The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-07

made no effort TO keep IL a secret"
Asked Paul 60 Phone Beuiah.
when you took Paul home tina
Saturday night did you ask him Z
Telephone anyone for you?"
Yes
| whom did you ask him TO tele
phone?"
"Beulah Binford."
| Under her own manner"
| mo; as Mrs. Fisher"
Did you ever see the girls diary 2
Il think so.''
Saw Beulah's Diary.
Where did you see it?"
Il don't know; maybe 1t was when
was at her house"
| Look at this letter" handing e
! Beattie the Dear Kid" letter in an
| envelope. rs the envelope addressed
in the same writing?'N
| Yes"
Did you not deny to Mr.. scherer,
had ever sent the girl any money ?
And did not you deny any knowledge
OF a proposed fiat 60
Told Everything He Knew.
Il did not. L don't think anyone
asked me. I told everything I knew.
told them"
In answer 20 questions. witness said
+ he helped Beulah buy furniture, but
+ Others helped her also. He did not
kno" what others. He agreed to pay
! $1o ON the furniture.
bin" -'0''
mo"
Then. why did you say in the let
ter be sure to find out what you have
| to pay each week %
| Helped Pay for Furniture.
ture."
Were your headlights burning at
the time you say you were held up?''
Were they bright?"
AS bright as they ever were"
How far off could you see an OBJ
Il guess I could see an object. such
yards"
How far would the light Of your
auto allow you to see a MANI"
Il don't know; not very far"
How far down the road was the
murderer when you saw him?"
Very close"
The ditch at the roadside is over
eleven feet from the blood spot If
a man had to walk that far into the
road, why did not you see him?"
| 4 don't know"
when did you see the gum"
! After the car stopped
DID THE MAN HAVE THE GUN
IN HIS HAND WHEN THE CAR
Stopped"
L did not notice"
Didn't See Him Get Gun.
Did he get it from behind that
stump"
Il did not see him do it."
But he did not have the gun in
his hand when the car stopped, did
hep"
Il don't know"
Where did he get that gum"
| Il did not see him get il anywhere.
fired"
Did he have any motive for killing
you or your wife?"
May Have Fired TO Brighten.
mot that know of. I don't know
! whether he intended to kill anybody.
! He may have shot my wife by acct
dent. He may have shot to scare
her"
Gould you not have gotten around
him without stopping?"
! L was afraid l would run over
him. If had not stopped 1 would be
in some Jail because 1 had not stop
ped"
Knows Why He's On Trial.
do you know YOU are here
because you did Stop?"
Il know why L am here
In how many feet could you have
stopped your car IL you were run.
ming twenty-five miles an hour?"
L don't know; about fifteen oil
twenty feet
! IF the man was fifteen feet of. as
YOU say. and in the glare OF your
Hight. why couldn't you tell if he was
white or colOred ?"
Sticks to Grizzly Beard Story.
He had a grizzly beard. and
lcould not see we'll enough"
! Did not DIR. Mann say TO you thai
negro men did not usually have such
beard, and did you not tell the detec-
tive the murderer was a white man p
Il thought all the more that he
was white. l said all the time his
voice sounded like a white mans
l voice"
IF you had not stopped your car
| would you have struck the MANI"
/ If 1 had turned out 1 would have
did not the FIRST part of the car
actually pass the man before it came
10 a standstill?"
| Yes"
Are you sufre?'
| Yes"
Then. when You saw your car was
the brake and go on?"
Il did start to pull the levers, and
! then the man fired"
when you first saw him how close
was he to the middle of the road?"
| He was stepping out into the mid
die of the road"
But you say that when your car
| stopped the man was about six feet
TO one side of the car. How did he
get back?'
Il don't know"
Did your wife see him point the
gun at her?"
Il don't know"
Does not the nature of the wound
show she must have been looking di-
rectly at him."
Il don't know"
Did your wife cry out when the
man aimed at herr"
NO; l did not say the man aimed
at her. He first pointed it at me;
then when 1 bent over TO release the
brake, guess he meant to shoot over
my head. My wife was higher, and
she was shot"
Gave Pursuit to Man.
when the man fired. what did you
do?'
Il jumped out to go after the
man"
"Why?"
ITO fight him. 1 suppose"
Did you jump out to go after the
man or the gum"
The man"
Then why were you satisfied as