The evening world., 1911-08-23
Jury FOR BEATT|E
IS NOW COMPLETE;
WITNESSES READY
Prisoner, After Narrow Escape
From Auto Crash on Way to
Court, Watches Box Fill.
TESTIMONY TOMORROW
Beulah Binford Says She Is
Not woman in Case" and
Will Prove II on Stand.
TESTIMONY TOMORROW

numbering his wife was completed this
afternoon and tho taking OF testimony
will begin tomorrow.
All OF to-day's court session was given
to the nllIng OF the box. when court
opened there were twelve men In the box.
but II was necessary to obtain sixteen
In order that -four might he peremptor-
lily discarded by the defense. When the
sixteen had been chosen Beattie went
over the list OF names n scanned tho
faces In the Jurors box again and
again. His lawyers announced that they
were ready. The clerk then struck from
the panel the IN OF Mcssrs. Gov.
Ington. Dance. Lundie and Condroy.
leaving the twelve men who viii try
Bcattie for his life.
sEATTlt HAS NARROW ESCAPE
IN AUTO DASH
The Indictment was rea TO the full
jury. Judge Watson briefly discussed
their duties and Special Prosecutor
Wendcnburg waived the right to make
an opening statement. Then court was
adjourned until tomorrow morning at
~ " NiOths
Judge Watson ordered Sheriff Gin 10
lock IN the jury and Deputy j. =.
Goode was assigned TO care for them.
Sheriff GIL was also instructed to lock
Henry Beattle In the Chesterfield
County Jail, just behind the Courthouse,
to obviatc the trip TO and from Rich
mond.
Beatue appeared somewhat haggari
to-day. but sat stolidly as the talcsmen
the little court room and the prisoners
aged father showed discontinue.
Special Prosecutor WendenburS an
nounced to-day that Thomas u. owen,
uncle OF the murdered woman, and DR..
J. Wilbur Mercer. who were the first
to see the body OF Mrs. Besttie when
Il was unlosded from Beattie's automo-
bile at the owen home. on the night OF
the murder. viii be the irst witnesses
to be called tomorrow.
Wendenberg was confident that he
would be able to conclude his case by
the end OF the week. This would leave
many OF the witnesses summoned by
the prosecution 10 testify only In re-
buttsl.
Death in a tragic manner came within
a few inches OF ending to-day the trial
Of Beattie. The auto In which Dstec-
tive Scherer was bringing the prisoner
from Richmond to Chesterfield Court
House narrowly escaped being struck by
An Atlantic Coast Line Railroad train
Mt Centralia. four miles from the court
house.
The chauffeur. blinded by the dust Of
q preceding machine. failed to see the
train, and the auto dashed across the
tracks At n speed of nifty miles an hour.
The pilot OF the engine missed the rear
tires OF the automobile but n Few
Inches, Tho narrow escape did not az
feet the cool indifference OF the pris-
oner. although the nerves OF the rest OF
the party were badly shaken.
Beattie was brought from the ja!l
IN Richmond In order tina, he might
be present. as the law requires, while
the Jurors were being chosen. He was
the only one OF the trio held In con-
neciion witE the case to be brought
here. Bulah Blnford, arrested a. a
material witness. and Paul Besttis.
the defendants cousin. similarly held.
being kept In their cells.
ONE HUNDRED WITNESSES WILL
BE CALLED.
The Binford girl, who declared yester-
day that she hoped never again TO soc
the man who was charged with murder
Ing his wife for her sake, loungsd Il
her cell while Henry made ready for
the trip TO Chesterfield. Silent and mo-
rose. Paul Bestt } stood in the corridor
OF the JAN and watched his cousin de-
part.
Court was called to order at L. is,
Beattie, silent and with set face, took
his seat by the side OF his lawyers.
His father. as was tho case on Mon
day, sat on his right. Almost imme-
diately the additional veniremen were
called and their examination begun.
There was less Of a crowd In court
thar at the a"rraignment. The exami-
nation OF talesmen progressed slowly
The twelve men selected on Monday sa'
In the Jury box frett!ng In the heat.
More than seVenty-ase witnesses nave
been ~subpoenaed by the prosecution,
n nearly thirty by the defense. Tit
jury chosen, the prosecution will nrsr
cal physicians and the Coroner TO es,
tabllsh tine death OF the victim, and !,
Is not Nhe.y that Beulsh Biuford will
b called until the latter part OF the
trial. she says she viii tell all she
Knows, and that when the facts ar,
brought out she viii be considered no
The gr! In the case but an outsider
who has been unius,ly held In jail.
The belief that she has decided q
desert Beatte, whose pictures stli ~
her cell, is based o, this statemen
she made yesterday.
HOPES hEs INNOCENT, But