The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27

OF the poaros. On the left hand run
ming board there was some blood--very
little. My recollection is that the spot
was not more than one and a half or
two inches. Tho only crack in tha
floor would not admit the blade of o
pen knife, and very little blood had
gone through. Tho crack did not go
all tho way through
Mons Under Chr.
Il looked under tho car and could
see no signs of blood. Mr.. wiltshire
on his back wriggied entirely under
the car and examined It for any trace
of blood coming through. There was
pan under there. Had the blood
gone through the floor of the car It
could not have gotten out OF the pan
Mr. Beattie was with US and agreed
that from It's appearance 10 blood had
gotten out OF the dust pan, or been
!n 1t.
II asked Henry Beattie whether ne
could give an explanation of how the
| blood got on the road. He said he
could not.
About this time Mr. Beattie. or
some one there. suggested that II
might have been possible for the blood
20 have gotten OH the outside OF the
road when his wife had fallen down
In the car. On the right side OF the
car there was strapped an extra tire
| and there was brake rod. We found
no blood on either"
Now give US the account Mr.. Beat
tie gave you OF the murder"
mfr Beattie stated he was coming
down the road toward Richmond when
man got I'm front and he had to
stop to keep from running over him
The man said. What the hell are you
trying TO do-run over me?'
"'Reattfe that ba ought IN
have done so. as the man had plenty
Of room. The man replied, 4 have
notion to shoot you anyway
"As the man raised the gun Beattie
| put his hands on the lever to start
the car. As he did SO. while bending
over. the man fired. His wife dropped
to her right. falling on his left shout
der or falling over on him, | think
he said. He Jumped out, the man hav-
Ing stepped toward the rear. The man
raised the svp 10 strike him. Beat
tie grappled and warded off the 'ow
except for a CHANGING lick on the nose
from the end OF the gun.
Took Gun From Mau.
HE stated that the blow from the
! gun had knocked him backward, that
he got up and put the gun in the
! bottom OF the car. He placed her
on the left seat of the car and held
her with one arm while he drove back
to the Owen place
II asked him what the man did
when he had taken the gun. He stated
that the man went off into the woods.
Later he said that he had at first
thought the man had gone into the
woods. but now he thought the man
had gone up the road.
He had made no attempt. he said,
n 9 yI,ft no cfn
him or follow him. or to call for any
one to follow him. but hollered and
blew his horn and set off for the Owen
place.
Il asked for a description of the
man and he replied. Very large and
! powerful, with a beard He thought
! the man was white. but was not posi-
tive. He told me that he did not think
! the man was trying to Kill Mrs. Beat
! tie, but intended to XIII him, and hit
his wife instead. 1 asked why the
man didn't then Kill him. and Beattie
replied that 1t was n single barreled
! gun. ! asked him how he could wrest
| q gun from man of the size he de-
scribed. He said that on account Of
mis- wife having been shot he had much
more strength than ordinarily"
His Next Conversation.
When was your next conversation
with Henry Beattie about the case?"s
II did not question him again until
Thursday. the day of the funeral, at
DR. Loving's home on the turlpike a
short distance from Richmond. After
his arrest I had no conversation with
him about the case TO amount to any
thing.
I'VE sent for him TO come to Coroner
Lovngs home that afternoon follow
ing the funeral. I told him there that
his statements WERE conflicting and
unreasonable. and gave him TO under
stand that he was suspected, and SO
put him on notice before we began to
question him. He said he had no OBJ
lection TO answer cur questions, and
said he knew some people thought he
had killed his wife He seemed to
answer all the questions we asked him
as to the man being in the road
You need nor repeat" said Judge
Watson, the detailed second CONVEX
sation unless there was some diverg-
ence.
There was very little difference"
said Mr.. Scherer
AT that conversatl on at DIR. Loving's
home was anything said about Beulah
Binford?" asked Mr.. Wendenburg.
There was"
Well, go on and tell us about it,
His Letter to Beulah.
II asked Beattie whether he had
written to Beulah Binford.'
wait moment" said Mr.. Carter.
II think we are going to object" He
conferred a moment with Mr. Smith
Mr.. Wendenburg protested that the
witness could tell or conversations he
had had with the prisoner or in the
presence OF the accused, and Mr.. Car
ter said finally. GO ahead"
Il asked him. resumed Mr.. Scherer.
whether he had written to her. He
stated that he had not since she had
gotten back from Norfolk. which was
d few months before. l asked hin,
whether he was not then assist,ng
Beulah Binford in arranging for
fiat. and had not given her money for
furniture. He stated that he had not
and that he did not know she was go.
ing to buy furniture. My recollection
is that he repeated this a second inv,