Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-24
DAY Spent IN
GETTING JURY
T0TRY BEATI|E
Defense Has Four Peremp-
tory Challenges Left and
When These are Exercised
Trial Will Proceed.

Chesterfield Court House, Va, Aug,
23.-With sixteen jurous already Sc
lected four of whom will be eliminated
by the defense when 1t exercises its
right OF permptory challenges, the
trial OF Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., charg-
ed with wife murder, was resumed
here today before Judge Walter A.
Watson of the Chesterfield circuit
court. The day was set aside solely
for completion Of the jury, all witness
ses having been excused until tomor-
row. SO that when court convened
there was nothing in before it except
the examination Of thirty talesmen
summoned yesterday from the high
ways and by ways of Chesterfield
county.
Beattie was brought from the Jail
in Richmond in order that he might
be present as the law requests, while
the jurors were being chosen. He was
the only one of the trio held in con-
nection with the case to be brought
here, Beulah Binford, arrested as a
material witness and Paul Beattie the,
defendants cousin, similarly held, be-
ing kept in their cells.
The Binford girl, who declared yes
terday that she hoped never again to
see the man who was charged with
his wife for her sake,
lounged in her cell while Henry made
ready for the trip to Chesterfield.
Silent and morse Paul Beattie stood
In the corridor of the Jail and watched
his cousin depart.
AS usual Henry Beattie spent an un-
broken night OF sleep and dressed
carefully for the trip to Chesterfield.
He looked worried and bit pale but
wore the same air of confidence that
impressed spectators when he pleaded
as nsat lAty 81 at ,hts arraisnunent on Mon
Henry Clay Beattie, senior, father
OF the prisoner, was again at his sons
side during the days proceedings.
Grief stricken the father says little
but evinces that he will fight hard
to save his boy from the electric chair.
DIST coodmr iodtin chcp
Case to be Bitterly Contested.
More than seventy-five witnesses
have been subroenaed by the prose
cution and nearly thirty by the de-
tense. The, commonwealth will at
tempt to show that Beattie, tired OF his
wife, murdered her in order that he.
might resume relations with the Bin
ford girl. The defense will maintain
that no one saw the motor car trag-
edy; that the prisoners version of his
wife being shot by highwayman Is
true and that Paul beattie, who says
that he purchased for Henry the gun
with which Mrs. Beattie was shot, Is
neyer-do-well and an unreliable wit.
ness.
With the jury chosen the prosecu-
tion will first call physicians and the
coroner, to establish the death of the
victim and it is not likely that Beulah
Binford will be called until the latter
par. of the trial. She says she will
tell all she knows and that when the
facts are brought out she will be con-
sidered not "the girl in the CASE but
an outsider who has been unjustly held
in Jail.
Henry Beattie absolutely refused to
discuss his case. He poses cheerfully
for photographers but when asked
whether he expects acquittal or con-
viction he smiling waves his inter-
viewers aside.
Beattie Has Narrow Escape.
Shortly before noon today the auto
mobile in which Henry Beattie with at
taches of the sheriff's Office was max
ing the trip from Richmond to the cir
cult court narrowly missed crashing
into seaboard air line passenger
train. The automobile was halted on
the east bound track just in time to
allow train on the west bound track
to pass.
The last of the sixteen iurymen nee
essary was chosen this afternoon. Four
Of these are subject to challenge and
when they are eliminated the jury
will be ready for the trial.
Four names were this afternoon
taken from the panel. leaving twelve