The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-25

automobile when tbs fatal shot was
fred. as thu accused says,
Grit in Hair.
nr Mann hesitnted a few seconds
before speaking and then said. My
hands were covered With blood after
I had felt Mrs Beattie's skull. and
when Some ladies' came 10 the door of
a ne room in which the body vas lying
I held mY hands Ia one side SO their
could not ace the blood. l rubbed my
hands together, and there MAS gritty
feeling Attorney WenfenburR wait
ed several seconds before asking an
other question Intending that the sig
nihcance Of Dr Manns statement
should he Impressed Ia the minds II
the jurors.
While pr. Mann was testifying, At
torney Ncndenburg requested the
woman reporter from West to leave
the room
The girl flushed hut rose promptly
ana pressed through the rs4N4 Al
the door TO the outside. Mr., Wen
denburs was about Ia proceed when
his attention WAS called 10 the pres
ence Of three women witnesses near
the rear Of the courtroom. viii all
the ladies present. please leave, Mr.
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tators arose and filed out. one hold
ing newspaper before her face TO
shield her feature from the many
pairs of eyes.
Attorney Wendeuhurg then started
10 ask Dr Mann IL he had ever at
tended Beattie. bat Attorney Smith
entered an objection. An argument
between counsel ensured aud finally
MIR, Wendenburg wrote several cues.
tlous on IA sheet of paper and passed
it up to Judge Watson for hts con-
sideration. The court read the ques-
tons and ruled that they might he
introduced later When he learned
that the embarrassing testimony was
not to be revealed at that time, At
torney Wendenhurg said win some
one please tell the lady press agent
that she may come back.
Nearly all OF the newspapermon
present laughed when Mr.. Wenden-
burg termed the girl press agent
instead Of reporter and a smile was
ON Reatties face for the fraction of
Il second. The girl reporter was across
the lawn. but r spectator in the door
way of the courtroom called TO her
and she soon appeared, resuming her
chair a few feet behind the witness
chair The women spectators did not
reappear
DIR. Loving on Stand.
pr. J. q, Loving, coroner Of Ches-
terneld county testified for only TWEEN
ty minutes, seeming anxious to pass
through The ordeal as soon as pos
sibie. His testimony did not seem 10
he damaging 10 Beattie. but the prose
cution SAYS the evidence introduced
by the coroner will fit in the chain
Of circumstances neatly and con
vincineiY, May Stuart was the only
woman witness of the day and occu-
pred the witpess stand but a few min
ntes- # was during her testimony
that the name of l}ulah Rinford was
mentioned for tho first time dnring
the trial The woman testified that
she had seen Beattie and tho Binford
girl together -four times before the
murder and again on the night before
the murder.
It was at this point that Attorney
Wendenburg introduced the letter said
to have been written to Butah 10y
Henry Reattie, sending her oceans of
love full Of kisses" and $40 with which
to buy furniture for a fiat which she
liz said to have planned.
While Attorney Werdenhurg was
reading the letter that 1t might he in
corporated In the stenographic report
Of the trial. Beattie kept his eyes fixed
on the floor. and his head slightly
hung. The .nissive begins. Dear Kid
and is signed Hon" In It the writer
asks the recipient to tell Irma To
stop calling up, somebody might get
wise" Attorney Smith objected to the
letter, but the court allowed it to be
read into the record.
DR.. Mercer Testifies.
DIT Wilbur Mercer, who was at the