The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22
TIE TIMES D1sPAToH RICHMOND VA SATURDAY, july % 1911
farrell TO see the woman who had hrs,


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farrell to see the woman who had frs,
tound the Sra.
The woman showed them sill as
mari;ing tne spot on the railway track
where she discovered It,
we measured tie distance from the
right-hand side OF the road, and made
1t twenty-five feet down the railway
tracks," the witness said.
SO II that gun Eel! out OF the car
it had TO be thrown twenty-five feet?"
he was asked.
Yes. Sir. Then we got the colored
, man. Reynolds. who later brought in
the gun from where he said # lay. The
measurement was twenty feet Ths
woman said that when she saw 1t II
was broken. and she left it there
Dr. Wilbur Mercer was sworn ana
TOLD of being at the owen place when
BeattIe came back with the body. cry
ing. 70 my God. we've been held up
and shot MIS-. Beattie was lying
down between the front seat and the
dashboard. He carried her into the
house and found her dead Beatt!e
wanted to call ambuiances and take her
to hospital, but the physician told
on the hoor OF the car. between the
front seat and the dashboard when
Dir Mercer noticed IT. He was not pos
tive whether Bcattie had the coat on
when he drove in or not.
Then that would account for blood
on t:'' asked Mr.. Smith.
Yes"
DR.. Mercer described the wound In
some technical detail. telling OF prob
ing for and removing from the back
Of Mrs Beattie's head the gun-wad OF
the charge. There were no marks or
powder or scattered shot, He thought
the gun was not more than a few
Inches from! the woman's face when
fred.
schcrer TcstiGes.
L. l.. Scherer. claim agent of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. said nc
was called about 1890 a. Nj. Wednes-
day by Ben 2. Owen al his home. 27l7
Grove Avenue. and told OF the murder
and asked whether he could get the
state Farm bloodhounds. The tele-
phone line had closed, but he got the
chesapeake and OHIO dispatcher 10 ar
range to Gu; of an engine and caboose
from freight train and bring the
hounds down. Major Patton. of the
Prison Board, and John Alsop met the
mounds a I the station at 5.I5 o'clock,
and oeheEer was al the scene of the
murder nine minutes later. John AL
SHP near, smiled.
The hounds circled for half a mile
but got no scent. Where the car had
stood the parry tried again and again
TO get the dogs to take scent. They
LED TO the fence and back TO the car.
but not over into the field beyond.
Beattie and others came up, and some
one said the gun had been found.
Beaitie explained that in crossing the
railway tracks the gun must have
loIted out, as there were no rear doors
on the car. Scherer told of many eN-
d limitations OF Beattie and others and
OF placing the. car over the spot OF
blood The spot had been carefully
measured, and scherer had notes OF all
hgures. which were read into the rec
ord
Did you see whether this pool Of
blood could have come from this carr"
he was asked
,,. Taking the statement of Mr..
Beattie." ne declared, Il would say it
no indication on the car to show that
BLOOD had flowed through" The wit
ness SAID he had examined the car
rnihuteiy and found that blood could
not get between the floors as de-
scribed. Beattie agreed that there
was no sign OF blood on the dust nan.
DID Beattie make any explanation
after you showed him that the blood
c"uio Sot have come from the carp"
He was there and heard what was
explanation"
Mr.; Scherer said he had known
p!oodhounds TO take the trail after
fifteen hours. Asked as TO the cy-
animation OF the clothes Mrs. Beatt!e
wore, he said he had gone to the
house to inspect, them. but found the
women who undressed the body had
burned them at once on account of
their bloody condition.
cha
instead Of in the car and fell there,
herr
Il think not. There would be some.
ana from her coming that distance at
his speed, but there would be much
blood on the clothes to obliterate dust
stains. / don't think we could have
told from her clothes whether she was
shot in the car or in the road"
There was prolonged discussion
among the authorities as TO the form
OF commitment papers, Beattie hay
.hg oeen arrested in the city by Cap
tain Mcmahon without warrant. a
warrant was duly sworn out by County
Ofieer farrell, who said he had asked
to be allowed to do 1t the day before
and had been stopped
Captain McMahon took the gun in
until 1890 p. NJ today. The late
hour was named to suit the attorneys
who had other cases in court.
There seemed some feeling between
the county and city officers over tho
arrest. Magistrate Jacob remarking:
We aren't in ii over here"
Mr. Scherer smoothed the thing
over by explaining that both Mr.. Jacob
and Officer farrell had wished to arrest
the evening before. as he had himself
lie said he had argued the case with
w. q. Baldwin for hours and only de-
ferred the arrest on his advice
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