The Washington times., 1911-09-05
WITNESSES SWEAR
!. THEY SAW HENRY AT
MEETING WITH PAUL
.Neblitt's Story Contradicted
NoW-Mother-in-Law
Backs Up Paul.
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seems to me to be the law. note an
exception for the defense" and the jury
You say that was on Monday or
Thursday" asked the court of Mr..
Latham
Yes"
Have you any way of fixing the
mo. I remember it though"
I Are you sure about the week?'
"Yes, SIR"
Coached By Detectives.
On cross-examination, Mr.. Smith en-
deavored to show the witness had been
coached thoroughly by detectives visit
ing him. The direct testimony was
probably much weakened thus.
Mr.. Latham, you have testified that
the prisoner said: I'll be there in fif-
teen minutes
'I don't think he said I'm going
there
phone where he was going?"
"An / heard him say was BE there
In fifteen minutes
''Where?"
"At Short and Main"
did you make a statement to Ser
geants Wiltshire and Wrenn?" asked
Mr.. Smith.
! They had a statement, but a lot
had said had been cut out and a lot
Of things in the statement had never
Nov, didn't they say that they had
absolute proof that 1t was Thursday
night2 Didn't they try to make you
think that 1t was that night?"
Yes; they did"
But, on redirect, Mr.. Latham swore
he actually remembered with his own
mind what happened. He might have
oscillated a little more II there had
been re-re-croSs and re-re-direct exam
tnations."
W. R. Hart Called.
W. R. Hart, following Latham, was
. better witness for the Common
wealth.
"Mr. Hart" asked Mr.. Wendenburg,
''do you remember seeing the prisoner
the preceding week Of the homicide?"
Yes"
when was it?'
Thursday night preceding the mur-
''what did he do?"
''He went in and telephoned. I ask
ed him where he was going, and ne
said he was going to take Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Beattie riding"
Where did he say he was going?"
He said he was going to Short and
Main streets"
Mr.. Smith took the witness.
You are sure, Mr.. Hart, that all he
said over the telephone was I'll be
there in fifteen minutes"
THAT was all heard
Witness Isn't Certain.
But you heard all Of the conversa-
zion, did you not?''
"I am not at all sure"
But there was no secrecy about his
telephone talkT'
Anyone could have heard 1t all. If
listening?"
Yes"
He asked you to go along with him,
didn't he?"
Yes"
Further cross-examination Of Hart
did not shake him.
Did you know where Beulah lived
Smiles pervaded the court room.
.'Beattie seemed to want you to goF'
~Yes."
asked you two or three times?
"Yes."
Mrs. E. ]. Houchens Called.
Mr.. Smith repeated this question al
most verbatim twice more and Mr.. |
iWendenburg objected. Mr.. Smith re-
torted It was a habit of Mr.. Wenden- |
burg's. Mr.. Hart was excused from |
further attendance at court.
Mrs. E. J. Houchens now took the |
stand.
=.
tn-law of Paul Beatde"
Eyes, SIR
''You and your husband and Paul and |
hts wife live in the same house?"
Have you a telephone there?"
"Do you know anything about Paul
receiving telephone message from
night before the homicide?''
"It was Thursday night the 18th of |
July, as near as 1 Can remember: 1t
was about g o'clock. The telephone
who 1t was. and he answered Henry
Beattie, jr. / said Paul was upstairs;
for him to hold the phone. and I would
call him. I heard that sane voice that
Paul 1 was in my room right at the
phone. Paul said: I'll meet you at
Short and Main as soon as I dress.
I'll be there in fifteen minutes Then |
he came back to my phone and called
Beattie. had said to tell her ri be
there for my wife's dress
Returned In An Automobile.
"When Paul returned, how did he
come back?'
came, hearing the noise. Mrs. F. E.
Nolan, a next door neighbor, was on the |
porch. / know Henry Beattie was there:
j heard Paul say, OIOOu night, AenTN.
] did not know Henry c. Beattie, jr., at |
the time"
you know him now?''
Yes"
''TeIl the jury If the young man here
Is the young man you saw in the car
with Henry?'
at didn't see him well enough to tell"
"Were they both doing something out
at the machine? Do you remember what
time Henry brought Paul home on Sat-
lurday night%'
cit was Just IL. am not used to, hav-
ing cars stop in front and I got up to
see 1t was the same car"
Direct examination ended and Mr., |
Smith began vigorously, for the evi-
'dence seemed most important
"You are PauIs mother-in-law?"
eyes"
Told of Buying Gun.
sRecognized Paul was in a bad ix
ieidn't your"
'ssSot until he told of buying the
gun"
"when did he tell of buying the
He told US on the Thursday night
following"
Didn't you all tell him he'd better
20 and tell the police or he'd get him.
self into a terrible fix?''
MY daughter told me-she came down
into the room and told~me-and she said
she told Paul to tell all about IL to