The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-03
about your going around with Henry?"
What His People Said.


What His People Said.
NO. sir. My people had told me ]
ought not to go around with Henry.
They said didn't LOOK good: that he
was married man and that / wa,
leading him off. 1t was no, because
Henry was too bad for me; he couldn',
carry me any faster than l could go
Every one In Manchester knew Henry
went with this girl before
WAC in Manchester would know
when you two started out to the
Jameatown races VINO you were going
to meet?"
no one.
Would your people suspect you Of
going to Norfolk to find Beulah Bin.
NO, but they had heard girls call
| has called me UP at homo since she
came back"
ow. as matter OF fact. why
didn't your people want you to so with
Henry"
They would think We were run.
ming around again, as we used to do
hefor he was married"
Didn't you tell Scherer you didn't
want your people TO know you were
going out with Henryf"
Yes"
You got out Of the motor car a
square from home and walked rather
than let your people see you two to-
sether ~ motor carr"
Yes. said that"
Didn't you give 1t as reason FOL
getting out block from home tina,
you didn't want people in Manchester
10 see you with Henry Beattler
iried to Conceal II.
II said ] didn't want my people a.
home to know had been out with
him in an automobile at night"
You have aided nenry all you
could in this caseT"
Yes. anything I could hear have
told Mr. Smith"
You have stated that when you
started TO get into the cor that sat.
urday night there was no gun in the
carr"
NO said saw none"
1T is In evidence here that a gun
was put in the rear part OF the car.
Did you make an effort to get into the
rear part of the carr"
Yes"
And after you had seen that there
seat?"
Il put my foot In. getting into the
rear told Mr. Scherer week after
the killing that / saw no gun"
Didn't you also tell him that you
knew there was no gun there because
you opened the car door,"
mo. sir; don't remember"
Found He Was Mistaken.
After you had made your statement
to a stenographer didn't You go INTO
another room with me, where I asked
Won how you knew there was no gun
,here?'
Didn't you say It was just TO tease
Henry that you opened the rear doo,
and started to get in behind?'
II don't remember"
After that statement you had die
tated was typewriter didn't You add
IN pencil that you opened the door,"
Mr.. Wendenburg produced an inter-
lined copy of the statement with the
pencil addition.
YES" answered Sampson. land
afterwards ! remembered that I had
oeen mistaken, as the car had no rear
doors"
"If this gun had been in the chest
or tool box under the cushions of the
rear seat could you have told that
st was there or nota"
"No. AsI stated, II 1t had been in
view in the back part I would have
seen IT."
Mr. Sampson at this point was ex-
cused.
Hotel Men Sees Highwaymnn.
F. *. Clements. hotel man of
Petersburg. was sworn at 3:45 o'clock
He testified that he was In an auto
mobile on the morning before the muir
der. on July II.
did you have any experience with
a strange man with single barreled
shotgun" asked Mr. Smith
Yes. sir. We were on the PAters-
hurg Turnpike, mile or this side
of Manchester Mr.. David Dunlop.
his chauffeur and a negro man were
in the car We left Dunlop's place on
tho Monday morning before the MUIR
der. When we saw the man in the
road I at first thought he had
double barreled gun. We were going
about thirty miles an hour. Suddenly
the chauffeur pretty near stopped. TIL.
man stood in the road and wo had TO