The Detroit times., 1911-09-01
BEATTIE WILL 60 ON STAND
TO FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE
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know that II Beattie is-to be convict
ed, IL must be on his own appearance
on the stand and by the words from
his own lips. They have prepared a
cross-examination that they believe
will shake even the calm Of the stole
young man, who with one exception
has sat unmoved throughout the trial
The youth will be forced 10 match
his wits and words with Special Pros
ecutor Wendenburg, one OF the best
cross-examiners in Virginia, and Wen
denb.rg will be merciless.
Jury To Visit Scene OF Crime.
| Another event which was still on
the program IL the scheduled visit
of the Jury to the scene OF the crime,
Just when this will be taken was still
Undetermined.
From his little cell In the jail be
hind the courthouse Henry Clay Beat
tie, with the aged father who yes
terday testified for him, was brought
into court. The Borrowing old man
had been with his boy for two hours
planning the few remaining moves in
his battle for life. III. M. Smith and
Hill Carter, Beattie lawyers, joined
the conference which lasted until
court convened
Smith declared that many Of his
witnesses had failed to appear and
he delayed proceedings for half an
hour. Then he began calling charac.
| ter witnesses. Capt. Alexander
Wright, OF the Richmond police force.
who worked on the case was called.
He gave Ernest Neblitt, who yester.
tday attacked the story or PAU, a
good reputation.
r. G. Broadus, a Richmond mer.
chant, gave both the prisoner and
NebIitt good characters. j. p. Jones
and Dick Saunders, City Sergeant OF
South Richmond, testified to the same
effect.
Then Douglass Beattie, brother OF
the accused man. was called.
Douglass described the household
declaring that his cousin and two
aunts lived there with his father,
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., and his wife
and himself.
What were the relations between
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr, and his
wife?"
"They were apparently happy"
said the witness. They usually kiss
ed when they met or parted"
Did you ever see any lack of har'
mony between themT'
| Never"
Now, the night OF the murder,
what was your first intimation OF the
| tragedy
II received phone call from DR..
Mercer at the Owen house. My faith
err, sister and I went to the Owen
house. We had bottle OF whisky.
When we got there father went in
first. l saw Henry In my fathers
arms, and fondling the little slipper
II was one OF Louise's shoes. knew
then that Louise was dead. l could
not stand 1t any longer, 80 l went
out"
Tells Of Driving Auto.
Douglass told of driving the auto
mobile the night of the crime. He
described the bloodstains In the car.
He told OF driving the car from the
time Henry brought home his wife's
body until six o'clock the next after
noon. The roads we're dry and dusty,
Il
he said.
AT this time Smith interrupted TO
ask permission TO have experts ex-
anime the automobile. The defense
evidently expected to make a great
| effort to show that the blodstains In
the Midlothian turnpike might have
leaked through the car.
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| the car in the presence OF an officer
Here q mysterious message caused q
| delay. A4 49,
Douglass Beattie declared that after
the tragedy the outside OF the Beattie
automobile had been washed, the cush'
ions scrubbed and the car partially
| cleaned. He reviewed all OF the trips
TO the scene of the crime. He declar'
ed that he handled the gun after II
was found and that his hands were
covered with blood on the night OF
the murder while he was driving the
/ machine.
In this way the defense planned &c
account for the blood spots which
witnesses have declared were on the
gun. Douglass declared on the morn
ing after the tragedy that he met j
G. Talley, who yesterday testified that
| ne heard a woman's scream and the
gunshot. He said that at that time
Talley said nothing about the woman's
| scream.
Aftey a lengthy cross-examination
wendenburg involved Douglass Beat
lite In an argument that utterly ruin
ed his testimony with the jury.
'If had known that this case was
TO take the turn Il has I would have
eliminated all the hloodspots and
would not have carried the detectives
Tout 70. the scene OF the crime" Doug
Ilass hnaIly declared with heat
the evidenced" demanded wenden'
IburR.