The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-12

an impeac chment Of Paul, upon whom,
he declared, the prosecution had built
its entire case.
His speech was steady and "n-
broken attack on Paul Beattie. To-
morrow it is expected that Harry NJ.
Smith, Jr., chief counsel for the de-
Tense, will continQe ,ne fire along the
lines Of his coll agua speech.
PauI's story Basis.
This case" said Mr.. Carter, rests
on the assertion OF raul Beattie that
he bought a sun for Henry Beattie
and gave il 10 him four nights before
;.,,a homicide. If We ran show, IS We
intend 10. that ]';;;U;ts testimony is TN
reliable and there is q reasonable
doubt in your minds, then, according
TO the Judges instructions, You have
no case against the prisoner.
The attorney asked, why should the
prisoner, if he committed this crime,
have his cousin bu! shotgun When
be could have more easily used pis-
tol and why Paul concealed the gun.
HE says,' added Mr. Carter, Henry
did not tell him to conceal the gun
and gave nim no reason for the pur-
chase. No living being saw the gun
in the hands Of Henry Beattie except
Paul. Isn't this one o. the facts that
should be severely scrutinized when
you are asked to convict on circum-
stantial evidence?"
Mr. Carter continued: paul on the
witness stand, when asked the places
where he had worked, omitted pur-
posely the butcher shop next door to
the pawnshop, very important place,
and that's a suspicious circumstance.
Why did Paul tell the boys in the
pawn shop that he wanted the shot
gun for use on the bridge where he
worked, and why dicn'r the common
wealth, having secured this informa-
ton from the pawnshop boys, whom
they did not summons as witnesses,
bring this out on the witness stand?'
Mr.. Carter referred to Pauls con-
duct on the stand.
Why the C0ilapse?
t'Why this collapse at the coroner's
inquest? He had found out that the
gun which he had bought was found
near the scene of the murder. He
said he was in terrible fix and it
was up to him to lay the gun on scrne-
body, and wasn't that the reason, the
motive, for his accusation of Henry
and what led to the invention Of the
confession?"
you'll find throughout Paul's testl-
mony scraps of evidence which
shows his resentfulness toward his
uncle and cousin because they had
more money than he.'
The excoriation of Paul Beattie was
the feature of Mr. Carriers argument.
"Did not Paul Beattie's testimony
before the coroner stamp him with
the stain of guilt and brand him as a
man never again to be believed or
truste.d?" A1r. Carter shouted, "And
was not that baby collie, that catnip
and taking fit sufficient to show him
as false to the core, telling only
enough to clear his own soiled skirts.
! In Terrible Fix.
"PauI admitted he was in a terrible
fix. The gun had been traced to him
and he was put in jail. Four days later
he blossomed out with a statement
which he said was the whole truth,
but which he subsequently amended
with a remarkable confession, said
to have been whispered to him by
Henry.
Dare you convict al innocent mai,
on the palsied word of such person?
Verify if you say Ae snail hang his
spirit will ris like BanQuo's Ghost and
haunt you to your dying day.
'The gun, T believed, was hidden
in the cement house and never given
to Henry at all. Paul was the man for
! it has not been shown hat Henry ever
received he gul: Paul. the faErr, had
the gun, gentlemen.
The commonwealth vainly ATTEMPT
ed to bolster up Paul's story, but
could do no better than call Witnesses
who either knew Paul but slightly or
knew him several years 2go in New
Kent"
Mr.. Carter finished speaking at 3. -
p. m., the court adjourning until 8