Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-29

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before adjournment of the court, few
minutes before o'clock this afternoon,
an application by Beattie's counsel was
granted by Judge Watson that the ac-
cused man be permitted to go to Rich
mond so that the defense might have
"a conference over Sunday and save
time," in preparing the cross s-examina-
tion for the reconvening Of court.
There were many tense moments for
the prisoner as the prosecution, through
the testimony of Detective L. L. Scher-
er, particularly, uncovered fragments Of
conversation which he Is alleged to have
had with Beattie concerning Beulah
Binford, the girl In the case. Plainly
evident was the hand of the prosecu-
ton today in endeavoring to show the
underlying motive for the murder, the
fear Of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr, that his
father might learn Of the resumption of
relations with the Binford girl and the
alleged physical ailment Of Beattie at
the time Of the murder. The court, In
fact, discerning the intention of. the
prosecution to unfold this part of the
mystery, asked permission from the
lawyers Of both sides to defer the dis
cussion of this point on the stand until
another occasion when other witnesses
including DR.. Mann, whose information
in this connection was stricken out
four days ago, might be recalled.
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lines of circumstaGtial evidence when
II brought to the stand consecutively,
half dozen youths who were returning
from dance on the night Of the mur-
der and stopped at the spectacle Of the
stationary car, the man working on the
hood and the woman standing on the
running board. One Of the boys. w.
B. Sydnor. identified the Beattie car.
brought to the court house for a first
inspection by the jury, as the identi-
cal one, both as to make and fittings
that he and his companions spied that
night.
Sydnor was on the stand twice but It
was not until the second time, which
was after the jury inspection, that the
prosecution asked him whether or not
the doors on the car he saw were de-
tached from the machine He remem-
bered exactly that they were, also
Identifying its khi-colored hood. The
defense attempted by a series of sharp
questions to indicate that Sydnor hav-
ing made no reference to the doors in
his morning testimony, was inspired
during the luncheon hour to empha-
size that point as the crowning feature
Of his Identification only after the jury
had examined the Beattie car and no.
ticed the conspicuous absence Of both
doors. The defence insinuated that the
prosecutor had called Sydnor's atten-
ton to the doors but the boy said he
had remarked on them before. All six
boys told the same story Of the woman
on the running board and fixed the
hour of their passage as almost COIN
cident with the hour of the murder,
and the prosecution, through Detective
Scherers' testimony later in the day,
added to this trend OF proof OF the
claim that Beattie's wife was not shot
while seated beside him, as the prison.
er AYERS, but while standing in the
road.
er's narrative of Beattie's inconsis-
tent and varying conversations with
him in endeavoring to explain the
presence Of the pool Of blood In the
laid the foundations for the future
contention of the prosecution that
Beattie shot his wife while standing
either on the running board or in the
roadway and that the pool Of blood
did not ooze through the foot-boards
or lower part Of the machine but re-
suited from Mrs. Beattie's fall when
shot near the car.
Besides pointing to the cumulative
testimony of the boys as to the
presence of Beattie and his wife on
the secluded road, the prosecution
through F. B. Adams, another boy,
scored a point when the youth told
Of seeing a man alone beside q ma
chine similar to the Beattie car on
the selfsame road three hours before
the murder Is supposed to have hap
pened. Adams testimony bore out
the charges Of the prosecution that
Beattie could have brought the shot
gun obtained from Paul Beattie to
the place where a few hours later
he conducted his ill-fated wife.
The commonwealth let 1t be known
outside the court room, too, that 1t
had discovered a witness, a negro
named Wilkes, who would testify that
he saw the two machine loads Of
boys as we'll as Beattie and his wife
but no other vehicle or person along
the road at that hour. By this tes-
timony, 1t Is apparently hoped to
quash Beattie's story Of the bearded
highwayman.
Neither Wilkes nor Mrs. Binford.
mother of Beulah, who were to have
been called to the stand, were sum-
moned today as Detective Scherer
monopolized almost the entire after
noon session. The time Of their ap-
pearance Is now uncertain, as the de-
fense gave notice that on Monday 1t
would begin a cross examination OF
Scherer's testimony particularly with
reference to his alleged conversations
with Beattie after the murder and
prior to his arrest.
The testimony Of Scherer, inasmuch
as it so frequently introduced the
name of the Binford girl, excited in
terest on the part Of the prisoner and
his usual nonchalance gave way to a
determined, tiger-like crouch over
the bench as he strained forward to
catch every syllable uttered. Not in
frequently did he fidget about ner-
vously in his seat
Occasionally and with a sudden
ness that sometimes startled his coun-
sci, Beattie put both his arms around
the neck of Harry M. Smith, Jr., the
lawyer beside him, and insisted on
continued whispering. Once his whis-
per was audible. Il didn't say that
he protested to his lawyer as Scherer
talked on.
A smile often broke on the face OF
the prisoner but it apparently was
forced smile. The intense concen-
tration Of his attention on Scherer's
testimony was in direct contrast to
the ease he manifested at noon when
he stood with the jury on the lawn
quietly observing the once blood