Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
.bEULAH B|NFORD
TALKS To DETECTIVES.
"Other Woman" in the Case, Sub
jected to Third Degree, Makes
Important Statement.

Richmond says:
With her nerves broken by th
grilling OF the third degree, Beual
Biniord, the seventeen -year-old "o,hc
woman" in the Beattie murder case
today made q statement to Deteciir
! Scherer which, the police declare, sup
! plies motive for the killing OF MIS-
! Fl. c. Beattie, ir. The girls story
, i the police say, shows that within th
past few weeks H. c. Beattie planned
! to run away with Beulah Binfold, ant
that he only abandoned his plan whcl
, he learned that his father would dis
, inherit him if he deserted his wife
The detectives say that the violcu
: quarrel Beattie had with his wife few
days before her death vas over hi
renewed relations with the Binforc
woman. Their theory is that he De
terminel to be rid Of his wife so thai
he might live with the other woman.
Richmond, Va, July 25.-Did
Beulab Binford aid Henry C. Beatsic
jr., in the brutal Staying of his pretty
young wife last Tuesday night on
Midlothian turnpike?
Giving plausibility TO the theory
that woman had part in the tragedy,
light amber gutta percha hair pin,
four inches in length was found this
morning on the scene ofthe crime.
Richmond, Va, July 25.--A merry
nymph OF Joy today replaced the grief
stricken other woman, held in Rich.
mond jail as the underlying cause Of
the murder of Louise Owen Beattie,
charged against her husband.
With her mask of grief and sorrow
discarded, Beulah Binford, who for
three days has stirred even the keepers
of Richmond Jail with her sobs, was
suddenly transformed. Tho change
followed a long grueling by detectives
last night. Today she was careless
wanton, and saddened prisoners stopped
to listen as her tinkling laugh echoed
down the grim, iron barred corridors.
The love OF the wayward girl for
Henry Clay Beattie, jr., who sits indf-
ferently in his cell awaiting trial for
murder disappeared in thin air today,
and the wanton confessed that she
liked Harry because he had money and
was good fellow" The girl celebrat.
ed her seventeenth birthday with
birthday d;nncr 10 solitary stnte. She
played at having party like 4 littlo
child. Between times she lead st.
Elmo"
Sure, tell him to come up, I'm
lonesome" she laughed when q visitor
was announced, and when he arrived
she was seated on the edge OF a table,
her crossed feet swinging to and fro,
and the hand-mirror which was her
first demand on entering the Jail, in
her hand.
How long are you going to stay
here ?" she was asked.
Just rs long as they want TO keep
me-" she declared.
Pm satisfied. I'm better off here
than ! would be outside. The Beatties
and several other people have offered
to 90 on my bond but I'd rather stay
here.
Are you still determined to stand
by Henry Beattie?"
Tile little figure on the table edge
rocked back ward and forward in sheer
mirth.
WHY | can't do anything for him
II he's guilty he ought to be punished. !"
Did Beattie ever plan to marry
you?" This brought on another burst
of laughter and an explanation.
See here, sonny. Get that out of
your head. Harry was good fellow
but he knew just the kind Of girl /
was. You could hardly expect him to
marry me. | never did. Oh, If he
had married me | would have made
him good vile I'd kept straight
But that 5 all over now.
How about your statement that
you would confess to numbering the
woman yourself rather than see him
ronyiricd?'
We'll ] va feeling pretty bad when
| said that, and | was thnkiny Of
Harry's father and baby. Hc f,%s q
future. but there is nothing in sight
for me.
you might marry and settle down, y
was suggested.
Again The linkly laugh rattled
through the iron rooms.
DO you think anybody would have
me. II you do. sonny, you're mistaken.
| I hayeu't any illusions about myself.
/ never had. But il anyone would
marry me I'd make him good wife.
I'd settle down and be straight. But
there's no chance.
So you don't love Harry any
more?"
why ! always liked Harry.
never vas crazy about him. But then
I like whole lot OF fellows right now
II this hadn't happened | was going
up to Basic City last week With somt
friends OF mine in the Richmond
Blues. The Blues is the crack militia
regiment OF the First Families OF Vir
ginia and is exclusive as club. /
was in practice camp at Basic City un
til Saturday
II you thought OF Harry's futnr
why did you induce him to visit yol
and neglect his wife,"
Well ne girls like the married mel
best anyway" declared the seventeen
yea old wauton with the sir Of al
expert. They don't talk so much.
The fact that today was the secont
birthday OF the dead badly of Beulal
Binford and Harry Beattie did no
seem to affect the light beartednes