The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-31


ness question: Could the spot DO
seen from each side of the road?"
Any one going up in wagon or
buggy could see II, 1t was just In the
middle of the road" said the witness.
How were you traveling?"
Il was on a bicycle"
Eugene Henshaw was called His
above Bon Air.
20 you know j. C. Tailey7" asked
Mr. Smith.
Yes"
"Are you acquainted with his repu-
tation7"
yes"
What was it7"
You mean his reputation for truth
and veracity?"
Yes"
snw Man With Beard.
did you travel this Midlothian Pike
shortly before this murder?"
II go over IT every day except Sun
Gays"
Did you SEQ any stranger on the
pike that attracted your attention, and
II SO. more than once. and when and
where was it?"
Il think you should show some relo-
vancy?" said Mr.. Wendenburg, in pro-
Did you see any such stranger as /
have described on this pike within
forty eight hours previous - the MUIR
der?" persisted Mr. Smith.
II did see strange looking man"
answered the witness. Il met him as
was going to Manchester about
three quarters OF u milo from where
the crime was committed about 9
o'clock a NJ. ne look I'd strange. 1
thought he was lunatic"
Mr.. Wendenburg protested that the
witness was not an insanity expert.
and the remark was stricken out. The
witness continued:
"On Thursday l went back and didn't
see him. On Friday when l started
hope \ saw him sitting down on the
roadside about 500 yards down the
pike towards Manchester He was a
man about fifty years old. very strange
looking, with a gray beard that hadn't
been -.iaved for weeks. i don't travel
the road on Sunday. but on Monday
morning he was sitting on tho left
hand side OF the road ABOUT seventy or
seventy-fve yards from the arch on
the same road nearly two miles from
where the crime was committed.
haven't seen him since that Monday
morning"
Every Day but Sunny.
How often 90 you travel that road 2"
Every day except Sunday"
You saw this man three times?"
YES"
The first time was on the wednes-
day before the murder"
YES"
"And the next time was on Friday ?"
Eyes"
rAnd the next on Monday"
~SYes"
''All preaching. the murder?"
HE had q beard of TWO weeks
Eyes"
why did you Ak upon two?" Mr..
Smith asked Mr. Wendenburg; the
witness hasn't said So"
HE was a pretty good stout built
man." persisted Mr.. Smith.
Yes. he must have weighed about
40 or $50 pounds
How tall was e?'
II couldn't guess ct his tallness He
was something taller than ! am. He
was sitting down two of the times /
3&saw him.
"A Had you ever seen him betore?"
"since7"
= mo
"Ars you well acquainted in the
&lkk gh borhood?"
S"Yes."
Mr.. Wendenburg began his cross
animation with sudden turn.
fou are a Mormon, are you not?"
$ am Latter Day Saint"
eez5$ there any Distinction"
ell, / don't know"
~ have testified here with re-
TO Talley. Have you ever had
81 ficulty with him."
3P4$# Showed Bitterness.
you lick him or did he HEX
might say that he tried to
was it?"
Twelve years ago"
W because you insulted his
5 te row have something to
=. = wife?"
Is; against such questions"
sel has right TO show
s. - o. the w!incss." ruled
+ nan white or coiored?"
70 be white"
T. = beard on about week? ?"
: a$3 weeks" .nterposed Mr..
II rompted him" shot back
( = Arupt each other" di.
q 1T leads only to
= y 3 bar"
Il you see him on Fri
ck."
A heen?"