The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05

'oo o'eF 20 10 McEVoyS WITH
mo. heard him say we took
drink there. I'm pretty certain didn't
go there, but I wouldn't say"
On Thursday night. July 10. wasn't
also w. r. Hart present at Twelfth
and Hull7"
81 don't remember"
Didn't you take n drink with him7
II don't remember"
After taking drink with Hart you
went to the telephone and tried to
get a NUMBER"
Yes"
"whose?"
"Beuloh Binfords.
Did you get herr"
Denies Sending Message.
NO, her phone was busy. We came
on out and went to Richmond.
you didn't say into the phone to
some one you were talking to, Meet
me at Short and Main streets?'"
you deny THAR"
And you went on over to Rich
mond In your carr"
Yes"
"The ordeal under which this wit.
ness Is going" suggested Attorney
Smith, us sufficient without havine
pictures OF him taken as he is on the
! SNoHN' iClcIIlHS TO an amateur
photographer who had perched himself
In the branches of a tree Just outside
OF the window OF the courthouse
hr. Sheriff" said Judge Watson. 81
nave forbidden the taking of pictures
OF the court or any part of 1t in SEES
sion. II there Is any photographer at
tempting to get views within the win
dows in disobedience TO this order Won
Will bring him before the court"
Sheriff Gill hustled out but tbo nbo
tosrapher had vanished.
Mr Wendenburg resumed:
Didn't Hart ask you where YOU
were going. and didn't you say Going
west-the way you are going and
didn't Hart state that he had no date
for that night?"
Reading From His Notes.
Mr. Smith protested that Mr.. Wen
oehours was reading from q deposi-
tion given by one who had not vet
neen called as witness and demanded
that 1t be shown TO opposing counsel.
On Two former occasions Judge Wat
son had ruled that where Mr. Wen
denourg was examining q witness from,
written and signed deposition given
before the trial the attorneys on the
opposite side must be furnished with
a copy.
We might as well have an under.
standing right here" protested Mr..
o. am examining this
witness from certain private notes 7
have made during his examination In
chier know or no rule of law that
VIII compel me to hand over 10 Won
my own notes, which are prepared
solely for my own use and guidance
In this case"
Mr' Smith withdrew the objection.
whereupon Mr. Scherer who was
sitting between the attorneys. offered
70 sliow counsel on the other side to
read Harts statement taken down
geographically. but not used by Mr..
WendenburS In his examination.
though Mr.. Scherer had II in his nos.
session along with mass OF papers
connected with the case.
Asked About PuuI's Ride
Dlant you say to Hart" resumed
MT Wendenburg, at Twelfth and Hull
Streets on the Thursday night before
the homicide. I am going TO take
Paul Beatt!e and his wife out rlding?'.
oont remember" answered Henry
Beattie. Il often make excuses TO the
boys when leaving the corner there
by myself 10 throw them OFF the scent
when was going to Beulah's. J
dian want anybody to know was
going with her"
"How's that?" snapped Mr.. Wenden-
burg you didn't want anybody to
Know you were goin.; with Beulah and
you went about with her in YOUR ma.
f, chine?" '''"
IL was dark then" answered rVsnry
me streets OF Richmond. such az
BROAD street. arc not dark" com.
Fnented Mr.. Wendcnburg "Didn', Won
go TO her home on West Main S,ree,
ana leave your car just around the
corner In Laurel Street?"
yes. but the people there didn't
know whose car 1t was"
~ you were just making an excuse
10 throw your friends off the scent.
why did you use Pauls name?'
Pinnins Witness Down.
81 don't know TINT 1 know npybody
else out that way"
"Didn't you on that Thursday night
neiore your wife was killed go to John
JosePh's confectionery store at Short
and Main Streets, didn't you take Paul
Beattie In your car theret didn't you
so on with him to McEyoy,s .,Ioon
on Cnry Streets didn't you meet young
hcEVoy there md young Mr.. Brittain.u
| NO, cir. 1 snw McEvoy out here nj
the courthouse for the first time in
| three or four years."
DO you deny TINT McEvoy talked to
niEht."
'fes, the first time I'ye seen McEvoy
In three or four years SNas out here.n
"fou know hImf"
eyes, 1 used to know him right we'll.
He used to knock around in our
crowd"
"Do you deny tIRt John Britain was
present In the hnr when you and Paul
had drink on Thursday niEht.D
| III don't know him.. i didn't see Paul
ON Thursday night. deny having
| seen him nny night that week exccpt
Saturday. 1t was the only night"
] $50 your denial covers every detail
us TO what >au md Paul did on Thurs
! day night"
yes"
| Driving Him Hard.
| 81 want you to he perfectly certnin
Mr.. Beattie. You deny stoppinr: ut Jo-
seph's confectionery, taking Paul IL
your car, stopping for a drink in Me
EVoy's bar, ma seeing McEvoy md