The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-02

Attorneys Harry Nj. Smith and Hi!
Carter, in examining witnesses yes
terday afternoon to prove that Detec-
tive George farrell had made the
statement that theFe We're two blood
spots in Midlothian turnpike and that
he could not account fer the second
one, revealed that blood 'drtpplngs'
In a straight line for about twenty
five or nfty yards had been seen In
tha ROAD:
W. 4. GIL. Jr.. a resident Of Man
chester for fourteen years and A mem
ber Of the tirrn OF GIN Brothers, wood.
coal and lumber dealers. brought ~
light the information about the blood
"drippiuss" aud increased the doubt
AS to how much blood really Was IN
the TURNPIKE shortly after thu murder
OF young Mrs Beattie.
Before summonIng Mr.. 64N u the
Witness chair, Attorney SMITH recall
ED Detective farrell aud asked: 20
you remembe talking with Mr Gilt
about noon the day after the murder
a. the secTlp- Of the crime and tell
ting him that there was second blood
spot fer which you could not account
farther down the road r.
Jarrcii Denies 1t
NO. SIR" replied farrell and I
want To- state right here that asly pe,r.~
son, man. woman or child, who says
told them there was q second blood
spot in the road for which / could
not account is most empnatieally tell
Ing a faisehood. 4"
An right" replied Attorney
Smith, YOU have already made oHt
three people as liars and now / am
going to let you make Mr.. gill a liar.
Call Mr., Gill TO the stand, please"
When Mr.. GIL had taken the chair
and Detective FARRELL haf left the
courtroom. Attorney Smith began
questioning Mr. Gill. who testified
"About IL o clock the morning after
the crime l was talking with Mr.. Jar
rell at the scene of the murder. He
said there was a second blood spot
up the road. for which he couldn't
account, pointing towards Rich
mond.
Is there any doubt about that, Mr.
Gin?"
No Doubt About 1t
Absolutely none. We We're talk
ing alone and ! remember il distinctly
i drove down the road In my ma
chine About two hundred yards from
the Belt Line railroad ] saw drip
pings of blood 1t looked as though
it had been sprinkled there"
Attorney Wendenburg. ON cross
examination, said; You say YOU saw
a sprinkle of blood"
yes. ] was running my machine
down the road and l noticed the
blood"
What did 1t look like"
Looked Like Drippings.
We'll. there were little spots that
looked like drippings, some few
inches apart, some several inches
apart. running along for twenty-five
or fifty yards in a straight line
Did anybody else see those drip
pings?''
Yes, / pointed them out to Mr..
Gilham, who was on the front seat
with me and he saw them r. c.
Broaddus, w. II, Washington and Mr.,
Finley were in the rear seat busy
talking and did not show them the
blood
Mr.. Gill was preceded on the stand
by Clinton Wakefield, fifteen years old.
and his sister, Miss Wakefield. who
testified that they heard Detective
farrell, in a conversation with their
father, John S. Wakefield say there
was a second blood spot in the turn
pike for which he couldn't account.
Second Blood Spot.
The boy. taking the witness stand
first said; About Z O'Clock or a little
after on the Thursday morning after
the murder, my father was in front of
his store when Mr.. FARRELL came along.
NY father said: Hello. colonel, how
are things developing?' III tell you.