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


with the same colorlcss accents and
nonotonus .ntonations which had
chara cterized his story OF his own un-
faithful conduct II there was deen
sorrow In his heart over the loss Of
his wife there was nothing In his man
ner to indicate 1t, II an awful crime
had deprived him OF one whom he
dearly loved, he showed no sign Of
hatred for the criminal. Calm. cool.
collected he seemed the project master
Of himself. and when court adjourned
for dinner. the direct examination haN-
ing been concluded. there was nothing
about the conduct of the accused to
Indicate that Henry Clay Beattie was
the man on trial for his life or tina,
he had taken the stand In enc desper
ate effort 10 supply the defense with
something tangible In the way Of evi-
dencs,
The direct examination wss conduct
ed by Mr.. Smith, THE following Is a
stenogra phlc report So far as the evil
dence Is printable
Direct Examination Begins.
Q. Mr.. Beattie, please state your fun
name?
a Henry Clay Beattle Jr.
q Your age
4, Tweuts-s4x.
= Your residence
A 1929 Porter street. South Rich
more
Q Your occupation
A am In business with my father.
between Eleventh and Twelfth. on
Hull street, South Richmond
=. What is the nature OF the bust
ness
A General mercantile business. dry
goods, shoes. etc
q. What are your particular duties
or occupation at your fathers place
A have charge Of the shoe de-
partment and the gents furnishing
department.
{. How long have you had charge
Of thai
A Full charge three or four years.
] have been there eight years.
.. Do You do the buying for your
department
A. | buy all the shoes and nearly
sll the gents furnishings.
q. What have been your business
hours for the last year or more
Opens Store I'm Morning.
A ] GO down every morning At half
past and open the store.
q Do You open the store9
q. Do you carry the keys to the
store
A Yes. sir
Q. How long have you carried the
KEYS TO the store
a. Ever since ] have been opening
q. How long is that
About year or more,
c Do you remember when your
father came out Of the hospital or
went to the hospital
a. II was when he went to the hos
pttsl that | started opening the store
] don't remember the exact date, and
ever since then ! have been going
down at half past and opening.
. Come as near as you can TO the
date.
A said II was about year, I
really don't rem emher
= Now, Mr.. Beattle. what relation
to you IL Paul Beattie7
A. My second cousin
G. Have you evec had any conhdcn-
ual relations with him In any way,
shape or form
A. Ne. sir
Q Has he ever been your intimate
In any way
A. No, sir
.. Have YOU ever placed am con-
fdence or trust In him. during his life,
as far as you can recall?
A None in the world.
=. Have YOU ever gone around with
him or visited with him. or visited
ST his house socially
"A never went 10 MS mouse IN my
life
Q. Has he ever run around with
YOU?
A. No. sir
Q. II there have ever been any re-
lstions between you, what have they
been?
No Faith i'm Paul
The only time have seen Paul
IN the last year or so he came over
Va az Y1
father for something. and he was
never left a minute then that he was
not watched.
Z. DID the men In the store have
any confidence in him
Mi, Wendenburg We object
The Court: / don't think he can
state that. lie can state the nature
Of his mental attitude owards him.
not that OF others.
By Mr.. Smith:
G Was that your feeling toward
him?
A. Yes sir. and L
= Well, YOU can't say ANYTHING, his
honor saws, except YOUR own feelings.
You had no confidence In him, then
did YOU, Mr. Beattle?
a, None in the world
G. Did you ever trust him with anv
secret you had in your life?
A. No. sir.
9, Did he ever trust you with one.
A. Not to my knowledge
Meets B~ulah Binford.
9 Now Mr., Reattie. how long have
you known Reulah Binford?
A. / met Beuah Rinford In August.
1901.
Q How ala you get acquainted with
herr 1907 IL four years ago.
"A. Yes. sir. was going down
Broad street with four or 1--WE fellows
in the machine. and somewhere be-
tween Second and Sixth, ! don't re-
member exactly where. someone nj
sracfed my attention by hollerfng at
us; II was womans voice ! turned
around and this girl asked me to take
her riding. So we stopped the car.
or, rather, | stopped the car and she
got in the machine. she and another
girl. with the Ave fellows that were
IN there. That was the first time !
ever saw her
.. We're you, or not, formally IN
uoduced 10 her on that occasion7
A. Introduced
Q. Yes
A No. sir. -..,.-. .,..-.......
Q. Did you know who she was then,
A. No. cir. had never seen her be-
fore i'A
Q. DID she know any of III. men IN
the car?
At this point tho witness Described
the character OF his relationship with
Eeulah Binford land the rnannar In
which they had been terminated
Later demand had been made on
MIN Tor money. which he at first re-