The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09
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those po!nt.Hon which the defens. had
reled to save their client. The Jury
sat cold and silent,
Jury Moved to Tears,
AT one time ne moved them TO ,ears
his own voice broke. and the vast
| crowd inside the small court room and
| all those woo could hear him from tho
courthouse green went with him II
vas when he referred. In a broken
voice, to the babe LEFT motherle,, hv
the Staying OF the woman by it, own
iathers hand. He pictured the feeble
cry OF the motherless infant. and IN
words painted a picture OF that bsbg
nolo'ns out It's arms FOR the hanas
that never more would fondie II. rencf-
ING tor the breast on which It can
never ne again. And under the storm
OF words and tears young Reattic COW.
cred. lie bowed his head. and for tn.
l'rst time In all the days he has been
on trial, showed tina, somewhere he.
meath his smile his soul could be
reached
And. an" said NJ. wenaenburs
they speak OF his old. srav-hai-ed
iathcr. Ny sympathy goes out 20 him
nut "Aat OF that young woman Think
OF her on that dark ana lonely night
rink OF her when she saw the a.s,a-
SINS gun in the hands OF the man who
mad sworn at the altar to love ana
protect her Think OF thr agony OF
By some grace or feeling the Iawye,
spared his hearers a further portrayal
OF 'hat young womans last momcnts
ana the crowd s!ghcd win approval
as ne drew the curtain over that hour.
Fair Even to Murderer.
E'eh IN the most heated moments ot
ms Argument Mr wendenhurg was
.a!F 10 the prisoner He read from the
instrHc:ious OF the court to the tury
that part OF them which gave the prs.
oner the benetit OF the Reasonable
doubt 10 which the defense clune
from beginning 10 end But he asker
the twelve men before him how could
mere be any reasonable doubt as TO
the guilt q the prisoner he show ed
'nem and haunted before their faces
the oioodS garments in which Henry
BeattIe dressed himself FOR tina; err
rand of death, These mute Wit,
hesses' ne shouted. cannot perjur-
themselves. This shirt shows that
henry Clay seatt!e, Jr did not p!ac.
MS left arm around his dead wifes
"aisI when he tHk her home This
coat also shows that he did no, sun
port her body when ne took her hon.
to her mother-dead" And tho In.
ference he drew is what the State has
charged-that Eeatt!e sat on his w,fe's
!'feiess form when he returned with
her TO Tom Owens home
Adverting to the fac, that Bcattie
mad said that he did not know "a; ers,
that his wife was dead, and tina, no
hurried home because there was
physician. he asked why {, was that
Henry Beattie stopped. as he had said
he stopped, 10 fix hts lights.-zr.d yet
when they were looking for the gun
he said; ITO hill with the lights" as
they went out. Merc.lessly Mr.. Wen
denburg went about his task and when
he had finished the lines OF the defense
were battered down. and that Score,
nope on which Henry Beatt!e has
nursed himself had disappeared as the
inists before the dawn. Yet. under II
all except for the time when he cow
cred under the accusing Anger dirA,te<
at him. the prisoner manifested little
concern. on whatever his faith relics
II is, /. would seem. an abiding trust.
i am Innocent" he has declared. and
on this unsupported plea he bases his
hope of walking forth some day. free
man. from the Chesterfield county lail.
But II he be innocent the prosecution
asks, where is the guilty. man? And
no voice replies save that voice which
Mr.. Wendenburg says cries for Justice
from that blood spot on the Midlothian
Pike.
WendcnburE Begins.
when the polling of the Jury was
iiii'aHeo anu tne lawyers had taken
their seats. Judge Watson announced
that he was ready to hear from MIR
Wendenburg. who was to close the ar.
gument in the noted case
May 1t please the court and turv"
MT. WenGenburS said. rising. II wish
TO congratulate the gentlemen OF The
jury that the obvious task before them
Is about to come TO an end. and l con-
graduate the people of Virginia that
ms case. which was born in iniquity
ana which has left a trail of slime
throughout this fair county. is about
TO be ended. hope that the book viii
soon be closed and that the fair wo
men OF our land will greet it's close
with an Amen But / do not mean
women of the class 10 which some con-
cerned in this case belong mean
only those others OF whom we speak
ana Whom we know in our daily walk
of life.
Gentlemen, this is one of the most
important cases which ever attracted
the attention of a jury. The 6nai do
cision In regard to It, whether from The
standpoint of the defendant or of ytr
sihia' hangs upon YOU gentlemen of tn.
Jury: Upon you hang the sacredness
oi the law and the sacredness OF hi.
mon ne. IL Is impossible to eXagger
ATE the importance of this case
our people are law-abidine anf
theirs is land of law Our laws arc
every"here as pure as the atmospher,
which we breathe. God has declared
Thou shalt not kill. and for the VIC.
iation OF that commandment He h,,
SAID Vengeance is Mine And on tina,
edict the law not YOU, becomes tins
agent Tor the just retribution OF that
crime which has been committed ir
our midst.
God Frowned Upon Him.
when the silence of that fatal night
was broken by the screams OF that
poor, defenseless woman. as she real.
lied that the man who had sworn to
protecther was in fact fend incarnate
and he silenced that scream with the
report OF that. death dealing gun God
frowned and the law shuddered. This
man was left alone on the scene of the
crime left alone by that pool Of blood