The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29

Did Not Tell Anyone.
''No, 1 did not tell anyone until
then"
..Then you have made two conflict
/ ing statements in your previous testi-
mony, as you said you told your wife
/ Wednesday night and also Thursday"
/ I never told her till Thursday
night"
when Detective Mcmahon found out
that you bought the gun2''
sure, ] was in a right bad fix"
You knew from the newspa pers
on Wednesday that the gun had been
u did not and I don't remember
much about that day. I was in bad
shape, especially when 1 learned that
had bought gun for my own cous-
in
..You are better now, aren't you?"
Yes, with that story off my mind -
Mr. Smith directed a fusillade of
questions against Paul, pointing to
varying statements in his testimony
before the coroner's jury. but the wit
mes maintained that he was in poor
mental condition when he testified
there.
How did YOU know when the Beat
tie store closed that Saturday when
you met Henry and gave him the gun
Did you have watch ?"
NO. I haven't got enough money
to buy a watch"
How did you knoW2"
Henry said so?''
Another thing you omitted yester-
day was the fact that you worked In
a butcher shop near the pawnshop.
Why did you do SOP
II thought / mentioned enough
places that I worked
But that was an important point
to omit"
The witness made no comment.
HAD YOU ever been in that pawn
shop before ?'' continued Mr. Smith
Yes, once, to borrow a dollar"
You say that Henry Clay Beattie,
jr., called you on the phone and ask
ed you to buy the gun2"
Yes
Prisoner Did Not Visit Him.
Had Henry Clay Beattie. jr.. ever
called you on the phone since you
were married a year ago. Had he
ever since then visited you socially2'
mo. But he used to phone me be-
fore I was married"
when you were on the stand at
the inquest, was it solicitude for Hen
ry or Paul that made you testify as
you did?''
means. I never had much schooling,
Mr. Smith What does it means2"
do you know what 'solicitous'
means2'
wen. wen leave it, said MI
Smith, "but did you say anything at
the coroner's inquest about gong TO
McEvoy's and taking a drink ? want
to test your memory.
81 don't remember whether I said
it or not I was in a bad nervous
state,'' reiterated the witness.
How long had you known Beulah
= didn't know her except that
took shoes and things to her for
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., for four
Years
s.Did you cali her Beulah?"
No"
Did her mother live with her?'
Il don't know anything about her
mother. 1 do not mix up with those
people, added Paul, resentfully.
Did you know who Mrs. Fisher was
when Clay Beattie, Jr., asked you to
deliver messages?"
He Recognized Her.
mo, but recognized her as Beulah
when saw her.
.Then she did not know you except
as ..Nol : %ssSenseF7'
you never ran around with her?''
.eNo. I don't run around with such
people"
''Quite a safe position for married
man. commented counsel.
Then followed suddenly the question:
Mr.. Beattie, are you an epueptic %
What does that mean, crazy? NO.
The witness raised his voice and an
swered emphatically:
when you bought the gun you paid
for it with ten dollar bill though
Henry gavs you a two dollar bill2"
Yes, I wanted to change a ten dol
lar bill I had"
did you give am such reason at the
coroner's inquest as to why you paid
for the gun that Way2"
Il didn't know what I said
You went out on the side porch of
Henry's home on Thursday night after
the murder?" asked counsel for the de-
fense.
I did"
He never asked you before Thurs
day night to stick by him 2 ."
He had no reason to because he did
not tell me until Thursday that he did
it."
But you said you would not stick by
him and would tell all yet you did not
tell all at the coroner's inquest the
next day."
L hated 70 tell against my own flesh
and blood and I hate it now
AS the witness uttered these remarks
he looked squarely at counsel for the
defense and at the prisoner.
Did you tell your grandmother CT
grandfather at Henry's home after the
murder what you knew about the
gun?"
He Felt Sorry for Them.
I felt sorry for them and Uncle
Henry, too"
You told your wife only about the
gun. not the whole business ?''
Yes"
.eThen you told her just enough to
clear yourself2''
I wasn't trying to clear anybody"
When Henry called you on the tele-
phone and asked if you had been sum-
by the coroner he chuckled?
Yes, he laughed. -ha, ha, ha-'
Cross xanination ended at 11.40 and
Prosecutor Wendenberg took the wit
ness on redirect examination
The man who sold the cartridges,
the bartender who served Paul and
l. L. I