The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05
Led on By His Lawyer, Beattie Gives Story OF urder


tne witness time to collect himself, md
inc court ruled that the question was
proper ono.
well" repeated Mt. wcndenburr. \,
summary, "if they were all to com.
mere and swear to whit 1 hnyc ,ra,-
cntcd' would You stiil say you were
not with Paul Beattie that niEhte,
ieS' sir. The only night corta
nave been with him nt McEyoy,s ,vuu
saturday, and L don't think we went
In there then. I am sure we ala ,,...
Saturday before Murder.
of 1T should be proved to be fac,
nho 'he Jury Will have to determine
'H"'' thnt you were with Paul Dcattto
on that Thursday night as I have dc.
scrtbeti, what could be your rcn.on T,r
coneenling TT"
THAT is not n prouer ouox,,,
ruled Judge Watson
iou heard your cl>IsIn PnuIs tes-
fimonyf Was that the. night that Pan,
anEs yon gave him Instructions 10 hun
the Gunf" "uS
81 think 1t wns."
"Now, let US puss on to the snturdnv
night before the crime" suid MIR. Wen.
dcnburB. "On that SATURDAY, ntut,
fnul came over to your Htorer"
res. didn't notice him especially.
Just hnppeScd 10 see: him there ubout
1880 or O'clock"
What time do you close the storem
I've always close about 10 o'cIock.
but then we have TO wait on the Gus
or aftccn mlnutes.p
"Do you know Isndore Fortune. n
customer OF your atorcr,
fes, know him as u customer
"Do you remember waiting ON him
that Saturday night, fitting shoes on
his sonf"
IL don't remember
do you deny leaving Mr.. Fortune
to ut the shoes on his own son while
you stepped ncross the store 10 sneak
10 PauIs"
"Yes. 1 didn't see Paui.n
"Do you deny 1r. Fortune fitting
shoes on his own chiId;'
~ can't say. Sometimes wait on
two or three customers ut once"
'Didn't Mr.. Fortune tell You nc
would take the shoes IL they were sat
fsfnctory, and didn't you tell him he
wouldn't have chance to exchange
them that night, IN you were going to
close the store shnrp mt 10 o'clock."
snyn He Hadn't Talked TO Paul.
II may have told him he couldn't
get back before the store closed, as we
L
TO Paul ut the time Mr.. Fortune was
there. don't even remember whether
Mr.. Fortune and his child were there
thnt night ut all"
After the store closed Paul was
there waiting for your"
NO. air vas lighting the lamps
on my car when he came UP from
Twelfth street and asked where VAS
going. told him / was going 10
Richmond. and would take him over.
He tried 10 crank the car and co,;Idm',
do It. and had to get out and crank
IL myself"
How many times have you ever
Jaken Paul over in your care"
II don't remember ever before INV
ing done IT,"
Ever take him or his wife gu, ioy
ride In your car?"
NO. sir"
"on this particular Saturday night
you did take him over To Richmond?"
Yes took him 10 Richmond"
Didn't Paul come over TO the store
often on Saturday nights"
Yes. He used to come over 10 got
money from papa"
Did he carry packages and mes
sages from you 10 Beulah?"
Il think he did once abour three
years ago--I sent II by him just IS
would have done by a negro por-
ter"
You never used Paul to carry any
messages for your"
NO"
Did you ever carry Paul back to
Richmond in your car before?"
He used to hang around the store.
We used to watch him. too"
so you also want to blacken his
reputation, do you?"
NO. sir; every clerk had instruc-
tons TO watch him"
in the rear ct the time OF the homi-
whether you had ever carried Paul
back TO Richmond before IN your carr"
Wei. as soon as he got the money
he wanted. he would go away"
Now. on this Saturday night we
were speaking of-you went on across
the bridge and up TO Grace Street
and yet Paul lives south of Main
Street. What did you do that for?"
Took the Easiest Way.
Every automobile driver goes up
to Grace Street because 1t Is smooth
paved further down town. It saves
running over the cobbles."
We'll. you went on up to Grace: up
Grace to Fifth. to franklin, and to
Fourth and Franklin Streets, where
you had trouble with your lights?"
Yes. that was where we changed
them"
Now, Mr.. Beatue. you told Mr.
Smith that on the night of the MUIR
der you could not see your assailant
in the reear at the time OF the homl-
eide. because that small lantern was
only to show a red signal and show
your number. You didn't tell him
you had one OF your big front side
lamps on bchind--that tho change you
made at Fourth and Franklin is still
On the carr"
He asked me what the rear light
on the car was for"
Didn't he ask you could you see
q man distinctly with that rear light,
and didn't You say. MOP Why didn't
you tell the jury then that you had
taken one OF your bid sida lamps OFF
and put it in the rear?"
There was no reason for my tell
ing so. He didn't ask"
We'll, anyway. that big front light
thct you hitched on behind when you