The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-05
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light; and the court is going to tell
Mr. Beattte now not to argue the case,
put to tell what he knows. You have
Two very competent lawyers to argue
TO the jury for you. Just state what
You know.
Witness For First Time.
BY Mr.. Smith.
Q. Mr.. Beattie. have you ever been
witness before except here and at
the coroners inquest, to any extent?
A. / don't think l ever have in my
life.
Q. Have you told Mr.. Tom Owen
that the man was on the left OF your
car and you told Mr. Tom Owen that
the man went up the road?
A. Yes. sir.
9. And not In the woods-aud he
was the first man that you ever told
1t to?
A. Yes. sir
Q. And he corrohorates you in that
respect?
A, Yes, sir
Q. Then. after you had wrested the
gun from the man and he had gone
up the road. what did you do7
"A. ! put the gun in the car. and then
my wife was lying on the bottom of
the car
Q. Do you know where you put the
gum what part of the car?
A. ! threw It up in the back OF the
car: | reckon II was on tho bottom I:
1t might have been on the seat:
just threw It in the rear OF the car.
Q. Were there any doors on the
side OF the car?
A. No. sir
Pulled Wife's Body In.
Q. Why didn't you follow the man?
That will be asked you and | might
rs well ask 1t myself,
A. My first thought was TO get up
ana 60 after the man who was going
of: ] had gotten the gun and he had
run up tho road. My second thought
was for my wife: ] threw the gun in
the car and went to her She was
lying down In the front OF the car on
the footboard. l got in. her dresses
were lying over the left hand side OF
the car. i remember stepping on them
as | got In. ! picked her up around
the waist or some part OF her body
and pulled her up on the two seats,
across the two seats, her head lying
over in my seat. the drivers seat, and
! was supporting with my legs the
lower part OF her body across the seat
In that position tiHdieating4. ] felt
her pulse and her heart, but | anew
! couldn't tell in my condition whe-
ther she was dead or living. / was go
excited ] could not. / holiered Muir
der" and 'Help'' both. and l reached
over and blew MY automobile horn.
Nobody came. 1t was dark and
didn't know where the .souses were
around there. although ! am very IA
miliar with the road. knowing that
the doctor Was at Mr. Tom Ovens
and that 1t would only take a few
minutes to get back. ! got In my seat,
placed my wife In the scat she orlgi-
nally was in
@ Was Your engine running at that
time,
A. Yes, sir. the engine never stop
ped running, I got IN my seat and
started the car. My wife was sitting
in her seat: | can't explain II 10 YOU.
II seemed like her back was broken
her head was down in her lap / put
my left arm around her waist and
ran the car with my right hand.
said that night that thought about
half way down, I didn't really know
where II was, the tights went out,
don't know whether X was from fast
running and the air getting down In
the lights, or In using 81 carbide tank:
everybody knows that sometimes wa
ter gets In the, hose and n sudden *ar
viii throw the water up and IL will
cut of the gas supply. Anyhow the
lights went out, and ! Jumped out Of
we Etf, het1 my VIA nrSt To see
II she would sit in the seat. and size
didn't slip our. she was all down in
a knot in the seat ! Jumped out ~
the car. to light NV lamps and real
fzed then that 7 didn't have NV coat
on; l looked for II and found It in
the rear Or the car. ! got match
Took the Body Home
q. DO you know when Won took
your coat or
A. No. sir. I asked Mr.. Tom Owen
the next day II had my coat or
when ! left there. and he said he
didn't know. I got match and 1T
my lamps and got back In the car
and came down 20 Mr. Owens house,
don't remember what my frst words
were.
@. How fast ala YOU run back
A. I had the throttle wide open. As
said before. | can take that car and