Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-05
did any other men run with her?"
wife Knew Of Mlsdeeds.

did any other men run with herr"
yes"
Wife Knew of Mlsdeeds.
/ what were the relations between
you and your wife up to the night
Of her death?"
II never spoke cross word to her
nor she to me. We always were at
fectionate, and don't see how anyone
could have been any happier.
WAS there any reason for her to
be unhappy T. X.
mot that know Of"
when you were married did she
know about Beulah Binford
Everyone in town did told her
all about the effort to blame the child
on me, too. l made a clean breast
of It,"
"Did you tell her Of your trip to
Norfolk and the resumption of
your relations with Beulah I"
"No."
"Was Beulah Binford the controlling
motive of your going to Norfolk"
NO"
TEL how you came to go to Nor.
folk"
The prisoner here corroborated the
story Of William H. Sampson, his
chum, of how he and not the accused
had first heard that the girl was in
Norfolk. The prisoner frankly ad-
mitted the several rides with the girl
there and visits to various places.
did you expect to see her again
after you left Norfolk"
mo. In fact she said her husband
~ f0, h<ar b
when did you hear about her
next
when Billy Sampson telephoned
me that she was in town on her way TO
Danville, Va"
Odd you know what she was going
to do?"
Beattie said the girl was to lead a
public life. Witness here told OF hav-
ing received telephone message from
the girl and that when he went to see
her she asked him If he would help
her If she stayed In Richmond" He
told her he'd try to help, her.
Beattie's letter to Beulah promising
to "help her out" was produced, and
several passages in it were referred to.
did you have any real love for that
wCman?"
II couldn't love woman that I
couldn't respect and trust"
Denies Cousin Bought Him Gun.
please state If you met Paul Beat
tie on the Thursday night preceding
the homicide and commissioned him to
buy shotgun"
mo, sir.
III you had wanted any firearms
would you want him to get them?"
mo, especially If l had wanted them
for anything Of that kind"
Did you see him Thursday night at
all?"
No."
"How many times did you see him
within q week or two before the
HE was at the store about week
or two weeks before. That was since
we talked about putting his brother,
David, into the navy, and about the
out of which he said my
father was trying to cheat him."
Tells Of Tragedy,
Speaking Of the tragedy Beattie said
his wife suggested that they take the
ride. Then he continued, ION the Mid
lothean turnpike three cars passed..
One was going fast, about forty miles
an hour. l was running slowly. The
car left a lot of dust and when the
second car came my wife suggested
that we go faster so as not to get
their dust and we die this and passed
the third car.
1--WE passed three cars. The last
thing can remember before we
turned around was row of cedar
trees, which my wife said would make
good Christmas trees and the gate
near where we turned
About three quarters Of mile, or a
mile from where we turned, we were
going along easy when a man came
from the left hand side the road. He
was SO close to me that ] had to put
on the brake SO as not to hit him. He
asked II I were going to hit him and
I said he had plenty Of room. Then
put on the low gear and reached over
to take the brake. He pointed the gun
at me and said stop or I'll shoot
didn't want to aggravate him so I said
nothing. AZ I touched the clutch he
fired and my wife fell back Of me-"