The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-05
Owen. and he might want q prescrip-
ton f1lled,

no you suppose
A. About three-quarters Of an hour.
or an hour-about three-Quarters Of
an hour, l would say.
q. You struck out about the hour;
what did you mean?
A. Well. l finally said 1t was about
/ lnree-aaarters OF an hour, to the best
or my knowledge: that is what /
finally ended up with.
a. Yes, sir, We came downstairs
was suggested that she get a
a. ies sir we came downstairs
ana came on out. / don't know who
1t was suggested that she gAt ~
wrap and put 1t on; her dress was
thin. She went back to look for a
| coat or shawl. / don't know what
IL was now. she couldn't find IT., and
Mr.. Tom Owen went in and brought
out mis- raincoat: my wife put that on
| We went out to the machine, she got
In and 1 lit the front lamps, and we
got the prescription from Dr. Mer-
Ger. told him at the time that
didn't think / could get. 1t filled be-
cause the drug stores closed at ten
o'clock. He said. We'll, II you don't
get it filled tonight, 1t is not very
1 important and in the morning will
| do" So We went out the left hand
road 10 the Midlothian road and
down the turnpike to the drug
store.
I q. Whose drug store?
A. Washington and Early's at the
head of Hull street. I got out OF the
car there and went in the drug store
to the door, rather. and ratified on
the door. No one came. l kept on
rafting. I saw some one sitting in
the rear who seemed to be writing,
and finally the drug clerk came out.
! asked him IL he would I'LL a pre-
scription for Mr. Tom Owen, and ne
said certainly. He took the prescrip-
ton and went back in the store. |
went out In the street where the car
was and stood on the running board
talking to my wife. We stayed there
/ don't know how long. at rough
guess about ten minutes. | saw him
coming from the rear of the store
with the prescription. and I went on
in
Q. What were you doing out there
A. Standing on the running board
talking to my wife and when l saw
him coming from the rear OF the
store with the prescription
Both in Good Uumor
Q. Was your Wife in good humor
that evening"
A. Yes. sir.
q. Were YOU in good humor7
a
cross words. and we could hardly be
otherwise II We did not He WAS
coming from behind the counter and
l went in the drug store and met him
paid him fer the prescription and
asked him Il he had any CANDY. He
told me he had some chocolate
almonds. ! believe He took out
box there. and | asked him II he had
any larger box. a pound box He
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him for IT, and came out and got In
the car; backed the car around CIop-
ton street and headed up the Mid
lothian turnpike. When We passed
Mrs. Owens home. or. rather, Just
before that. Louise said. Let's take
little spin up the road: Dr. Mercer
said the prescription was not i'm
portant'. and we went on up the
road.
Wife Suggested Spin.
Q. Whose suggestion was it that
You take little spin
A, My wifes
.. Had YOU intended to GO up the
road if she had not mentioned ii?
"A. No. sir. The first car We met
coming DOWNS | said. We met three
cars on the road.
.. You said that when?
A. ] said that the night Of the muir
der. and | also said il at the in
quest, that three cars passed me on
the road
q. Describe the cars
A. The first one, l think & vas
after Wa crossed the Belt Line. /
don't know how far. II was flying
@. What sort of car was II? Give
some idea. Who was in II?
A. II was really running SO fast
though I could see II was fun Of
people--it was a big car--but
couldn't really say who was in it be-
cause 1t ran so fast. We were run
ming slow then. just taking little
spin.
Q. How fast was this car going, In
your Judgment You have had a
good deal OF experience with auto
mobiles?
A. Yes sir. When I say the car
was flying. I mean 1t was going fifty
Or sixty miles an hour. AS was In a
car passing 1t, 1 might not have been
able to Judge the exact speed at that
time. 1t might have been forty miles.
O. 1t was running. forty miles an
hour anyhow. you think
A. Yes. sir. 1t was running fully
forty miles an hour. Every ear that
is travelling fast leaves a long string
OF dust behind It. We were running
slow. and we got the benefit OF this
dust for couple OF squares.
Q. Was /. dusty night
A. Yes, sir. very dusty A few
minutes after that I saw the second
car coming. and my wife said: 60
faster. Henry. SO We will leave some
OF the dust" meaning that they would
catch the dust from us the same as
we got 1t from them. In a few min
utes we passed the third car.
u What sort OF a car was the sec
ond car?
A. AS said, all three were running
very fast, and all that / could see
was that 1t was a large car.
.. The third car, how hig was that.
and how fast was 1t going?
A. | said at the coroner's inquest.
and as told them all, they were ali
large cars. and all running very fast
c. What is the number Of your carr
A. $50
Not Like Dill.
Q. Does that number look anything
like DIP
a. Not to me,
Q. Did you have that number In big
letters on the back OF your car?
A, Yes. sir, four inches high.
Q. The law requires that, doesn't ~
A. Yes. sir.
Q. Now. MIR, Beattie, Just state all
about that ride
a. We passed three cars and went
on up the road. and the last thing
remember before turned around that
night was row OF cedar trees on
the right hand side, and my wife re-
marked to me: "Wouldn't they make
nice Christmas trees?" After. we
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