The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-05

ihdho iiAty VI uAts~hN0 hhitcD ia muir
with it. l know / had the car wide
open.
Q. Do you recall how close you were
to the Belt Line when, you fixed your
lights?
A. No. do not. I can recall going
across the Belt Line: the car seemed
to jump in the air about two feet and
l thought 1t was going to turn over,
Say that (indicating) Is the width Of
the road; where it crosses the Belt
Line the roadway is filled In. / may
have been running so fast that /
didn't turn to go in the regular track,
l may have gone across the railroad.
That turn at Mr.. owens, where you
go In his road. you turn from the
roadway at right angles past the stob
at the corner, and then you have to
make figure S as you 60 in the gate;
L don't say that l held my wife going
around that place, because II is a very
difficult turn in the daytime, with
both hands and running fast; at
night and with one hand / don't be-
lieve anybody could make that turn
running fast. / don't say that
didn't let go of my wife for an in
slant TO make that turn. Anyhow.
when l got in the yard l hollered to
attract attention. Mr.. Tom Owen,
think, was the first one to come to
the car. told him that my wife had
been shot: ! don't know whether
used the word shot, or killed, or muir
dered, or how. Anyhow, he took her
out OF the car. and DR.. Mercer at
that time came up and lent his as
sistance in carrying my wife into the
library. think Ii was-anyhow, the
first room on the left. ! went In
there, DR.. Mercer was In there. and /
asked him IL there was anything /
could do, whether to send for the
am bulance or take her to a hospital.
or what. He said: mo, there Is moth
ing you can do. she is dead
Said She Was Dead.
y. You asked DIR. Mercer what?
A. / asked DR.. Mercer whether
there was anything I could do, phone
for the ambulance or take her to the
hospital and he told me no. there
was nothing could do. that she ives
dead. / remember going back q sec
end time and asking him IL she was
dead. and he said yes
q. DO you know where you coat was
tn en-. when you got back there?
A. Yes sir. Dir. Mercer said that
he picked 1t up out OF the front of
the machine. on the running board.
q. On the what?
a. On the footboard, I mean.
q. That IL In the front where your
feet go?
a. Yes. sir.
Q, Now. Mr.. Beattie. did you give
Mr.. owen and tbs officers all the In
formation that YOU could In reference
TO this matter?
A. Every officer that came ND there
that night l told him everything /
knew. They all asked me where It
occurred; ! told them didn't know,
bur that l knew exactly where turn-
ca around, and that / though II was
about three quarters of a mile or a
mile from there. and I wanted TO go
up again and look for It and take
them up there, but they wouldn't let
me do ii.
2 When they asked for the gun,
what did You tell them
a. / told Mr.. Tom owen the gun
was In the car.
q Did you think It was in the car
when You told him so7
a ! es. sir. We both went out to
look for the gun together and II
wasn't in there, and l told him then
It must have toited out.
g. Did You suggest the place that
L might have tolted out?
A. | don't remern Der that 7 dsa
g. You said that at the Belt Line
you do remember having a terrible
"A. Yes. STR. remember telling
somebody that night that I thought
tho car was going 70 turn over. that
( jumped about two feet and a half
thought
q. AT the Belt Line7
A, Yes sir.
Description Of Man.
@. Now, MIR. Beattie. did you give
hon description OF the man?
A, y IS. sir.
q What Was .he description you
gave OF the man. and what is the
description you give Of the man. as
1ear as you can recall?
a. The same that | gave 20 every
sodv told. that IL Was a large man
as well a. l could rem EN- ber--or
curse it Was all guessing. but as
Well as ! could remember and see he
Nas large man, about six feet tall.
md his face was fun OF beard. kind
II scruhby beard
O. 1t was a dark night, was IT.
A. Very dark.
Q. Was the moon up7
A, No. sir.
.. AT the point where the murder
Tas committed, were there woods
m either side OF the road?
"A. There are woods up there where
he blood spot is YES. sir.
y. Do the woods grow up close to
he road ct that point?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Thick woods?
\. Very thick.