The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-28
Private Detective kiddis Also
Present During the
Conversation
PREPARE TO ATTAC
SCHERER'S EVIDENCE
Chief investigator viii Be
Subjected to Cross-Ex-
animation by Mr.. Smith
This Morning

Henry Clay BeGtIe- his counsel,
Attorneys Harry III. Smith and Hill
Carter, and Detective KIDD held a
conference of one hour i'll the office
o1 the city Jail yesterday afternoon.
Outlining the plan Of defense which
VIII be offered when the Commons
wealth reopcus it's attack on the al
legged wifemurderer in the Circuit
Court Of Chesterfield county at 10
O'Clock this morning.
While the purpose of the conference
Was not revealed. it is believed the
lawyers mapped out the course which
they VIII pursue i'll cross-exa mining
defective Luther l.. Scnerer and in at
tempting to destroy tire story which
he told during the afternoon session
OF court on Saturday. II Is said that
the testimony of Detective Seherer was
Very damaging to Beattie.
Air. SchereT concluded testifyinR
half an hour before the regular time
/ Ter Adjournment. but instead of be-
SlnnIHr their cross examination at
encc. Attorneys Smith and Carter ask
I'd Tor Adjournment, saying they WISH
/ ed to confer with their client anu
study the testimony given by Mr..
SeheFer before entering their cross
( examination Of the detective
Holds Conference.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
Attorneys Smith ana Carter appeared
at the city Jail Ia a buggy They
entered the jail office and asked to see
their client Beattie appeared a few
minutes later IN the custody of an at
tendHnt. He was eoauess and wore
40 collar. Ia his hanti he carried tho
record of the testimony given before
the eoroners jury which probed the
death OF his wife
Beattie entered the orace and the
doors TO the room were closed and
locked. Detective Kidd, who has BEEN
Investigating In behalf Of Beattte, sat
through the conference 1t was De-
tecttve Kidd who Attorney l.. o. Wen-
denburg termed an amateur sleuth.''
Mr. WendenDurg made public an
nouncement that Kidd should be-
prosecuted for contempt of court The
attorney charged shat the detective
threatened witnesses for the Commons
wealth.
Kidd arrived al the jail yesterday
afternoon a short time before At
torneys Smith and Carter. When they
alShted from their buggy he ap-
preached them ana began a conver-
sation with MIR. Smith. The detective
land lawyer talked for about ten min
/ Ntes, Mr.. Carter standing near and
listening, but taking no part in the
Ing something to MIR. Smith. who
smiled frequently and spoke seldom.
me attorneys carried a suitcase
f., winch was nlled with typewritten rec-
oFds or testimony and other similar
/ pa FArs-. IL Ia @se}ieseS. that Bearrfa
was asked To show errors in the testi-
mony OF Mr.. Scherer. So that the ar
torneys could begin imm ediately after
adjournment Of court this morning
In cross examining the witness and
trying 10 destroy that part of his tes-
umony most damaging 10 their client.
II Beattie was requested to point
out Measurements made by Mr..
Scherer ii is more than probable that
the accused found himself confronted
BY formidable task, for Mr. Scherer
Is as familiar with the minute details
of the case as any man interested and
has studied his testimony for weeks
with the intention of taking the witt
ness stand and telling a ightfor.
ward story.
Visited by Relatives.
According to his caretakers, Beat
tie spent the greatest part OF the Sab
bath In preparing for the morrow.
l-fsor hours during the day he. pored
over the testimony given by Mr.. Scher-
or, comparing the story told by Mr..
Scherer on Saturday with the story
he told before the coroner's jury more
IMAM ii month ago seattle also read
a bit during the day.
About II O'Clock in the morning hs
was visited by his aunt. a sister of hin
father, and Hazel Beattie, the pretty
young sister of the accused. They
went to his cell and talked with him
about ten minutes The two ladIea
the attorneys and detective were the
only visitors who saw Beattie durtn9
the day. His breakfast. dinner and
cd m NJ
home by a negro servant in the sm-
play of the elder Beattie.
The prisoner rested much and aD-
peared bright and cheerful yesterday
morning. after long. refreshing
sleep, which was undisturbed. h
prefers the cell at the city Jail to the
tiny, dark and uncomfortable cell II
Chest jail Beattie said he
would rather stay at the city jail than
at either the Henrico or Chesterfield
jails. AT the latter place he was wor~
ried ny rats. which crawied over hia
bad and kept him awake most OF FRI
day night.
Comfortable Cell.
Beattie's cell at the city iail resen.
bles n room in a hotel more than =
place Of confinement. II there was .
carpet on the concrete floor, a few
pictures on the wallis and a rev ether
articles OF adornment the prisoner
might easily imagine he was SPEND
ing the night in a hosiery. The cell
has southern exposure and through
the large window Beattie has goo1
view.
The door is constructed Of she's
steel. but above the doors arc irea
bars, several inches apart. which per-
nit breezes to sweep through -
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