The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-09

arouse a Suspicion III our iuiHQ. IAo
wishes Your thoughts diverted from
those Weak points IN his case, ana 80
+ he turns on the detectives and with
bitter investive he calls them human
/ bloodhounds. gumshoe sleuths, men
whose suspicion Is even greater than
whose suspicion even greater thsn
the suspicion OF a suspicious woman,
But instead OF denouncing and
villifying the men, | say, gentlemen,
that we should thank them. The peo-
pie OF Chesterfield county owe a deep
and lasting debt of gratitude to the
officers who have ferreted out this
crime. and / think / would rot he
committing error in thanking these
officers in behalf OF the citizens of
the Commonwealth and residents of
the county.
Gentlemen, trsre are two theories
in this case. We lawyers call a the
Iory hypothesis one theory Is held
by the defense; the other by the Com
onwealth. l. will hot read tho coEet's
instructions to you. for they have al
ready been read, but / will recall to
mind that part which says that where
conviction must rest entirely upon cir
cumstantial evidence the Common
wealth must not only show that all
the facts are true, but that there Is
not IL reasonable doubt as to the guilt
of the accused.
Enlargcs Trifling Details.
Il was amused when Mr.. Carter
whom | have known and respected
for years, asked you why the officers
did not search for this bearded as
sassin whom We have been told COM
mitted this crime. / say ! have nnown
Mr.. Carter for years. and I admire him
for his ability. He can take an IN
consequential point and enlarge i TO
Fuch an extent that sometimes ]
really think he wears magntfying
glasses. lie can take the most min
ut, de'ail and cnlarg5 III 1t Que hundred
diameters until It looms up big aud
brave before you as though It has Sc
rlous importance.
MIR. Carter himself asks you why
the officers did not search 70. the
bearded ASSASSIN. ana II Mr. Beattle
had put $4,000 IN Mr.. Carriers hal.qs
and said to get the best detective g
possible to hunt the bearded assassin.
Mr.. Garter would say: You think :
am a TOOL. young man? / woul DIN:
spend ten cents on such foolishnese.
Gentlemen, the story told ,o.i by
this yanng man himself points 20 him
as the assassin. His mind was hazy
as to some of tho most important
points, ne could not rem mber this, no
could not remember that and MANY,
many times he said he did not know.
suppose your wife had been shot down
on the highway and you had Yaen IT.
your eyes had witnessed the murder
would not every detail. the most min
ute detail of that scene. be slammed
on your mind forever? Why, you
couldn't forget IL in a thousand Years
But this man found himself in
such position that he had To in
vent faisehood and you have seen
the falsehood fall through. His story
was not complete, it didn't connect,
ut didn't have the ring of truth.
First when he invented that falsehood
ne forgot the glass windshield on tho
front OF his machine, If that shot
mad been fired as he said, If tina,
young woman had BEEN killed. a he
SAID. that glass would have been shat
tered.
The FOOL in Him.
An. gentlemen, there's whore he
made the HrSt mistake in his lie.
there's where the fool came In. The
murderer in him had shown itself and
now the fool was showing itself. The
fabrication no been built up was built
on sand and falsehood. His explana-
ton was impossible.
Then he told you how the bearded
assassin aimed the gun at him snd
how the machine jerleed forward and
how he was bending over his wheel
whaie his wife was sitting upright. If
that had been true the shot would
have torn into her side. It never would
nave struck her in the face. Attor-
ney Carter did not see that dis
crepancy. Beattie, the fool, saw it
When no was on the witness stand.
This case reYolyes around ono OBJ
ject. that shotgun. the single barreled.
ancient shotgun with the little bit Of
tell~tale wood broken out of the stock.
60 wherever You may you md your
SELF always coming back to the gun.
Beattie found this gun on his hands
tie knew not what to do with II. Then
! hsin4eataa- that feeble story Of his
struggle with the highwayman.
Can you imagine this stripping.
this slight hoy Of l35 pounds. going
up and tackling giant with a gun
In his hands when THIS boy did not
Know whether tho gun had two bar
rels and when the giant might have
killed him with the other charge or
with pistol which no might have
had in his pocket?
STRIPPING Tackles Giant.
But the fool told you he tackled
this giant, and in the struggle falls
to the ground the gun falling with
him and the giant walks away seeing
tho boy lying there with the gun be-
side him, Can you believe that sort
OF stun. gentleman; Isn't It an In
suit 70 your intelligence to ask you to
credit such d story ~ thatf
4 But there II scratch on this
I young mans noss and wheA he fnas
:ass m sl VI All 4s