The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-14

When you took Paul home thu
saturday night did you ask him I
telephone anyone for yOu?"
Whom did you ask him to telc
"Beulah Binford."
Under her own name2"
NO; as Mrs. Fisher"
Did you ever see the girls diary
Il think So"
Saw BeuIah's Diary.
Where did you see it?''
Il don't know; maybe II was whe
was at her house."
| Look at this letter." handing {
! Beattie the Dear Kid" letter in al
| envelope. rs the envelope addresse,
i'm the same writing?"
| YES"
Did you not deny to Mr.. Scherer
the day before the inquest. that you
had ever sent the girl any money ?
And did not you deny any knowledge
of a proposed tatF"
Told Everything He Knew.
Il did not. l don't think anyone
asked me. 1 told everything 1 knew
II they had asked about this L would
have told them"
In answer to questions. witness said
he helped Beulah buy furniture. but
others helped her also. He did not
know what others. He agreed to pay
$40 on the furniture.
bill" N''' ' ''0-'
NO"
Then, why did you say in the let
ter be sure to find out what you have
to pay each week %
Helped Pay for Furniture.
ture"
Were your headlights burning at
the time you say you were held up?"
Yes
s'Wara tba,- br;e,b42,,
AS bright as they ever were"
ject?"
I guess could see an object. such
as a horse and buggy, about $50
How far would the light Of your
auto allow you to see a man?"
don't know; not very far"
HOW far down the road was the
murderer when you saw him? ?"
Very close"
The ditch at the roadside is over
eleven feet from the blood spot IL
man had TO walk that far into the
road, why did not you see him?"
i don't know"
When did YOU see the gum"
After the car stopped"
DID THE MAN HAVE THE GUN
IN HIS HAND WHEN THE CAR
| STOPPED?"
Il did not notice"
Didn't See Him Get Gun.
DID he get il from behind that
stump"
Il did not see him do it."
But he did not have the gun in
his hand when the car stopped, did
he?"
Il don't know"
where did he get that gum"
Il did not see him get il anywhere.
/ did not see it until he raised it and
fired"
Did he have any motive for killing
you or your wife?'
May Have Fired to Brighten.
Not that l know Of. i don't know
whether he intended TO kill anybody.
He may have shot my wife by acct
dent: He may have shot to scare
her"
Gould you not have gotten around
him without stopping?"
Il was afraid l would run over
! him. II l had not stopped 1 would be
( in some Jail because I had not stop
ped"
Knows Why He's On Trial.
do you know you are here
because YOU did stop?"
Il know why L am here"
| In how many feet could you have
| stopped your car If you were run
ming twenty-five miles an hour"
| Il don't know; about fifteen or
twenty feet"
IF the man was fifteen feet off. as
you say, and in the glare of your
| light. why couldn't you tell if he was
| white or colored?'
Sticks to Grizzly Beard Story.
He had a grizzly beard, and
| could not see we'll enough"
Did not DR.. Mann say to you that
| negro men did not usually have such
| beard. and did you not tell the detec-
/ tive the murderer was a white man p"
Il thought all the more that he
/ n all ~
voice sounded like a white mans
/ voice
IF you had not stopped your car
would you have struck the MANI"
If 1 had turned out 1 would have
not"
Did not the first part of the car
actually pass the man before it came
to standstin?"
! Yes"
Are you sure"
Then. when you saw your car was
passing him, why did not you release
the brake ana so on?"
Il did start 10 pull the levers, and
then the man fred
when YOU first saw him how close
was he TO the middle of the road?"
He was stepping out into the mid
die Of the road
But YOU say that when your car
stopped the man was about six feet
TO one side OF the car. How did he
set back"
Il don't know"
Did your wife see him point the
gun at hero
Il don't know"
Does not the nature of the wound
show she must have been looking di-
rectly at him >"
Il don't know"
Did your wife cry out when the
man aimed at herr"
NO; l did not say the man aimed
at her. He first pointed il at me;
then when 1 bent over to release the
brake. 1 guess he meant TO shoot over
my head. My wife was higher. and
she was shot"
Gave Pursuit to Man.
when the man fired. what did you
do?"
I jumped out to go after the
man"
Why"
''To fight him. I suppose"
Did you jump out to so after the
man or the gum
The man."
Then why were you satisfied as
soon as YOU got the gun p"
Thought About His Wife.
Il thought about my wife and went