The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-08

corner as we'll as in a bar room later
corroborated the story Of Paul Beat
tie as to his movements on the Thurs
day night in question.
Witnesses also were introduced with
the object of discrediting the tesli-
mony of E. H. Nesblitt, who declared
l.e saw Paul with z shotgun Oh me
bridge where Neblitt worked & dAT
after Paul Beattie's story alleges he
transferred the fatal gun t. Henry.
Had 70. Gun.
Two men said they wac7 On the
bridge while NoblitJ Was there ana
they declared that Paul !.a2 10 shot
gun. The commonwealth attempted
to cast some doubt, too, on the c;;-
dence Of Chas. H. kestleberg, Wl.o
said it was he who was motoring OF
the Midlothian turnpike On the might
Of the murder and who stopped his
machine While a woman stood on tbs
running board. Roland Lassiter, one
of the group Of boys who saw the car
with the woman on the running board
and man crouched before the hood,
declared that he knew Kestleberg, as
we'll as the make of his car, and that
neither the man or car were the same.
Though various phases Of the case
were entered into the prosecution in
effect concentrated its effort on cor
roborating the story of Paul Beattie.
Witnesses were brought forward to
controvert the story of the accused on
the stand yesterday that while Paul
was on the veranda that night they
were not alone and that too many
people were present for any private
conversation. The principal witness
in refuting this was Henry B. Owen, a
brother of the dead woman, who testl-
fed that Paul and Henry not only were
alone in one portion of the veranda,
but that he later observed them alone
within the house.
Automobile Experts Heard.
Several automobile experts testified
during the late afternoon.
c.. S. Oliver contradicted testimony
Of automobile experts that the Beattie
car by it's construction was imperVious
to the dripping of blood through it to
the ground except in two place, where
blood was not visible. R. B. Airport,
an automobile expert, who examined
the Beattie car, corroborated divers
statement. He also declared that the
steering gear of the Beattie car was
such that it could not be driven with
one hand at 90 or so miles an hour as
the accused testified.
Mrs. Paul Beattie then took the
stand.
'Do you remember Paul being
brought home in an automobile at any
time during the week preceding the,
murder.
eyes, about $50 on Thursday night.
ssWho was with hin?"
CAS- near as I can tell a young
man.
"Do you know who he was?"
no"
"Where was he when you saw him?'
Looked Lie Henry Beattie.
''Ee got out of the machine and fix
ed the front light. It looked like
Henry Beattie to me-"
did you know Henry Beattie be-
fore?"
eyes" :4;s
"Where We're you?"
I'm the front window of my ROOM -
"How long had Paul been out that
night?"
about 20 or 25 minutes"
"Tell about it."
"a phone message came that some
one wanted to speak to Paul, asking
Paul to meet him at Short and Main
streets."
when did you see this machine
again."
saturday night" !!
Same machine?'' i
"Yes.''
T. Y. Lindsey, Rev. J. R. Blount,
Gregory Fisher and l. L. Kay testified
to Paul Beattie's good reputation.
Was Not kestleberg.
Roland Lassiter, who came from a
lance at Bon Air with other boys on
the Midlothian turnpike, declared on
The stand that the car he saw in the
road with the man in front and the
on the running board was not
he car of Kestleberg. He said he was
amiliar with Kestleberg's machine and
knew Kestleberg also, but he saw