The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30
ROBERTSON BOY
COMES TO FRONT
But Scherer Says He Will Prove
To-Day That Blood Spot
Evidence Is All Wrong.
CROWDS WATCH FOR HENRY
Prisoner Kept in Chesterfield, So
Daily Street Spectacle Was
Missing.

The Robertson boy is absolutely
mistaken as 70 the additional blood
spots. said Special Agent L. l.. Scher-
evidence which apparently took the
commonwealth by surprise yesterday
nr,seno0 m w., went over tina. road
SO did a number OF other oHcers
am as positive OF this as I an, OF any
point In the entire case The question
w va . raised as to other blood spots.
printed tina; @ second spot had been
found, and although tho road had al
ready been carefully inspected. we
went over II all again and found moth
ing. The Robertson boy says he saw
the spots on Thursday morning. two
qegs atter w The crime HIS brother. the
tho second alood spots. was still not
satished. so / took him over the road
WITH me on Friday mo-ning. and we
found nothing, We got out at No. 100
.,roHn 9SPn pole and examined the
"IIis paper had printed the story on
~, Wednesday afternoon In good faith on
pared to produce. who, after examin-
ing the real blood spot ans noticing
rs color and appearance. Is now frnly
or the opinion that the spot he saw
was an expecto.ation OF tobacco Juice.
lte said it was not as large as a tea
Inspection Made Early.
,S our Inspection Of the road was
fore It had been much travelled After
the tact of the murder became gem
orally known. hundreds of motor cars
;ihuEsday, and any such stain must
nave been obliterated in the dust long
a9re the Robertson boy came along
EVSn the big puddle OF blood. wet
carefully guarded through the night UNI
" the bloodhounds came. and roped
OH all the next day. had faded into \
uuti STAN by Thursday afternoon. Had
an intending line of motor cars been
sol!lhg gust over it 1t would have
been obliterated long since. expect
TO GO on the stand myself in regard
10 10 ms. and viii call eight or ten
search and who carefully examined
me road for traces OF blood or any
.nlns that might give us clue TO
the crime.
Henry mt Chesterfield.
Henry Beattie spent last night m
the little jail at Chesterfield Court-
house. On account OF his complaint OF
rats in his cell Jailer Cogbill moved
MIN to another part of the prison into
room lust cleaned and which he was
mat score Chesterfield county officers
VINO know the Jail and It's keepers are
inclined to the belief that the rat
S Sy was an exaggeration; that Henry
trial and the terrible crisis in his
NE had nightmare. The jail could
hardiy be called rat proof" but the
jailer asserts that 1t is clean and
well kept. with no evidence OF such
vermin.
Paul Beattic was brought back to
the Henrico jail in charge OF Deputy
Sheriff Joseph Lyme. The original
court order in the morning was 20
turn the witness over to Sheriff Gill.
put the commitment papers holding
raul under bond in the sum of S.
900 specified Henrico jail. and as Pauls
clothes were there, he was at last al
lowed to return. He was greatly dis
go free when he had completed his
testimony
Iie had been given to understand
that his bond was released when he
Went on the witness stand. and when
the long, worrying ross-eXamination
was over he had hoped to return with
ms wife and baby to his home But
attorneys for the defense indicated
that II might be necessary to further
examine him. and he was held until
the end of the trial.
The announcement made by the de-
Tense yesterday that Henry Beattie
would take the stand in his own de-
tense was followed by an intimation
on the part of the prosecution that
Beulah Binford. the woman who has
inquired SO prominently. would be held
for rebuttal
When the State began yesterday TO
introduce line of testimony to cor
roboTate Paul Beattie the court ruled
that 1t was not necessary at this
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