The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-30
THE STATE RESTS.
Prosecutions Testimony in
Beattie Case Is All In.
The Defense Begins the Intro
ductiOn of Witnesses.
NEANU OOn CDnTG
MANY BLOOD SPOTS
Found Along the Midlothian
Road After the Murder.
According to the Testimony of
ais Year Old BOY.


Indictment for wife murder, and -he
defense began the introduction of its
witnesses.
Before any witnesses for the defense
were summoned court recessed for d
few minutes to hear arguments by the
defense concerning the elimination of
certain testimony.
Court reconvened at 1880 p. m. Judge
Watson announced to the jury that a
motion had been introduced by the de-
tense to remove from evidence all tes-
fimony relating to the hairpin and the
court had sustained the motion
Judge Watson added that a motion
of the defense had likewise been sus-
tanned to eliminte the evidence con-
cerning the action of the bloodhounds
at the scene of the crime
Paul D. Beattie was recalled to the
stand by the defense as the first Wit
ness.
..Did YOU have a single barreled shot
gun in your possession while a watch
nan?' asked Harry NJ. Smith, j., of
the defense.
mo SIR
Here G. W. Booth was called by the
defense to be present while Paul was
testifying. Mr. Smith said to Paul
Beattie, pointing to Mr.. Booth:
Did you have a conversation with
this man concerning the murder?"
YES"
Did you tell this man that you did
not think your cousin Henry killed his
wife because he loved her too wei?''
mo"
when you testified before you said
you had no conversation with Mr.
I did not know the man by name
but by sight"
Paul was excused and Mr.. Smith ex-
amined Mr. Booth.
Booth Is Called.
Did you have any conversation with
Paul Beattie on the Wednesday fol-
loving the homicide?"
Yes
What did he say7"
He said, Well, what do you think of
Henry?'" "
Il said did not know what he meant.
Well he said, I don't think Henry
killed his wife. He always spoke vel
of her to me- That was all that was
said.''
Did Paul Beattie begin the CONVEX
sation concerning this?''
Yes"
"Who was present during your con
Verzation p" asked Prosecutor Wenden-
burg in cross examination
NO one Two men came up later"
Booth was excused.
Court then recessed for luncheon.
Miss Louise Reams appeared as the
prosecutors first witness of the day.
father
s'Did you know Mrs. Beattie 90 asked
Prosecutor Wendenburg.
Maid of honor at her wedding. were
you not?"
Yes
The hair pin alleged to have been
worn by Mrs. Beattie on the night of
the murder was produced.
Did Mrs. Beattie wetar that kind of
hair pins ?"
+.Y YeS.''
The witness was excused after
brief cross examination in which she
admitted that the hair pin was of q
kind worn by hundreds of women.
Detective FARRELL, who has worked
on the case for the prosecution since
its inception, was summoned.
Detectives Testify.
Did you look for any blood between
the owen house and the scene of the
crime?"
''On the night of the murder and all
day following, which was Wednesday,
Tell the jury whether there was any
other blood spot2"
There was none. If there had been
I would have been bound to see it.
walked up and down that road. /
reckon, more than any other man.
could not find but the one spot"
Did you know that Alexander Rob
blood spots 20
NO. had not found any and I had
looked so carefully that I paid no at
tention to what anyone said
After the machine was brought 10
Mr. Tom Owens, how long before it
was moved -
o'clock"
Did any blood drip on the ground
in front of the house ~
No
1t is in testimony that an eliptical
blood spot 20 by Is inches was in
front of Mr.. Rfce's house on the Mid
lothian turnpike. Was such a SPOT
there on Wednesday,
Did you examine the road on Thurs
day too %
Yes"
NO"
On cross examination Carter. for the
defense, asked the witness why he re-
peated his search for blood spots. He
SAID he heard of a story and a diagram
IN Richmond paper concerning the
discovery of other blood spots.
Detective Scherer testified that he had
made several examinations of the road
on Wednesday and also of certain nor
,slons on Friday morning and found no
blood spots. He said he had looked
especially between telegraph post a0C
ana close to telephone post 100 It was
at the latter pole that youg Robertsur7
salq ne saw he additional spots De
lectlVe Scherer said he accompanied a
newspaper man. a brother of vo1Ing
ROBERTSON. to the scene of the sup
posed new spots and found none
MAJOR James D. Patten corroborated
Scaerers testimony, having accom-