The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-30
BOY UPSETS
= STATES CASE
Tells of Many Blood Stains in
Midlothian Road After
Beattie Murder.
BIGGEST POINT MADE
IN BEHALF OF BEATTIE
state Failed to Shake Paul Beattie
In Characterization on
Confession.

N|HESTERFlELD COURT HOUSE,
va, Aug. CAN auburn-ha boy.
talking swiftly. but clearly. revealed
on the witness stand today TO the sur
prise or both defense and prosecution
In the trial of Henry Clay Beattie. Jr..
Tor Wife murder. that he had observed
several blood spots along Midlothian
turnpike where the crime occurred
Hltherto II had been presumed no
plood spot except one near the place
where Mrs. Beattie is supposed to
have succumbed existed
Alexander Robertson was the boy
and what he told the jury unexpected
ly IN response TO a question from
counsel Tor the defense entirely upset
the plan OF the commonwealth to rest
Its case today. Prosecutor Wenden-
burg announced that il would be
necessary for him now to call at least
seven or eight witnesses 10 controyert
the boys testimony.
On direct examination By Prose
cutor Wendenburg. when the latter
was seeking TO show where the boy
found a certain yellow hairpin. sim
liar TO that worn by Mrs. Beattle.
Robertson referred to its distance
from the first blood spot"
We're there two blood spots?"
asked Harry VI. Smith. Jr. counsel
Tor the defense, in apparent surprise.
and the boy not only told OF a second
blood spot. but OF several other sim
liar spots near it,
Evidence a Sensation.
The revelation concerning the pre-
sence of more than one bloodspot is
in line with the contention, of the de-
Tense that all blood on the road oozed
from the car. in which Henry &.
Beattie. Jr. alleges his wife was shot
The prosecutions theory has been
that the large bloOdspot in the road at
the place where Mrs. Beattie is al
legged 10 have been killed resulted
from a murder committed outside the
machine and not in the seat as Henry
Beattie alleges.
The prosecution has pointed out By
witnesses and its statements concern
ing the murder. that no blood was
found on either running board OF the
car and that the dust pan underneath
the car would have caught any blood
that trickled through the front part
OF the machine FROM the seat and that
all the blood visible had hardened on
The floor OF the car just beneath the
steering wheel.
Gain for Defense.
Robertson was summoned, as "A
witness. " the prosecution only for
the purpose OF stating, that he had
found "A hair pin, but his testimony as
a result OF the questions OF counsel
for the defense soon established. that
he would be an important witness for
the defense and he subsequently will
be called by the defense IL necessary.
In the meantime the prosecution will
gather over night. witness TO show
that many people looked Tor other
blOodspots. and found none.
The prosecution announced just be-
tore adjournment OF court a. 4:3D to-
day that after the introduction Of sew
eral Witnesses along this line tOmor-
row o. would rest its case.
The Robertson boy. a brother OF
reported on one of the Richmond
newspapers. has been employed about
the court room in carrying his broth
ers manuscript from the court house
20 telegraph Office nearby. and as he
finished in the witness chair De
grabbed several sheets % matter
written by his brother about his own
testimony and dashed 10 the imprO-
vised telegraph office in "a barn about
~ yards away.
Confined In Same Prison
Henry e.. Bosttie. Jr. the accuFed.
and Paul ID Beattie. his cousin. who
yesterday on the witness stand told OF
on alleged confession b. Henry con.
ccrning the murder. we're confined in
separate cells 10 Chesterfield county
Jail tonight Paul hitherto had been
kept boz confinement in Richmond in
default OF bond. but today. after he
finished on fhc witness stand Judge
Watson suddenly ordered bic refcn-
ton ln iail here
Paul Boattic'g story Of yesterday
was not shaken loo The cross .cvamlna-
ton by counsel for the defense. but
- became apparent today that Tho DO.
fcnse Intends 10 rcfufe his testimony
b. placing on fho stand me prisoner