The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-02

the doors to the car being off. sgd
nor mad testified that he had.
coroner DIR. Loving testihed that
IN MS opinion Paul seattle was not
III on the day that he testified at the
inquest, that when he said he was
III ne had given him some catnip.
which Is about as stimulating az a
drink of whiskey. and that on the
day before he testified. when it had
'aken so many policemen to hold
/ MN ne was suffering from a severe
! attack of Mysteries.
several neighbors and girl friends
OF the slain Mrs. Beattie testified
that In their opinion the domestr.
relations OF the young Beatties were
OF the best.
Many Rumors in Air.
Altogether ii was a decidedly dun
and undressing day in actual de-
velopments, but rumors throughout
the day were so rife that II was i'm
possible to trace even small portion
of them down
The first rumor. and the one that
caused the most talk, came when :,
messenger delivered a message to At
torney Harry NJ Smith, Jr. Douglass
Beattie was on the stand at the time
and the attorney stopped the examina-
ton long enough 10 read the missive.
ed the note 10 his associate. Mr.. Hill
carter who read IL interestingly
while Mr. Smith looked on. Then
they bent and conferred earnestly.
"hlle Henry was reading the message,
which was a brief one.
Rising to his feet in a few mo-
ments, Mr.. Smith announced that
ne mad Just received message OF i'm
portance that necessitated immediate
gence or the court while he used the
telephone to Richmond. Permission
was granted and the court announced
recess.
Mr. Smith hurried out and went i'm
mediately to the telephone in the Of
nee of the county clerk. He remain
ed in there several minutes and then
came out on the court green. For
some time he busted himself in talk
ing 10 otner witnesses on the ground
and then made another effor, to
get in communication with the party
desired on the telephone After more
IMAM half hour had been eonsum-
ed, he returned to the court room.
having failed to establish the tele-
phenic communication he desired.
The New Witness.
After resuming the examination Of
Douglass Beatt.e. Mr.. Smith Baused
long enough to write the name OF a
witness he desired summoned and
sent 1t to the clerk with a request
that he be summoned immediately,
A deputy sheriff returned and asked
where the witness was tc be found
aud Mr. Smith replied, Tn Richmond.
leIl an ofhcer to ask the first police
man ne sees after crossing the bridge.
There's only one family of that mama
IN the directory and he can find him
easily"
II was learned that this witness Ia
expected 10 swear that there was an
other automobile standing In the road
IN the vicinity OF where the crime
was committed at near the game hour.
Il this should prove true ii would
create some confusion in the theory
that has been advanced Attornevs
lpr the defense refuse to give out any
lAfofha1on whatever concerning this
new phase Of the. case
On the other side. the prosecution
claims TO have THO witnesses who
viii absolutely establish the truth Of
Inc story told by Sam Tailev that ns
heard woman scream. then a shot,
ana then the churning OF Il departing
auto mobile.
These witnesses are even better
than Taiiey." stated Investigator
Luther l.. Scherer. and If We can get
them in the surrebuttsl to substan-
hate Talley, their testimony will be
particularly convincing. These men
were walking along the pike at tho
TINE OF the murder, and close enough
10 near all that Taiey SAYS he heard =.
neither or no, the prosecution will
oe sole 10 get this newly discovered
evidence before the jury remains TO
ne seen Certain it is that the after
heFs VIII fight TO get II In and the
attorneys for the defense will nght
equally hard 10 keep It out
To-day Henry Beattie is expected 20
ga on the stand, ana teii hts story OF
the attack by The tail, dark man with
beard. demonstrate in just whist
position the machine was. when he
brought 1t to a standstiu at the COM
mand Of the lone highwayman or
lunatic how the shot was nred, and
how he grappled with him and wrest-
ed the gun from him. and then tns
details OF that flying trip back TO the
nome OF Mr.. Thomas T. Owen. SUM
porting his dead wife with one arm.
and guiding the machine with the
other
1t il hardly expected that TIA d.
PENDANT viii take the stand before
Tomorrow afternoon, and he Will hard
ly conclude his testimony. and cross
examination before Monday. It Ia
considered more than probah BILE that
the defendant VIII not take the stand
until the afternoon at an hour that
Will Just about permit him 10 tell his
story. and finish up the direct inter-
rogauon before the hour OF adiourn-
ment arrives.
This would leave the story in the
MINDS OF the Jury over Sunday and
give the defendant a day in which to
rest before facing the merciless cross
examination that IL sure TO follow
ana which Will consume no one knows
now long. Certain IL Is that IL will
require all of the strength Of the
young man 20 stand up under the
severe questioning TO which he will
be subjected.
IN his own hands then will lie his
fate II he can withstand the attack
and meet and parry tho keen thrusts
of the shrewd attorney. who will be
doing everything in his power per-
missfble under the law TO break down
whatever of strength his story dis
plays. then ne will have gore far to-
Wards strengthening his case and
pulling himself out OF the serious
dilemma In which he now finds him
self
Can he do II, is the question that
Is day in the minds Of millions OF.
readers throughout thse
country who have been following the
case closely since the commission Of
the crime. Time alone will tell.
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., has shown
himself man OF remarkable forti.
tude and endurance. He has main
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