The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-08

| film company, and was driven with her | light luggage to the Byrd street sta tion whence she left for New York | There was no demonstration what ever, no one not immediately concerned had been aware of the girls plans She | lief her mother at tht all. fretting be- | cause the daughter al. rily refused to | stay here and go into tNiet retreat in the country that had been prepared for | them | New York, September 7.-If the protests l going up from prominent club women ac- | tresses and other women well known in | this city are to be taken as a criterion ot the family of womankind in general. | Beulah Binford will not be heartily well comed 10 metropolitan stage as an "ac- | tress'' anything else.
 l When the news reached here today that I the young girl who has become notorious l through her connection with the Beattie trial, had been liberated from iail at Richmond and had started north to go
 on the stage many of the leading women in this city protested that such exposition of Miss Bnford would be ,an insult to all womankind" Among the women outspoken in their opposition are Mrs. Belle Dervera, well | known club woman; Mrs Sol Smith, old est actress now playing on the American stage, Mrs. A. M. Palmer, widow Of a
 prominent theatrical manager and presl- dent of the Rainy Day club, and Alma Webster Powell, the singer.
 A local boking agent is credited with
 the statement that the Binford girl will appear at a Philadelphia theatre next Monday. Asked as to her hlstrionic abii- ties he said her act probably would con-
 sist Of a couple of songs. titna | Ut really does not matter what she
 does.f he is alleged to have added, so
 long as the people have chance to | look at her" sand Richmond, Va, September 7.--One of the sidelishts of the Beattie trial today was the defeat of J. G. Gregory in the democratic primaries for renomination as commonwealth attorney for Chesterfield county. l.. o. Wendenberg, technically the assistant to Gregory, but as mat
 ter of fact chief counsel for the ,tate, fared better as he was elected to the
 state senate from the Third district. Wen denberg's services in the Beattie trial are gratuitous. He volunteered at the coroner's inquest, having conducted all | the examinations of witnesses since then. He also will close the case for the prose-
 cution tomorrow. Neither has been able to devote any time to campaigning on account of the trial.
 It was said today that Attorney Harry M Smith and Hill Carter of the defense would receive more than $25,O00 if they secured the acquittal of young Beattie. New York. September 7.-Beul(fh Bin ford, who figures in the Beattie murder | case, reached this city tonight by Way of the Pennsylvania railroad having changed from the New Jersey Central railroad at Elizabeth. N. J., to avoid, it
 was said, the crowds awaiting her ap-
 pearance at the Jersey City terminal. 'I know that everybody will think I | am just piling 1t on thick in going to New York right now" she said. but the
 reason l am coming here is just to get a
 chance to stand alone and try to be
 good. I don't suppose will get any sym-
 pathy, and that will make it harder but i.'s true, just the same.' ~