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

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Beattie could not have becn shot ~
tho manner she was shot urless this
| gun had been on level with her
mead. He took the gun apart int
three pieces easily, and said, Poor
little Jakey couldn't take 1t apart
And yet reckon he has handled more
guns than all OF us put together.
Gun the Real Clue.
THE hottest part of the case la the
| gun. and you remember how the de.
| tense dropped II, 1t was too hot for
them to hold. How did the gun ye,
there? Henry says that the assassin
intended to kill him. Do you BELIEF.
that this man would have stopped af-
ter killing the wrong persona How
! did ina shaggy bearded man Know
that Henry would be out there that
night in shabby suit of clothes? He
says he didn't know himself: thnt II
| was on the suggestion of his wife
that he to6k the spin. But how did
the gun get there7 How did this
shaggy stranger get there7
"Sydnor says that between sunset
and daylight dawn he saw a machine
like this one OF Henry Beatue'a
standing in the road. and the young
man he saw had on tan Shoes and tan
socks. He said the young man was
without a mustache, and that he look.
ed like this man." pointing at the
| prisoner.
Now some young man did r. pecu.
, liar thing. He was afraid to go past
that store. Then he came back and
stopped at the very scene of the
/ crime. Have you. gentlemen. any
doubt that 1t was the prisoner there
with some sinister purposef" And he
pointed al the covering Henry.
And yet the prisoner tells you that
he was somewhere on the road fixing
| -
| testimony, he was on tho pike at that
time. Why do they try to move the
! time up always? What is the reason
for It? Sydnor says that he saw no.
| other car on the pike at that time.
F, and Beattie comedies that he was on
the pike at that time. Tho natural
conclusion is that It was Henry OIL
f. Beattie, Jr.. there and then.
| Now, there Is some other evidenced
that is in sSfne confusion. Eitherf
| those boys coming back from Bon AitB
made a great mosteke. or Paschall made{
| n great mistake. Charlie kastelberg'st
car was on the pike that evening, ana1
1t is shown that his car was not OIL
the road at the time. Paschall had evil
IDENTIFY read 1t In the paper and got III
fixed in his mind. This crime occur.k
red about q quarted IL, and these
boys say that this Is the kind OF ca
they saw. Some say that the car wa
quarter OF mile from the store d,s
scribed, but Kastelbergs car was mon 4
than mile away. They saw a wcIH
man who did not have a hat on, am
Mrs. Beattie did not have hat oS
\ They saw a rain coat. and Charl$
Kastleberg's friend had on a whit
dress and a mushroom hat And the
| say 1t was a Buick car. Henry's O.
is Buick car. And when they So
her she was on the running board,
the act of stepping down to H. IS
death. b@
Nothing to Equal This Crime.
| This Is the greatest crime and tkH
worst under the roof OF heaven. TIL
young man. gentlemen has bound
band of blood around his name SO thi t.
generations Will slowf, go by 1t uni f.
1t Is plotted out fros. memory d.
dark and bloody annals OF the pa -
:, have nothing to equal this crime.
But let US hurry on. Can there F.
any doubt that this is the gun? Jaet IS
and FARRELL said that they saw blos Il
] on the gun. and the defense took ii IL
position at first that there was 4 -
| blood At all on the gun But tn n
saw that that Wouldn't dc. AID thu H
asked IL blood was not on the steerii H
wheel, and II 1t were not possible 6
| the blood to have come from the stes H.
Ing wheel on Douglas Beatties han
Well. how did the blood get thee
My good friend, Mr.. Smith, said
Henry had blood on his nose, and Is,
Tom Owen tells you that the bl ~
was not sufficient to trickle down H
| cheeks. But anything to get I'll Ia
! damaging blood off the gun! 1t cor ~
not have come from the bearded hiA rs
| wayman. III -
II believe III Cod above us, In al r.
! who controls us all. 1t was but III -
trol Me- d., 40. - -
| tried to hide the dread secret in r 3
breast. But the whips and lashes ~
his conscience awakened him. and ~
unbosomed himself to his wife, and M
told her that ne had bought Henry ~
gun. and that he believed II WAS LII f|&
same gun which had killed Hentt f
wife. M
PauPs Hateful Words. rs 81
And 1t nearly set him crazy WIZ
did he do? He had been taught WI Ss
little fellow at school that he M, k3I
not tell on the boys. but now he nj @
unburden himself He told his wsa
and she told her mother. who told So M
husband. and he gave the informant @
to the police. Even then Paul did 25a
want to tell more. But there is
invisible power somewhere. ana t
same power made Paul tell the balss H&{
OF that secret In his heart. He
nothing to fear. He knew he was M
innocent agent But here he has Il. E83a
yllitied, and the worst character E ~
lSAen attibuted to him. But tell " k6
Beattie that the God who made
disclose that dreadful secret viii g H935a
after him. He has nothing to fsas E
And then they bring In Nebte
swear that Paul had a gun thas
day morning on Mayo's Bridgi
so fearful are they OF his stor 5S
before he was attacked. they
moned witnesses to prove his 4
ter for veracity And they ask m R5]
we didn't put that negro Walter
stand. We couldn't put ,on
summoned. And now 1 ask the
they didn't put him on"
MIR. Wendenburs then went 9
instructions as to what tho n 38