The Washington times., 1911-08-29
Worked Near Pawnshop.

Worked Near Pawnshop.
You omitted yesterday another place
Of your employment. Now. is It not a
fact that you worked within three doors
Of that pawn shop Of which you ap-
peared to be uncertain of the manner"
Yes, I worked there"
And you were uncertain Of the name
OF that shop?"
'I never paid any attention to the
shop. / was never in there
And yet you went there once and
borrowed money!
The witness started to explain some
thing, but was cut off.
This question was put: You said you
never had been in there. You went
there and borrowed money!
Once"
And you did not know the names OF
the people in there"'
You didn't call them by their names
when you went in there to borrow
II went in there and called them by
name once when wanted to borrow a
dollar
ibid you offer them any securityT"
mo, ! only asked tnem to loan me a
dollar; that I'd pay them back on Sat-
urday night"
So they loaned money to a perfect
stranger?'
Il had been in there to buy fruit and
stun"
Had Henry ever called you up on
the phone before?"
No"
Henry Hadn't Visited Him
Had he ever visited you socially af-
ter you married."
mo"
Mr.. Smith read from testimony at the
inquest when Paul swore he could not
say exactly when Henry called him up
about the gun.
Did you not say all that?" he con-
cluded
Mr.. Wendenburg interrupted and
thundered a demand for Fairness to the
witness.
The court ruled that Mr.. wenden-
burg's interruption was not proper; that
no suggestions ought to be made TO
the witness to impair the force of the
defense's questions.
You may go into these things on re-
direct Mr.. Wendenburg," said the
court
Mr.. Smith resumed reading the record.
Tn reading now after you had re-
covered. You say then you can't tell
the night. Is not that true?"
81 guess II is
Wendenburg interrupted once more
and said the record showed the witness
The court stopped Wendenburg, and
AFTER we had been on 1t for n long,
long time, you did come down and locate
the time more definitely"
Yes, after my mind got right. ] was
IN bad state for long time at the in
quest"
"Was In a Bad State"
els not that a curious state OF men
tally, to remember when your mind
wss wrong and when right?"
81 remember i was in a bad state"
You admit you were in 4 pretty bad
state. or fix?'
Yes"
And after the gun was found. you
YES
Were you not full Of soicitude for
yourself as much as for Cousin Henry"
81 don't understand what you mean
by that word solicitude'
You have a fair education, haven't
you? You went to the public school,
didn't your
II didn't go only to the fourth grade
Ny mother was sick and | had to stay
home and do the house work. and I
didn't have much chance for schooling.
Did you think there was nothing un-
usual about getting a secondhand shot
gunT'
mo"
But you asked him why he wanted
yes"
And you did not think it was unusual
10 buy an old secondhand shotgun?'
mo"
First Saw Beulah Year Ago.
How long had you known Beulah?'
"I did not know her, but 1 carried
things over to her for Henry
"Oh. then YOU knew her.
Yes. in that way"
Whats the first time you ever saw
Beulah?"
About four years ago. I guess"
Then YOU have known her all this
time. Did YOU call her Reulah?''
'No. l didn't call her any name. l
don't mix up with that kind Of people"
so, you really had known Of her.
known her fer fou years, and when you
carried those things over. she knew you
only as a messenger boy
Il don't know what was in her mind.
You were never her friend. her con-
fdant in any way. were your"
Mr. Beattie, don't want to humiI-
tate you, but I must ask you this: Are
you an epileptic?"
Never Had Epileptic Fits.
"what do you mean by an epileptic.
Do you mean am l crazy?"
mo, far from it,
"I never had any epieptic fits"
You stated yesterday this gun was
taken apart in three pieces?'
YES"
Did you state that at the coroner's
inquest?'
"I think did
"On the contrary. did you not try to
give the impression then that you car
ried It across to Henry just It was?"
81 do not remember"
You paid for 1t with a SO bill?"
"Yes"
why did you not use the money
Henry gave your
81 wanted to get the bill changed"
why did you want the bill changed?'
'I had to pay some small bills of my
own"
Mr. Smith read from the record, show
ing that Paul had not made this eX-
PLANTATION at the inquest, although pres
sed for a reason.
so you didn't give him your manner"
He asked for my name. and 1 told
him"
He didn't already know your name.
eid hep
= don't know whether he knew my
0ame or not
"why did you not take the gun over
that night?'
Because thought it might not suit
him"
You could have brought it backT'
II did not want to lug It around
... Didn't Get Instructions.
''You would not have been disobeying
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