The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-07-31
DEATH RELIEVES
William Beatty's Terrib lie
Suferings.
The End Came at s O'clock Last
Thursday Morning.
Thus is Another Chapter in the
Tragedy Ended.

mus IL announcer Cnapter IN the
Tragedy Ended.
Thursdays Parkersburg Sentinel.
Death brought relief to William
Beatty this morning at s:15 o'clock.
His sufferings the past few days
were beyond the powers of descrip-
ton.
Thus ends another chapter in this
tragedy, which makes Edna Kitchens
a murderess.
She worked a deviish and diaboiical
revenge and the blood Of her victim is
on her hands.
Wednesday Beatty's physicians
knew that he had only few hours to
live, and the brothers of the sufferer
were acquainted with the facts. The
sole efforts of those in the sick room
were to make the last moments OF
Beatty as comfortable as possible.
The strongest opiates were admins
tered in large quantities, but even
then they failed, and the agony to
the last moment was something aw-
full.
The two brothers, Alfred and Ed
ward, whose brotherly devotion kept
them at the bedside all through the
dreadful ordeal, and those other
friends who had volunteered their
services and watched at the bedside,
were overcome with grief as the life
went out.
The remains were taken In charge
by Bentley & Gerwig, the undertakers,
and 1T was embalmed and placed in a
handsome casket. The deceased, who
was about 40 years of age and in the
full flush of vigorous manhood a few
brief days ago, had changed woefully
in appearance, mute evidence of the
terrible agony that he endured
THE KITCHENS WOMAN.
The Kitchens woman, who caused
this mans death, is still at large,
though the officers are in pursuit.
There is belief in the minds of the
officers that she is being kept posted
In every movement that is being made,
and il arrested she will not want for
money to pay the expenses of the trial
People who know her say that she
will kill herself rather than be
brought to trial, and they would not
be surprised to hear Of her committing
suicide.
There is considerable speculation as
to where she procured the deadly fluid.
1t is known that she applied at two
drug stores, but they would not give
it to her unless she signed her name
in the register kept for the purchasers
of poison, but she refused to do so.
She procured quart Of it somewhere
and had it concealed in her room for
two weeks prior to committing the
crime.
Mr.. Beatty, as well as his brothers,
were prominently engaged in the oil
business in the Henderson, field. The
deceased has been in the business for
many years and has accumulated con-
siderable property. He is estimated
to be worth from $50, to SIS, 900.
He was engaged in the oil business
here with Mr.. Phillips, one of the
youngest and most successful opera
tors in late years.
The remains of Mr.. Beatty were
ken to the residence of Mr.. Albert
Beatty on Fifth street. They will be
taken to Meadeville, Pa, for inter-
ment, Friday morning on a special
train over the 0. r. r. and will be
by large number of oil
men from this vicinity who have been
intimately acquainted with him for
years.
A particularly close friend of the
deceased, prominent oil man, told
the Sentinel that while Beatty had
his faults, he was one of the most
generous men he ever knew, and that
his check book was evidence of the
fact that he provided most literally
for his wife, despite the reports to the
contrary.
Certain other things that have oc-
CURED of late in this strange affair
will be unraveled and there is we'll |
defined rumor that the Kitchens wo-
man was only one party to a con-
spiracy to accomplish Beatty's I'M
doing, and that If the Kitchens wo-
man is arrested there would be other
arrests.
We are informed that in the will |
recently made by Beatty, his little
son, that was here a few days ago,
will get the bulk Of the property,
while the wife has been cut off.
This afternoon Capt. Anderson
,wore out warrent before Squire
Jones against the Kitchens woman
charging her with the murder of Will
liam A. Beatty.