Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-02

obvious that the defense wished to
have the prisoner rest over Sunday be-
fore the attack upon him by the pros
ecution could be begun. Thomas Han
! cock, one Of the jurors, however, spoke
/ up in a plaintive voice to the court
| saying:
Please consider US. judge" and the
court Immediately asked H NJ. Smith
! Jr., counsel for the defense, how many
more witnesses he would introduce.
Only Few More Witnesses. 4
"Just a few more" said Mr.. Smith
':but we will surely close our case to-
morrow by placing the prisoner on the
stand.'
| Judge Watson announced that he
would hold court later than usual to-
morrow, evening if necessary, to finish
| the case, but an agreement was reach
ed to suspend judgment as to holding
the night session until the testimony
of the accused had been presented.
Testimony today was perfunctory in
it's character. Several women friends
of the accused and his dead wife testi-
fed that the couple lived happily to-
gether.
Admission by Prisoners Brother.
Except for the irnpromptu admission
Of Douglas Beattie, brother of the
accused, that he would have destroyed
evidences of the murder had he known
his brother was to be charged with the
crime, the most interesting develop
ment of the day was the discovery of a
witness by the defense, Joseph Cassel-
berg, of Richmond
casseIbers's Mysterious Knowledge.
Casselberg. it has been rumored for
some time, has had mysterious know
ledge of the case. He is reported to
have been on the Midlothian turnpike
with another person about the same
time that the murder occurred and is
supposed to be the man who stopped
to crank his machine and was seen
by a group of boys on their way from
the dance at Bon Air.
Defense May Not Call Him.
1t was rumored tonight, however,
that the defense may not call Cassel-
berg. because of conflicting reports
concerning his probable testimony.
Where Was Mrs. Beattie Shot?
+ The question of whether Mrs. Beat
tie was shot while standing on the
running board or in the road or, as her
husband insists, while she sat in the
front seat, to the left of him, again
was raised today when several auto
mobile experts testified that large
pool of blood such as was found at
the scene of the crime could have
trickled through the machinery of the
car and flowed from the dripPan un-
derneath to the ground. The testimony
of the automobile experts was in line
with the contention also that blood
dripped from the machine in many
places from the scene of the crime to
the Owen home in Richmond, where
the young husband took his dead wife.
The defense introduced a score of
witnesses to attack various other de-
tails in the evidence of the prosecution
and tomorrow. it is expected the pris-
oner will make emphatic contradiction
of his cousin PauPs entire testimony
clinging to his story at the coroner's
inquest that a bearded highway mur-
dered his wife and that he took no
part in a transaction concerning the
purchase of the shotgun.
The Accused Was More Cheerful. )
The prisoner was more cheerful at
the end of today's discussion than he
has been for some time As each of
his five women friends who testified
entered the courtroom he smiled and
greeted them warmly. His gray haired
father sat beside him very close to the
witness chair and when Sarah ,Beattie.
his cousin. took the stand to testify tai
Henry's pleasant home life. the aged
parent bent over and kissed the Young
girl as she stepped to the witness
chaiC