The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-05

You are trying to blacken Paul as much as you can, aren't you?'
 No. I'm telling the truth and can prove it by every clerk in our store.'' When you took Paul home on Saturday night, what did you say about Beulah Bin. ford?"
 Call Up Beulah Binford ''I told him to call up Beulah Binford under the name of Mrs. Fisher and tell her I would be there in few minutes Did you ever see Beulahs diary that she began to keep after she got back to Richmond?'
 'G believe did. think I glanced through it.' Where were you then?"
 CT don't know where I was"
 The prisoner later said he did not remember when he read the diary.
 The prosecution produced the diary
 Were you in love with Beulah from the time she came from Norfolk until the time of the death of your wife?"
 'I never loved her"
 Didn't she write so in her diary ?"
 "I don't know, she may have"
 Ut was kept by her with reference to her feeling for you, wasn't it?"
 'I don't know"
 Did the diary give any expression of her feelings toward you?"
 q really don't know what Is in there"
 Have you forgotten?"
 "Yes, sir"
 Regarding the admissbility of the diary the court ruled that it should come from the sworn lips of Beulah BinfOrd."
 "I do not think that book is testi- mcny," concluded Judge Watson, who cut off the prosecution from proceed in g further with questions regarding the diary.
 What was Bertah's pet name for you when she addressed you?"
 Henry"
 Did she call you my darling Henry?"
 No, sir. not in personal converse tion"
 Mir. Wendenberg produced the dear kid' letter concerning the purchase of furniture for the Binford girl, enclosing a S10 check, and the witness admitted writing it. It was dated July IA, or four days before the murder.
 "Didn't/ you on Thursday after the homicide deny to Detective Sherrer tha [ you had sent Beulah any money or aided her in any way?"
 Yes"
 In the presence of pr. Loving, Ser geant Wrenn and Defective Wiltshire. didn't Detective Scherrer ask you con cerning the money?"
 Told All He Knew
 'If he had. would have told him. I told all l knew | Tn your dear kid letter you asked Beulah to get an itemized bill of the furniture and what must be paid each week?'
 Yes
 Why was that?"
 ''I thought she might say the bill was larger than it was"
 With oceans of love- what do you mean by that?"
 Nothing: just gush or taffy."
 "'rhe fact is that on July IA you were making preparations for an independent home for her?'
 'l wasn't making any more preparations for her than the rest of them She couldn't stay with her sister or mother. Her sister wouldn't walk down the main street with her.
 Didn't you take Beulah and her sister to her unces in your machine just be- fore her uncle ded?''
 Yes, but that was at night when no one could see.
 At quarter after 10 o'clock on the Saturday night before the murder it was testified by Paul that he gave you the gun Now, if you took Paul home at l0:2o. you must nave had the gun then?'
 ''I didn't get any gun from him.
 What time did you get to Pauls house that night"
 About quarter to H.
 Didn't you pay for long distance message from your store for Billy Samp- son, then 20 over to the telephone office to get them to take the name off?' Yes
 "Why was that?'
 '1 didn't want any name on the bil.''
 "The message was about preparations to go to Norfolk 2"
 ''I don't remember
 The prisoner admitted that he had paid . physicians bill for Beulah Binford Ut her request.
 The questioning shifted to the night of the tragedy.
 Where did the highwaymsn have the gun hidden?' ''I don't lnow that he had it hidden. [ didn't see 1t until he raised the giin and pointed it at me
 What reason could that man have for murdering you or your wlfe?'
 None that l know of. Might have been trying to scare me. He might have tecn drunlA
 Was he staggering?'' He swerNed in thc rns1 i'-' 'h-' want necessarily because he was drunk There was no provocaton given by you. was there?'
 None that 1 know of unless might