The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-05

bEht at air
A. No. sir.
.. Now. coming from Manchester
with him that night what route did
you take to come?
A. When 1 left the store went out
Twelfth street 10 Bainbridse. down
cambridge to Seventh. out Seventh
ana across the free bridge: wouldn t
say then whether l went up Ninth
street or Seventh street. sometimes
90 up Ninth ard sometimes | 60 up
Seventh.
q, Sometimes you go straight up
NINTH and sometimes you go around
! by Patterson's. or at the depot?
a don't remember which l did, but
anybody going from the Southside,
VIII go up either Seventh or Ninth to
trace. because Grace is paved clear
down to Ninth
Q. Where did you go then?
a. Up Grace to Fifth, Fifth to
FRANKLIN. and up Franklin.
q Where did you meet the police
Al think at Fourth and Franklin
u Had YOU had any trouble with
your lights?
A. The lights hsd gone out three
times III coming from Manchester to
Richmond. unscrewed the lamp, but
couldn't see what the trouble was.
ana 1t kept on going out. At Fourth
ana Franklin decided TO change them;
took one OF the eide lights off and
put II on the rear After l put 1t on.
noticed policeman walking up the
street. and | called him and asked him
II that was all right He said it was.
and that IL everybody had as good
light II would be fine
Y. Paul Beattie said that when the
policeman came there, YOU had the gun
IN the machine; he said that you got
IL at Sixth and Broad, and that you
had 1t there. Where you stopped, was
1t light there?
\. Yes. sir: 1t was right under the
j electric light at FouSh and Franklin.
q. Did you all ask the police Off
him II he was going up town, to come
on and take a ride, He said no. that
he could not leave his beat
y. Where would he have had to sit?
A. Paul and | were on the front
seat He would have had TO sit In the
rear.
@. And you stopped under the cleo
trio light?
A. Yes. sir.
@. Has that police officer been here
IN attendance on the court all through
the trial. Policeman Green?
A. Yes, sir.
O. What did you DO after you left
the police officer?
A. | took Paul home.
q That was Saturday night. Do
YOU know what you did after you left
Paul after you took him home?
A | went down to Beulahs
.. DO YOU know what time you got
to her house?
A. II must have been between half
past ten and quarter to eleven.
.. What time do you think It was
when YOU met tho policeman?
a. About half-past ten,
q. Did you go over very rapidly?
GU said you left the store about 10 20
or 10; Is
A, Yes. somewhere along there; not
earlier than 1870; 1920. 1925, or
F! 1913
q Are you guessing at the time you
met the policeman?
A Well, yes, didn't have anything
that would make mo think of the time
+ especially, any more than the time II
took TO go over. OF course. I stopped
and lighted the rear lighG sometime.
g How long would ii have taken you
70 go from your store TO Fourth and
Franklin II you had not had to TX
me lights? 1t IL about how far? More
than mile, or two miles?
A Wen, il is about two miles, I
reckon that would have taken about
ten minutes
9, With stopping to light the lamps.
and everything
a. No. sir said It would have
@ken about ten minutes
Mr.. Nendenburg / object to that
! question. You are leading the wit
ness The first question was now long
1t would have taken IL he had not
stopped TO Tx the lights, and he said
about ten minutes. Then you said
FIX the lights and an" That is
Heading
Mr. Smith. ] put that In a question:
II had already been gona into, but
wanted TO 10 know II / understood
him, whether that included lighting
the lights or was outside OF lighting
the lights
The Court. The witness was very
plain about that Your question was
a non sequitur from his answer. But
1T has been answered now. so let's
go on.
by Mr. Smith:
.. Did it take more time to fix the
lights
A. Yes. sir, II must have taken five
or ten minutes at least to get out
and fix the lights.
.. You took Beulah out that night,
did you?
\ Yes, str I took Beulah, and we
went OUT riding, out on the loop. That
night we had TWO punctures one going
out and one coming back, and che got
! the pump out OF the rear seat for me
to pump up the tires
Beulah Saw No Gun.
~ so ir there WIS a gun in there
she -"ould have known 1t, would she?
A. She would have been bound to
have seen it
/ .. Where is Beulaho
A. Now?
q. Yes.
A. don't know: reckon she is In
Henrlco Jail
@, She is where Mr.. Scherer can get
her, isn't she?
A. Yes. sir
q. No" did you see Paul any more
after Saturday night?
\. The next time / saw Paul was
on wednesday night when ne came
I over
Owe have gone over Saturday
night; the next time you saw him
was Wednesday night. Were you out
riding with Beulah Monday night?
/ A. Yes. sir.
/ Q. Did you see her Sunday?
A. No. sir.
q. During that week and the week
preceding, did YOU take your wife out,
and other members OF her family?
/ A. Yes. sir
| Q. How often did you take your
| wife automooillng In the two weeks.
say, preceding tho murder, after she
was strong enough to go out?