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

Copyright by w. W. Foster.)
longeL crot- questioning as to how far
II would take to stop the car going
first at fifteen and then at twenty
miles an hour.
Had Face Full of n~ar..
IF this man you describe was only
rifteen feet off. in the centre of the
road with the lights full on him, why
cannot you tell whether he is white
OF colored?"
We'll, IL man had a face full of
beard l wasn't capable OF telling"
You determined that he must be a
white man after DR.. Mann remarked
that colored men didn't usually have
bcards?"
NO. sir; said from his voice. /
drought 1t was white man. What
DR.. Man nsaid made me think 20 much
more. ] have said al. along thought
II was n white man"
If you hadn't stopped your CT
would you have hit this MANI"
las 1t afterwards turned out I would
not"
How far was he to the left of the
car when you did stop?'
Il could not say whether it was one.
two or four feet"
is tnot your pest eStlmate!
Any OF them would be a guess"
You could have gone on by with
out striking him?"
Yes, when 1 saw him on the side
Of the machine l reached down to start
the Car again. I didn't know he was
on the side of the machine until he
spoke. He must have jumped back out
of the way
Did you see him move back?"
He must have gotten out of the
way-jumped or run"
He might have been six feet away p
Yes"
Then there was no reason for your
stopping at eN?"
] first saw him he was just TO one
side"
Did you see him jump beck?"
Il didn't see him. I don't know
whether he jumped there. ran there
or somebody pulled him there"
You don't really mean that some
body might have pulled him there?"
"Of course not"
Wife Said Nothing.
What did your wife say when this
highwayman appeared?"
"She didn't say anything She had
confidence in me to let me handle the
situation"
"She went to her death IN silence 2"
Eyes"
twas she looking at him?"
"I don't know"
From the appearance OF the wound
in the face she must have heen looking
at the man pointing the gum"
She must have"
And II she was looking at man
pointing a gun at her. do you mean
to tell this jury that she didn't
scream?"
THE gun wasn't pointed at her. l
| was reaching over for the brakes. Tho
Jerk of the car az 1t started put her
in line"
"Fe raised the gun and fired at your
wife,"
He merely raised it and fred. |
| think he meant to scare us. He didn't
mean to shoot any body"
What reason would this assas sin
have for raising a gun when 1t was
| aimed at you?"
That's what said. He raised it to
shoot over my head and the jerk 81
the car brought my wife in line"
What did the assassin say after he
; had fred the gum"
He didn't say anything"
What did he do?"
He hit me with the gun"
Did he attempt to load 1t again?"
Il didn't see him."
How much do you weight"
One hundred and thirty-fivs
pounds"
"How tall are you?"
Five feet nine inches"
"You went up to this large, power
tul man--you went after this giant FOR
what purpose?"
"As any man would go after an
other who had shot his wife"
ITO do whatf"
Wanted to Fight Hin.
ITO aght--to get at him.
well, what happened?"
"He hit me with the stock of the
gun and 1erked IT from him as I
fell"
"Then you thought about your
wife?"
"Yes, on the spur OF the moment I
had Jumped out after the man"
after the man or after the gum"
After the man. But after you had
disarmed this man who had Just MUIR
dered your wife you lot him go?,
thought OF my wife then and went