The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
Heard Womans Wild Shrek Just Before She "

n right sharp Jolt to moving carr"
We'll. " parties were to differ AS
to the condition Of the crossing.
would prefer to go out and look at IL
again"
Mr.. Jucob on the stand.
w "A. Jacob. justice OF the peace
Of Chesterfield county and whose homo
is on North Street near that OF Thomas
L. Owen. told of having been called to
the owen house on the night of the
murder soon after IL o'clock.
The witness saw Henry Beattie and
was told by him anew the story Of
the night. how he had come to the
owen place to take his wife out for
the ride; how a puncturcd tire had
made him late in coming; how Beattie
and his wife had gone to q drug store
in Swansboro to have prescription
filled and then gone on out the Mid
lothian Road on q pleasure ride. con-
tinuing his recital of what Beattie had
told him of tho crime. MIR. Jacob told
OF the highwayman who stepped from
the woods. cursed Beattio and told
him TO stop or he would fire. Accord
ing to this account. the assailant was
on the right side of the car, not the
left. as has been heretofore told by
several to whom Beattie related his
story. The man fred, according to
INC account given MT. JhCOD, over
young Beatties head a. he leaned for
ward to put in the clutch ana start
his car. 1t was the young mans in
tention. so the magistrate said to
start the car with a squirt and so de-
stroy the mans aim should he be SO
reckless as 10 shoot. The man fired
from the right across him. OF rather
over his head. hitting his wife. Beattic
grappled with the man. caught the
gun. getting blow on the nose. and
wrenching the gun from mis- assailont.
and then threw II into the car. After
hollering and blowing his horn. Beat
tie said he ran as fast as he could to
the Owen home.
The description OF the highwayman
given to Magistrate jacob was a bis
man with a two weeks beard on his
face-a hcavyset man. Beattie did
not think he would recognize him II he
Saw him again. The next day, CON
tinued Mr. Jacob. he got Beattie to 60
over the statement again, and in his
new version the young man told Of
stopping on the way home to light fiis
lamps and added that he did not know
whether the assa!lant was white or
coiored.
Did you look at the body?"
Yes"
Did you handle the head and hsir?"
Her Hnir Very Dirty.
Yes. The hair looked very dirty
on one side of the head. / was not
looking for dirt, bu, my attention was
called to Il by some one in the room
wouldn't say 1t was grit--it was dirt =.
MI Jacob then detailed with care
the steps he had taken as 2 justice OF
the peace TO secure police assistance
and In beginning n systematic search
Ior the murdered Soon after the dogs
came. some one reported that the gun
mad been found. Mr.. Jacob examined
1t closely and saw blood marks IN
II, and the print of finger in blood in
two places. There was also n smear
on one side of the stock bu, the mag
istrate would not swear that the smear
was OF blood
tie and others had handled that gun
before you had st. and that Douglas
beattie had been driving the blooo-
stained carr"
NO. sir"
There was blood all over the car
20 go mat some one driving II might ge,
blood on his hands?"
Yes. There was blood ahou, ~.
car so much in the drivers sea- tha, 7
spread one OF the side curtains ovar
the seat Douglas Beattie ro,
blood on his clothes the FIRST time so.
ing up After that put a curtain
over the seat"
LsS oi' know now many had
handled the gun before you saw n -,
No, sir" -
Why wasn't there blood q, ~.
steering gear OF the carr"
oont know. but / saw pIo.a
down on the floor Of the nachina
There was blood on that. II was on
OF the long leather gauntlets coninr
up over the wrist"
Tilt Over Glove.
a eharp tttt yoIo,,.s
torneys Smith and Wendenburr ove-
me glove Mr.. Wendenburg asserted
that Mr.. Smith was trying 10 impress
me jury with the idea that the prose
oution had tho glove and would nor
produce IT, MIR. Smith insisted that
the defense had Willingly given out
hcatue's shirt and clothes and every
You haven't asked for tho eau,+
let" he concluded
Well I ask for 1t now" snapped
Mr.. Wendenburg. Where is IT."
How should I know" replied Mr..
Smith. Magistrate Jacob seems to
have been the last man who saw 1t"
Judge Watson cut short the tilt be-
tween attorneys by curtly directing
them to proceed with the case
Did you see Harry owen with
Henry Beattie on the night of tho
crime7"
IT couldn't tell who it was. I didn't
know the gentleman. saw Henry
Beattie out with another man on the
Owen lawn. They asked me to have
a drink with them and I declined"
When telling you about the trag-
edy within an hour afterwards did
Mr.. Beattie say tho assailant went up
the road or into the woods?"
"He said ne went up the road"
Mr.. Smith went back over the
ground in further cross examination.
Henry Beattie said he was leaning