The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-06

| thing he disappeared"
! What time was it?"
AT the time Henry waited on me
| and wrapped up the shoes II was ten
minutes to 10"
What else did you buy on the other
side OF the store?"
Il bought two sheets and two pill
low cases"
What time did you leave the store:"
Il came out of the store about 10
I o'clock. probably two or three min
utes to 10 or two or three minutes
after 10. The dry goods department
had closed before came out came
out as i went in. through the snoe
department"
so you don't know what time the
shoe department closed?"
No; went on up the street"
Did you know Paul Bea,tie?"
i didn't know him that night-that
is. S!5r't know who he was But
the man saw then in the store <alk.
/ ing to Henry was the man / saw as
Paul Beattie on the grounds here and
at the coroners inquest"
Paul suddenly Appears.
10 the surprise of many people, who
believed him in the Henrico Jail in
Richmond. Mr. Wendenburg called sud
denly for Paul Beatsle.
and stood in the front of the court
room by Sheriff Gill
Is taat the man you saw in the
Beattie store?" asked Mr.. Wendenburg
of Mr.. Fortune.
Yes. SIR" came the answer clearly
and promptly.
aIrs. Paul Deutje Called.
Both Paul and Fortune were ex-
cused and the State called Mrs. Paul
D. Beattie. The young wife took the
| stand
DO you remember Paul having been
brought to his home In an automobile
during the week preceding the murder
OF Mrs Henry Clay Bea,tie?" she was
asked
Yes. on Thursday night about s;so
o'clock" she answered at once.
Who was with hm?"
II was young man"
DO you know OF your own know
leGGe who IT was?"
couldn't say OF my own know
ledge He got out and went around
In front and looked at his front lights"
We'll. who was it?"
| IL looked to me like Henry Beat
Did you know him before?"
Yes. sir"
Where were your"
"upstairH in my front window"
what was the color of the top Of
his machine?'
1T looked black 10 me from WHARF
was There were no lights but the
lights of the machine, and they threw
Inc light straight to the front"
How long had Paul been out that
Thursday night?"
About twenty-five minutes"
Were you at home when he went
Henry Telcphoned Him
Yes. y phone message came from
! somebody who wanted Paul. heard
Paul say into the phone: You want
me 10 meet you in fifteen minutes at
Short and Main Streets? and then he
came upstairs and dressed and went
out"
AGAIN."
Saturday night"
Was the same man running it?"
Yes"
What time did'you see him and the
| machine on Saturday night?"
About iive minutes after IL O'Clock
Paul got out and came into the house
IT appeared 10 me TO be the same ma
same"
Questioned by MT. Smith.
MT Smith took the witness for cross.
examination.
day night?"
Il think II was up"
| Did the machine you saw on Sat-
| urday night have the same sort Of top
as the one on Thursday night?"
1T was tan top on Saturday
| night"
who have you talked with to-day
in regard to the color OF the top Of
| the carr"
Mr.. scherer"
W. T. Lindsay was called. He stat
ed that he had known Paul Beattie for
two years.
DO you know his general reputa-
ton for truth and veracity?" asked
| Mr.. Wendenburg.
1T Is good in my neishbcrhood. 1
live within a square OF Paul Beattte's
| residence"
a motion TO strike out the evidence
| of this witness as not having sur
ficient information as to his general
| reputat ton for truth and vera city
was overruled.
If there had been anything against
him would have heard it," stated the
witness.
Gives Paul Good Name.
r. D. Johnson. a retail grocer or
1917 West Cary Street. two blocks
from Paul Beattie's home. wac ask
| ed:
DO you know his general reputa.
tton for truth and veracity?"
Yes, think do"
What Is it?"
Il think the people in the commun-
| ity think we'll of him"
He is a customer os yoursT asked
Mr.. Smith.
Yes"
"A good customer"
Yes
'on credit?'
Yes. for more than a gear past"
Does he pay his bills promptly"
yes"
| John F. Ferriter. or los Randolph
Street. living within half a square OF
Paul Beattie's homo, admitted when
called that he had only known Paul
Beattie personally since yesterday
morning. He had known his father
in -law and brother-in-law and thought
well of them.