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

iuH oHe rove you Z"
Il don't know: can't speak for
her" Aoi
Didn't she tell you so?"
Maybe she did; such women usual.
ly do"
Didn't you kiss her every time you
Every man does this with those
women?''
80 you treated her lust as Won did
your wife?"
The court demurred at the COMPARE
son. and the question was promptly
withdrawn
The famous envelope of the no less
famous Dear Kid" lStter wa. at last
put into the record. Beattie admitted
frankly that 1t was in his handwrit-
ing This envelope fixes the date OF
the missive at July II. four days be-
fore the murder Mr.. wendenburg
read 1t through. and then dissected it
phrase by phrase. Finally he got to
the burning end
oceans OF love" he read. "what
did you mean by THAR"
Nothing"
The crowd Uttered
"Brimming with kisses" he read
again. What did you mean by that?"
Nothing Just some gush."
Other Points Drought Ont.
Here and there other Significant
Po!"'S were brought lorcioly out. The
witness denied that he had said during
the morning that until his wife asked
him 10 go FOR spin" he had not in
tended taking the turnpike trip that
night The record shows that ne did
make this statement He declared
hatly that on his wild journey home
with the body he me. no other car
whatever: the new Kastelberg story
may hJve bearing here. He said
that after starting out Oh the pike he
did not once leave the main road; this
dlsposes OF the belief tina, the defense
would try to show that Beattie
branched off into side road for a
few moments; II also gives the Com
inonwealih trm basis again for its
argument that by "a process of el!mina-
ton the standing beside the road
and seen By the Bon Air boys must
have been Beattic'E
When tho car reached the scene OF
the homicide the front lights were
burning brightly, but Beattie saw nc
man in the road until he suddenly
bobbed up. The stranger came from
the left side Of the road. but he was
not noticed by the man In the automo.
bile until he was near the middle of
the ihoroughfare. Not only this but
Beattie did not see the gun until the
man lifted 1t TO his shoulder, although
he had stopped the car and engaged in
the fact that an uncouth vagabond
was pointing u shotgun at her hus-
band, Mrs. Beatt!e did not scream or
make any outcry whatsoever. She went
to her death in silence. In order to
avoid the danger OF striking man
nfteen feat away, on wide road. Beat
tie did not simply swerve or turn aside.
but actually stopped his machine-an
extremely unusual thing for an automo-
DillSt, There ah.oliitely
tive the man had no provocation. The
assassin had plenty of opportunity to
run az soon ne fired the shot but
Instead OF this he waited to graphic
with Beattie and then fan-up the
road. Some witnesses have claimed
mat he told them the highwaymun ran
Into the woods" The witness now de-
nies that he ever MADE such state
ment. The highwayman was q six
foot. 20o-pound man; Beattie stands
about Ave feet eight inches and weighs
about l25 pounds. These things the
Commonwealth emphasized as showing
the unreasona bieness of the whole
story.
The hloodsta!ned clothes were
brought out, and the witness slipped on
the coat in order to display the spotg
on IT Beattie has no definite recoilec-
ton OF when he had the coat on or off
or what part OF the car II was In at
certain times. He was too wrought up
to notice such things at the moment
The gruesome details OF the placing OF
the body in the and the method In
which Beattie held 1t 10 keep Il from
falling out on his ride back 10 the
owen home were spread before the
jury II is evidently the aim of tho
Commonwealth to show that Beattie
placed the body across both seats and
sat on II. This he has previously de-
MED violently. He told the jury ex-
actly how he held the body, illustrating
By means OF gestures and once by put
ting MS arm around little boy stand
ing near him.
Sunset had come and gone by this
time, and the supper hour was draw
ing near. The crowds were thinning
out and the air was growing cool again.
Beattie had been on the stand more
than seven hours. but was still collected
and calm. He took sips OF water moro
frequently now, however. The court
was anxious 10 conclude with the wit
ness
1T is impossible to conclude with
him tonight" said Mr.. Wendenburg
II don't think we are progressing
with this witness should have
done" the Judge declared.
Both sides explained that they had
done their best. The court was not
disposed to yield
II cannot possibly conclude with the
witness tonight" nr. wendenburg re-
peated.
We'll, go ahead, and we'll see wheth-
er we can get through or not" snapped
the Judge.
In few moments the question
ing continued. But darkness was has
tening over the Chesterfield farms FL
nally the stenographer gave up and
called for light. Thereupon the court
adjourned. setting the opening of the
new day an hour ahead of the usual
time. The Judge is determined to push
on, and counsel protest In vain.
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