The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

hand side of the Midlothian turnpike as you go from Richmond. and I saw a light. As I 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, man and woman. They both were sitting in the front seat
 They were quarreling. I could hear them talking loud. so I did not show myself, but waited behind a tree about ten feet from the edge of the road in the thick of the pine woods to hear what they said.
 "The woman was pleading with the man. 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 I heard him say: T am tired of all this I am going to end this
 ''Then I heard the woman say:
 How are you going to end it?'
 "The man said something I could not hear and then I heard him say:
 I'n show you how I'm going to end It.
 across to the opposite side of the road from where I was. and then, after he had been there minute he came back with something in his hand I could not see what 1t was In the dark. The woman was standing on the machine in front of the left hand seat. in the front part of the automobile, when the same man came back. Both had been sit ting in the front seat before he went away to the side of the road.
 Just when the man came back I heard the woman scream once. and then the man who was standing on the road swung what he had in his hand and hit the woman on the right side of the face. She fell from the machine to the road and she did not make a sound. For minute the man stood look. ing at her. and then I heard him say: Damn you you're not dead yet. I'll fix you
 Then he up with a gun which was what he had hit the woman with, and he shot her where she lay in the road by the front seat of the automobile. 'I did not see where he shot her. I saw him throw the gun somewhere and he began to lift his wifes body into the front seat of the automobile and I came out from the trees.
 Was Threatened
 '.'rhe man turned around and saw me. and he said to me. did you see this?"
 'I told him yes, I had seen it." 'D-n you. what the h-l are you going to .lo about it." he said. I didn't say anything. Then he began to threaten me. He said he was rich and had lots of friends in Richmond and if I told on him he would have me killed somehow. He said nol body would believei my story f I ap- psared in court against him any way, l and l had better get out. He said he l would give me some money and a suit of clothes. If I would go away.
 'I told him I would go away. Then | he told me to come to Beattie's store the next day and there would be some money l for me
 1, T went the next day and he got soma f money and bought suit of clothes. l stayed in South Richmond two days | then. but I was so worked up and scared and got so nervous flor two days took | the train to this place. 1 Twenty-one separate instructions were | given the jury on the Beattie case by Judge Watson this morning.
 | Eliminating the routine and the GUS I tonaary ones as to what is murder. tho l degrees of murder, the presumption O i inroncence the weight to be given pro and con to crcumstantial evidence, anC the necessity for the conclusive establish | ment of it's case by the state. the cour | submits a dozen paragra phs dealing will | .rea sonable doubt" all of which are con densed into the tweity-first and con cludng and most definite instruction Ia the inWEefs phrase ID as, f0lloWs: | " pon the trial of the criminal cas' | by jury. the laW contemplates the concur renee of twelve minds in the concusio, | of guilt before conviction can be had l Each individual juror inist he satisfie, l+yond a reasona ble doubt Of the defend ants guilt before he can under his pal
 consent to a verdict of guilty. E,acl juror should feel the responsibility rest ing upon him as member of the jur, and should realize his own mind must b, | convinced beyond a reasonable doubt O the defendants guilt before he can con sent to verdict of guilty. Therefore. i any individual member of the jury. aftel having duly considered all the evidenc,
 in the ease and after consultation wit
 his fellow jurors. should enter:ain sucl
 reg sonable doub; of defendants guilt a'
 is set forth In the other instructions T
 this case, it is his duty nqt to surrende