The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05


$500"
| Mr.. Wendenburg read from the let
ter: "' Pay this ten on the furniture
and make him give sou an itemized
! bill and what you must pay each
| week Why were you interested in
what she was to pay each week?''
81 had told her I would help her
| with It,"
"Irmn" Ia Mrs. Cobb.
Don't let 1rma call me up any more
somebody will get wise Mr.. Wen
| denburg read on who is Irma?'
Mrs. Cobb She lived in the same
house with Beulah.'
who would get 'wise'7"
Well, I didn't want my people to
know was running with another
| girl"
with oceans of love. pursued Mr..
| Wendenburg. What did that meant"
1T didn't mean anything; l have
! sent messages like that to lots of wo-
| men"
trimming with kisses Did you
kiss her when you left her?'
Yes"
80 you treated her in that way
the same as you treated your wiie:
II don't think It is necessary to
make any comparisons" said Judge
| Watson.
well. anyway" said Mr.. Wendenburg.
1.-The fact Is that on July II OF this
! year. four days before your wife's
| death, you were preparing to make
! a home for Beulah Binford2"
81 told her would help her. Her
| sister and brother-in law would not
llet her live there any longerf'
Didn't they tell you II was shame
you being a married man-to come
that way after herr"
yes; her sister wouldn't walk down
Broad Street with her. She expected
her to stay only on short visit"
! You once took Beulah Binford and
her sister in your car 10 visit an
uncle?"
I Yes. but that was at night"
Delivery of Gun.
1T is In evidence here" said Mr..
wendenburg. that on the Saturday
might preceding the homicide, about
lol5 o'clock this gun was delivered
10 Paul Beattie. 1t IS also in evil
dence that that time IS in confusion.
| II your store closed at 10 o'clock ana
you took Paul to Richmond with you
and delivered Paul at his home, as
you have described. how could that
gun be delivered to Paul in Vein
STEMS pawnshop at 1915 unless you
knew Of IT."
| ut wasn't delivered to Paul on Sat-
urday night-that is. not while ne was
| with me-"
"Now you have told us that when
the store closed you brought Paul to
Richmond in your car. You say you
got out three times to Ak the lights
before you got to Grace Street. How
long did that take7"
1T took about ten minutes to get
from the store to Sixth and Grace"
and you stopped at Fourth and
Franklin Streets to change the lights,
How long did that take?"
| About five minutes"
You told Mr.. Smith this morning
ten. Why do you want to make 1t less
noW"
~ don't know: 1t may have taken
five OF ten minutes"
How long did 1t take you to get to
Paul's house from there?"
Five minutes"
when did you get to Paul's house,"
II don't remember. 1t must have
been about quarter before IL
| o'clock"
| Paid for Phone Call.
When Billy Sampson called Beulah
Binford on long distance from your
store, didn't you talk to Beulah?"
~ hollered something over the phone
to her."
odd you pay the long distance toll
charges?"
yes"
Didn't you go over to the telephone
office and pay for the call so that 1t
wouldn't appear on your bill?"
$50 they wouldn.. know you and
Sampson had talked with her?"
Yes"
You were preparing to go to Nor
tolk?"
Eyes. She knew we were coming"
! "Beulah's doctor bill was charged to
your"
| yes"
why should you pay such a bill?"
"She asked me If I would pay II.
The doctor had told her that other
wise she would have to go to the hos
pital at the almshouse. so I told her
would pay the bill"
you left your garage at what time
on the night Ct the murder?"
! II left the house about S o'clock.
I got the machine out after I had
pumped up the tires and busted 1t
or"
viii you deny that you went out
OF your garage that night in your
car at quarter before o'clock?"
| Yes"
you went on out semmes Avenus
to Dundee end then into Park Street?.'
J Yes. took the centre road from