The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05

Dundee straight across on the Mid
lothian Pike
When He Felt Like II.
What was your usual time for get
ting TO the Owen place."
Whenever l felt like going; 1 had
no certain time"
Did your wife expect you that
night?r
Yes
To take her out?"
she knew / was coming in my car"
what time did you arrive a, Mr..
Tom Owens place."
II don't know. thought =, w.s
about . o'clock"
You left there when?"
1918" s'''S
You went down the pike to the drug
store in swansboro?"
Yes"
You left there wha. tirne."
Il don't know"
What time did you REACH the owen
placer"
1T would be nothing but guess if
! were TO say I don't know a, what
speed I was running"
II you left the drug store at 1927,
as one OF your witnesses has testified.
what time would you pass the en-
trance to Tom Owens place going
out?"
In few moments"
DO you deny saying that you hadn't
intended going on UP the road until
she mentioned lift you said that was
It true?"
Il don't remember"
Then II your wife had not made
mn -ttt
der would not have happened?"
II don't remember ever saying it
When did l say l didn't intend going
on up the pike II she hadn't mentioned
Il? I'm positive I didn't cay It. The
prescription wasn't urgent. and we
didn't need to hurry back"
May Refer to Notes Later.
DO you deny having said that you
did not intend going on until your
wife suggested it?"
III l said 1t. 1t was true. I don't
know that I had made up my mind
about Il when she mentioned it,"
a question arose as 10 whether the
witness had not stated in the morning
that he had gone on at his wife's sug-
gestion. Stenographer Winston, who
had taken the morning evidence, had
gone with his notes. III my notes are
not correct I will give you the bene-
Ht SAID MT. WendenOurG.
1T is in evidence here" went on Mr..
Wendenburs, that the place you
turned around that night Is the high
est point on the whole road: 1t is
called the Look. Why did .you turn
there"
i didn't select any particular point
save some place where there was
gate could back IN TO turn"
why did you pick the highest point
where You could see for miles both
ways. enabling YOU to see the lights
of every car on the road?"
Il didn't pick IT, I didn't know it
was the highest point. just turned
there"
When you started back from the
point where you turned. did you see
any cars?"
81 didn't see any cars at all after
the three cars going out"
Coming back. you passed Ritter's
store where the pump and tub are?"
thought there were pumps at
both stores"
"Ritter's store is about a mile west
OF the scene of the homicide?'
II reckon It is"
The next store Is about one-third
of mile from the scene?"
About that. I reckon"
How Far He Could See.
AT the scene of the homicide. were
your front lights burninS?"
Yes"
How far can you see with them?"
Il could see buggy a half a square
away"
Couldn't you see mans hat or
dog In the road so feet otf?"
you might notice dog 100 feet
away a man doesn't strain his eyes
unless he is driving very rapidly
How far off can you see a man with
those lamps?"
"If You were looking for MIN in the
centre of the road. about $50 feet"
1T Is in evidence here that you saw
this man in front of you and stopped
your car suddenly. Why couldn't you
see this man $50 feet OFF,"
Il was not paying any particular at
tention. I was talking with my wife"
when you are running car don't
you Keep very close eye on the
road for glass or rocks7"
II never looked for glass in my Iifo.
OF course. II I were, on strange road
1t would he dfmerenf hit ~ /. -. a