El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-05


four days before the murder.
Didn't you on Thursday after the
homicide deny to detective Scherer
that you had sent Beulah any money
or aided her in any way?"
NO
I'm the presence OF DR.. Loving, SER
geant Wrenn and detective Wiltshire.
didn't detective Scherer ask you con-
corning the money!
IF he had, I would have told him. I
told all knew"
Beulah to get an itemized bill Of the
furniture and what must be paid each
week."
Yes"
why was that?"
just ssGushes of Taffy.~
'T thought she might say the bill
was Target than 1t was"
with oceans of love- what do you
mean by that?"
Nothing; just gushes Of taffy."
trimming with kisses What do
you mean%
We'll, few men are with girl of
that kind and do not kiss her. 1t is not
a cold blooded act"
The fact is that on July "a you were
making preparations for an independ-
ent home for her?"
II wasn't making any more prepara-
tons than the rest Of them. She
couldn't stay with her sister or moth.
er. Her sister wouldn't walk down
the main street with her."
Didn't you take Beulah and her
sister to her uncle's in your machine
just before her uncle died?"
YES but that was at night when no
one could see"
The prisoner admitted that he paid
a physicians bill for Beulah Binford
at her request The questioning shift
ed to the night of the tragedy.
Speaks of Tragedy.
Where aid the highwayman have
the gun hid?"
AZ don't know that he had it hidden.
1 didn't see 1t until he raised the gun
and pointed it at me-"
what reason could that man have
for numbering you and your wife,"
'sNone that know Of Might have
been trying to scare me. He might
have been drunk"
WAS he staggering?"
He swerved in the road, but that
wasn't necessarily because he was
drunk"
There was no provocation given by
you, was there?"
None that 1 know of. unless may
have tried to prevent him from going
across the road"
How far away from you was the
MANI"
st can't say. 1 know that had to
stop short not to hit him. If hadn't
stopped. L would have been in some
Jail to answer for it,
Don't you know that you are here
today because you did stop?"
Counsel for the defence objected, and
the court sustained the objection.
when the man in front of your car
made the threat what did your wife
say?'
Nothing"
she went to her death in silence?"
81 reckon she had enough confidence
in me to handle the situation"
'sWas your wife looking at the man?"
Il don't know"
Didn't the wound show it?"
Yes"
you mean to say she didn't scream7"
mo"
Even when the gun was pointed at
her?-
Gun Pointed at Him.
ct wasn't pointed at her. 1 thought
he was pointing it at me and when the
car jerked forward and I bent down
he fired at her."
What reason did he have to point
it at your"
81 thought he was trying to shoot
above my head to scare me-"
What did the man say?"
Nothing"
What did he do?"
He started to hit me with the gun
-
You say he was powerful mani"
He was a large man and probably
powerful" !.
you say you started toward the
man. What for?"
ITO fight. I reckon"
did you fight?"
well, as 1 said. I fell down after
getting the gun and the man was up
the road"
Then after you had captured the
gun your first thought was of your
wife?"
Yes"
Then after you got the gun you
were satisfied and gave up all pursuit
of the MANI"
Il saw him going up the road and
thought Of my wife"
After you had disarmed the man
"iAO ANCiCU yOQI vile you Thought
of your wife?'
Tho Man Ran.
Yes The witness said he could
not have reloaded the gun in time to
shoot the highwayman.
did the man run?'
YES"
Very fast?"
81 couldn't tell. 1 could only see a
yard or So"
80 you fell to the ground after get
ting the gun and the man saw you on
the ground and yet RAM"
Yes"
Which part of the gun struck you
on the noseT
THE stock"
Then as soon as you picked the gun
up. you put it into the rear Of the car
Then you went to your wife who need
ed no assistance?
Question Ruled Out.
1--WE object. said Mr. Carter Judge
Watson ruled out the question because
the witness had stated previously that
he did not know that his wife was
dead until DR.. Mercer told him at the
Owen home.
Didn't you tell Tom Owen when
you had reached the house that you