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Show I , WITNSS SAYS I i : HE SAW MAN H H i Witness for Defense In Seattle Trial H Gives Testimony in Corrobratlon of H 1 Defendant's Verson of Murder Is H I It Possible. HH H Chcatcrficld, Va Auk. 30. Wuh H . there really u tall, benrded Btriinj;- H k or, armed wth u RlnRlc-liaiTeled Hhot- H i;un, on tliu Mldlotliiitn turnpike on tliu H f - iiIkIU of .Inly 18? B " Could not huch ii limn have Iieen B picsent at lO'HO o'clock and Hhot .Mrs B I.ouIho Owen Iluattlo while aiming nt B her husband, Henry Clay Ilonttlc, Jr., Bj In a fit of miner because lleutllo'R an- Hf tomobilo nearly ran him clown? BJ In It nut possible, at least, that t ho J original story or the rich youth on trial H for his lire Is true? That tills bearded BB HtraiiKor, almost bowled over, blazed J it way at him anil hit his wife after an g exchange of heated words? These questions this afternoon be- H t;au to formulate themselves In the H mlmlH or the Jurors, when (he defense. M i , opened and shoxyeil plainly that It was 1 goliiK to stick to young Deatle's origin- B al explanation or the killing and put him on the stand to jepeal It. The defense put fortli one plausible witness as to a strange man and otli- el's who were far ft om plausible. The one witness 'who told a cleai H story ot having seen an armed strau- M ger .Inly IS was W. It. Molland, a uleau-cut, deeply tanned young man of tlilrty-two, who owns a (itiarry ' along the line of the Southern rail- , way, about two miles fiom tliu scene of the minder. He said: ' S "About r,:3U that afternoon I was standing along the tracks when a man with a gun on his shoulder ap I preached. It was a slnglu-banelcd shot- J . gun. He was headed in the direction of the Midlothian turnpike. Hu was a man about thiity-elght or fortyy, about six feet tall and weighing l.rn) or 1i!0 pounds. Ho had a black slouch SB hat and daik clothing. Ho did not HJ stop and we exchanged no words. He BBSS' had a kind of a beard that Is, he BBB hadn't shaved for ten days or so." BBBj "Was there any hunting at that BBBB time or year, so that a man naturally BBBJ might carry a gnu''' asked Attornev BBB Harry Smith for tho defense BBB "There's nothing to shoot that I know or," replied Holland," I wonder ii why Hip man was carrying a gun' On iross-oxaniinutloii Holland stuck tt his story and added tho Information Informa-tion that ho thought ho had seen the same man about a year ago In Urn Ponth Ulchtuonil police station among otheis arraigned on suspicion of having hav-ing robbed Southern railroad cars. At tho making of this point young Ileattle should have been much pleas-en. pleas-en. Hitherto he has smiled and patted hip counsel upon the hack after much less Important victories, but now Tor Homo Inexplicable re-tson ho seemed to go all to pieces. Ho burled his head In his hands beside a small traveling bag ho had on the desk In rront of him. Ho wept so bitterly that nib rhoiililMH heaed and the tears stream cd from betwen his fingers. This placing of a strangi armed man a couple of miles from the scone, ofthe tragedy rivo hours before It occuned was the best point tho defense de-fense made, though It was not a very strong one. Their only other real point was when they made It appear that I'aul Ileattle (who previously told of having hav-ing bought the In ass-tacked gun for Henry and of Henry's having confessed confes-sed the slaying to him), was Influenced Influ-enced to make his statements by prejudice pre-judice against tho rich members of tho family. V. T. linker, a chauffeur, said that he had canted Paul to Jail in his car after the coioner's Inquest In .Inly and that he hail overheard I'aul say to somo others: "Well, I'm going to toll everything 1 know nbotit this affair, but Uncle Henry (the defendant's father) locked lock-ed my grandmother In a room once and made her sign away to hint all her propel ty." I'aul himself, called as u witness b the defense In an effort to mako hint ndnilt this, denied that ho had said any such thing. o |