The Mena weekly star., 1911-09-07
HENRY BEATTIE
 TELLS HIS STORY
Gives Sordid Details of His Re- lations With Bculah Binf0rd His Married Life Was
 Peaceful.

hoy " ttoNfiy ii hio uNh btidii dnu to close the case for the defense.
 Tells of Bculah Binford. Beattie was first questioned re- garding Paul Beattie, hls second cousin. He said he never had con- fldential relations with him or en- trusted him with a secret. q only saw him when he came tc fathers store to get money for something. Then he was never left a minute without being watched" How long have you known Beu- lah Binford?" he was asked. 'I met her in August, 1907" How did you meet herr" T was coming down Broad street in a machine with four or five fel- lows. Some one attracted atten- lion Co two girls. stopped the car land one girl asked if she could take a ride Bculah and the girl then got in.p
 What was Beulah's reputation?" That afternoon the rest of the boys, with one exception, told me to have nothing to do with her." When did your improper rela- tions with Beulah break off?"
 Tn the fall of i908." What was the cause?"
 Well, she went to Washington. I knew she was sick and didn't go with her.
 Denies Pauls Story. Beattie flatly denied having com- missioned Paul Beattie to get him a gun and said he did not see him Thursday night at all. He said he went riding with Beulah that night. He said he was out with her twice that week and took his wife riding three or four times. On the night of the tragedy he said he went to owens home to get his wife. T went up stairs where my wife was" he said. Louise was nursing Ithe baby, and kissed it, sitting be- side her and talking with her.
 Did you play with the babyp" "Yes, walked up and down the room and put my finger i'll its mouth for it 10 bite." Later I got in my car to go to the drug store to get prescription filled. My wife went along. On the way back she suggested we take a little ride. I did not care to go, but started out Midlothian turn- pike" About three-quarters of a mile
 or mile from where we turned,
 we were going along easy, when man came from the left hand side | of the road. He was so close to me that had to put on the brakes SC
 as not to hit him. He asked me Il II was going to hit him, and l said
 that he had plenty of room and that
 I should have. then put on the low
 gear and reached over to take the
 brake. He pointed the gun at me
 and said: Stop, or I'll shoot. did not want to aggravate him, SC | said nothing. As I touched the
 clutch he fired and my wife fel back of me"
 She Tell between your Dack alt the back of the seat?"
 s'Yes. Tn the space of moment II had jumped out of the car anf started towards the man. He raised the gun to hit me. 1 caught ths gun as it hit me on the nose. He le
 loose, and being overwhelmed I fel back. There has been something said about blood on the gun. Ton Owen said my face was bloody. lpicked up the gun and the man raI lup the road"
 Was your statement to Ton Owen the same as you made at th'
 coroner's inquest?'
 | Yes"
 I Why did you not follow th' | man?"
 Well, fter getting the gun ans
 seeing him running up the roa' my next thought was for my wife She was lying on the left hand sid lof the car. I had to step on he
 dress to get in. I felt of her pulse but knew could not tell, beinI
 excited, whether she was dead o living. I hollered 'Murderr am l'Helpr and blew the horn, bu | knowing there was a doctor at Tor Owen's I seated my wife on the lef seat. Her head dropped forward and holding her with one iruIIu ran the car with the other. Paul as Messenger.
 Ibid you see Paul Beattie O Wednesday night2"
 "Yes. He came over and told Ill Beulah said she was sorry for me. " Did you tell Paul Beattie that she bothered you you would Ri her if it took hundred years2" q said did not want her to bothe me-"
 Statements Denied.
 Now, Paul Beattie has declare
 that he said this thing looks blac
 to me and that you said, I wis 7 to God had not done it, though sh 3 never loved me and only marie 1, me for my money Did you mak } Ithat statement?"
 II sNo."
 a The ross-examination Of the at lcused man was one of the harde' ]. Ito which a murder defendant evs
 twas subjected, but he bore himse