The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-23


1880 O'clock, siok from tho hot. sun."
After that thing happened 1t made
It appear ugly for your
We'll. was worried about it.,
1T made It natural for you to try
to put 1t Oh some ono else7'
What do you mean7 Put 1t on some
ono else? I don't know what Captain
Mcmahon suspected when he came to
sec me. I was right worried"
We'll, then. 1t was natural for you
to try to show how and why you had
gotten rid of tho gun"
II don't know"
We'll, now. didn't you really buy
this gun to use as n watchman on
Mayo's Bridge and then get scared
when all this .came out about Mrs
Beattie being murdered and try to put
1t off on Henry?"
Did Not Use Shotgun.
no. sir. use pistol as watch man
on tho bridge-not n shotgun"
Well, now, suppose you had bought
this gun TO use in your work on the
bridge and they had traced It's pur-
chase to you. what would you have
told them?"
III 1 had bought the gun for my
self to use on the bridge | would have
told Captain Mcmahon when he asked
me. Otherwise. don't go round tell
ing what Is my own business or what
/ buy"
You didn't tell anybody you had
cartridges for Henry7"
No; ] gave them to Henry on the
way over when we came for the gun
| didn't think had any business "a
ask him what he wanted with them
and | didn't fht,Nlr
In it,
rs this the gun you bought?" asked
Mr.. Smith, holding up the weapon
found on the railway tracks. and
which has figured constantly at tho
inquest.
1T looks to me like the same gun"
answered Paul Bcattie. IL think it's
the gun l bought"
Was there any special mark about
that gun to identify IT from any other
sun OF the same model"
We'll. 1t broke on the sido for one
thing"
But all guns made like that break
on the side. ! mean any distinctive
mark"
Yes. there were two brass tacks in
i remember catching my finger In
them"
when was tho first time you saw
the gun after the tragcdy?"
Just now"
Reference was again made to this
search for the missing p'ece OF the
gun stock. II had been In evidence
on the preceding day. and members Of
the jury saw It. and admitted that 1t
NJ into the place broken in the gun in
evidence.
Witness Excused.
The witness, Paul Beattie who had
strengthened noticeably during his
examination, was here excused and
assisted from tho porch by several
officers. lie did not look once toward
Henry Beatiie, whose eye never left
him until the officers took him around
The corner Of the house. where after
time ne again collapsed and required
attention.
Mr. Wcndenburg then announced
that tho Commonwealth had decided
that tho ends OF Justice would 10 best
attained by not disclosing any further
evidence on the part OF the Common
wealth at this time. and he. therefore,
offered no further witness.
Mr. Smith protested that coroncrs
inquest was to develop all Of the evil
dcnce-to bring out NIL the facts sur
rounding the death Of Mrs Beattie-
10 determine HOW ana Wncn ana by
what means shc came 10 her death. II
was not prosecution. he insisted and
ne held II to be the duty OF the Com
nonwealth to put on all witnesses
who might throw any light on the
case whatever He asserted that he
had never hofore seen corono-s In
quest conducted as this ono had been.
thoug,. he made no complaint against
the rulings OF DR. Loving. which had
been uniformly in his favor
Never Heard OF II.
II am not going to put my client In
the position of offering any evidence
for the defense at coroner's inquest"
said Mr.. Smith, but II the officers who
have secured the country I'm this case
Know OF any evidence favorable TO
the accused II lis their duty 10 pres.
ent H. understand that there ia a
man known TO tho officers who heard