The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09
Smith Pleads Eloquently to Save Beattie Fr

stand that he was going. to be contra
a'eted. yet O forty-mule team couldn't
nave kept him from that witness chair
fou may call II nerve. 1t was con-
seiousherB Of innocence that sustained
MIN through that ordeal. He couldn't
nave boon contradicted If he hadn't
taken the stand. His conduct is con-
sistent with Innocence and is absolutely
inconsistent with guilt.
When they undertook to prove Paul
Beatte's character Mr.. Carter has
shown you how they have been contrr
oictea. we boldly challenged his rep
utntion for truth and veracity, and
proved by his old grandfather that no
was unbelievable. Peurs testimony has
grown. He didn't say at the inquest
That the gun was taken in three pieces
now ne says Henry got in the back OF
Inc machine with the gun, as though
to hide It. He told them a, Weins,e1n.s
pawnshop that he was buying the vrn
as Waterman on Mayos Bridge. The
Weinstein boy who Paul saya wrapped
me gun In three piecee didn't know on
the stand how 70 take II apart How
are you going to take a human life on
sueh testimony, when 1t Is changing all
the time? an
AFTER the gun was put In the car
accoroihg TO Paul Beattie, the FIRST
Htee WIS foilceElan Green
me oft1cer who refused information 10
the defense. under Instructions fron1
the attorney for the Commonwealth
ne htted his evidence as to the time
10 nj their case. That's the wov tbIs
case has been worked UP.
state Afraid OF Beui.h.
Hs very remarkable. isn't IT. that
euiah 6inford has been locked up
$40, inoh.n. She was in the car that
a.aauay night She ought to have
hho~n whether there was gun f.,
the bacS OF the car that MGR, ynt
.hey haven't gotten any testimony
AGAINST --enrS Beattie from her WIZ
ala they visit her TWENTY-FIVE ,imas
ana get statements from her? II tho
gun was In the back part OF tho car
why was Police Officer Green invited
20 get IN and ride with them? Billv
, nan,psoh started TO get in the back
W. ,, nisht' and he didn't see any gun.
no liVins human being has ever seen
.nat gun In Henry Beattie's possnssion
we don't even know that IL IL the
same gun. '"e
we do not say that Paul geattie 10
suiity OF this crime 1t is Dangerous
70 advance theories in case o. his
SOFT we a.e under no Obligation 10
40 H. The failure Of. the evidence
~ uiseiose any other criminal agent
ns
according to the instructions. We are
not ealied on to vindicate our tono.
eence by naming the guilty person. i,
ism burden that rests on us
suppose Paul Beattie did buy tina,
sun 10 use on Mayo's Bridge? Sunposs
Neolett Is telling the truth ,h., phi
oio nave that gun on Sunday morning
suppose some one stole that gun from
me cement house. and II got into the
RI
killed Mrs Beattie. wouldn', pail 60.
10 tel that tale for fear he would mo,
De believed? He saw detectives cins
ING In on Henry and threw the weight
OF his influence in that direction sun
pose that swarm of human bloodhounds
mao taken a tran against Paul instead
oi ienry' Just imagine the case they
"ouio nave had against him.
banks on Neblett
He certainly bought the gil, m
saturday night at weinstein's. He
.oio them he wanted IL to use on
Mayo's Island. He cannot say now no
wanted IT for his Cousin Henry. On
sunday morning he IS seen with a SIN
gle barreled gun. He denies /, ~
course, but Ernest Neblett comes for
ward and says, 1 saw him He fails
apsointely to account for himself on
tuesday night OF the crime There is
cept that Rafter said he saw him
coming from the river on Monday or
tuesday night There is a chain of
clrcumstantial evidence even without
the relentless pursuit What is his
defense2 He says he bought the gun
Tor Henry The hrst statement is III.
ohe-he Is bound by-that he bought IT
for his own use.
suppose Henry were to change his
statement
TO Richmond TO see Paul on Thursdov
night about some message to Beulah /
didn't want made public, that we did
take drink at McEvoy's.
Let 1t be your rallyirsg cry that
you are not satisfied that Henry ever
mad the gun in his possession Paul
mad it. There is no evidence that
aenry had 1t save the statement of
Paul and he has made unreasonable
and conflicting statements.
The SO-Called Contention
we come TO the confession. So far
from hurting Henry Beattie think
1t the best thing that has happened
or that could have happened. 1t shows
rauis unreliability. the way in which
ne is going about this whole case IL
TINS confession was made on Thursday
night as he says, and he on the Sat
urday following went on the stand
is his position? He told his wife on
Thursday night about the purchase OF
the gun, but didn't even tell his wife
about the confession Henry had made
to him. He says he didn't like to tell
on his flesh and blood. Then he told
1t as his duty to the public. Does
that sound like Paul Beattie-'his duty
to the public
Remember what Gentry and Bolton
said Paul told them on Friday; think
OF confession made under those cir
cumstances when he had just referred
TO his blood kin as those damned
people, who were trying to put this
tning on him. 1t is doubtful species
of evidence. as the court well saws.
When his wife and mother-in.law
said that things looked black TO: him
why didn't he tell them Henry had
confessed to him? A man who would
come into a. courtroom and manufac-