The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-08

| The detectives came in for a round
OF sold shot. His voice shaking with
scorn, the lawyer declared that the
whole case had been ".groomed. nursed,
manipulated, and made out" by these
sleuths. Instead OF looking for tho
bearded highwayman depicted by tho
their own and then bent ali their skill
and energy to the task of sustaining
It. Whatever pointed elsewhere they
aisreSarded. They had determined in
was guilty and must be punished, and
they then set forth to draw the net
around ai,ou him Anything that conHicted
ant to the defense-was cast aside
and concealed not because they were
deliberately trying to ruin an inno-
cent man, but because detectives can
see but one way, and that their own. -
Merciless Toward Detectives.
''Trihes light as air seem confrma-
uon strong as Holy Writ TO them. Did
THIS prisoner smile-it proved him a
heartless wretch; did he weep-it was
There was nothing he might do To-
suit these men. They went not singly
out In dozens up and down the high
Ways OF this county seeking to con
70 ADOPT. And then they came-wit-
ness after witness groomed by this
detective mob If they had looked for
this innocent boy they would have
found him long ago but unfortunatee
~ Tor Henry Beattie, they had settled
on MIN and would take no other Cen
Yemen. you can't take stick and beat
INTO the heads of such men anything
! that does not Mt their own views. Do
not misunderstand me: Far be it from
/ tried 20 stitie the evidence That thew
dld do 1t Is fact. but only because
| they We're detectives, and detectives
can 90 no other way. We all under
stand that.
BY accident or design none OF tho
detectives were present in court, and
!here was no chance for the jurymen
10 see their qnailing. cringing forms
| green tree Schercr who has attended
every other session, had disappeareS
completely. 'H
Resumes After Recess.
=, me dinner recess came in the mid
de OF MIR. Carriers address When
Greater than ever. Many Of the wo-
men were back again and had to be
,,tnen out d second time. The argp-
n.ht vent on Paul Beattie came un-
.nercliess He declared that the whole
ease hung upon the testimony OF this
t ooyLa himsy prop Various inconsis-
pointed out according to Mr. Carter.
the cousin had been shown beyond
i1jn ahIe t to be pntruthful and unre-
hoIia, NotninS ne mad said could be
scelleVed. and this being true the
states case fell to pieces. Once Paul
was broken. all the rest would fall
| 5aWay-"and we shall break him." the
ceeded to dissect the whole story told
by the cousin. assailing IT bitterly, de-
| caring that IT was n pack of lies from
Its weak beginning to its ridiculous
ehu-the cock and bull story of the
! confession.
Why; gentlemen. he doesn't even
n nmow ms own age. There is the man
are asked to take this prisoners life.
| There is the man my learned friend
says can't be touched. Wen. his
grand.ather touched him. and we
me about Paul Beattie being untouch-
Purchase of Gun.
The purchase of the gun at Vein
x 19N, was, of course. not disputed
iSut there was nothing whatever to con
meet Henry Rcnttic wit It. he said. In
me belief Of Mr.. Carter. Paul Beattie
bought the gun at Weinstein's a full
EAR hour before Henry Beattie left
,Mhnnchester. and concealed it either on
me bridge. or in the cemont house
following morning Then he went on
10 MANCHESTER and joined his cousin
at the Beattie store. subsequently re-
automobile How Paul got rid OF the
gun or What he did with II afterward
counsel did not venture to say.
We do not even know II it was
! f re- The gun, which killed Mrs. Beat
looks IKE it All that Henry Beattie
nas sqid about 4 is that he thought It
1t was singlc-bar,elcd. and the one
which killed his VIE was single
In the Judgment of Mr.. Carter, the
a1eiense had clearly shown that Henry
Beattie's explanation was both true
and reasonable: that Paul Beattie's
story was utterly unreliable: that the
character Of the witness Neblett had
successfully withstncd tie attack by
me C"mmonwcalth; that expert testi-
mony had clearly shown that blood
nor only could but did pass through
re automohi!e to the ground. that IA
second blood spot was present In the
road where Beattie stopped to Ak HIS
nsnG; that the witness Talley, the
man OF war. who heard a woman's
scream. was unworthy of belief; that
me gun had been jolted and not
thrown out when the car crossed tho