The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-29

tire"
Was he an old or young man."
II was a young man and wore q
brownish suit"
There was a hush in the court room
as the sheriff unrolled the bloody
brown coat worn by Besttie on tho
night Of the murder.
Tie witness said the color Of the
garment resembled that of the coat
worn by the man at the roadside.
Re was instructed to look at the Ge-
PENDANT and TO state If the mar he saw
was about the same size.
Yes, said the dairyman slowly,
ABOUT the same size"
Have you seen the Beattie auto
mobile since the murder" he was
asked. He said he had and that gen
orally 1t agreed with the car he had
seen on the roadway.
I!ads Color of Car Down Right.
1t was a big, four passenger car"
re said, and the top was yellow"
The Beattie car has a yellow TOP.
CroSS-eXamined by III. NJ. Smith for
the defense the witness admitted that
he was not an expert on automobiles
ard might mistake a four PASSENGER
car Tor a five passenger car. He stuck
generally TO his story however.
Death cream.
1oAh II II S6IO ne WORKED III a
quarry. followed Sydnor on the stand.
Il was sitting in the back porch of
my house about three hundred yards
from the road Tally testified in direct
examination, when, all of a sudden,
about II o'clock l heard the scream
OF a oma then a shot. In about ZEN
minutes more | heard an automobile
start"
Did you hear anything else, the
cries or a mar for help or the footing
Of an automobile horn?' asked the de-
tense in support of Beattie's story that
ne had tried to summon aid after the
bearded highWayman had fired into
the car.
4 did not" said the witness. Blu
on further examination ne admittel
that he might have said on the morn
ing after the crime that he had heart
an obile horn sounded.
Talked With Henry.
He recalled having talked Will
Henry Beattie n a party Of officer
when they visited he scene.
"What did you say them" he wa
asked.
Il said that if a man "a shot int
a car of mine [ would have crawle,
out over my wife's body, grabbed his
gun and beaten him with it until only
a frazle was left
The Other Witnesses.
Among the other witnesses at tn
afternoon session were I. P. Petit
grew, to whom a negro delivered tn
gun; n. H. Jacobs, a justice of tn
peace Of Chesterfield county,; Eddi
S~hepardson, and James Thomas, bot,
negroes, who live near the scene @
the crime.
Jacobs, who was called to tn
Owen home soon after the tragedy
testified that Beattie gave him
statement Of the alleged encounte
substantially rs told to others.
Dirt In the Hair Of Corpse.
The boy had said, however, tina
he did not believe he could identif
the man who had fired the shot. He
had examined the victims body an
had found dirt-he was not sure
was griffin the bloody hair. II
said he had seen blood on the gun
but under crpss-eXamination admit
ted that several persons who had bee
around the bloody car, had handle
the Weapon.
Swears There Were Two Automobile
The negro Thomas, who's nous
stands about $50 yards from Wher
the blood spot was found in the roac
testified to hearing two automoDles
one after the other. then the shot. II
heard no cries or toots Of horns.
But This Witness Says One Only.
The ~Shepardson boy, who said n
lived two squares from the scene
told Of having heard the shot and TN
noise Of a car starting toward town.
The trial will be resumed tomorroS
and it is expected that Paul Beattle
the chief State witness, will be calle'
during the day.
The Newspapcr WOmcn and Fenhai'
Lawyers in Attendance.
Richmond, Va, Aug. 25.-IWlct
during the trial yesterday the youns
women reporters in attendance upo1