Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-29
BEATTIE NEARS
ELECTRIC CHAIR
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No shot in them, tthe same shot
found in Mrs. Beattie's Wound} they
are suspecting ME, | guess FL be ar
rested,
To this Paul replied, according to
his testimony, IF they come after me
I'll tell them everything l know
Henry then begged, the witness
swore, Paul, want You to stick by
me. FL never forget it and neither
will you"
81 am not going to stitch anyone in
case like this" was Paul's reply.
I'll tell everything | know.
As a last blast to the defense young
Paul Beattie told of the telephone
call he had received from his cousin
late that night, after he had returned
10 his own home in Richmond proper.
My wife woke me and sent ME to
the phone" he said, ''tlcnry's voice
sounded. He asked me Have you been
subpoenaed to appear at the Goroner's
inquest tomorrow night | said No.
Henry didn't say anything more. He
Just gave ehuck!e aud cut the phone
off
It was near the afternoon court SEES
sion by now and there We're only a
few moments OF cross examination by
Attorney Harry Smith for the de
Tense. Smith-astounded by The re
violation of the confession, scarcely
knew what to ask and merely made
matters worse for his side.
Why didn't you tell OF this amazing
confession at the Coroner's inquest TO
which you was summoned221 he in
CURED
Because no one asked me. replied
Paul
We'll then why didn't YOU volun-
teer what you knew"
because" and this was the best
thing Paul could have said, hated
like anything to tell on my own flesh
and blood hated to tell what the
detectives had already found out; that
had bought the gun. tried to save
Henry as much as | could.
And what lofty sentiment resum-
fl the lawey sarcastic | ~, later
who prompted you to tell,
Il felt" said the boy, tat it was
my duty to my wife and baby@and
II
lic to come out witt the proof.
Here the days session ended. The
ricn young defendants ia e was
blanched and his hands sSook as AZ
rose from his place; but outside af
ter Il u)ln Q! -. &c. - le{
himself together enough to smile ant
shake hands VITA a couple of farmer
wives-not having heard the testi
mony-stepped to the side of his au
tomobile and wished him we'll.
A quieter drama than that of tn
late afternoon, though none the les
tense, was enacted by two womel
witnesses, each the mother Of a lead
ing figure in TIE tragedy, in the ear
lier part of the day The first wa
Mrs. Robert V. Owens, whose daugh
tim. The second was Mrs. Jessie Bin
ter, Louise Owen Beattie, was the vic
ford, whose daughter, Beulah, is sal
to have been the cause.
No contrast could have been NOR
pronounced than the two women ply
gically Mrs Owen, thin faced, gra
haired, sweet cOutenanced, dlstln
guis,aed, gowned in black, with heav
crepe wells. telling her story in
. whisper, paused by sorrow and EN-
barrassment-Mrs. Binford, fat, flus
face, double chin, lace veil, flashil
clad, speaking out confidently in
) voice that reached the outside.
The appearance upon the stand
the victims mother was a bomb She
thrown into the camp of the defense
' When Mrs. Owen took her plac
: Young Beatties lawyers started, tn
boy himself bent his head in ais hand
and for the first time during his tris
r wept Robert Owen, her husband,
5 fine old man with gray hair and moi
, stache, sat beside her and fame
: her. Mrs. Owen was asked first VIVA
lad been the condition CT her daugf
ter during few weeks before ne
, death. She replied:
] Louise was very sad, where Away
? sc had been happy. She had cor
' slant crying spells, something she 'ha
; never had before"
+ When asked the cause Of this sol
: row, Mrs. Owen whispered replies
f the effect that Young Mrs. Beattie ha
discovered and shown to her certal
evidences of Henry Clay Beattie's ur
: fa;thfulness which made her very ur
> haDpy. The old lady was then lie