. Next Mr.. FARRELL testified that
nearly all the leaked blood was found
on the righthand seat. Next the wit
ness was asked about Beattie's behavior
when farrell saw him first at the Owen
home
His manner was certainly not ex-
cited. When the lights of the car went
out while we were, driving up the road
Beattie said: oh, d the lights; let's
go on ahead
FARRELL Cross-Examined.
On cross-examination, Mr.. Carter
asked FARRELL:
IF a man sees an object suddenly at
night, he is apt to be startled. isn't he.
ana may not De dDlO 10 Tell dI OuCc
the dark whether a stranger is white
or colored?"
Mr.. FARRELL thought he could have
told from the lights of the car.
But the scuffie with the man was
behind the lights?'
Yes, as Beattie narrated It to me"
said the witness.
DO you recollect Mr.. Beattie's testi-
mony at the inquest?' asked Carter Of
farrell.
UI Ala MT now y,,,cb ottantioD IN fhe
inquest" the witness answered.
On cross-eXamination, the witness re-
affirmed his statement on direct examl-
nation that ne had seen blood spots on
Louise Beattie. This was new testi-
mony against Beattie. who got visibly
excited when this damaging evidence
was adduced.
Fail to Shake farrell.
The defense made a valiant attempt
to shake Mr.. FARRELL on this point, but
did not succeed. Their hope lies in the
fact that no one hitherto who has
handled the gun seems to have observed
these blood spots on 1t.
On redirect examination, Mr.. Wen
denburg led the witness again over the
same ground. Mr.. Carter interrupted
to ask:
AT the inquest did you call snyone's
attention to the blood spots on the
weapon"
Yes, Squire Jacobs and Mr.. Wrenn,"
replied the witness.
There was no recross-examination and
Mr. FARRELL stepped from the stand.
Major Patton followed him. Major
Patton is president of the Virginia penl-
tentiary board and obtained the blood
hounds from the State farm that night
The witness told how he had been
rung up by Luther L. Scherer after the
murder and how at $50 in the morning
of July 19 the dogs were at the scene
of the crime. Half an hour later Beat
tie came up. IT went over and spoke to
him." Patton said.
Major Patton related the tale eBattie
t,.ld him. This time he was confident 1t
was a white man, about six feet tall.
w. W. Sydnor Testifes.
w. w. Sydnor followed Major Pat
ton. He is a deputy sheriff of Henrico
county and owner Of two bloodhounds
which he took to the scene of the
crime, arrivig at 8 or $50 o'clock the
next morning.
"Did you see any tracks around there
after putting yoIr dogs out? asked
Wendenburg.
II saw two in the sand ditch beside
the road. l noticed one stump partic-
ularly. The footprints were near this
stump
Beattie, jr., that morninfg.
did he give you any reason for
stopping his carp
"He said he came in contact with
man in the road who was, he said,
staggering a little. He then stopped
MS car. Then this man pulled a gun
on me- Beattie said to me. 1 started
to throw the brake and the man said:
s.If YOU start I'll fire" When I leaned
forward to throw the brake, the man
Mr sydnor next told how he spoke
Of the nature of the wound to Beattie
in his fathers presence.
i" How waC it your wife came to be
"walked OFF At Once"
He walked off at once. 1 could not
swear though that he hard the con-
versation. He was not more than six
feet from me at that time"
Mr. Sydnor told how Beattie said he
rot the schatch on his nose. Beattie
told him that the man held the gun
by the barrel and the stock and as
they struggled for II, the stranger push
ed 1t toward him and the barrel grazed
1T was not blow. He did not say
1t was a blow"
Mr.. Sydnor also said that Beattie said
nothing to him about getting out Of the
car to crank ii.
Mandy Alexander, a colored woman,
told of her discovery of the gun near
the railroad tracks fifty feet away from
the road which crosses the tracks at
right angles. The gun would not have
Just fallen from the automobile as Beat
tie drove in, to the place where the gun
Tho Alexander woman's testimony was