The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-31

shooting of Mrs. Beattie while she was sanding either on the running beard or in the road.
 This the commonwealth mad intend ed to puncture the original explana ton of the crime made by the priso. ner.
 Detective Sherer who has been most active in working up the case for the prosecution was selected by The com. monwealth to refute today tine testl- mony of young Robertson. Scherer was expected to tell how ne in com pany with many others, looked for blood spots at daybreak and how af ter long search only .he one spot was found.
 Explaining the aneged nnoIng by the boy on the second morning alter dhe murder of spots which apparently had escaped the scrutiny of large detective force the prosecution had planned to snow that what The boy really did was to read the day after the murder a story in a newspaper on which his older brother is employed telling of the discovery of many blood spots and that the next day Robertson went out and located the alleged bloodspots referred to in the newspaper. In support of this the prosecution mad summoned the de- tective who in good faith gave to the newspaper the story in question to tell how he later found that he had been mistaken, and that tho additional blood spots which he thought ne saw were spots caused by erpectora- tion.
 Miss Louise Reams appeared as the prosecutions first witness. She came to the court with her father.
 Did you know Mrs. Beattie?" ask ed Prosecutor Wendenburg.
 Yes"
 Maid of honor at her wedding were you not?'
 Yes"
 The hairpin alleged to have been worn by Mrs. Beattie tna night oi the murder was produced
 Did Mrs. Beattie wear that kind Of hairpin?"
 Yes"
 Witness was excused after a brief cross examination in which she ad mitted the hairpin was of a kind worn by hundreds of women.
 Did you look for blood between the Owen house and the scene of the ctinio?"
 "Yes."
 "WheL ?"
 "The night of the murder ana tne day following. a Wednesday.
 Tell the jury whether there was any other blood spots"
 There was none; if there had been would have been bound to see them II walked up and down that road; reckon l did it more than any other person; I found the one spot.
 Did you know that Alexander Robertson claimed there were any more blood spots?"
 No. I had not found any, and looked so carefully that paid no at tontion to what any one said"
 After the machine was brought t' MT. Thos. Owens home how long be fore it was moved?"
 Tt stood there until after twelv, o'clock"
 Did any blood drop on the groun' in front of the house?"
 No. g
 Tt is in testimony that an elipeti cal blood spot 2Ox1S inches was Il front of MT. Rice's house on Midio thian turnpike" continued the prose cutor," was such a spot there Wed nesday?"
 No"
 "Did you examine the road Thurs day?"
 Yes" ["
 Was it there then?"
 No.
 On cross examination MT. Carte for the defense asked witness VII he repeated his search for bloc spots. He said he heard of a stor and a diagram in a Richmond pape concerning the discovery of othe blood spots.
 Detective Sdherer testified that h had made several examinations ( the road Wednsday and also on eel tain portions Friday morning and ha Hound no bloodspots. He said h had looked especially between tn telegraph post 200, and close to tele phcne post 169. It was at the latte : pole that young Robertson said h saw the additional spots.
 Detective Scherer said he accon
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