The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-23
TIDE TIAIHs DIsPATcH RICHMOND va SUNDAY JULY g.

at work or at home that would serve
to fix tho day In your mind?"
The witness could recall mono. but
said his wife might
'.It was about O'Clock when my
wife called mo to the phone and said
| Henry wanted to speak to me- He
| merely asked me to meet him in q
! few minutes at Short and Main Streets
I went out and bought cents worth
OF candy from the Italian shop on
tho corner. and Henry drove up in
| his car in about Ave minutes us 1 was
standing on tho corner In front of the
confectionery.
Told to Buy Shotgun.
No one was with him In the car.
got in, and he drove slowly around
two or three blocks. up Main to Ran.
dolph to Cary, and finally back to
my home. lie asked mo II l would buy
him u shotgun. 1t didn't occur to mo
that there was any harm in buying a
shotgun. He didn't say what he
wanted with it. but said no wanted
second hand gun. i have before
gone TO different places and bought
things for him. and dIdE't think any
thing of It.
Il asked him what he wanted with
the gun and he didn't say. 1 didn't
about his asking me TO buy gun foi
him. He gave me 81. He didn't know
what the gun was going to cost"
No Reference TO Secrecy.
dig nc ask you to keep the matter
secret?"
NO. he didn't say anything about
keeping it secret. lie did not tell me
not to tell my wife about II or any.
thing like that. but | didn't tell any
one. 1 wasn't asked TO keep it a
secret. but l dom tell everybody abou,
my business. AS a matter of fact,
didn't tell any one. though he didn't
say anything about its being private.
II bought the gun on Saturday night.
about two days after he gave me the
money. lie didn't say when to buy the
Gun-didn't tell me he weS in hurry
for IT or anything like that
~ went up Saturday afternoon when
/ got off and selected a gun Mt the
pawnshop and that night went over
to his store in South Richmond and
told him 1 had bought It. and he came
for it, He said he wanted an old gun
and didn't know II it was the kind Of
gun he wanted. SO had picked It out
and paid for It, ana left 1t at the pawn
shop. We never said anything more
about the gun. / have been almost
crazy ever since l heard OF tho shoot
ing.
Waited on by boy.
~ oougnt the gun at the first shop
on North Sixth Street after you leave
Broad. / don't know whether it was
Stern's or Weinsteins hoy waited
on me. was by myself when bought
1t, wearing the same clothes l am now
wearing. | asked for a second hand
shotgun. and looked at three and
NNFlr.
ter snap and was better looking than
the others. l paid for IT with n $40
bill I don't remember how much
paid. whether 1t was 81 or s25 so. got
both silver and paper in change"
Henry Beattie had given you "a to
buy gum"
Yes"
And you had the money on your
Yes"
Then why didn't you pay with tina,
instead of with q $40 bill?'
Il wanted TO have the bill changed.
All money is Just alike. and l hadn't
kept II separate. gave the pawn
broker my name. Paul Beattic, ana
asked him TO keep the gun Tor me
until that night There was no secrecy
about it,
Told Henry OF Purchase.
81 won't home to supper and abon,
1880 went over to his. store and told
him had bought him gun. There
were many people in the s,ore-cus-
toners and clerks. ! saw some clerks
and others that I knew. spoke TO
Uncle Henry and went over TO tho
counter where young Henry was stand
ing. He said ho would so over 10
Richmond with me when the store
closed. IIe was by a showcase near
the front door. told him the gun
was in pawnshop on Sixth Street.
went out to moving picture show and
also got a glass OF beer didn't see
any one knew at the show, but saw
Burke, who | think knows me. where
l got the beer.
II got back 10 the store about 10
o'clock, just as they were closing.
Henry and l Went over in his car right
UP sixth Street nearly to Broad. where
he stopped TO fix the lights. l went on
over and got the gun and when came
back he took IT end put IL In the car,
and we went on up Grace Street We
had more trouble with the lights and
stopped once and took one OF the front
lamps and put it on in place of tho
rear one
Never Thought of 1t.
why didn't you take the gun over
to Beattie in the first place."
II might have done so. don't
know why [ didn't"
Wasn't it almost as light as day
at Sixth and Broad Streets with thu
show windows on both sides?"
Il couldn't say how ligh, ii was.
don't remember whether tho show
windows were lighted or dark.
didn't give Henry any change back;
forgot all about it. and he didn't ask
what the gun had cost"
so you still owe him the change"
Yes. lie didn't know there WAS
any change coming TO him. y police
man saw us on the way up the street.
and Henry asked him whether our
lights would do. My wife heard tho