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

Whenever an atrocious crime is
committed in our midst. probably the
first thing is that the community re.
ceives shock. But once the machin,
cry OF the law is set in motion by Off.
GERS of the Commonwealth-your Off
oers, gentlemen. and mine, who have
den slandered bioodhounds by the
defense-the community awakens to
the foulness of the deed and asks
that the perpe;rator be found II
would not be proper for me to criti-
cize my adversaries, for when / have
had Il weak case TO defend / have
done the same thing myself in order
to divert the minds of the Jury from
the point at issue.
But you people owe these officers
of the law u debt Of gratitude in fer
reung out the criminal. You owe q
debt Of gratitude to Mr.. Sydnor, deputy
sheriff OF Henrico county. and TO Geo.
farrell. an officer of your own county.
And you owe such debt to all these
detectives who have interested them
selves and worked on this case TO lind
the culprit.
There are two theories in this case |
One has been put forward by the de-
Tense, that is that the man who has
been described 4 shaggy, gray
bearded man was the perpetrator OF i
this deed. and the other Is that the !
defendant was the author of the crime.
The court instructs you that the cir |
cumstantial evidence must be OF such !
preponderance s to leave no doubt
In your minds. The evidence must be |
of such nature to be Incompatible |
with any reasonable hypothesis other
mat That of the guilt OF the accused II !
there be any reasonable doubt Il ia |
your duty TO acquir the defendant He !
starts out with the presumption OF in
uoceHce. and these are the principles
of law
The Crime Itself In There.
They have drawn into this case the !
question as 10 whether the gun was
thrown out OF the machine or whether
Il bounced out. That makes no differ
tnce,' he laughed. The crime had |
been committed, and this was the gun
with which II was done. Then what
difference does it make as to whether
the gun was thrown out or whether 4, |
ten out? lie diverged a few mo-
ments to take up and explain those
sections of the instructions which re-
late particularly to reasonable doubt
as they bore upon the case.
And now he asked, what differ
ence does II make whether Paul be-
ueeed that Henry was guilty or .nno-
cent? must confess that was
amused when my learned friend. Mr..
carter, suggested the question as to |
why the prosecution did not look for
that scrubby- bearded man wonder.
II Mr. Beattie had placed $4,000 IN his
hahos and asked him TO get the bes,
detectives he could find TO find that
stranger. II he wouldn't have said. /
What, do you take me for sool?,
wouldn't spend 10 cents 10 look for
such man
Ana how does the defendant ac-
count for the crime but by taking up
a story 10 III the details? Now let us
see what he has done. Let's see what /
rem that old war-horse who has
been n the business for thirty years,
mas testified" Mr.. .wendcnburr went
over Sergeant wren's testimonv a. -
seattle telling the detectives that he
s'oppeu ms machine in order not to
run over tho man who jumped at him
ne claimed. from tho bushes.
Where Fool Part Cnme In.
why gentlemen OF the jury" Mr..
Nehoenourg exclaimed. he foreor ,ha
glass In front of bis machine. He Tar
got that the man could nor haya a.,
the shot as to inflict such a wound az
mas been described to you. That Ia
were me fool part came In" Mr.
Wendenburg then went over. in brlsr
the testimony of George farrell. which
showed that the story as told by Reat-
was not liked In his own mind be-
cause ne was fabricating q story.
And what does Deputy Sheriff SUD
nor say? That Beat,ie told him Tho
man ired right over his shoulder ana
STRUCK his wife full in the face NJ
SEdnor didn't know then where she had
peeh struck. and Beattie said thai Tho
man rred from the right; that ths
man was to the right of the machine
ana fired over his shoulder. Lara 49,
what happens? He Describes ,ho ~
TACK 20 Squire Jacob, a man who has
almost as much authority as a tu6rn
ana he tells him that when the MAJ
tired he fired over his head. Tbasa
hehts were made to different
people at different times Then wbau
VI '"eni which shall you believe?
Showed 1t Was False.
When we examined the car sor,a
one got In the left seat. and ] pot In
'front.' in the position occupied by the
bearded stranger. and said Mr.
beattie, don't you see that your wiz
cou!d not have been shot in this wavp,
ana ne agreed with me. Gentlemen
would you want any more evidence
than that? His statement alone ~yas
sufficient to demonstrate that his fab.
rication was. false.
wonder, sometimes, whether INV
good friend. Mr.. Carter, wears mag
nifying glasses. If he does, bet they
magnify to 500 times the diameter
He has Illustrated to you how that
snot was hred. how Beattie leaned
over and released the clutch and
showed how the car plunged forward.
Heattie said that the man never in.
tended shooting his Wife Why. her
mead was eighteen inches higher than
her husbands. and the shot. fired from
such position by man standing ON
the ground. would have entered her
body. not her head. All. gentlemen. |
the fabrication he has told You was
pu'it on sand. and has no foundation. |
Like Sword of Nemesis.
Every piece of evidence In this
case leads to one destination The
fingers all point to but one point
that Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., was the