The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-25

them ourselves IL the Commonwealth
had not done So"
None Will be excused without COOS
reason, answered the court.
I And without our knowledge" ad.
ded Mr. Smith
Ior the defense would he summoned
I Tor saturday, and TO insure that none
/ was In the courtroom and in position
! 10 near, the roll of the defense wit.
nesses was called. None answered.
/ Tom Owen First witness.
Gentlemen for the Defense" said
the court the Commonwealth an
/ nounces Itself now ready. The court
/ is at your pleasure" IL was at II %
when Mr. Gwen began. He stated tina,
! ne resided in Chesterfield county On.
and quarter miles west of the cor
pofation limits of South Richmond on
the road running north and south from
the Midlothian Turnpike
10 YOU know the accuscd?" asked
commonwealth's Attorney Gregory.
How long have you known hm?"
7 From: his infancy" lie nlsn i.ro,.
the vile OF the accused
was the Wife or the accu>ad evsr
at your home?"
she was at my house a week before
me homicide and was there on the dav
OF the homicide"
NAT time did she leave your house
She left my house a, twelve MINUS.
after 10 o'clock, or sixteen ar n,.1
Teen minutes after 10" He exn,a,nns
,hat there was difference between nc
"atch and that OF Beat,ie.
Did she return?"
She did,
AT what timer"
In about an hour"
turned?" "hen she re-
IL was"
With whom did she return,
With her husband
was she dead or alive?"
She was dead, sir" Witness s,td
me words slowly. and his voice +rero
blcd slightly ''eiii
10 you know the place where the
homicide occurred?"
know it by having gone +ho-
ana seen the blood"
cused?" 0"' Wy 'he &C
Il don't know. sir"
we object said Mr.. Smith. and the
objection was sustained
where is the spot?"
On the Midlothian Turnpike"
state to the court and iurv ana
Describes Trngic Scene.
heard some voice OF person
passing In an automobile. didn't
know what II was until 7 rococrtzas
.he voice Of the accused l heard an
eHc!aination. and the car came moro
iapioIS' on! my God. or oh, God
ne screamed. was sitting under a
.ree' with an electric light above me-
w men ne got within few feet of the
,isht arose. He was s,in shouting.
re stopped the car within about eirb,
feet of the tree, and / asked hin, W.,
was the matter.
ne SAID. They have killed Louise,
ma, didn't convey anything to nv
nina. My object was to find her
S'uioN see her, and l rushed TO tho
car ana found her in the front part
IN the bottom of the car Where
her rect should have been If She We're
Sea'ed her head was lying. She was
SiHG In what would call heap. Nv
flrst impression was that her feel we've
out OF the car. as II she had sat down
ana her head had fallen forward uar
ieet We're under her, and her head
| was bodwed down with her knees On
the moor OF the car. There was n large
Knot on her forehead, and her head
"Hs somewhat twisted. Her hair and
I head were covered and matted IN
| blood" III
Did he give an expiana ton of how
| II had occurred?"
don't recall whether 1 got anv
explanation from him then"
How often did he come with the
carr" vac
/ He came that night, Tuesday night.
on Friday night before. and 1 think
/ perhaps another night"
Did any other member OF the fam.
| l!N ever aCcomDunV hin,
generally another member of the
| taml!y accompanied them. on Sunday.
rode to the icehouse with him. and
/ on Friday night he took everybody
| but myself
! Was anything said between YOU
ana MIN on that night before he left"
Went 10 Drug store.
Yes asked him to 20 to the
! drug store to have prescription filled
! Dr Mercer had given me for my wife
1 lie said he would. and took the pre-
scr'ption 1t was pretty close on the
/ tine for the drug store to close. and
'Ae doctor said that the morning
would do looked at my watch. bur
don't remember whether he said n
( was sixteen or seventeen after 10. or
l. or whether he said it was twelve
: minutes after 10. or / He went off
. TO the store TO get the prescription"
Did he return"
He returned"
Z Did he bring the prescription?
/ The prescription arrived. but 1
/ couldn't say whether he brought it."
~ didn't arrive before the body. did
NO. sir"
Did YOU examine the body2"
Not particularly. | saw the BODY
after it had been prepared for burial
There was a hole in the left check
/ q hole ABOUT the size of half a dollar"
| Beattie's lips framed the same words
| half dollar" as II he were repeat.
| ing them unconsciously
| Her hair continued the witness
was clothed with blood, and my first
| impression was that the top of her
head had been blown off did nor
assist In removing the body. DR.
/ Mann. Dr. Mcrcer and r,r lnui,,n. -.