Evening journal., 1911-11-24
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Beulah Bin
ford the girl who was friendly to
Henry Clay Beattie did not shart with
him in his last hours the shame and
horror OF his death in the electric
chair
Last night she went to a local the
atre and witnessed a ghost play,
made merry with a party of friends
at the home of Leon J. Rubenstein,
No. So LennoX avenue, until she re-
tired at ? o'clock this morning and
slept peacefully until late in the fore
noon thus unconscious of the tragic
scene being enacted in the grim prison
at Richmond
Just before she retired this morn
ing the girl who could not entirely
escape the thoughts of the death cell,
made the following statement con-
cerning Beattie as reported by her
friends today:
Even if he is gUilty he will never
confess He is too proud even in
his dying moment to make confes-
sion. / wonder If he really did It.
For hours after the play last night.
Beulah and friends discussed the exc
cution Of Beattie and the creepy feel
ing they had during the performance
Of the Return of Peter Grimm"
81 didn't know il was a ghost show
or | should not have taken Beulah
there" said Rubinstein today. "Beu-
lah, Miss Gertrude Coleman my
fiancee, and 1 composed the. theatre
party"
Wierd Drama.
"The Return of Peter Grimm" is a
drama which might certainly be cal
culated to have a fearful effect upon
q woman whose mind was occupied
with thoughts OF a man whom she
is charged with sending to an igno-
minious death. In the early scenes
of the play Peter Grimm, an aged
grandfather with a tendency toward
spiritualism and the supernatural
dies after he has determined that in
the spirit he will return 10 straight
en- out the complicated and tragic af-
fairs of his children and grandchil-
dren. True to his prophesy, he re-
turns in the form OF a phantom. Only
his grandson. a lad Of tender years
is actually aware OF his presence al
slough the mental force of the spirit
makes itself felt upon others. Through
out the play the spirit Of the deceas-
ed grandfather runs through the ac-
ticn guiding and directing through the
medium of the lad the actions of his
loved ones.
Laughed HystericalIy.
Beulah Binford shivered and laugh,
cd hysterically, her friends now say
when she saw this grizzled ghos
vainly seeking to make her words
heard and his feelings known to othel
members of the family when the
child medium was to frightened clear
ly TO convey his words to others.
"Its terrible play" said Beulal
when she emerged from the theatre
and / am afraid OF ghosts. Ny God
I hope the ghost of Henry Beattie vii
not follow me. / have had my suf
fering and / know that I will havr
protection. If Henry's ghost shoulI
come to me there are a score o
others that the ghost will also fol
low. Perhaps though IL will b.
Henrys soul which shall be torment
ed by GHOSTS"
For a moment members of thi
strange little party were silent AM
then under the glimmering of TIA
street light of Broadway and the in
fuence of the gav after-theatr
throng. Beulah's mood changed. He
moment of heart throbbing. her in
slant of mental suffering had passe
and presently she was inquirin
what they would eat.
Two hours later her 1riends sa
with her in the little Rubinstein fla
~ Harlem. Her young protege an