The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29

Cross-Examfnation.
IL was just sos when Attorney II
NJ. Smith, Jr, rose for the cross.ex-
animation. His voice was stridcp,--
MS manner charged with excitement.
unconsciously the attorney stood while
examining the witness and his voice
was heard beyond the walls OF The
courthouse. Up to the hour OF ad-
1onrnnent ne had only given PAU
bea,tle a taste of what is to come
his own mistaken.
AT the inquest Henry Beattie l AIRED
at Paul. never once taking his eyes
from his face. So far Was thi. no.
,~!ceahle that some even remarked at
mat time that Paul Beattie knew more
Inah ne was telling. and that .Hepry
oedt'ie was exercising an almost hyp-
motto effect in keeping him subdmed
Henrys eyes fell yesterday. Again
and again he attempted 10 raise them
10 MS cousins face or 10 eye the Jury
as the damaging testimony fell, bu,
pad In front of him. on which he fig.
ured aimlessly with a pencil.
First Told Wendenbnrg.
"WhO wns the first person IN w,,,,
you made amy such
ITO Mr. Wcndenburr al the H.,,t..
county juii."
lilo" long after the inquess,,
"Four days.
no" many times hud you seen SIR.
"cndenburE and Sehcrer before ,oo
told this." Wv
1.-TWO or three times."
Don't you know you saw them tyxo
or three times IA day,n
NO ! never saw them two or three
times n day or anything IKE IT,
you talked with Cnptnin McMuhor -,
yes" f
odd you tell him about thl, con-
fession."
$40"
"Did you talk with scherer befo,.
the cor"ner's inauestf"
81 don't think 1 did"
"fo said four days just now.
Wasn't IL II weck."
"No-not that long,"
"Itnd scherer seen you In the
int-rim"
"Yes."
did you tell himf"
"Did you tell Mr.. wren,"
NO"
did you tell Mr. wilt.hiret"
"No."
"AL of the officers working on tho
cnse interviewed your"
eyes"
They asked you to tell nil you
knew."
Yen"
"Then. why didn't your"
Duty lie Hud 10 Perform.
1T cnmc to my mind after bnd
heen I'm jail thnt 10 WINS my duty 10
the public and tn my wife and bnby,
and I've got n good wifc-to tell this
thing. I tried to hold IL back ns long
M 1 could 1 hated like anything 10
tell on my own flesh and blood this
why"
Before the inquest didn't you
promise your wife und mothcr-lp-lnN
10 tell everything"
Going After Paul.
Mr.. Smith started out with an as-
sressive air.
J"You told about meeting Douglas mt
the door, aud about his showing you
where Henry was. What night wns
THUR"
"rhursdny night"
You testified MT the coroncr'E In
quest"
"fes.,
"You were on the stnnd there for
several hours."
81 don't know how long,
"Your testimony takes up Hfty-nve
pages of typeNyritinE In the record"
~ didn't t%ypewrite IL. 1 don't know
! only know | was In very bad condi-
NUN III . "hS bh tht Htuhus[
"You remember that / crosn-cxnm-
incd you under protcst."
II remember that my mind got
Sienrer 70 me, and l told you TO go
ahead"
"Do you remember my saying thnt
I didn't wunt to cross-examine a wit
ness in your condition
'I think 1 do"
..Didn't you'sny you felt well enough
40 20 on"
81 don't think ! did OF that said
anything. ! came back on the stand
when I felt b~etter,'
"When you were on the witness
stand Mt the coroner's Inquest did you
state that Henry Beattie had made "A
confession to your
"No."
when was the frat time you told
That to any ones"
az wasn't asked to tell Il MT the cor
oncr's inqucst."
"No. 1 only promised Mcmahon to
tell the truth about the Sun--the part
he asked me about"
''Fhcn you didn't tell the whole
truth at the inquest"
"The gun was all 1 was asked
about"
"And the first man you told wss
W~endenburg."
eyes. four days after the inquest"
"YOu didn't give amy fntimotion TO
any one in those four dnysr
"No, SIR"
"Nvhen you bought the gun, did
Henry nsk You not TO say anything
about itH"
"No."
"Nothins about keeping the matter
a sccrctf"
"No.'
Didn't Think II Strange.
& you think there was anything
strange about his asking you TO buy
him n gunf"
NO. He asked me to buy II second
hand gun. He had plenty OF money
and 1 Thought maybe he didn't wnDt
to be scen going into IA pawnshop."
why didn't you Take 1t over TO him