The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26

ed off down the road. I heard the horn.
not before"
Didn't you tell that party OF men
that YOU heard the shot and then
the scream and horn sounded?"
NO. sir. 1 did not tell them that"
You nave been up in this court he
fore" asked Mr.. Smith suddenly.
: don't see that that concerns this
case replied the witness have
been arrested frequently for fighting
never for anything else"
You remember talking to the par
ty have described? ?"
Yes"
Was the prisoner. Henry Beattie.
among them7"
yes. Some one asked me why, when
heard scream and a gunshot. I
oiant go down. l said that any one
VINO would XIII his wife. what would
ne have done to me IL had gone
down there?"
We'll suppose those young men
whose names 1 have called come here
and testify that you told them that
you heard first the shot and then the
cali and horn. what would Won saw"
They can't tell the truth any more
than ! can" answered the witness In
hurt one, evidently aggrieved at the
determined effort OF the defense 10
discredit him.
did you talk with Henry Beattie
on that occasion?"
YES. He held UP a gun and said
This is the gun that killed my wife.
said, Did you see the man. He said
Yes I said, I'd have taken that gun
and frailed him with it until wore
the gun out BAattle said the man
mad Knocked him senseless." Mr.. Tsl-
ley defended his statements. appear
torney for the defense
Bon Air Party Passed.
a +. Briggs, aged fifteen, son OF
j. a. Briggs. contractor, of 1910
West Grace Street. was called He
told that on the night OF July Is he
had gone to Bon Air in an automo-
bile with party of young men. There
We're eight in the car with him. and
| another carload with them. Those
with him were Ernest Moseley, Joseph
Montgomery. James Paschall, Atkins
| Gregory. Frank Cutchins, sam Meek,
Jr.. and John A. Clark. With the 9th
er carload they had attended a dance
nj Bon Air leaving from Ernest Nose
, aeys nome on Grove Avenue between
nr6 S:l5 o'clock, They left Bon Ar
thirty"
On the homeward bound trim the
! witness was In the second OF me two
cars as the party came down the Mid :
lothian Turnpike toward Richmond
On the entire trip they passed two
/ cars. the first about mile from BON
Air-the witness did not notice how.
many people were in 1t.
Where did you meet the other car -.
nsked Mr.. Wendenburg.
we met the other car STANDING on
the side OF the road about five miIe 9
out OF town"
How far from the whltewashea
. store?"
II could not say exactly"
You have been back out there since
the murder?"
Yes. Once"
After passing the whitewashea
store what did you see?"
i saw car standing on the side
of the road. There We're two nassen-
GERS man and lady, the man ont
In front fooiing with his engine and
the other standing on the running
beard on the left hand side"
The car was to the right Of the
road facing toward Richmond?"
Yes"
woman ON RunninE Board.
And the lady was standing on tho
lett hand running board; that Is. r.
ward the middle of the road?"
Yes"
On which side did You pass?"
ITO the left"
Did you pass any other car before
you reached Richmond?"
No"
Under stiff cross examination h,.
Mr.. Smith, the witness held TO his
story. remembering his years and ma
turai embarrassment. He could no..
fix the exact time the party had left
Bon Air. but they did not stay long
at the dance: they left about, ia or
1880. At any rate, they got home at
five minutes after II. Once thoy
caught m with the car In front Of
them, but it kept ahead The wit
ness did not know how fast they were
going.
"Would YOU deny that YOU were run.
ming as fast as nifty mlles an hour