The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-05
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his cheeks he sat like schoolboy,
exprcssionless, as he glibly narrated
the story Of the crime. In no essen,
tial did his version OF the affair yes.
terday differ from that which no gave
at the coroner's inquest or that to
WHICH the defense, through It's wit.
nesscs, hitherto has chung. The direct
examination lasted only two and a
half hours. while the oross-examina.
ton had proceeded three and a half
hours when court adjourned for the
dar. X
The prosecution In its cross exam.
ination gave particular attention to
two points in the previous testimony
of the prisoner. II the accused had
on the night Of the murder light
fastened to the rear OF the machine,
ltwhy could he not see the fleeing high.
wayman to othe'rcar!of the car; or Il
the prisoner had igrappIed with tho
assassin and succeeded In wrestling
the shotgun from him, falling to tho
ground at the came time upon the
sudden release of Ithet. weapon from
the, highwayman's. hands, why did
the highwayman flee, with Beattie iat
his feet OH the ground? d
Evades Questions. u
These were the questions evaded
in his Testimony, but today the pros
ccution will hammer away at them
anoH.
Denial after denial came from the
lips of the prisoner as Prosecutor
Wendenburg questioned him concern
ing the alleged purchase OF shot.
gun forhim by his cousin, Paul Beat.
tie, on the Saturday before the muir.
der. aud the testimony OF tho latter
as TO ithe confession, in which Henry
is alleged to have exclaimed" wish
TO God hadn't done It II wouldn't
do it again. for a million dollars" +
Beattie disclaimed any connection
with the purchase Of the: gum aiiu
knowledge Of the transfer of any gun
by Paul to him. declaring The never
saw the fatal shotgun until the night
1t was edtbyG theghighwayman on
little ,of@Paul's Testimony concerning
litle of Paul's testimony concerning
his meetings. with him. He said he
was with lbs cousin only on the SAT-
urday night before tho murder and
merely carried him home In his car
from the Beattie store In South Rich
mond., He emphatically denied that
he had been With Paul at any time
Within thetweek or fortnight prcvious,'
and on sthis declaration 5tho prosecu.
ton today will lingcr particularly as
last night Detective Scherer declared
that four witnesses were to be pro.
duccd who saw Henry, and Paul to.
gcther also on the Thursday night be.
foro tho murder.
Wife Suggested Trip.
That 1t was his wife who suggested
the ride on the Midlothian turnpike,
after they werc nearing tho Owen
home en- their return from the drug
store where they went to get pre-.
scriptlon filled. was the statement q.
the rrlsoncr3us to the occasion for the
Inflated ride. butpwhen OH cross-ex.
animation Prosecutor, Wendenburg
asked, the accused III he would have
taken his wife. riding, even II she had
not suggested tho spin" Beattie nd
mitted that his mind was not made
NJ at tho timc.p ' t'
The influence of Beulah Binford In
the case was conspicuous throughout
the day. Counsel for the defense
twittcd the prosecution for not putting
The girl on tile witness stand since
tho State had subpocnacd her At
torney Harry NJ. Smith. Jr., of the
defense, said he never had had an
opportunity OF even speaking with her
as she was kept incommuncado III
jail, whcreat Judge Watson in sur
prise declared the defense would have
every opportunity to confer with the
girl. Counsel for the defense said
he washed his hands OF the girl.
State to Call Beulah.
The prosecution intimatcd III would
call tho girl and when rebuttal be.
gins ot.day or the next day, 1t is prac-
tlcally certain that she. will be called
particularly. 10 corroborate tho testi.
mony Of Paul Beattie as to certain
messages, which he says Henry asked
him to deliver to her. ~.
The prisoner deprecated the, idea
that he in any way loved the girl.
Tho prosecution. however, insisted
that in the week before the murder.
three, Of Beattie's evenings had becn
given to the Blnford girl as well as
the night before the homicide, all of
which the prisoner admitted.
The prosecution contained to con.
tend that the prisoner sat on his