The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-01

county, showed more emotion on the
stand than any of the Witnesses with
the exception Of Mrs. owen. mother
of the slain woman, Hesitating for
a moment to collect himself. he spoke
the words intended to brand the son
Of his son as liar and not to tie
believed.
DO you realize shat you are black
ening the character Of your own
grandson when you make that state
ment." inquired Mr.. Nendenburg
when the witness was turned over -
him for cross examination. You at
tend 10 your business, Mr.. Wenden-
/ burg. and III attend to mtue' hotly
retorted the witness.
"Do You appreciate what you are
+ saying" inquired Mr WeH4enburg Il
do not appreciate It," replied the Wit
ness, evidently nat under landing the
meaning Of the word appreciate 4
do not liat to do this, bat feel that
IL Is nay duty" Mr.. Nendenburg salts
fed himself with showing that the
grandfather had never called upoa
PAU, bat once ia three years, and
during the most uf thai time dld not
know whore is Was living ana tnen
excused him.
A goodly portion Of the force OF the
testimony of t1e grandfather had been
eliminated
Paurs Story Helped.
It was The WttHeas following the
+ two u einste!u boys. l4eweyer, WHO
gave thu defense the greatest salts
faction ia the attack upon Paul In
/ the course of his previous testimony
i ON the stand. Paul. uutier q severe ex-
animation 10y Mr.. Smith. had denied
/ ever having had "A gun Oh Aayo's
bridge. or eVer being seen with one
there. MIR Smith had beeu perS!sfe4!t
/ in his examination along this linz, and
an attempt to contradict Paul on thls
point has been evident.
Ernest II. Netlstt, OF rs East Thir-
/ teenth street, South Richmond SUI
perlnleadent Of the Standard Paper
/ Company's plant, o. South Richmond.
! was the witness introduced for the
purpose, and he sN1re 10 having seen
t Pau en- the SUNDAY preceding the
/ huMiclae with slnsie-harr&l gun.
7 MS statement caused every one IN
/ The crowded little court room to ST,
+ 0p and pay particular attention IL
the story that MIR. AeAIett VAS ~
tai.
1t soon dcveloped thats there was
oGe fault apparent IL tie story. Pau
/ had denied having u gun On Mayo's
T bridge, and ths story told by Mir
/ Neblett did not place the gun on
/ Mayos bridge. bat in the 'cenen,
hoQse," which Is not located on the
bridge at all II dld. however. place
I Il slIsle%bar gun In tho hands Of
Paul en- the day after he said Ne de-
livered the gun purchased at Vein
stein 10 Henry. although, Mr., Neb-
/ lett ala not identity the gun in eour,
/ as the one. and stated that he could
! not DO SO, not having been closer To
IL than 40 or - feet
Sees Paul With Gun.
I Mr.. Nebletts' story was that ne
( drove down To tho plant of which he
is superintendent Ola the Sunday morn
/ ing in question at about S o'clock
and had bis little boy in the buggy with
I him. As he drove down Hall street
he stated that he looked and saw
! PAU standing in the cement house
with a single barrel gan III his hands
! and that he sat the gun down In q
corner and walked out TO his buggy
! HE asked Paul to watch his horse
with the little boy remaining In the
/ buggy, while he Went into the plant
and that Paul remained there and
! talked to his little boy during that
time
I The witness stated that he thought
nothing os the AFFAIR untip after the
/ homicide and that on tfye day after
the inquest he spoke t. Attorney
1 Smith, telling him rnatkhe knew
/ something and Il II developed tina {
/ 1t was OF importance he would COM
municate with him before the trial
was over. Yesterday morning he
stated that he felt he should come
/ forward and make his knowledge
known and he communicated with Mr..
- i, \. - ~.
! wife and "Dick" Saunders, 1T was
yesterday that MIR. Smith put Paul
on the stand and laid the foundation
for contradicting him on this point,
The defense had scored its strong
est hit against Paul and proceeded to
make the most of 1t by Immediately
starting out TO strengthen the charac-
ter of Mr.. Nehlett, who is 81 years
of age and holds Very responsible
position. Character witnesses called
for Henry Were also questioned about
/ Nchiett and he WAS given "a, good
J reputation.
win Defend Paul.
Just "a soon as the investigators
for the prosecution could get back
! TO South Richmond yesterday after
noon an investigation into the story
Of Mr. Neblett was begun. Last night
the investigators were in a juhilant
frame OF mind and they make no
secret of the fact that they expect 10
remove from the minds of the jury
whatever impression might have been
made by the story told on the stand
yesterday by Mr.. Neblett of having
seen Paul in the cement house with
| a gun.
1t Is now claimed that Mr.. Neblett
could not have seen Paul inside the
/ cement house with the gun, as he
says. because the inside of the cement
house cannot be seen from the place
Mr., Nebiett says he was when he saw
Paul.
1t is not expected that the Ques-
ton of Mr.. Neblett's veracity will be
brought into the affair, but a Yer,
determined effort VIII DO made u