The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-29
THE DETECTIVE WHO
FASTENED CRIME ON BEATIE
Continued from page four.)

"big as a half dollar. AS ne VIZ.
ness said this Beattie mumbled "hal1
dollar" loud enough for those near
him to hear.
Beattie'S Blood Soaked Clothes anu
That Fatal Gun.
Beattie's blood soaked clothes were
unrolled before the jury ana the VII
ness identified them. -
The Single barreled shotgun Win
which the Commonwealth says the
shot was fired, then was eXhlOlted.
owen identified the gun as the one
shown at the inquest at
which time Paul Beattie swore that
he had purchased it for his cousin.
Henry Watched Witness Like a Hawk.
Then the witness described the
scene OF the crime on the night OF
the murder. Beattie watched his
uncle-in-law like a hawk as the teSti-
mony proceeded and now and men
shook his head as il in contradiction
Did you observe the conduct or
the accused at the house after the
murder?' Owen was asked.
He seemed to be grieved and /
tried to keep him out of the room
where the body was" said the wit,
Several Times Asked if His Wife Was
Dead.
He asked me for some whiskey
and l sent out for some, and several
times he inquired if his wife was
dead. He also requested several
times that I phone to hts father
ITO what extent did Beattie use
the Whiskey?" asked counsel for the
Commonwealth.
Il am pretty certain l saw him take
a drink" said owen, "aAd later ]
found a half pint bottle empty" He
could not swear, however, that the
prisoner had drunk it all:
About the Alleged Bearded Highway
man.
The witness described the bearded
highwayman,' pictured to him by
Beattie as his wife's murderer; he re
peated Beattie'e story Of the alleged
encounter and told Of a scratch on
Beattie's face which the prisoner had
said the man on the road inflicted.
did the accused render you any
aid in an attempt to identify the as
sassin ?" Owen was asked.
His description Of the man was his
only aid" replied the witness.
Beauties Lawyers Take Owen in Hand
When the Commonwealth counsel
announced. that il was through with
the witness, Attorney H. M. Smith, Jr.,
for the defense began the cross-exam-
ination. With a view to showing that
il Beattie had contemplated murder
he would not have selected the Mid
lothian turnpike, the witness was
asked to describe the highway which
he admitted was one popular with
a~utcmobilists.
Who first suggested bloodhounds
70 trace the ASSASSIN 2" asked Mr..
Smith.
81 think I did said Owen.
DC you not recall Henry having
a get the hounds and spare no
expense -?
Il remember nothing Of the kind"
Court Rules Out Redirect Question.
Taking the witness in hand again,
the Commonwealth attempted to show
that Beattie ~refrained from inviting
any members of the Owen family
the murder in order that he might be
alone with his wife. But the court
ruled out questions along this line.
Death Was Instantaneous. Doctors
Say.
Doctors Mann and Mercer described
the wound in Mrs. Beattie's head and
both said that in their opinion that
death was instantaneous.
Dr. N|-nn described the wound
which the defendant said the high
wayman inflicted on him as "a SUI
perflclal scratch He related how he
had examined Louise Beattie's BODY
as it lay on the floor; he ictured
the ugly gunshot wound near the left
side of the nose, and said that the
direction Of the shot was back slight
~ to the right and tending upward.
If she had been standine in the
road and a man the height of her
husband fired the shot would it lave
inflicted a u such as described ?"
Court SustafA Defense's Objections.
This queSaUl, put by Attorney Gre
CORY, OF the prosecution, brought
counsel for defense to their feet with
objections, and the court sustained
them.
In the Physicians opinion the death
Of the victim was instantaneous.
When Dr. Mann dressed the scratch
on Beatties nose. he asked Beattie il
a White man or a negro had fired the
shot and the boy had replied, n white
man.
Did YOU see him saed any tears
while YOU were there?' the physician
was asked.