Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-11-25


from the hooded and powerful lamp
above the chair. The chair. an oak
en- bit of furniture which except for
It's straps and steel bands. might
grace any library, was on a rubber
mat. All but il was obscured. the
dazzling RAYS from the low swinging
lamp. throwing everything else in
darkness. SO dense as almost TO be
felt.
The little party in the chamber
heard the superintendent "A few feet
away droning out the death warrant.
Beattie listened To it with intensity
but did not finch. He stood during
the reading and when it was ended,
he swayed just trifle, but quickly
recovered. Then, without assistance.
he took his place between the guards
and began his march to the chair.
His entrance to the death cham
ber was as dramatic as anything he
had done since first he commanded
the public eye. He halted for a briel
moment on the threshold, looked on
the chair with an inscrutable smlle
that had in It the hint of sneer and
then walked briskly forward. Not
once did he deign to strive to pierce
the blackness outside his circle of
glowing light
1t had been feared the prisoner
would finch when the dread moment
! came to seat himself in the chair. but
there was no trepidation and no hint
of hesitation in Beattie's attitude.
Still wearing his peculiar smile he
stepped lightly into the seat, settled
himself as though he had been look
| ing forward TO the rest and assisted
the attendants in adjusting the straps
and clamps by placing his arms ana
| hands in the proper position. Inc
| only indication that he was under a
nervous strain was disclosed by his
tightly clenched left hand.
During the few briet seconds pre-
ceding the turning on Of the current
Beattie moved once. While the at
! tendants were stepping back out OF
| the light he squeezed himself back as
! though to seek a more comfortable
/ position. At the same time ne ralseu
| his head, now almost completely mo-
/ den by the leather helmet that COW
1 cred the upper part of his head ana
| face.
| The next second the shock came.
When the law was Vindicated ana
/ the witnesses were gone the prison
attendants removed the body to the
mortuarv room, which adjoins the
death chamber. There 1t lay for foui
hours until an undertaken authorized
bv the Beattie family to prepare II
! for burial removed it to his morgue'
Later il was taken to the Beattle
home where funeral services, attend
ed only by the family, Will be helu
Interment in Maury cemetery VIII
follow on Sunday.
Tonight the Beattie family was
alone with its grief.
/. The window shades in the residence
were drawn tightly and no movement
was seen about the place. Respect
inc their sorrow neighbors and towns
neople who would have liked TO oilel
\ word of consolation and sympathy
| remained away from the nome
events moved rapidly during th'
day. The sudden producing OF th'
mtirderer's confession caused pro
found sensation. There had been ru
mors of the existence of such doeu
ment. hut the rumors were Dased OF
NOTHING tangible. Emphatinally ani
| nersistently they were denied by th'
family Of the slayer. by the attorney'
who had taken part in the celeprale'
case and by the prison authorities
The ministers refused to discuss th'
reports. putting off all interrogation
with the simple statement that they
hoped for a confession.
The acknowledgment of his crime
by Beattie was nowhere received WIN
more quiet JOY than in the executive
mansion. Governor Mann who re
sisted all pressure brought to bea
upon him to commute the sentenc'
or to issue a respite had worried
himself into a state bordering on her
vous breakdown through entertalnlni
the fear that he might be permlttih;
an innocent man to go to his death.
The same deep satisfaction is shar
ed by the jurors who convicted Beat
tie. the attorneys who prosecuted
him and by witnesses whose evidence
sent him to the chair.
Acting on written request o
Douglas Beattie. the council commit
tee in charge of public cemeteries
granted permit tonight for tn
burial of Henry c. Beattie in Maur,
cemetery, South Richmond. He vii
be buried by the side of his wire.