The Washington times., 1911-08-29


Would you have been disobeying hi
/ instruction.? p
81 didn't have any instructions. II
have carried 1T over there IL he had
asked
Did he ask you not to hand 1t tc
him where anyone could see him?"
He did not give me any instruction.
only to so and buy the gun"
Did YOU meet any fellows that
night?'
YES. a counle 7 knew"
Did YOU no: state ut the coroner S
inquest that you did not meet anyone
| there?"
The witness was silent and the record
| showed: Paul Peattie then said he
had not seen anyone that night on the
] particular corner in question"
A fight between the lawyers tnen Ell
| sued, Mr.. WGnden6urg saying again
the Witness" Mr.. Smith appealed to
the court on this, and the court said II
the witness were imposed on in any
| way he would protect him. Mr.. Wen
denburg was obviously trying TO hint to
the jury that Smith was not giving Paul
Reattie fair deal, and thus nit t'gating
the force of any contradictions. Mr..
Smiths manner toward the witness so
far was dcferential in a measure.
Visit to Uncle's House.
You say you went to your uncle
Henry's on Thursday night?"
Yes"
when did you go?"
The night following the homicide. I
know went on Thursday night. l went
by myself. ! went over and Douglas
let me in. and went IN the front way,
right into the sitting room, where my
grandmother and everybody were sit
ting -
ION the side porch. He was sitting
there on the porch by himself"
You told Henry on that Thursday
o.. YOU said yesterday. that THINKS
look black to me- and he asked you.
you say, to stick by him?"
And he never before had asked you
to stick to him?"
No" admitted the witness reluctant
And you told him you were going to
tell all you knew. and you went on the
stand next day, did you not and did
not tell all you knew
Yes"
Explains Reluctance.
You were on oath at the inquest to
tell the whole truth, and you did notF"
Il hated to tell anything then on my
own flesh and blood. and I hate to do
It now"
Didn't you give 1t with alacrity and
enthusiasm against your COUSIN yeSleT-
day, so that they had to stop?'
Il was telling what he said to me-"
Il asked you If II was not a volun-
tary piece Of testimony"
Il was answering all questions.
What time did he call up on the
phone that Thursday night''
About 10 O'clock"
After you had told him that you
knew all about this thing. then you say
lac called voI up the following night
IL. II k,sa A,N A.
inQucst?'
Yes. he rang me up
And when YOU told him YOU had not
been summoned he rang off with a little
chuekle. you sa!dT"
And the man you had told previously
you would tell all on, Henry, quit this
conversation with a chucEle2"
1t was a kind OF laugh"
Gle Henry
Il do
Denies He Told Plan.
Did YOU tell your nearest relative
that YOU We're going to tell on Henry"
mo, / did not
Did not you go to your Uncle Henry
and tell him you had to do this dis
NO, l felt sorry for my poor Uncle
Henry"
oh. you feel sorry now for your poor
Uncle Henry7' sneered Mr.. Smith.
You told no one that night?"
Il went home and told my wife"
"Oh. you told that dear wife Of yours,
did you?'
Il told her.
"AI?"
Il told her about the gun"
You only told her enough to clear
Il told Sher about the gun"
After question or two about the
witness age and II he were not Jeal-
sition. Mr.: Smith desisted at 1850
o'clock. The examination had lasted
about an hour and twenty minutes.
Material for Smith.
Mr.. Smith closed with a fairly we'll
sa tisfied smile. He thought obviously
that he had gained enough admissions
from the witness to build his own
case on, and to argue to the jury
that Paul sought to unload on his
cousin.
Mr.. Wendenburg began redirect ex-
by reading from the record
CT the coroners inquest on points COW
cred by Mr.. Smiths examination, but
after one question or two. he desisted.
Then Judge Gregory conferred with
Wendenburg, and asked about Paul
Beatties physical state at the inquest
Did not even Nj. Smith want TO
postpone your testimony
Yes
That's ALL" said Mr. Wendenburg.
so MIR. Smith," began that man, was
very considerate of you then ana waited
till you were better"
You waited till / was getting better,
said the witness with emphasis on
-But YOU got better and better as
were quite spruced up?"
II got better gradually"
Did you not say on the way to the
hospital In the presence of the chauf-
feur that you were glad to get even
with Henry Beattie?'
mo. I did not said the witness
spiritedly.
When He Saw Gun.
The court then asked: MIR. Beattie,
when did you first see the gun which
had been found on the Midlothian
road?"
81 did not see the gun until Saturday
afterward at the inquest"
You told your wife about buying a
gun on Thursday?'
Yes"
But you had not then seen the gun
found on the road?"
mo, sir
why, then. were you so worried, ,"-re-
sumed Mr.. Smith. ''about Henry Clay
Beattie, jr.; so uneasy" ...
81 had been told or had read that the
murder was committed with a SINGLE
barreled shotgun, and 1 knew Henry
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