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Show BREAKING D0VI1 STORY OFJEATTIE Evidence of Hi.li School Boys Strong for the . Prosecution. JURY EXAHINES THE BLOODY AUTO Witness Confirms Theory " That Beattie Had Con Hidden in Boshes. . OBBBTEBTtELD OOTJBTHOTJBB, Ang. SB. Six high Khool boy ratnm-in( ratnm-in( from a daaea at Bonalr, kreaa mil from Richmond, fv testimony today Indicating that a woman, praramafely Mrs. Haury Clay BaattU, Jr, wa tending am th teft rasning board of machine which thy fused, and that man crouched la front of th ear. Th prosecution endeavored to ah War la tola way th contention of Hanry O. Baattl, Jr, at th coroner' Inquest that Mr. BaaKl waa oa th toft hand eat whan th wa killed. Th eommoa wealth by it witneeeee sought to prov that th pool of blood near' th machine marked th spot wher th murdered woman fell froa th automobil and that blood could not hav trickled through th bottom of tho ear, aa th defense argued. Th jury at th requeet of Proceea-i Proceea-i r n endenberg examined th ear ear, fully as it stood en th lawn outside of th courtroom. Several of th jurymen jury-men particularly inspected tb portion of tho ear underneath th seat wher th proMeutioa claim a grease paa would natch th dripping blood. Baatti aeon at Spot. Incidentally, th morning' testimony of th six boy brought out th faet that on of their number, F. B. Adam, who -want alon to th daoe at Bo-nair. Bo-nair. saw a man, unaccompanied, standing stand-ing by a machia near th scene wher tb murder waa three hour later committed. com-mitted. Thia was ia tin with th idea of the commonwealth that Beattie filaced a gun in the bushes nearby o hat it would be available when ho waa ready for the deed oi wkiek h steads accused. , At J:l a- fu fudg Wtan aroe from behind a big vae ef flower whlrh adorned bl desk and appealed to U Virginia gentlemen preeent to he tolerant of the heat and keep their coat oo, a) deference to the women preeent. Henry Clay Seattle, seeled beald hi father, eaaerty reed a morning paper account of yeaterday'a testimony. High School Boy First Witaaa. - K. K. MoMley. m years old. th second sec-ond of ,the eight high achool hoya who claim on the night of the traedy to hav peeeed an automobile similar to that In which Beattie and hla wife were euppoaed to have been, waa the witness today. A. K. BrtxffS. on of th group of boy, testified yesterday that he saw a men tinkering with a machine on the rood and that a woman waa standing on the running run-ning board. He gave no detailed de- .criptum of toe pereone n eaw. I ne eight boy had attended a dance at Bonalr. Bon-alr. and were returning In two machines over th Midlothian turnpike to Richmond. Rich-mond. "IMd you pea a machine en your way to Richmond 7" Moaeley waa asked by the prosecution. "Tee. one with a lady aad a man In It, It waa Mending still." "What wae the man dolngr" , "Tooling with the bood." "Did you offer any assistance" "Tee: we aeked If we could do anything for them.- but the man said 'ao.' ' "Where waa the lady?" Saw Baatti and Woman. "Standing on th left hand running board." Th defense then took the witness. Hill Carter asking him If he remembered the exact hour of the trip from Bonalr. It was after 1 when we left Booalr," aid Moaeley. "Wee your machine -running rapldlyr" "Well. 1 rec-kon It wae moving a little, for we got home about 11." "When you lator vlalted the scene of rhe blood spots, waa It near where you remember re-member seeing tb machine atop that night V ''Ye. omewher eround there. afloseley ,wee dlsmlseed. w. n. Ssyder. snot her boy of the party, corroborated Mosley'a story, adding that the woman be aaw atandlng on the running run-ning board wore a brown reinooat or duster. Previous teetlmony had established that Mrs. Beattie wae attired similarly on the night of the murder. Beettle listened Intently to the declaration, declara-tion, of the boys, leenlng over the bench while he nervoualy lingered some papers. Sticks to Hi Story. . ' The young man bore up well under erne examination, -telling practlrally the ssme story In answer to a profusion of queatlona from both sides. Rolen I.asi!er said he waa running his father'e car and waa quite femillar with verloue makee of machine. He declared the lone car with the woman on Ita running run-ning board and man somewhat ohecured by the hood. 'waa of a enafce almltar to the Beettle eutomoblle. The prleoner continually prompted Harry Har-ry M. Hmlth. Jr., hla couael. particularly particu-larly directing a line of queetlouln which aslant Indicate that the boys' machines ma-chines were running too feat to remember remem-ber etoree or buildings along the road by which the youths rlaUn to have leter located the ecne of thV murder ee Identical Identi-cal with the position they pasaed on the road. "Would you know the buildings you raw If vou went there the next moru-InrT" moru-InrT" eaked Mr. Smllh. "Sure: If the buildings err there, snapped I seller. New Witness round. ' ' During th recces for lunch tt developed thst the preeecutlon bed discovered a n.w and Important witness, a peem name Wllkea. The letter will le.ilfr Ihet he walked home along the Midlothian -m-t.-plke the nlvht the murder was oouvrltted and thought he aaw both the machine! cirrnst the young- bovs who altended the dance at rionalr. as well aa Reattle and hie wife tn another car. He aays be hi positive he new no nedeetrlan. It was not expected the nero emu id reach that eland today, nor Paul Beettle either, ae the proeerutt! bed determined deter-mined to occupy the eftemeon wHn the testlmonv of Infective I- I-. gcherey gad Mra. Jesse Plnforrt. mother of RtiUeh. J. I Peach!, If vsar old. who drove the second car- of bover said hs slowed his machine to a speed -of three or four - (Continued on peg 1.) ji BREAKING DOWN STORY (Continued from page 1.) miles an hour and asked the man and woman If they needed help, but the answer an-swer was "No." Paschal admitted on cross examination that some of the other boys of the party were present at the office of Detective L. U Scherer when he dictated his statement about the lone automobile and that the other boys heard blm make his statement. The prisoner chuckled snd whispered tn his counsel at this period and gave the Impression that Pasrhal'a remarks established theor1g1n of several bore-testimony bore-testimony as hardly spontaneous, but inspired in-spired by the prosecution. Mrs. Blnford. mother of Beulab, ass called by the prosecution at 11:16. Prosecutor Prose-cutor Wendenberg. however, first asked the court's permlsalon for the Jury to go out snd see- the car. Tbe floor was removed re-moved snd one Juryman stuck his head through the opening to determine If any blood could have trickled through. Beat-tie Beat-tie followed the Jrtrvmen sharply at every move. He assisted them In prying open parts of the seats snd strolled confidently around the automobile, chewing an un-nghted un-nghted cigarette, his straw hat tilted to one side and a portfolio of papers under bis arm. Before returning to the - courtroom Brattle coolty called attention to a punctured punc-tured tire and Judge Watson ordered the chauffeur to have it Axed before returning return-ing to Richmond. CHESTERFIELD COURTHOUSE. Vs.. I Aug. 26. H. M. Smith. Jr, chief counsel for Henry Clay Seattle, Jr.. made a hurried trip iaat night to the scene of the murder of. Louise Owen Seattle, on the Midlothian turnpike, with a view to i taking memoranda to refute the testimony testi-mony of witneeses who told yesterday of hearing a woman's scream, the starting of sn automobile and a gun shot, without hearing a man's cries or tbe tooting of a motor car horn. The defence 'contends that Mrs. Beat-tie Beat-tie was shot, not. by the defendant, but by an unknown man In the road and has sought to support Beattie's story that he called for aid ' and sounded his horn. Cross examination of the. commonwealth's witnesses yesterday failed to bring out much to sustain tbe state and it le understood un-derstood that Mr. Smith worked far Into the night going over the ground where tbe tragedy occurred. It Is his claim that If a shot and a woman's scream were heard Seattle's cries also could have been beard. DefenM Plan but Partly Known. One of ths chief features of Interest In the Beattle ease bss been the scant hint of plans of the defense. Today there was added Interest with a promised new twist by the prosecution- With the state's list of witnesses already announced an-nounced arid the general outline of Its esse understood, there were, nevertheless, neverthe-less, rumors, partly confirmed by counsel, coun-sel, that a new witness or unexpected testimony by some witness already summoned, sum-moned, would mark the Session some time before adjournment today. Aside from this "sensation" It was known that the commonwealth would take vp the testimony where It was cut short -st adjournment yesterday and would bring on tbe stand several of the companions of A. K. Biigga, the thlr-teen-year-oM Richmond boy who swore that he and several others In an automobile auto-mobile returning to Richmond eaw a man and a woman In an automobile not far from the scene of the crime half an hour or so before the shot which killed Louise Owen Beattle was fired. Toung Brtgga was not asked yesterday to Identify Seattle as the man he saw, but the prosecution promised to call on his companions com-panions further to explain the incident. Principal Witnesses Kot Yet Called. Although the case has now been In progress six days, neither Paul Beattle. the cousin who. has sworn he purchased for Beattle the gun with which Mrs. Beattle was killed, nor Beulah Blnford. r"the other women In the case," haa been called to the stand and spectators were guessing today which would testify first. Wnce the trial started the Blnford girl has remained In Jail at Richmond, with fifteen miles between her and the man whs stands accused of committing the crime for her ease. She said In sn. Interview In-terview recently thet she hoped never to see him again and Beattle haa not spoken spok-en her name since tks Indictment. |