The Washington herald., 1911-08-31
PAUL BEATTIE RECALLED,
BUT HIS STORY UNSHAKEN

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to his story and could be moved from 1t
in no important particular.
| This blood spot, the boy maintained,
when questioned by Juror Hancock, was
about in the middle of the road.
Witness VeracIty Is Poor.
Eugene Henshaw, the next witness. tes-
| titled that he knew ]. C. Talley and his
reputation. He stated that his reputation
for truth is very bad.
| ''Did/you see any stranger that attract
ed your attention on that pike more than
once shortly before the murder, within
] forty-eight hours of the murder?"
Il met a strange looking man as was
/ going to Manchester. l saw him first on
Wednesday, then again Thursday. He
had a gray beard, and sat alongside Of
| the road.
II saw him again on Monday morning.
sitting by the roadside
You saw this man three times?"
Yes, sir"
The first time on the Wednesday pre-
ceding the MURDER?
"Yes'5'
''All the three times YOU saw him were
preceding the MURDER
Yes
He had about two weeks growth of
beard?''
| Yes"
How big was he?''
We'll he was a pretty big man, tall
and stout"
This was the first testimony that the
| trial had developed to substantiate Henry
Beattie's story of the big. bearded way
farer who held him up on the road and
shot his wife to death.
Admits Mormon Religion.
On cross-examination the witness ad-
mitted that he is a Mormon. Yes;
I'm a Latter-day Saint" he said
Did you ever have trouble with Tai
ley?"
! Yes"
WAS it because you insulted his
wife,"
NO"
The man wore a black slouch hat and
carried his coat on his arm," witness
said.
Il don't think he had a collar on. but
am not sure. His clothes were dark>in
color"
| Henshaw. who is man of about sixty
years, stood up we'll Under the cross
examination and refused to be driven
! from any Of the main points Of his story
! by Wendenberg's cross-examination.
! Did this man have a gum" he was
asked.
No
W. X. Holman. a Richmond quarryman,
whose place of business is near the scene
of the crime. was called.
Saw Man with shotgun.
He said he saw man on the Southern
Railroad tracks. near the Belt Line. going
toward the Midlothian turnpike on the
day Of the murder between and $50.
He was about five feet ten or eleven and
carried a single-harreled shot gun.
He had a straggfy beard of a week
or ten days and weighed from 80 TO 175
pounds"
rs there anything to hunt nowT'
No"
The witness said a brakeman on the
Southern Railroad whose name he does
not know was with him when the mys-
terious stranger went by with, the gun.
This was by far the STRONGEST point
that the defense had yet scored. and IL
his story held up 1t bade fair to clear
young Beattie Of the murder charge. On
crOss-eXamination he said the man had
a sandy beard and a slouch hat, but that
he did not notice his hair.
The witness saw the man about one
mile from the scene OF the murder The
stranger once. about a year ago. in Man
chester. However, he was not positive
on this point
Mr. Holland was ordered to keep with
in reach of summons, and Walter c.
Moore then was called. He gave his
residence as within three miles OF the
scene of the crime and said that Talley's
reputation was known to him only
through people whose veracity I doubt"
and that they spoke against him.
William PembertOn said he had known
Talley for years. but that he didn't like
TO tell his reputation for truth.
Name for Truth-tcIIing Bad.
People that know him say bad Of
him." the witness finally replied.
Don't you know two colored women
who saw the prisoner lift the body of
his wife from the Midlothian road and |
place in the automobile?'
NO. All I know about 1t is that |
heard that two colored women there |
abouts had said so, but they didn't say |
so to me-
John Saunders was the next witness. /
He is a police sergeant, and had appear
ed previously for the State. He told OF |
hearing Talley tell Henry Beattie the
morning after the crime: II heard the
shot and heard you honk the machine
and cry out"
What is Henry c. Beattie's. the pris-
oner's reputation for truth and verac-
ity?"
Yes"
What is it?"
''Of the best"
What is his reputation for kindliness
and peacefulness?"
It's good"
Luther Wells was then called and told
of being in the car with Henry Beattie
on the morning after the murder when
Henry talked with Talley and declared
Talley said: II heard the gun shot, and
also heard the automobile horn"
Did he say anything about hearing a
woman scream?"
No"
William Gaines, coIored. then took the
stand. He said he was on the Midlothian
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