The evening world., 1911-11-24

II was on the night of Tuesday. July
Is. of this yea that Henry Clay Beat
tic jr. rode put to the home Of his
to Gov. Mann Of Virginia, in his auto
mobile and asked the young oma he
had married a little more than . yea
before to accompany him on . brief
spin along the Midlothian turnpike. He
said In tho hearing Of his wtfe's kin
that he wanted to talk privately to
hse. and also that he thought the drive
would bsneht her. Her baby HAD been
born i've weeks before.
Leas than two hours iAtsr-3ust BE-.
fore mhdniEht-hs drove back to the
owen hous with his dead wife In his
arma. A hole had boon blown through
her head Her hands and armA were
stihsnsd straight before her. - II In
an attitude Of duplication.
Beattie seemed wonderfully calm a.
he told of having met an ASSASSIN ON
the turnpike who had stepped out Of
the darkness, thrown . shotgun to his
shoulder and emptisd . charge OF
buckshot at his wife.
TOLD OF BATTLE WITH ROAD
ASSASSIN.
The young man described with tragic
earnestness how he had sprung from
the car and grappled with the stranger.
who had dubbed him with tho butt OF
his weapon and beaten him OF. lie re-
wrested the gun from the unknown as
sa!lant. who then fed. The young man
had flung the gun Into the back OF
the automobile and then gwen his At
tention to his wife. not knowing. he
said. that her life was extinct.
On that wild ride back to the Owen
home the gun had been bounced out Of
the car. said Beattie-he did not know
where. The discovery OF this shotgun
later and the revelation that Paul
Beattie. q poor cousin. mad bought II at
Henry Clay tr.'s request. proved the
most damaging feature Of the prosecu-
tons case At the trial.
When the young man delivered his
wife to her kinfoik she was dead. There
was blood on the automobile cushion
and floor. Beattie was stained with II,
but even these details did not seem to
shake his superlative calm. He made no
lamentations. offered no suggestions and
no theory to account for the crime. He
waited at the Owen house ali night
waited. he said. for the frst word tina,
was to direct suspicion against him.
He had not long to wait after tn,
machinery OF tho law had started. Evi
dence against him piled in a cumuia
tive mass. He had been the tastes
pacing young sport anywhere aroun,
Richmond. and his career In red light
quarters was notorious. Notorious ais
were his relations with Beulah Binfort
"the other woman" In the case.
! OTHER WOMAN IN CASE
: MERE CHILD.
t This other woman" was a girl q
seventeen. a child vampire, she WI
. called pretty. precocious and avowedl
A., bad. BeattIe came into her life whe
q she was only thirteen and SIN woi
K frocks. A child was born to her In Al
e gust. 1909, and bore the name Of Hem
;. Clay Binford. Beaulah Binford saI
u that Beattie was the father and sci
! her away to Raleigh. N. c., where Il
: child was born.
u When Beattie took the stand In h
own behalf he made light OF his rel
tons with Beulah Binford. He said
had first seen the girl In August. ls
when he was riding In an automobI
= with friends. She rad called from 4
sidewalk and asked to be taken for
y ride, One Of his companions had to
!, him at that time the child had an o.
!, reputation.
What was her action toward you
:. reference 10 the child that a born
Beattie was asked.
I, Why, she said ! was the father
=" It," the accused man said. almost jauI
IN ily. She thought she could get M
- laonsy f,oin m- than f,om anybo
- Only One "BROMO 0uINlNE"
That Ia LAXATIVE bhoAu QUlkINE. Iooh