Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-02

fy the defense that the mans testi-
mony would be helpful to the pris-
oner, and it was reported today that
the defense would not follow him.
1t has become known in a circuitous
fashion that Beattie's lawyers have
found q mar who was autOmObiling
on the Midlothian turnpike on the
night of the murder in the company
of a This man IS said to
have been seen cranking his machine
at a spot not far from the pool Of
blood that afterward marked the To-
cation Of the staying Of Mrs. Beattie.
Several young men who happened to
be on a lark on the night of July IS
and who returned along the turnpike
Just about the hour when the homicide
took place have testified for the pros
ecution that in the vicinity afterward
established as that There the murder
occurred they saw a machine closely
resembling Henry Beattie's; that a
woman was standing on the left hand
running board when they passed and
that a man was by the hood of the
auto tinkering with the engine.
The prosecution has shown by in
ference that the joy riders saw Henry
Beattie standing by the hood Of his
machine while his wife vas on the
running board. Through the newly
discovered witness the defense vii
attempt to prove that it wasn't Beattie
and his wife that the other automobil-
Ing party saw, but this witness and
the woman who was his companion.
A far more serious reason why this
| unknown should have to be handled
with gloves by the defense Is said to
be thai should he be asked by the
prosecution he would testify that,
aside from being mistaken for Beatte
on the night of the murder, he had
passed Beattie In his machine, had
recognized Beatt1e and that he had
seer a woman and another mar IN the
car besides Beattie himself.
No hint OF the second man IN the
machine with Beattic and his wife on
the night that Mrs. Beattie was muir
dered has been whispered since In
vestigations began an hour after the
murder. Beattie has declared that he
rode alone with hi wife and that she
was shot by a pedestrian from the
roadside.
The intrusion Of this mystery into
the trial came in a highly dramatic
fashion. 1t was while Smith was ex-
aiming a witness that n Of the
court attendants laid a slip of tele
graph paper on his desk. The pris-
oner's chief counsel opened the paper
and read It.
Beattie looked over his shoulder and
read the lines of the note also. I'm
mediately he showed unusual excite
ment He turned quickly to his father
and whispered in his ear, then pulled
the heads Of his two lawyers over to
him and whispered eagerly to them.
The young man seemed. hardly able
to restrain his i~mpetuosity, After sew
eral minutes conversation among the
four Smith rose and asked the courts
permission TO retire to the county
treasurer's office behind the little court
house, where the phone Is, In order
that he might call up a very important
witness.
After a half hours absence he hand
ed a name 10 the assistant clerk of
the court and said that he wanted 8
peremptory summons served thereon.
There's only one OF that name IN
Richmond" said Smith aloud. you
won't have any trouble locating him"
The mysterious witness did not ap-
pear in court. Neither of Beattte's
lawyers would say a word on the sub
ject OF the unknown witness and what
his line of evidence would be. 1t was
the prisoner himself who revealed half
Of what is known about him 10 some
OF the newspaper men; the rest Of the
information was gathered elsewhere
The promise Of Beattie's lawyers
that their client would AXE the stand
himself was not fulfilled 1t is evil
dent that either indecision about the
introduction of the newly discovered
witness or the desire to save Henry's
direct testimony SO that the Jurors
might ponder 1t over Sunday before
the cross examination began on the
following court day led the defense to