The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-23
WEAK AND TREMBL ING. COUSIN
OF BEATTIE GOES ON STAND
Coroner s Jury, Surrounded by Big Crowd, Hears
Story of Purchase of Gun and Then
Promptly Renders Its Verdict.

Sensational testimony of the pre-
vious day. both before and after the
arrest OF Henry Beattie. resulted in
the gathering OF II great crowd at the
home OF Coroner Loving yesterday.
though police arrangements W re bet
ter and the space was roped off Tho
general arrangement was the same as
on the previous morning. save that
young Reattie sat between Oficera
Wren. Wiltshire and FARRELL by whom
he was brought from the Richmond
City jail, arriving at the coroner'3
shortly before ! o'clock. ii. C. Beattie.
Sr., and Douglas Beattle. with friend Of
the younger man, came In motor car
lust before the arrival OF the prisoner
ii. NJ. Smith Jr.. who had appeared
in another case during the morning
and at whose request the hour was
made late, arrived just ut ! O'Clock
and the jury was called.
bloody Shirt in Court.
Tho shirt worn by Henry Reattie on
the night of the murder was offered
in evidence. 1t had not been taken
with his outer suit when the coroners
jury first convened. and tho under
clothes which had not then becn CON
sidcred important had been allowed 10
go into the laundry The shirt had
been asked for on the previous day.
and MIR. Bfattic, Sr., promised that it
should be produced. 1t was examined
critically. 1t vas light colorcd neg
ligee shirt. spattcred more or less
with blood on the front and sleeves
but with the lower part literally
blood soaked--not strcaked or spat-
tered as wero the arms. Mr.. Wenden-
burg called attention to tho fact that
in line with tho splotch of blood in
the middle of the back of the coat
exhibited on the day before.
Mandy Alexander. a colored woman,
living on the Warwick Road. was
called as the first witness. She told
that on last Wednesday morning as
she was coming TO work about 3 a. NJ
of seeing n gun lying between the
rails of the Belt Line tracks n little
distance from tho Midlothian Turn.
pike crossing.
Left Gun Lying There.
She picked up the gun. saw IL was
broken and left IT lying there. Later
she showed Detective Sergeant Wilt
shire where tho gun had been lying
when she saw II and saw him measure
The spot. She identified tho gun, Cap
tain of Detectives Mcmahon explained
10 the court that the piece broken OFT
the STOCK hQd become misplaced de-
spite all warnings TO keep It care.
fully and he regretted to say that he
had been unable TO find 1t, though a
careful search had been made for it,
Mr.. Smith wanted to know II tho
piece broken off might not have been
lost from the motor car in coming out
from town In much the same manner
rs 1t Is claimed the gun toltcd from
beattie's car on the night OF the muir
Ger.
, Mandy went OH to tell OF the position
OF the gun. She was closely cross
questioned by Mr.. Smith as 10 its dis
lance down the railway track from
the road. pointing out a post not n
dozen feet away. She thought IL must
have been q much less distance from
the side of the road. Although her
IDEAS OF distance did not at all agree
with the measurements presented by
Detective wiltshire on the preceding
day. the woman stoutly insisted that
tho gun was found at the point she
Hhowed Mr., Wiltshire, that she knew