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

the machine. she got in and I lit the
front mps. and we got the prescrip-
ton from DR.. Mercer | to.s him at
the time that l didn't think could
get 1t filled because the drug stores
closed a: 10 o'clock He said, Well.
If you can; get 1t filed tonight. 1T
is not very Important. and in the morn
ing Will do" SO we went out the left
hand road to the Midlothian Road
and down the turnpike 10 the drug
store.
q Whose durS store?
\. Washington & Earlys, at the
head of Hun Street. l got out of the
car there and vent in the drug lore
to the door, rather. and ratified on the
door. No one came. kept on rat
tling. saw some one sitting in the
rear who seemed to be writing. ana
finally the drug clerk came out. l
asked him Il he would MI prescr!p-
ton for Mr. Tom Owen, and he said
certainly He took the prescription
and went back in the store. L vent
out in the street where the car was
and stood on the running board talk
ing to my wife. We stayed there
don't know how long-at rough
guess about ten minutes 1 saw him
coming from the rear OF the stsre
with the prescription, and 1 went on
in.
wife In Good Humor.
@. What were you doing out there7
\. Standing on the running board
talking 10 my wife. ana when l saw
hin coming from the rear OF tho store
vita the prescription"
Q. Was your wife IN good humor
that evening"
a. Yes sir.
@ Were you in gsSd humor?
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cross words. and we could hardly De
otherwise If we did not. He was COM
ing from behind the counter, and l
went in the drug store and met him.
paid him for the prescription, and
asked him Il he had any candy. He
told me he had some chocolate aim onds,
believe. He took out n box there,
and l asked him II he had any larger
box. a pound box He said no. L took
a smaller box. paid him for It, and
came out and got IN the car; backed
the car around Clopton Street. and
headed up the Midlothian Turnpike.
When we passed Mrs. Owens home,
or ra Their just before that Louise said:
Lets take a little spin up the road;
DR.. Mercer said the prescription was
not important; and we went on up
the road.
wife suEgested Spin.
@. Whose suggestion was 1t that you
take q little spin?
A. Ny wife's
Q. Had you Intended to go up the
road If she had not mentioned it?
A. No. sir. The first car we met
coming down-as said, we met three
cars on the road.
Q. You said that when?
y. l said that the night of the muir.
der and 1 also said 1t at the inquest.
that roe ga pasapd on the road
@. Describe the cars.
a. The first one, 1 think 1t was af-
ter we crossed the Belt Line, l don't
know how far. 1t was dying.
@. What sort of n car was it? Givs
some idea. Who was in it?
y. 1t was really running so fast
though 1 could see it was full OF
really say who was in 1t because IL
ran so fast. We were running slow
then, Just taking little spin.
Q. How fast was this car going, lii
your judgment? You have had a good
deal OF experience with automobiles?
Saw Car Flying by.
a. Yes. sir. When 1 saw the car
VAS flying, 1 mean it was going fifty
or sixty miles an hour. AS 1 was in Il
car passing 1t. might not have been
able to judge the exact speed at that
iIIDS, IL llllSnL nave pSSH IOEly
@. 1t was running forty miles an
hour anyhow. you think?
y Yes, sir. 1t waa running fully
forty miles an hour. Every car that
is travelling fast leaves q long string
of dust behind 1t. We were running
slow and we got the benefit of this
dust for couple OF squares.
@. Was 1t n dusty night?
X. Yes. sir. very dusty. a few min
coming. and my wife said. eco faster.
Henry, so we will leave them some OF
the dust" meaning that they would
catch the dust from us the same as
we got 1t from them. In n few min
utes we passed the third car.
Q. What sort of car was the sec
ond car?
a. AS said. all three were running
very fast. and all that 1 could see
was that It was n large car.
Q. The third car. how big was that.
anw how fast was 1t going?
a. AS said at the coroner's in
quest. and as l told them ALL they
were all large cars and all running
very fast.
O. What is the number OF your car?
a. Eight hundred and twenty.
@. Does that number look anything
like Dill?
y. Not to me.
Carried BiSiNumbcrs.
Q. Did you have that number in big
letters on the back or your car?
y. Yes. sir. four inches high.
Q. The law requires that. doesn't It?
a. Yes. sir.
Q. Now, Mr. Beattie, just state all
about that ride.
a. We passed three cars and went
on up the road. and tho last thing
l remember before turned around
that night was row of cedar trees
on the right hand side. and my wife
remarked to me. wouldn't they make
nice Christmas trees?" After we passed
those. we went UP the road. 1 don't
know, 1t might have been a half Al
mile, It might have been n mile that
we ran up and ran up into a gate
and backed up and turned around and
ran down the road again.
Q. Did you point out to the detec-
lives where you turned around?
y. Yes. sir, pointed out that night