The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-06


John Joseph. a Syrian who has a
streets, testified he saw Paul Beattie
at his stand Thursday night July 10.
what did Paul do at your store2"
HE came In between 3 and 10 at
night and sat down"
what did he do7"
HE had been there seven or eight
minutes and q machine came. Another
west"
when did you meet the prisoner"
TN the jail"
was it the same man who came for
Paul7"
Il think 80. but I wouldn't swear"
been in the Joseph store, testified that
he saw Paul there on Thursday night
and that q machine called for him
William McEvoy, q bartender, testi-
fed that he saw Paul and Henry to-
gether about half past o'clock in Nc
Evoy's bar drinking beer, ION either
Wednesday Thursday or Friday be-
On cross- examination witness was
asked II It was not Saturday, but said
he did not work that night.
John Britton corroborated McEvoy's
testimony, declaring he saw Paul and
Henry at the bar on Thursday night
p0IOre LQe mGTQGFs ne 6hlQ ne LLOu6UI
they had q machine outside and came
between s and 8 o'clock.
Counsel for the prosecution asked for
ten minutes adjournment to arrange
for the bringing of some witnesses.
BY previous agreement the defense
was permitted to bring in the testi-
mony OF John D. Blair when II could
be gotten, end the witness appeared
after the interruption of ten minutes
asked by the prosecution. Blair was
on Of the boys who came from dance
at Bon Air on the night Of the murder.
He corroborated Kestleberg's testimony
that 1t was ne whom the boys saw
with a woman on the running board Of
a machine that had stopped on the
road.
James Rsfter, a Waterman on Mayo's
bridge. who relieved Paul Beattie at
o'clock every morning, testified that on
the Sunday morning that E. H. Neblitt
said he saw Paul with q gun in the
cement house, he saw no gun there.
The gun could hsve been hidden In
the cement house, couldn't it?" asked
Mr.. Smith on oross-exan1ination.
II suppose So"
E. J. Houchens, father in-law Of
Paul Beattie, said he saw the latter
going to work on the Sunday morning
in question and that he carried no gun.
W. II. Lewis saie he was at the
kElQAC Oh 0Qn1hI bhW d. H.
Nebutt come and go and during the
whole tine did not see Paul with any
gun.
Walter NunnaIly said that while
Neblitt was at the bridge Paul was not
in the cement house where Neblitt al
leges that he saw him handling a gun.
George d. Talley corroborated Nun
nallys testimony
II. H. Crowder also declared he was
at the bridge during the entire period
while Neblitt stopped on the bridge
and that Paul neither visited the ce-
ment house nearby nor carried a shot
gun.
William Sharp testified that Neblitt
did not know Paul Besttie when he
saw him, because a few days ago In
the court house he had asked him
(Sharp) to point out Paul to him.
Coroner J. @. Loving was next asked
II he had a conversation on the Thurs
day after the murder with Henry in
the presence Of several detectives In
which the prisoner is alleged to have
denied that he sent Beulah Binford any
money for furniture. The defense OBJ
jected. Prosecutor Wendenburg said
his purpose was TO impeach and dis
credit the veracity Of the prisoner as
he yesterday denied having the con-
versation in question.
Judge Watson declared the question
collateral and ruled Il out.
DIT. Loving was then asked II Il was
possible for dead body, such as Mrs.
Beettie's. to be set up on a seat 30 that