The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-05
Special from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Sept 6.-That the case of Henry Clay Beat tie, Jr., on charge of wife murder,
 may go to the jury by Thursday, was indicated as a possibility, today. when the cross examination of the accused man came to an abrupt end when the defense closed and the prosecution be- {, gan its consideration of rebuttal evil dence.
 Beattie expected further grilling, today, by Prosecutor Wendenburg, but Judge Watson ruled against "any endurance test'' of witnesses and the commonwealth attorney asked only a few perfunctory questions. In his re- buttaI, Wendenburg sought to break down the prisoners denial of meet ing his cousin. Paul Beattie, and com- Inissioning him to buy the shotgun :. with which Mrs. Beattie was mur- idered.
 Half a dozen witnesses strengthen ed Paurs story and f1atly contradict ed that of Beattie himself.
 Lathams story was not damaged under cross examination and w. R. Hart was called to corroborate him. Hart said he had been friend of Beattie's for, 15 years. He said he saw Beattie at the same time that Latham did.
 He told me after he telephoned," said Hart, "that he expected to take Paul and his wife out riding and that he was going to Short and Main streets"
 After Smith had failed to shake Hart's story. Mrs. w. B. Houchens. imother-in-law of Pauls Beattie, was called. She declared that at g o'clock ! on the Thursday before the murder, she answered the telephone at Pauls home.
 'I asked who it was and the man at the other end said he was Henry Beattiej He asked for Paul. I heard Paul say. You want to see me at Short and Main streets? All right, I'll be there'."
 Mrs. Houchens said that Paul then went out
 s~When he returned" she continued, The called up Mrs. Fischer"
 Mrs Fischer" was the name as- sumed by Beulah Binford, according to evidence already introduced. Mrs. Houchens declared that she saw Paul come home that night In an automo- I bile and heard him say as he left the car, Good night Henry"
 What time did Paul come home thAt next Saturday night?" asked heard a clock strike.'
 Under cross examination Smith en- deavored to show that the family of Paul has been acting throughout the case to protect Paul. He and Wenden- burg argued over this point and the | defense battered at the thin little wo- man on the stand in an effort to con- fuse her.
 Smiths cross examination failed to shake Mrs. Houchens.
 John J. Josephs, who keeps a fruit Main streets, then took the stand. He said Paul was in his store on the Thursday night before the killing.
 After he had been there seven or eight minutes an automobile came and Paul got and the man drove away"
 Josephs declared that Beattie look ed like the man who drove the auto. An attempt to cross examine Josephs, who talked very broken English, end cd in a ludicrous mixup and Smith gave 1t up.
 Frank Mason, who was in Josephs' place, that night, coroborated his story.
 John F. McEver, the next witness, said that on either Wednesday, Thurs day or Friday night before the mur- der, he saw Henry and Paul, both of whom he knew, in his uncle's saloon
 Yesterday. Henry Beattie flatly de- nfed this Smith failed to shake Mc- Ever's testimony.
 John Brighton coroborated Me ExN his long ordeal on the stand, sat with his counsel and listened attentively to the testimony. He leaned heavily on the desk and sat with clasped hands
 After a short recess, Smith was al- lowed to reopen the case for the de- fense to put on John D. Blair, Jr., who was with the boy joyriders on the Middleothean Turnpike on the night of the killing. Blair was not on hand when the defense closed
 T. I he saw was standing by the roadway was a Knox car and he thought the number was ID 11.' This would identify the car as Kastelburg's and support the contention of the defense that the boys saw Kastelburg,s car and not Beattie's.
 Rebutta1 was resumed and James Rafter, night watchman on the bridge where Paul Beattie takes employ ment. took the stand. He declared house where Ernest Neblitt said Paul hid a gun on the Sunday before the murder
 A. B. Houchens, father of PauPs wife, who is also a night watchman, declares he met Paul as he went to work, Sunday morning. and that he had no gun.
 w. H. Lewis and Walter NunIev. who work near the bridge, also de- nfed that Paul had a gun on Sunday
  told by Neblitt in several important particulars. George J. Tally testified to the same effect.
 A. H. Crouder also contradicted Neblitt's story.
 William H. Sharp said that last week Neblitt had asked to have Paul Beattie pointed out to him because Neblitt did not know him.
 For seven long hours, yesterday, Beattie told without tremor of the life and death of the girl whose body, dripping with blood. he carried home from an automobile spin. Not a sign Of any emotion, other than eagerness. broke his story. He sat calm and stolidly, as the prosecutor bitingly ac- cused him time and again of distort- ing facts. He smiled calmly when the prosecutor drew word pictures of the bloody scenes.
 But all the assaults and strategy of Wendenburg could not break down q single important point in the youths tale. He argued eagerly and earnest H against Wendenburgs attempt to