▁took ▁place . ▁That ▁kn ife ▁was ▁never ▁found ). ▁Be auch amp ' s ▁sh oe ▁did ▁not ▁match ▁a ▁track ▁found ▁outside ▁Sh arp ' s ▁house ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁the ▁murder . ▁The ▁pos se ▁lost ▁a ▁hand ker ch ief ▁found ▁at ▁the ▁scene ▁of ▁the ▁crime ▁and ▁believed ▁to ▁belong ▁to ▁the ▁murder er . ▁( Be auch amp ▁later ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁st olen ▁and ▁burn ed ▁it ▁after ▁the ▁pos se ▁had ▁gone ▁to ▁sleep ▁one ▁night ). ▁ ▁Several ▁witness es ▁test ified ▁against ▁him . ▁The ▁wid ow ▁El iza ▁Sh arp ▁test ified ▁that ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁the ▁k iller ▁was ▁distinct . ▁A ▁test ▁was ▁de vised ▁allowing ▁Mrs . ▁Sh arp ▁to ▁hear ▁Be auch amp ' s ▁voice ; ▁she ▁immediately ▁identified ▁it ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁k iller . ▁( Be auch amp ▁claimed ▁he ▁had ▁dis gu ised ▁his ▁voice ▁on ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁the ▁murder ▁and ▁thought ▁Mrs . ▁Sh arp ▁would ▁not ▁recognize ▁it ). ▁Patrick ▁Henry ▁Dar by , ▁an ▁Old ▁Court ▁part isan , ▁claimed ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 4 , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁chance ▁encounter ▁with ▁the ▁man ▁he ▁now ▁knew ▁as ▁Be auch amp . ▁Dar by ▁said ▁the ▁man ▁– ▁a ▁stranger ▁to ▁him ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁– ▁had ▁asked ▁for ▁Dar by ' s ▁help ▁in ▁pro sec uting ▁an ▁un spec ified ▁claim ▁against ▁Sh arp . ▁The ▁man ▁then ▁identified ▁himself ▁as ▁the ▁husband ▁of ▁Anna