The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05
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/ time until she fell out of IT dead after
! the man shot her" he declared
By this time the dinner recess was
i near. There was some question as t.
whether or not the prisoner shouio
take the automobile and give the Jury
n demonstration of how the crime oc.
CURED. 1t was subsequently decided
that this be not done. AS he left the
stand temporarily Beattie stopped,
picked up yellow sheet of paper, and
smilingly handed IT to young wo-
man who had dropped It,
! With the courts announcement Of
adjournment came mob piling in
through windows and doors. Those
inside had no chance to get out. The
| sheriff and his officers fought dcs-
perately. but could not force the
swarm of people back. Evidently those
who mad stood on the lawn through
/ out the morning were determined TO
/ get better vantage ground for the
t afternoon. Stuffing themselves with
sandwiches and small pies in advance.
! they dived into the courtroom while
hunger drove the others out, and when
these latter came back they found no
inch of room. They now had to climb
/ the trees and mount the rickety boxes
II was complete reversal.
The Cross-Examinntion.
| The cross-examination began. Wen
ucHuuTB advanced cautiously, out was
soon in the thick of It. snatchlng up
every word and pinning the witness
down to precision In every detail
Besttie slipped once and said he sent
Bculah Binford away to school to "get
rid of her" The lawyer was after
, him relcntlessly. demanding the mean
| ing OF the words. The witness noun-
dcred about for a while. Wcndenburg
prodding him at every step. Finally
he declared that ne used the express
sion TO indicate that he cared nothing
for the girl, and did not send her
| away to educate her for himself as
some people tho ght In this connec-
ton IL came out later that recently
though married. Bcattie has been In
the habit of going out" every Mon
day. Thursday. and Saturday. and that
these evenings were usually spent
with Beulah Binford. At least this
latter was true of the week before
the murder. and would have been true
of the next. as Beattie had begun u
win visit to the. girl on Monday,
the day before Mrs. Beatt!c was killed
Stnte VIII strike Back.
Sharp questioning failed to shake
the witness in his assertion that dur
ing the week preceding the homicide
ne saw Paul Beattie but once. and
then on Saturday night. as he had
previously described. In every par
(
Thursday night meeting when. accord
/ ing 10 the others story. the gun pur-
chase was arranged Then Wendet,-
burg made another move He drew
repeatedly from The witness fiat and
unqualified den!aIs of any statement
that he met Paul Bcattie anywhere
| on Thursday night or any other night
except Saturday during this week
The Commonwealth will come back
Hereby on this point with a swarm Of
Witnesses It's object is clearly in
aicated by question put by the
cross examiner:
IF John Joseph should testify that
you came to Short and Main Streets
In your automobile and that Paul
Beatuc got in 1t with you: and Frank
Mason, a customer in Joseph's store
! should testify to the same thing: and
young McEvoy should testify that you
came into his saloon with Paul Beattie
and got drink. and Jim Britton. then
IN the store with McEvoy. should tes-
cry 10 the same thing; and Mrs Paul
oeatue should state that you came
| 10 her house in an automobile with
her husband, and Mrs holland. a
heishbor. should say the same thing
! II all these witnesses should testify
as they will do later what will YOU
.hen say about meeting Paul Beattie
| that night?"
i VIII sun deny IT,
me matter OF automobile lights also
J brought momentary embarrassment
10 me witness. Referring 10 the fact
! mat the hishwayman was to the rear
OF the machine when they Crappled
beattic stated that the back lights on
an automobile were not for the pu--
/ pose OF illuminating the road hut 10
give warning TO other cars approach
ing from the rear Very often these
!
SO far as furnishing light is concern
ca. Hence for practical purposes the
: Hish"ayman was In the dark 1t was
now brought out. however. that on the
saturday night trip with Paul the
i lights We're changed and one of the
| powerful side lamps was put on the
rear. 1t was still there when the nur-
der occurred
| SO you had a bright light behind
| that night?"
Yes. sir"
Then the grisiy bearded assassin
I was not in the pitch dark, after all
| why didn't you tell the jury you had
a different light on the back that
nlght?"
Well. there was no reason to tell
IT, and no reason not to tell IT."
| Finally Beattie stated that the hie.
lens was turned on the automobtie
number. and that the side of the lamp
! greeted backward really gave no good
light. 1t would hardly extend two
! feet. he thought
Diary Kept OUT.
Beulah's fervid diary. series Of
! loving messages to the prisoner, ex-
| tending up to the day before the muir
! der. was produced, but rigidly ex-
| cluded by the court. Mr.. Wendenburg
fought hard. attempting number of
| different expedients to get the pen.
ciled pages before the jury. All failed
Regretfully the lawyer pushed the
little book back into an envelope. AZ
| all events. few points came out
| Did you love Beulah Binford dur.
| ing these recent weeks while your
| wife was still alive?"
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