The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-08

Al RCh ON ] ES lMONYs
Mr.. Gregory launched into a scath-
ing attack on the testimony Of Chas.
H. Kestleberg who said it was he, not
Beattie, the boy witnesses saw with a
woman standing on the running board.
Here is a. man." declared Mr.. Greg
ory, With a wide, sweeping gesture,
who, on a drunken spree, tries to tell
us the hour he was on the Midlothian
turnpike when he was with a strange
woman dressed in white. When the
boys, honest young men, tell you il
was different make of car they saw
and a woman dressed differently stand
i'm on the running board, and the ma
chine a mile nearer the crime. They
tell US, too. the exact hour which cor
responds almost exactly to the hour of
the crime. I don't believe there is a
Christian man on this jury who be-
lieves thing this man Kestleberg has
said"
Mr.. Gregory's speech tingled with re-
ligious fervor. Often he quoted scrip
ture, and in trembling voice referred
to Cain and Abel as the first homicide
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., should have
been the keeper of his devoted wife"
said Mr.. Gregory, but he became a
traitor and forsook her. Why? We
were not legally required to prove a
motive, but the commonwealth has
Henry c. Beattie, Jr.'s affections. He
went to the red light district for his
affections. He went to the red light
district for his affections while a ten
der babe was on his wife's breast"
Bitter denunciation of Beulah Bin
ford followed as Mr.. Gregory charged
that Beattie was the direct cause of
her coming last spring from Norfolk
to Richm ond.
THE GUN TRACED.
I'VE have traced to- the second the
purchase of the gun by Paul Beattie
and its transfer to Henry" he con-
tinued, but the reason for getting the
gun was not given to Paul.
Poor, unfortunate Neblitt, who said
he saw Paul with a gun on the day
of its delivery to Henry has been over
whelmed by the evidence of four men
who were there at the same time with
him and Paul and saw no gun.
My Cod" exclaimed Mr.. Gregory,
Il hope I never shall see S black a
character as has been depicted to you
by witnesses as that of Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr., the man who showered
his affections on the woman of the red
light district. And Douglas Beattie,
brother of the accused, has told you
the relations of Henry Clay Beattie
Jr., and Beulah Binford were known
to all"
The prisoner. his face salIow and
drawn, sat rigidly in his seat at the
bar during the argument, staring at
the prosecuting attorney. Often his
grey eyes flashed and his Jaw dropped.
Besides him were his aged father and
his brother. Douglas.
Mr.. Gregory next referred to the tes-
timony of Mrs. r. V. Owen, mother Of
the dead woman. and drew attention
az gain to her pitifu1 tale of the domes-
tic infelicity of her daughter.
Contrast this" he continued, with
the witnesses for the defense who try
to tell us the prisoner and his wife
were happy. Contrast this, l say, with
the lament Of the mother and that Of
her daughter, too, spoken through Mrs
Owens's lips. of the physical ailment
of the accused and how it rent asun-
der in orief the heart of the young
wife"
Mr.. GREGORY finished his argument
at 1920 o'clock and Hill Carter began
for the defense.
There is in your hands. gentlemen
of the jury" said Mr.. Hill Carter. "the
question of life or death of this young
man twenty six years old. I don't say