The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-09-22
FARM HAND WRITES THAT HE
SAW YOUNG WIFE KILLED
BY HER HUSBAND.
SAYS HE WAS BRIBED TO LEAVE
Statement Impresses Wendenber9-
Beuiah 6intord Likely to BE
Charged With Being
Accessory.

Richmond. Va, Sept. S.--A letter was
tctei\cu by Prosecutor N~euucnberg.
who has had charge OF the case
against Henry CLAY Beattie. Jr.. which
may, at this last mun:cht uf the trial,
halt proceedings 50 that the sender of
it ma be produced before the court
to tell an alleged rrst.hand story Of
the crime.
For the writer land from all indi.
cations ne Is l,O crank Or nOtCriety
seeker declares III his mlsslve that
he actually saw the crime committed
by Henry Clay Bcattle, Jr., and was
brlbed. subsequently, by yuuus lIcat-
lie to keep silent and leave this part
OF the country. Tie Is being watched
by the authorities Of thc section to
which, he fled. aud VIII be brought here
at once.
Mr.. Wcndeubere would not put the
exact wording OF the letter, but he
was willing to give the correspondent
It's contents summarized. In efteCt
the letter was as follows:
Abstract OF Letter.
ON and petoir Tie night Of Tues
day. July is. 1911. | Wurke us q
farm hand lof - on the Mid
lothian turnpike. That night when !
was about to 80 to bed | heard that
one Of our cows vas missing. and
went to hunt for 1t III the woods along
side the turnpike.
"Whcn | got to the roadside /
heard nsly voices. & man and a
woman We're TALKING. | got TO It place
where | could soc them sitting il an
automobile that had stopped. Thcn |
hid behind 4 tree. Ike man said.
I'm sick and tired OF lhls sort of
thing. La going to put an II TO it,
THE Woman pleaded with AIM. She
talked apout how they had loved each
ether and now happy they had been
together. She was begging for mercy.
Bat tin man I~pl on beng angry.
Finally she got mad, too, ana SAID,
Well. now utc yut, going to end It"
The nam sand. IN show YOU. He
got out OF the machine and walked
to the side u the road. When he
started to como back he had Il eun i'll
his hand. The Mulna, sclca,ncd i'll
fright ana started to get Out OF the
seat. where st. had been sitting dur
ing the argument.
"Hc hit hei over the right side of
the head WIKI mo gun and She fell
into the roan on Nc1 face.
The man stood there Tor time
looking at Ter. l was stlll behlnu The
tree. | saw. anG he saw, that she
gave II little movement OF her body.
Then / ne.t:a him say, Damn you,
you're not deed yet; but I'll Tx YOU
Then I'll. In1n-he was young and
with Il clva!-@uuNcn race-pOlnted the
gun Ut hry t. she idy IN the road and
shot her.
He stood for another moment
looking Iown at her body. Then 1
got over II. first scare and came out
from DchlnG the tree. 1 walked up to
him ana he sa!c.
"'WC!l. u!N YOU see this"
Il told HIM nd. He said, What
the hell are Nuu going to do about 1t?
The young .lan had q gun ard
was unalncd. and ! tcld him | Was
not going 10 10 a%nv,hius. lie threat
ened me tor & time with his weapon
Then he Ola ne he was Henry Cha,
Beattic, H.. and said he had lots O
money, and lots OF trlcnus with bis
influence. # | should say anything
about this affair. he told me. people
would believe him and would say tina
IA pCOr farm ~hand-waS Il liar. AIT
ec a little talk he told me to come Il
his fathers store in South iiichmont
the ncNt day and see him.
II went there ana he gave m
money. Prosecutor Wcndeunerg SAT-
that the letter named the eXac
amount of mouey.) He bought the
suit of clothes too, and a railIOd'
ticket.
Il hung around Richmond an
South Richmond for a couple OF day
until | heard they were going to a
rest Henry clay Beattie. Jr., then
went away, I didn't intend TO te
anybody about this. but my consclenc
got to working and so l wrote 70
this letter.
The first thing Prosecutor Wendel
. berg dld upon receiving this m1ssiv
was to Send out Detectives Jarre
and Wiltshire to the farm Of the ma
for whom the writer worked on Jul
IS. The farmer said: Yes, I ha
a man named - working for m