The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22

him on Friday night? Did You tell
your cousin to meet you at short and
Main Streets"
No"
Did you meet MIN last Friday with
motor car. and did you ask him to
buy gun for your"
no; have had no conversation
with him about q gun"
DIDN'T you two go together TO a
pawnbroker's Office to buy gun?Y
no"
"Did he buy three curtridges7"
For whom"
Il don't know"
do. DO you deny tina, he did anything
'o%ard aiding you TO get a gum"
Previous to this killing when va.
me Iast time you saw Paul Bent.ieo,
took him Saturday night from, our
store to his home in my car. He was
IN the store in the early part of III.
/ evening left the store at o'clock
on saturday night and reached his
nome in fifteen minutes. He lives =.
2ol Randolph Street"
suppose he were to come here and
| say he delivered to you a gun. or a
hardware man were to come here and
say ne had sold gun TO you two las.
would say il was not so"
what would YOU say IL your cousin
were to say he were with you?"
Mr. Smith protested that 1t was an
improper question.
The witness repeated thot he knew
nothing about the gun.
Are you and your cousin on friendly
terms"
|, Yes. in the main we had fuss
about
appointed guardian. / took him off
to the navy, but that had nothing TO
do with II. There is no reason know
Of why ne should be against me"
Were you not out Monday nigh,
with Beuiah Binford until , o'clock"
We decline to answer" said Mr.
Smith
Then came a series of questions,
with the same refusal TO answer from,
! counsel. Mr.. wendenburg asked in
each case whether the reason for de-
clining was because IT might incrim-
mate the witness. and again Beattie
refused to answer
Have you sent any communicate
to Beulah Binford In the last ten DAYS.
sending your love and oceans OF
kisses" Mr. wendenburg asked
81 object" said Mr. Smith
Haven't you In the past ten days
ford 20 furnish a home for her?"
no"
Haven't you furnished her money
for that purpose"
We decline to answer" cut in Mr..
Smith
Haven't YOU asked her to get item
lied bills of furniture Haven't you
told her that YOU would be good?
When ala you last see this woman
nj.
in disrepufn BILE house,
The rain OF questions went on hut
the witness remained silent
Didn't YOU meet her In Norfolk
after her child died IN 1910? Didn't
you pay the funeral expenses"
No answer
Didn't YOU on last Monday 20 10
the Binford girls home on West Main
Street in Richmond? Didn't you once
send this young woman TO school and
aid in her education?"
SUI the refusal to reply to any
questions OF this sort
Haven't you stated that this was
the gun that did the killing"
II said that was the gun they found,
and we took 1t for granted 1t did the
killing. II was single barreled gun
and in general looked like that"
When you were married did your
wife know OF your past rciaNohs Win
this Binford woman"
she knew all about #. Everybody
knew of IT"
Did your wife know your relations
with this woman were being contin-
ued?"
The witness declined TO answer.
Binford Womnn on stand.
Call Beulah Binford." said Mr.. Wen
denburg, suddenly and Beattie moved
back between the etecttve-sergean
and MS father.
The girl came out, wearing a white
veil and hat with a light striped cloth
suit. She was sworn and gave her nge
as seventeen on the 25th OF this month.
She said she first met Beattie on Au-
gust 3, four years ago, or when she
was just thirteen years of age.
Did he aid in your education" she
was asked.
he did. He sent me to ST. Mary's