The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-29

the clothing worn by Beattie on the night of the murder.
 Without the usual perfunctory incl dents to the introduction of new wit ness, Prosecutor Wendenburg ques- toned the woman as to- fher knowl- edge of the domestic life of young Beat tie and his wife and brought to the sur face point intended as relevant to the alleged motive for the murder, namely that Beatties physical condition, due to dissipation. caused much unhappiness to his wife. The witness said that on the night of the murder she had eau toned Mrs Beattie not to go out alone with her husband.
 As predicted, the prosecutions idea for today apparently was to prove that Beattie killed his wife because of his fear that his father might learn of his condition and cut him off from the family.
 The testimony of Mrs owen took Judge Watson, as well as the crowd in the courthouse. by surprise. and im- mediately the court suggested a recess and a conference with counsel of both sides. Jury and prisoner, to discuss further testimony along this line,
 Mrs Owen had come from Dover, Del. last night with her husband. She stepped from the taxicab into the court
  out word being spoken. The customary announcement of witness by the sheriff was dispensed with by previous plan of the prosecution.
 Young Beattie raised his head in sur prise recognized the woman and his head dropped.
 At first he endeavored not to look in her direction. but she spoke so freely that he found it necessary to join the row of hoo de hn to hao har fncff mony. Once he whispered to Lawyer Smith beside him.
 Ask her to speak louder; l can't hear"
 Mrs. Owen is said to have been her daughters confident, and is believed 10 have known of Beattie's relations with the Binford girl. On the stand Mrs. Owen told how she arrived at the Beat tie home on May 22 of the birth of the Beattie child on May 31, and hinted at the tribulations of her daughter caused by Beattie's relation with the Binford girl
 Mrs. Owen sat calmly in the witness chair while her gray haired husband famed her. Gowned in heavy black a thick veil gave only partial glimpse of the woman's feature.
 It was learned the prosecution expects Mrs Owen to testify later that from Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.'s., action when he
 
 pected him of the murder.
 Outside the courtroom 1t was rumored Mrs Owen even asked young Beattie, practically, If he did not commit the deed
 Prisoner Arrives
 The prisoner arrived at the courthouse from Richmond at 10 o'clock, and was brought into the courtroom at 10:30 a. m. Young Beattie was attired in gray suit and looked refreshed after his rest in commodious cell in the Richmond jail over Sunday. Detective l.. l.. Scherrer immediately took the stand and Hill Carter began the cross examination for the defense You have examined or talked with nearly all the witnesses for the prose cu- tion and have been practically ia charge in gathering the evidence for the common wealth have you not?' asked MT. Carter for the defense.
 q have" answered Scherrer. TWO of the witnesses have been in jail since, the coroner's inquest. have they lnot?"
 "yes, Beulah Binford and Paul Beat | tie"
 Have you had interviews with those lt two witnesses?' l '.Yes, I have discussed the case with Paul twice but with Beulah Binford quite | lfrequently.'
 | About how many times have you been to see Beulah. Bnford since she has been T. in jail?''
 T can't say but quite frequently, per- haps 20 to 25 times" Counsel for the defense continued ques- tioning along this line with the appa, ent purpose of developing whether Scherrer had been coaching all the witnesses, n- cluding those in jail
 l Turning to Scherrer's testimony uf Sas- lurday, Mir. Carter referred tosalleged con- lversations between Beattie and Scherrer !after the murder
 "Did MT Beattie tell that he failed to lstop at any of the houses along the way because he knew there was physician