The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-10
BY associated Press.


chesterfield Court House, Va, Sept.
s.-The thought of his impending doom,
death IN the electric chair on NOV. "a
ala not break the steel bound COM
posure of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., To-
day as he spent the first day mere as
convict for the murder OF ms Wl1e. ~
q matter of fact way he discussed Ins
case with friends who called to express
their sympathy, but to newspaper men
ha bitterly denounced the verdict as
unfair. Beulah Binford, his relatlohs
with whom shocked the turymen, was
the frequent name on Beattie's lips To-
dav. but she probably never before re-
ceivad as deep condemnation. Time
again he complained the jury tried MIN
for his relations with the girl OF the
1Inderworld rather than upon the CT
cumstantial testimony pertinent 10 tne
tragedy.
The father visited his son in his cell
today and kissed his forehead II was
at this moment the fortituoe OF the Doy
s,r,,nonIed. his face flushed and he cried.
In the mind of father~and son stu
fiickers the one hope Of granting by
the court Of appeals Of new trial
through a writ Of error. The prevail
sng opinion Of Virginia's bar As tnat
this Is a vain hope
In contrast to the scene in the jail
was the. little home In Richmond
where Paul Beattie, a cousin OF henIy,
sat with his wife and babe, giad OF ms
freedom from weary days Of detention
as a witness, yet Bympathetic Ior the
man whom he bought the fatal gun, all
ignorant OF the evil purpose 1t was 70
fi1 four days later. Paul said tnat
. what he testified was done rom @ q
I sense 81 duty. It was hard to nerve
\ himself TO tell all ne knew, but he was
relieved when he had done il.
A SCENE TRANSFORMED.
reattie razed from the barred win
dows Apf 3. cell this morning on scene
transformed from yesterdays racket
and excitement OF a murder trial. 70
perspective today of rural quiet
Where yesterday stood groups Of
epectators awaiting the verdict that
should send young Beattie to the elec-
tric chair for the murder OF his VIE
n uatrfcian daughter OF the Old DO
Tnfnion-today there were herds OF kline
that grazed again on pastures from
which they had been ousted during the
long days Of the trial
on the lawn in front OF the court
house and Jail. q negro removed scraps
az newspapers and remains Of lunch
cons hastily eaten on the green py
crowds Of many days before.
taller brought the prisoner his
braalrfast. He ate It in silence. On
his thin. pallid face fickered smile
as he gazed through the grated WIN
dow at two newspaper men lolling In
some time today 1t was expected
Reattie would be taken to the state
penitentiary in Richmond to await his
eIectrocutfon on November "a, or the
Granting Of a new trial by the court
Of appeals, which meets early in that
month.
Many lawyers today discussing the
Y,ossibilfty Of a writ Of error were OF
the opinion that It would not be
Granted. The court Of appeals, they
aassert. set q precedent In the famous
McCue case Of 1904.
PUBLIC FEELING HIGH.
Public feeling over the crime still
runs high in this section and in Rich
unond. Beattie's home. The verdict was
rafcsived with little surprise by the
community. The loud-voiced condem-
nation Of I. o. Wendenburg, the prose-
cutor. still rang in the ears of the peo-
ple today as they talked of the case.
Expressions Of sympathy were heard
for the aged father of the prisoner, q
prominent merchant and highly re-
spected citizen. His grief today was
heart rending. The affection between
father and son, manifested In the long
days Of the trial as they sat side by
side, had grown intensely since the
early death OF the boys mother. 1t was
the prosecutions theory that fear that
his father might learn OF Henry's re-
newed indiscretions with the Binford
girl that prompted young Beattie to