Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-07
CHARGE
BEATTIE JURY
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"Ine COW got into the pine woods
and I followed it until long after dark.
Some time after 10 o'clock, l am not
ure just how many minutes, l was in
the pine woods on the right hand side
OF the Midlothian turnpike as you go
out from Richmond, and l saw light.
AS walked closer to the road I saw
an automobile standing almost in the
middle of the road, facing toward
Richmond, and there were two people
In It a man and q woman. They were
both sitting in the front seat.
Tells of Hearing a Quarrel.
''They were Quarreling. I could
hear them talking loud, so I did not
show myself, but waited behind q tree
about ten feet from the edge Of the
road in the thick pine woods to hear
what they said.
THE woman was pleading with the
a She was saying that she wanted
her love back again, and she did not
want the man to be cruel to her. The
man answered roughly.
AT one time l heard him say, Il am
tired of all this, l am going to end
this Then I heard the woman say,
How are you going to end itg' The
mar said something l could not hear
and then l heard him say, I'll show
you how I'm going TO end it, He got
out Of the machine and walked across
the opposite side of the road from
where l was and then after he had
been there a minute he came back
with something in his hand. / could
not see what 1t was in the dark. The
woman vas standing in the machine
front of the left hand seat in the front
part of the auto when the man came
back. Both had been sitting in the
front seat before he went away to the
side of the road.
just when the a came back !
heard the woman cream once. Then
the man who was standing in the
road swung what be had In his hand
and hit the woman on the right side
of the face. She fell from the ma
chine to the road, and she did not
make a sound.
For q minute the nan stood look
ing at her, and then l heard him say:
Damn you, you're not dead yet! III
fix you? Then he up with a gum,
which was what he had hit the wo-
man with, and he shot her where she
lay in the road by the front seat OF
the auto. l did not see where be shot
her.
Il saw him throw the gun some
where and begin to lift his wife's
body into the front seat of the auto,
and l came out from the trees.
Farmer Verifies Part of Story.
The man turned around and saw
me, and he said to me, Did you see
Il told him I had seen It. Damn
you, what are you going to do about
it, he said.
81 didn't bay anything. Then he be-
gan to threaten me. He said he was
rich and had lots Of friends in Rich
mond, and # l told on him be would
have me filed somehow. He said
nobody would believe my story If ]
appeared in court against him any
way, and l had better get out. He
said he would give me some money
and q suit of clothes - l would go
away.
Il told the man l would go away.
Then he told me to come to Beattie's
store the next day and there would be
some money for me. I went the next
lay, and he got some money and
a suit Of clothes. l stayed in
South Richmond for two days then,
but ! was so scared and got so
nervous after that two days l took
the train to this place.
you can find out from Mr.. -
If 1t is not true that l worked for him,
will come and testify if you want
Upon reading this letter Wenden-
burg Immediately sent Detectives Jar
rell and Wiltshire to the farmer whose
name had been mentioned in the let
ter as the former employer of the vol
unteer witness. He verified the fact
that a man by the name of the letter
writer had worked for him and had
left the farm shortly after the night
of the murder. They also verified the
story Of the strayed COW Wenden.
burg wired at once to the city from
the letter had been written and
retained a lawyer to cooperate with
the local authorities in examining the
man. If his story convinced them
they were to hold him under bond IN
til Wendenburg could send a detective
to have him brought to Chesterfield
Court House.