The Washington times., 1911-08-25
BLOOD STAINS ON
THE BEATTE GUN
detective Jarres Testimony Brings Out the Important
Facts That Defense Must Explan-Foot-
prints Near Stump

| IOl luI lHST CTOSS-eNdInlDaIlOn- Sle al.
| nrmed her testimony at the coroner s
| inquest that the gun was not more thar
a dozen feet away. The Commonwealth
has Detective WiItshire's evidence, who
| measured the distance, that II was many
more feet from the road. Mandy Alex.
ander identified the spot where she saw
the gun by a knot hole In a railroad
| tie over which she stumbled. Mr. Smith
got her to stand pat on the six-foot
! distance.
Court rose for luncheon at los to 2:l5
Not only because Paul Is to give his
; testimony. is interest centered in him.
but because of the well-known fact that
! upon Paul the defense will make a
well-nigh murderous assault.
A faint hint OF how merciless Harry
NJ. Smith will be with Paul, was given
| yesterday afternoon when Smith cross
] examined Detective Thomas Wrenn.
Don't Fear Attack on Paul.
The prosecution views the assault
which the defense will make on Paul
with equanimity, almost with compla-
cency. The Commonwealth's attorneys
| have by no means been asleep In this
| matter said Agent Scherer today.
| ''They are loaded. Every statement that
Paul Beattie will make on the stand
| ness for each important fact that Paul
Beattie states. Let them come on, we
are ready for them"
Mr.. FARRELL is one Of the really
interesting figures I'm In the the ioca.as Seatae
Beuiah Binford. although the fact
of her relations with Henry Clay
Beattie, jr., was discovered first Of all
by Mr. Scherer. Mr.. FARRELL actually
found her first, at any rate, and he took
three days. 1t was while on this visit
to the FARRELL home that Beulah Bin
ford discovered the baby carriage In
which her own son by Henry Beatue
had been wheeled about during the lew
months Of his life at the residence OF
Mrs. Molly Trout, in Richmond. FARRELL
bought the baby carriage of Mrs. Trout
after the baby died.
The purchase came about in this way:
While Mr. FARRELL was experiencing his
second widowerhood-the present Mrs.
FARRELL is the third woman who has pre-
sided as hostess IN the FARRELL manor
place in Chesterfield county-he placed
an infant motherless child OF his IN
Mrs. Trout's care.
Hearing that Mrs. Trout was going to
move away. Mr.. FARRELL took his baby.
Mrs. Trout then sold him the baby car
rage. 1t has been explained how jar
rell never came to pay her the IS Tor
II, and how the other day, when she
was discovered as a witness In the
case, she promptly dunned FARRELL for
the money. This perambulator, II Is
said. will be an exhibit in this case
because of the fact that Beattie gave
Mrs. Trout the money to buy It for
Beulah's Binfords baby.
Girl Declined Offer.
Mr.. farrell has since offered to take
Beulah into his home for the time being.
the attorneys for the Commonwealth
agreeing to this proposition. But Beulah
herEelf vetoed It, and said she preferred
to remain in Jail. Mr.. Jarrel could get
a Job In a comic opera in the Brigands'
Chorus WITHOUT much makeup. He
boasts the heaviest mustache in Ches-
terfield county-and Chesterfield has
many men well adorned in a hirsute
way on their upper lips.
Once more today, Beattie's father and
brother appeared early at the court
house. Again they had left behind them
Miss Hazel Beattie, the pretty seven
teen-year-old sister Of the defendant:
heart out in utter loneliness in the big
Beattie mansion. Undoubtedly, she
would far rather be at the tr1al than
stay at home, but perhaps II Is more
merciful not to let her come to the
trial
Anxiously Reads Newspapers.
The recitation of the Commemorative
testimony might be enough to drive any
young sister in similar case 20 an in
sane asylum. She has pleaded to be al
lowed to come, but her father and
brother have steadily refused. She may
make an appearance when the uetense
Is having its innings. In the meantime,
she Is buying every extra OF the Rlch-
mond evening papers and reading them
in the utmost hurry, in the desperate
hope-desperate at this stage of the
trial-that her eyes will meet something
favorable to her brothers cause. Aside
from the father, Hazel Beattie Is by
far the best looking member OF the
Beattie family from every STANDPOINT;
She has not Henry Beatties cynical
mouth, nor the too plump features OF
the other brother, Douglas.
Abused as the adjective pretty is
in newspaper articles concerning young
girls, the description really hts TINS
dark-haired girl, whose features are ex.
cellent, and whose skin Is fair without
any suggestion of sallowness.
The prosecution has rehearsed the his
tory of the crime. 1t set up Henry
Beattie's story with the determination
of finally riddling it. 1t proved his as
sociation with the Binford woman. 1t
showed that he spent hours with ner
on the very night before his young Vile
was done to death. 1t pointed to varia-
tions in his accounts OF that tragic mo-
ment on the Midlothian pike. 1t proved
that though his wife lay dead near him,
the husband even then was compare
lively cool and calm. /
But it did not prove what II seemed