The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
CONFESSION MADE
 BY H. c. BEATTIE AT
 THE LAST MOMENT
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since first he commanded the public eye. He halted for brief moment on the threshold, looked on the chair with an nscrutable smile that had in it the hint
 of sheer and then walked brisky for- ward. Not once did he strive to pierce the blackness outside his circle of glow
 ing light.
 It had been feared that the prisoner
 would finch when the dread moment came to seat himself in the chair. There was no trepidation and not hint of he's itation in Beattie's attitude. Still wear ing his peculiar smile half amused and half cynical. he stepped lightly Into the seat, settled himself as though he had been looking forward to the rest and as- sisted the attendants in adjusting the straps and clamps by placing his arms and hands in the proper positions. The only indication that he was under ner- vous strain was disclosed by his tightly clerched left hand.
 During the few brief seconds preced- ing the turning on of the current, Beattie moved once. While the attendants were stepping back out of the light he | squeezed himself back as though to seek a still more comfortable position. At the same time he raised his head, now almost completely hidden by the leather helmet that covered the upper part of his head and face. The next second the shock | came.
 Body Removed When the law was avenged and the | witnesses were gone, tAe prison attend ants removed the body to the nortuary room, which adjoins the des a amber. 1 There 1t lay for four hours ssi5t fs un- dertaker, authorized by the stasite fas iv to prepare it for burial Fe.aoy M his morgue. Later it ssaH .aae8 te as 1 Beattie home, where f.Ia=Ial @ef-5 frrs tended only by the snii 7-iH ae haid 1nterment in Maurs eszaieEss Fill tasye place Sunday.
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 in thts ;. however, for tn, eral cr0 that stood in ths ssnnosIf ii before dawn at the penitentiss sases 7
 on hand throughout the aksrsasa ing to catch a glimpse of sssAe fnezshe. of the stricken family rsa@ FcainsssiusA their vigil until darkness dmre fhena away.
 Richmond sssas Even this moved s3 3apialt 6ijEina the day that Riehmona stil, ls xzsp.ns' The sudden production af tho ,tfuaderer's con fession caused rroEesnd sensation. There had beess aADrs af f..6 existence a based on nottsns zskle 5smphatically and persiste1']g t asezo denied by the family of hu sisgts bv the attorneys who had tasea fare Ii. flse celebrated case and by tfe prisot aelhof .ties. The minis ters refsse lsceas the reports, put tingsT& e H} regs DTS with the simple statenieat tlseY hoped for confess
 sior
 Tue ace2s N & asment of his crime by
 '5tftla Ns3a naFl 4fre received with more qtift 2ey than fi the executive mansion. ' ,Tsfets tsiHf hs4sss who resisted all pressure
 Fot so Asar upon him to commute W Or tosissue reprieve, had gNprsa x3 ir sself into state bordering on fls 1eakdown lthrough entertaining
 tf $fea ghat he mtht be permitting an
 t9ee man to gd to his doom. The fVlhe 1eep satisfaction is shared by the f lFpors who convicted Beattie, the attor- {4sy who prosecuted linn and by the wit ffuesses whose evidence sent him to the chair
 Beattie was convicted solely on cir 7 fcumstantial, evidencea There could be 5 found no one who had seen the fatal ,1 shot fired, nor any p3rson who could ] deny emphatically BHttie's illogical [ story of the tall, bearoed stranger. the ( mythical person whom Ae charged with
 the murder. This doubs in the face of
 damning circumstantial evidence, su 5 linked as to be practically conclusive, : is cleared away by thd slayer's pos a thumous acknowledgement of murder n that has held the interest of the whole e country.
 6 Those Present
 Those present at Beattiys electrocu.
 tion were:
 Col. H. M Boykin, police commits | Capt. George Pollock, clerk police : board, Richmond.
 :. Blair Matthews, receiving clerk z Thacher Shoe company. Richmond T Gerald Stratton, member penitentiary :, board of directors. Petersbufg. ZIP. Goodwin, insurance agent. Pc.
 tersburg
 N. T. Blick, deputy city sergeant Petersburg. ? Meyer $. Angle, Columbus and Ohio railway detective.
 Richard B. Hayne, Columbus and Ohio railway claim agent IT. Waverly Melton. clerk road forco
 Richmond.
 T. L. Tiers, insurance agent, Peters. burg. y Charles B. Eanes, sanitary officer , Petersburg.
 Acting on written request of Dougla, beattie, the councilmen in charge of the
 public cemetery granted q permit tonigh. for the burial of Henry Beattie in Maury 5 cemetery South Richmond. He will bs buried by the side of his wife. The execution of Henry Clay Beattie 2 Jr., today is the tragic denouement oi : the most remarkable crime in the his. tory of Virginia. Since the night oi
 July IT, when Beattte shot down his
 beautiful young wife, his case has en.
 gagged the attention of the entire coun. , try, and interest only subsided today , when this handsome, cynical youth was
 led to the death chair.
 This was due to the exceptional fea. lures of the tragedy. While It had Its } foundation on the time worn domestic 2 triangle the wealth and social prominence
 of the principals and the notorious ca ! reer of the youthful Benlah Binford. the
 other wcman'' in the case, combined to