The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-09-01
THE BEARDED
HIGHWAYMAN
WASTHE MAN BEATTIE DESCRIBES
AS The SLAYER OF HIS WIFE
A SQUIRREL HUNTER
JURORS ACHING TOOTH

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Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Aug.
31.-Counsel Smith states the de-
tense will rest its case upon the
story of the boarded wayfarer who
shot Mrs. Beattie There was no in
tention he says to plead insanity. A
phvsician and dentist were necessary
to visit juror J. H. Purdie for neural
gia for an liberated tooth during the
night. Gossip has it that the defense
will have good basis on this fact to
order new trial if Henry is convict.
ed. The prosecution it is rumored
have located witness described by
Beattie as the wayfarer who was
near the scene of the murder but
was squirrel hunting.
David Weinstein pawn broker tes-
tilted to selling gun to Paul and de-
livering it to him. He said Paul want
ed it to use as a Watchman on the
tangle the witness as to the exact
time he sold the gun but the wit
ness stood firm.
Jacob Weinstein succeeded his
brother. His evidence conf1icted. Said
Paul came to the store at 2 o'clock
where as Davis said it was 10 o'clock
Henry appeared well pleased with
the days developments and chatted
cheerily with his counsel.
G. FL. Nevelett, Sept, of paper mill
caused CONSERVATION by saying that
he saw Paul with a gun on the day
following that upon which Pacl swore
he gave the weapon to Henry, thus
contradicting Paul's very material tes-
timony. D Z. Teney. character wit
ness and w. B. Bradley gave the
prisoner good name.
Proceedings Yesterday.
Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Aug.
31.-Testimony corroborative of the
story told by Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.
that a bearded highwayman killed
his wife with shot gun-was in
troduced by the defense in the Beat
tie trial yesterday when w. r. HOl-
land, who lives in the vicinity of the
Midlothian Turnpike where the MUIR
der occurred, declared that he had
seen bearded man with a shot gun
there about five hours before the
tragedy.
tense after the prosecution rested it's
case at noon to establish the veracity
of the prisoner and besides Hollands
statement concerning a man with a
shot gun, Eugene Henshaw, farmer
who travels the Midlothian Turnpike
daily testified that he saw a strange
looking man prowling around on three
different days before the murder.
1t is reported tonight that the
prosecution is ready, when it's time
for rebuttal arrives, to put on the
stand the man who passed along the
railroad tracks where Holland said
ne saw man with a shot gun and
that the new witness will say he was
squirrel hunting that day.
How the Gun Got Out of the Car.
The defense summoned many wit
nesses. Besides the testimony re
garding the bearded man, expert
testimony was introduced as to the
bouncing qualities of automobiles
Similar to that driven by Beattie
thereby accounting for the jolting out
from the car of the shot gun placed
IN rear seat by Beattie after the en-
counter with the alleged highway
man.
The prosecution attacked this line
OF evidence on cross-examination Il
contended that the railroad crossing
Where Beattie claims the gun mus
nave been elected from the car was
smooth one, and that the jolt,whicl
might have resulted from crossing
Ine tracks where the rails are ex
posed necessarily would have tossed