The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-01

memory. then?"
Yes"
You have said Paul paid for It
Saturday night What sort OF bill
was it?"
"A ten-dollar bill"
Did you see it?"
mo, my sister told me-
Don't say what other people told
you. Do you remember Detectives Wren
and Wiltshire coming to your store
and telling you that you We're mis-
taken as to when the money was
paid, that when Paul came in the gun
was wrapped up and marked paid
and your sister said. oh. yes. 1t is
paid?'"
NO"
MIR Smith objected to this line OF
burg replied that he was going to i'm
peach the witness.
Witness didn't know whether his
brother marked the gun as paid.
Don't you know whether it wac
marked paid or 'not?"
What did you say to Mr.. scnorsr
when he came there?"
II told him the proceedings from
beginning to end. l told him that
Paul came in the morning ana looked
81 N''c SUI! anu silu tndt ne would
come back. was busy and my
brother attended to 1t, and he came
back and paid for it,"
Whom did he pay?-
My sister"
What did she say to him?"
didn't hear the conversation"
What He Told schercr.
Didn't You tell Mr.. Scherer that
you waited on Paul saturday after
noon and showed him several guns ana
mat man came in and wanted a box
or tools and you left PAUL.
But / finished the sale
Don't you know what your brother
NO. l wrapped the gun up. told
my brother to see If he had any car
tridges. as Paul had asked for some
told him that Il was a twelve-bore
gun and If he had any to give him
some cartridges"
You told him 1t was a twelve-bore
gun. did your
Yes"
Didn't YOU tell Wren and wiltshire
Ii was quarter past 10 when YOU
sold the gun TO Paul?"
NO"
What did you tell them7''
i didn't tell EN- anything"
DO you remember having con-
versation with them?"
NO. What day arc you talking
about?"
The day after you went to Mr.
Smiths office"
Yes l talked to them. I don't
think they asked me about the gun"
Have you any doult7"
NO I'm sure now. They asked me
a lot of questions"
You are sure you sold the gun at
10 o'clock now?"
YES"
How do you explain now that you
told Mr.. Smith IT was between II and
1872"
Hard TO Fix Hour.
Il didn't think it was very wrong
TO say 10 was right. 1t might have
been between 10 and H."
rs that as near as YOU can come to
fixing the time?"
II know 1t was between IL and 10"
DO you come here trying to fix the
time to the minute?"
NO"
Can you come within hnlf an hour
OF it?"
Il don't think I can. I know it
was after 10
How do you know?"
"A man took a watch ont OF pawn
and asked me the time"
We'll. how do you explain that you
told Mr.. Smith II was before 10 o'clock.
Il didn't say that. told him IT was
between II and L.
~ on are talking about dierent
times" interrupted the court, as the
boy became more confused One is
talking about the time the gun was
bought and the other when it was
paid for"
81 can handle the witness" said Mr..
Wendenburg, replying to side re-
mark from Mr. Smith
Who was that man who got the
watch that night?" he asked the wit
ness
~ can't remember He took it out
OF pawn"
How much did he pay you? Can
you say"
u don't liink / can"
What time of night was it,"
"a few minutes before TO-
After this the gun was dclivered2"
yes"
Was II few minutes before 10
when this man set his watch?"
Yes"
well, why do you tell the Jury 1t
was after 10 when the gun was de-
l,vered?"
II didn't say that"
you didn't have any confusion as
TO morning and night. did You"
no. sir"
Quoted From His Statement.
Mr.. Wendenburg quoted from the
boys statement to Mr.. Scherer in
which he had said 1t was after 10
when Paul got the gun.
Nov, what do you say about that?"
u didn't mean to say after 10. J
meant before 10"
''Now you have made two conflict
Ing statements In regard to the time
the man set his watch-af;er 10 and
before 10. Which IS true and which
IS salse?"
1t was before 10"
as the other statement faise2"
u didn't mean 10 say anything for
,Snybody's good. II was a mistake
You questioned ne so closely"
Now. you remember saying il was