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WASN'T A STIRRING TINT
IN CAMP.


Aaueduot Policeman John A. Johnson
young. six feet tail. broad ana hard as
nails. stood In the snow-covered road
last night nj Rogers camp. Shifunx MS
"thirty-eight" 10 a more comfortable
angle. he told the reporter and artist
they had struck "A poor evening to see
trouble. Things. no declared. were un-
usually, quiet, lie had just that instant
returned from across the Dad after
driving ten cursing laborers from a va
cant house and scattering the fire they
had built. He had aver drawn his re-
yolyer. We, In all seriousness he deplored
the fact that the newspaper men would
moi see the canp IN full sin
While he wa. talking heavy bodied.
realizing men ,urched constantly I'M the
road toward the ugh, from a distant
s,Inor .,roar,,ny ye,,ow oysr tho snow
The,r hohn,i,cd hoot, crunched ON the
sro,a, vrouna ~, mi. wa. ,ho only
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SIXTEEN MEN BUNK IN ONE
SHACK.

Only sixteen men sleep In one OF these
company houses. which are almost
twenty feet square. one hard mattress
and a horse blanket Is supplied TO every
man. Fifteen hundred men work and
sleep In eisnt-hour shifts IN Rogers
Camp. The noise OF the drills 10 deafen-
ing and constant. Hoarse rumblins
within h hills tells Of the dynamite
shooters plying their dangerous call
Ing F'''ai arss SLOW ~ evfi; The aal'
d: hes range uoss svr ere ikv ..,.
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ARisTocRArs BROOK NO
CHEAP COMPANY.

With the hard rock men are the dyna-
mite shooters and boss drill runners,
most OF them Occur d'Aleners or old
timers In the game. who have toyed
with death in a hundred forms and bear
the marks OF the encounter. With some
of herr Il Is only a few fingers miss
ink from one or both hands. With
others II IL an arm o In a premature
blast. All bear marks OF some kind.
These men get from "a to Is a DAY,
while the "muckers' are only paid 81. 80,
when these tunnel aEtstoorats
enter . oamp dance hail ~ saloon
u 70 . signal for common labossrs
70 leave. ne aFill runners have .
eNsssses Aahlt u eazsytaS stioks q
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Here is n long row Of dirty onc-story
shacks. lawless roisterers, toillng men
with heavy, reeaing bodies. saloons and
drili-runners. hard rock men, muckers'
gamblers and camp women dance and
shout to the strains Of a battered plano
and the rumble OF dynamite In the tun-
nciied hills. In the construction camps
the fiotsam and jetsam OF the earth
wash up on tho tide together and take
their pleasures It night.
AND THIS ONLY ACROSS cITY's
BORDER.
No Western mining camp glorlfed In
dime novel fiction can do more h
rival II. Twen,y-six miles from Forty
second street snd four miles over the
u~nfriendiy hills beyond white Plains
will bring you there. IL takes less than
an hour from the heart OF the white
liGht district. but you will have gone
back half a century.
Five men from this camp were SEN
fenced to death for the brutal murder
Of Mrs. Mary Hall. Nine Of the sixteen
murderers awaiting death at Sing Sing
come from the iaborers along the aquc-
Duct. Last night the camp had sp-
Dassntay forgottsn III about II.
Here the prlmevai meets the civilixed.
The necessity Of those men has brought
them from distant lands. from far of
mining camps. and placed them here to
mol and slave with shovel. drill and
--A-a
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In LnwLess Aqueduct Camps, Less Than an Hour From Broadway
Where Life Is Cheap, Murder an Incident, Unless Outsider Is Victim
Nothing Arizona EUer KneW Could Compare With the
"Fith Auenue' or the "TenderIoin," yust Out
side White Plains, Where Mn of Sing Sing
Death House Population of Sixteen
We're Picked Up in Six Months.

There's an Aristocracv. Too. in the Rogers and the
Gibson Outfits, Where Pay Day IL an Orgy. and
Only Eight Sho0tings and Twenty Knife
Fights Is the Record for Peace Dur
ing the Last Half Year.
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3hACke ARE FIT ONLY Fol
BURNING.

The very houses they live In
must be burned to tia ground
after the work 10 done. The la
bofsrs know this. no man would
be allowed by law to rent the
shaoks Il Any human being. The
conditions under which they live
are too harsh for aay but the
strongest physiquss. It 10 these
very physical powers, battered and
bruised BY the toll OF the day.
that rise in the night and de-
mand relaxation. Often sleep Will
NOT come TO their weary bodies.
Through sheer s~xhaustaon they
cannot rest.
The camps lie at intervals Of two
miles. They are named after the con-
tracing firm furnishing the labor for
their particular section of the aaue-
duct. Each camp has its group OF
wooden shacks lying in the hollow
year the hills they are tunnelling.
The number OF men In the camps
va-ics from fifteen hundred 20 two
thousand. There are bachelor quar-
tiers. white quarters, married mems
quarters and the mo-e pretentioas
houses of the engineers.
Going along the road from White
Plains one encounters the Rogers
camp hrst. 1t lies about four miles
through the hills. In a barren country
In the aqueduct tongue. Rogers camp
Is known as the "Flfth avenue of tn,
A~queduct." There is a .eason. condi'
tons are so mach better here tha'
some declare the men are pampercC
beyond all need for good work. Her,
the hastily thrown together shacks en-
Joy the luxury OF a common steam
pipe running along the ground f-on
shack TO shack. Inside each shack ar
hunks built against the wall tire
tiers high and on all four sides of tn
room.
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as soon as he saw him. took him by the
shoulders and elected him,
Burke said White became noisy In tn
office n was interfering with Its bust
ness. For this reason he put him out.
Magistrate Reynolds paroled Burke until
Dec. 10 for another hearing.
The litigation which caused the fire.
quent appearance OF Mr.. white In court
was over a large amoun Of property
left by Mrs. White to her son. Mr..
White fought charges made by the law
yers who had the estate In hand. and
in the course of these proceedings he
was ~adjudged In contempt,
lie made his Escape from the Jail and
was next heard from in New haven.
Detective Joseph Bagnarello was sent
for him and. after virtually kidn ipping
him, brought him back TO Brooklyn and
to jail.
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JAMES MCCREERY Z Co
23rd Street 34th Street
SILK DEPARTMENTS. In Both Store.
"McCreery Silks
Famous over half o Century.
Exclusive styles and latest colors i'll the
new Foulards for Spring, 1919.
Single width. ...... .... 75c to $50 per yd.
Double ............I5o 3.oo1 ~.
On Monday and Tuesday,
December the 18th and I2th
5000 yards of Fine Imported Dress
Satin. White or Black AZ inches wide.
1.75 per yard
usual price $50
Silk Marquisette iW a complete range of
Street and Evening Shades, also White or
Black. ooc per yard
usual price $50
Superior quality Imported Black Dress
Velvet. 40 inches wide. $50 per yard
value $50
Purchases will, upon request, be suit
ably packed in boxes for presentation.
DRESS GOODS DEPTS. In Both Stores.
On Monday and Tuesday,
December the 18th and 18th.
Sale of a large quantity of Black and
Colored Dress Lengths in Plain and Fancy
weaves. At greatly reduced prices.
4.5o to 1850 per pattern
Black Broadcloth. sponged and shrunk.
81 inches wide. LIS per yard
value AIS
COTTON DRESS FABRICS.
An extensive assortment consisting Of
Cotton and Silk and Cotton Wash Materials.
Neatly packed in boxes for Holiday
presentation. leo to $50 per box
JAMES MCCREERY & GO.
23rd Street 34th Street
A. y -
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CONDITIONS THAT MAKE FOR
HIGH TIMES.

when IL 10 remembered nj
there are thousands OF men with
out law, hope or feeling ready to
protect themselves or to start .
b1AWl for amusement, one gets an
idsa OF what the sQusduot can be-
come when certain conditions ex-
list. The really ripe conditions, be
II understood. are pay day, camp
women, whisksy. cards, q little
barbarto music on . piano, IN ar
gumsnt md a closed room.
In the R~einhardt & Dennis camp
the men sleep in unventilated shacks.
There are hunks. but they prefer to
wrap themselves In blankets and lie
on the fioor around a redhot stove.
Their clothing IL never re moved. The
superhea ted room with its t~wenty-four
slee pers is a subject for Imagination.
not description.
There are no children and no pets in
any of The camps. The women there
are mostly negresses. gaudy and dirty.
On Friday night the number of women
ls swelled by the arrival from New
York of about TIVE hundred more, who
day. saturday. by way OF explanation,
IL pay day. Then the orgies reach their
height.
Patrolling the road before the dance
hall saloon which Is called "Helr's
Kitchen" IL Aqueduct Policeman Bro.
gan. the sole guardian of law and or.
der in the Gibson camp. The next rep
resentative of the law Is a mile away
and there are no telephones to br!nl
aid. Last night Aqueduct Policeman
Brogan. n sauare-jawed. husky youni
cop. unbosomed himself to the reporter
He had scarcely began TO talk when 6
! giant. hulking figure stepped from be
| hind a shack and came close.
nrogan stopped talking n
raised his niger to his lips. For
fully . minute the intruder stood
directly behind the policeman.
Neither spoke, but there ~ msn-
ace In the stiffness. Brogan's dis
regard Of the implied threat was
superb. He never 30 much a. no.
ticsd the presence. Suddenly the
bad man turned away. 8rogan
laughed. STOOL" he remarked, and
continued his . about camp.
NOT IN ARIZONA THIS, BU-
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slde' bringing to View the tall booms OF
the uerricks outlined against the snow.
Sogsrs Camp 10 singulariy free
from iawlsssnsss. Only eight shoot
ihgs ana twenty knife fights have
disturbed he camp in the past SIX
months. This 10 considered q rec.
ord.
The saloons here are conducted better
than those further along the line. Even
the general company store IL better
stocked. Long shelves OF canned goods,
whisky and all kinds OF lntoxicants.
shirts. clothing, shoes. psrts of n s,ov..
trunks. psper. I'm fact. overv,b,n, noodo'
for bao,c,or ex,.,.rca "a $50, ,o'
v.,,.. "e "'''" W.
In sbarn co,,r,s, l., tho po,n,,r,, T.
Don,I. caun , iii, e,,.,,a. .,asa,
80. r." a'o"s 'he
o""' lucy ."n 'Lthe rehuerio'h OF
'"e "aueduct' rms In camp par
lance. means much. IL the Rogers camp
10 tho Fifth avenue" what IL the
"Tenderloin'' like?
Law in the camps In maintained nv
the aousduct police. stat,one, M ,n,er.
vo,. a milo an,r, Thov 40 ,n..,u.,.s
49,. -. '.'eu
". y ''"'' we 'oau "n,esS '"ey are
ca''eu !" u se'''e son'e o'spu'e' OF on
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side. bringing TO view the tall booms OF
the derricks outlined agalnst the snow.
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- ao.stsa 70 4 c4.asIss gn01f Tor !
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29

Chesterfield Courthouse. Va, August
2S.-Between sulps of intense emotion.
PAU d. Beattie. cousin 81 Henry Clay
Beattie. Jr,. who stands indicted for
the murder OF his Wife. revealed on
the witness stand late to-day tina; The
accused told hi.n twenty-four hours
after the murder how sorry he wa
he had done it," a circumstance. re.
latins to- the crime that the witness
hitherto had suppressed.
Coming as dramatically md as un.
expected, as the statement Of Mrs.
Fl. V. owen, mother of the lead wo-
man. as 10 the domestic infclicity CT
her daughter due to the husbands
condition. the brief but thrilling tcs-
timony given by Paul Beattie created
II profound sensation.
Paul Beattie. at the in
quest. a nervous wreck. but to-day
strong and determined, poured gu. a
tale which confessedly has troubled
his mind not only because he pur.
ehssed the shotgun for Beattie, but
because he did not until to-day tell
all he knew OF tho case. With duiv-
ering lips and tear-dimmed eyes he
set forth the story against which his
heart and sympathy had for days been
revolving.
Hated to BInst Cousin.
Il hated to testify against my own
nesh and kim he as the
muscles of his throat pulsated, but
my wife. my child n tho duty I owe
to my city forced me to do so.r
Tho gasp that rose simultaneously
from the threats of those In the stufy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29
BEATTIE MURDER TRIAL REPORT
SENT OUT BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

where the prisoner and counsel sa.
and looked tiXedly at the latter in
preparation for the cross-examina-
ton.
Harry NJ Smith. Jr., one of the law
yers for the defense. rose from his
seat. gazed hard at the witness. and in
a loud. voice confronted Paul with
the charge that at the %coroner's in
quest he had not told the whole truth.
as his oath required. when he omit
ted to make the statement concern
Ing Eenry's alleged confession TO him.
Paul looked appealingly at the coun-
sci. and. hardly able TO repress his
emotions. told how he had not been
able to clear his mind .: the inquest,
when he collapsed. or for some days
later, and that he had only recently
been able TO force himself to give
damaging evidence against his own
kinsnan.
1t was a late our when this stage
OF the trial was reached. and adjourn
ment was taken until Tomorrow
morning. when cross-eXamination will
continue. In the meantime Henry C.
Beattie, Jr.. was taken back 10 Rich
mond to permit of a conference there
with counsel. The prosecution let 1t
be known that It had practically fin
ishcd its case.
Mother STILES Pride.
From early morning, when a moth
err. Mrs. II. V. owen, stthed her pride,
and in a choking voice. almost a.
whisper at times. told the jury the
sordid details OF how Henry c.. Beat
tie. Jr, life caused his wife heart
rending grief and hours OF anguish.
the prisoner faced the hardest strain
thus far witnessed in his night for
life.
Through the testimony OF the moth
err of the dead woman. the prosecution
~cndeaVored to define the motive for
the crime. the fear that news OF tho
domestic trouble might reach Henry c.
Beattie. sr. and cause a rupture be-
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tween the son and the father upon
whom he depended.
To reinforce It's theory of the mo-
tive. the prosecution put on the stand
also Mrs. j. L. Binford. mother of
Beulah, and Henrietta Pittman. her
chum- Their testimony brought to
the surface a story of Beattie's fou:
years or acquaintance with Bculah
Binford.
E]nought was told to-day of the
Bintord girls connection with tha
case. in the opinion of the prosecution
TO make 1t Unnecessary for the Com.
monwealth TO call her to the stand
Flutter In Court Room.
When Paul Beattie took the stand
at i;20 o'clock. a %flutter of excite.
ment ran through the court room tol
the moment. Its placid stiffness was
renewed when the witness. in a
monotone. told of his early occnpa
ton. What positions hi had held and
p~ertunctory details which remove
from the minds OF all the idea thar
anything sensational was forthcom.
ing His mosu startling testimony. in
fact was uttered in the same voice as
the first part of his story.
alfred in a neat blue suit. his
brown hair brushed back from his
forehead. he turned an deter.
mined face 10 the jury.
MI. Beattie, how old are Won?
asked Prosecutor Wendenburg.
"~Twenty-one." was Paul's response.
What relation are you to the pris-
oner at the bar?"
First cousin"
Here Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.. whlsp.
cred to his counsel. Second cousin
The u in evidence was at this
point produced.
Look at that gun and tell the jury
when was the first time YOU saw is.r
said Prosecutor wendenburg.
Henry Asked His> Hsip.
h first time Beattie f~answered
quickly, was at the pawnssbp, when
bought 1T on a Saturday, tia be.
fore the murder, and the next 3time
was at the coroner's inquest
shop?"
"Weinstein's."
How did you come to buy the
gum"
Thursday. In ,shs week before tue
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was strikingly audible. and
FOR a moment the crowd held its
breath. while Paul Beattie c%onttnuad:
Henry had told me Tint ne wanted
me to stick by him.. bur l said TO him.
This looks mighty black to me. AMI
you've got me Into a lot OF trouble.
Henry then told me. I wish TO
God l had not lone It: I would not
have done 1t for a million dollars, but
she never loved me. She only married
me for my money"
Did Not Break Down.
Paul Beattie paused and his plain
tive tone sank lower. but he did not
break down. y hushed stiffness pre-
vailed in the room as his next words
were awaited. bur he said no more,
and bracing himself in his chair, turn
cd his sharp chin toward the bench
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29
HENRY BEATTIE
IN CITY JAIL

Henry Bcnttie arrived at che Rich
mond City JniI mt $3.50 o'clock, and
'yrns Immediately tnkcn into his cell,
where. I'm u few minutes, he made
hinncif comfortable for the night.
Benttfe was accompanied to the
Jail by l.. l.. Schcrer and Constable
George FARRELL, of C~hestcrfeld coun-
~. He was not visited by his coun-
sci. Supper was taken TO him ab0nr
8 o'clock, and he appeared TO enjoy
the meal. He retired shortly before
10 o'clock. The hest order il MAIN
tanned I'm the local JnIl, md neattie
sleeps nndisturbcd. Rather, Il
should he said, perhaps, that he
makes no complaints, and there nre
no outward physical Indications
that he does not sleep well.
He Will leave for Chenterncld
Courthouse for another long days
ordeal mt 8 o'clock.
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whether Beulah will come forward
and verify the wording of that mes
sage is problematical. The woman is
an enigma. and will remain so to the
end.
Rcndy to Prove More.
The State is also ready to prove tina
Henry Beattie called Paul on the
telephone as Paul has described, and
1t is ready TO prove that Paul
side porch OF the Beattie home when
Paul states that Henry made his con
fession. or course. no one heard the
confession. AS TO thu atton II
is Paul's word against Henry's.
inc telephone conversation can he
proved from both ends. Pauls uney-
pected presence at lieuiah Binford,,
home to deliver the message cin H..
shown. and Paul will stick strongly
10 his statement that ii was against
the grain 10 appear as a witness
against his flesh and blood: that ne
old at the inquest when asked about
,he purchase OF the gun all in which
he himself was concerned. His own
part told, his deeds explained hc
tried to rest easy. but a restless con
science and the duty he owed mis-
own wife and baby pressed him into
telling all to the attorney for the
Commonwealth.
Soon 10 Herr Defense.
Tomorrow the defense may come.
Little can be gathered from scrutiniz-
ing its list OF witnesses. save that
neighboring young women will ap.
pear to controvert the statement Of
the mother that Mrs. Reattie's home
life was unhappy. and that witnesses
VIII appear to attack Paul Beattie's
reputation and standing The prose-
-cution admits that 1t may not put
Beulah Binford on the stand. 1t has
shown from her mother n from Mrs
oeattie's mother practically all that
could be hoped to be proved by the
girl herself.
One of hose interested in the case
for the State was of the opinion that
the defense might have her II Messrs.
Smith and Carter thought the variable
,rl's story would do them any good.
t%sAia possible that she may go on In
juttal to character witnesses pre-
yntcd by the defenee.
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death of hIs wife.
\. When [ first earned of IL ! WINS
going to work on the bridge. 4 mum
says to me-, ibid yoa hear .abou, your
Cousins wifc."
81 Don't tell VIVA. he snid. You
heard nhout il about THAT time.
A. Yes, sir.
q. When did you see Henry after
TINT:
a. "Wednesday night.
e.. Which Wednesday, WINS thntt
4. Tint was after the murder
G.. where did you see him.
a. I saw him over ut his house.
e.. s'hnt time did you go over thcrcs
\. i left home about half past seven.
a. Did you have Any conversations
with him:
SENT MESSAGE no
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the front porch md ,yh,Is ~. -
5itting there, he said. Paul. won't you
do INC n fn'orf" I said, "NVhnt Is IT r.,
lie said, 81 want you to go to Mrs.
Fisher. which Is Beuluh Dinford. the
house Is 500 Min Street, and tell her
II she calls me up or opens her mouth,
or knNk nnNfhIn. IN nnxfn1,. x-att
Kill her IL IL takes me n hundred years
10 do IT,"
O.. Did you deliver that message or
notf
y. Yes, sir; we were sitting there
then md finally I think there wns u
nrnn by the name of Mr.. Lloyd that
cnme up npd spoke TO me first, md he
said. Henry, I certainly feel sorry for
Iouj you have my deepest sympathy.
Host my wife md know how IL tsp
Henry says. "iou didn't lose your wife
like L did mine" Ny mother-in-Invv
spoke to me aud went In the houney
then she cnme out md went on home.
I left about five mlnutcs nfter she did
md got on the cur and went on over
I" se'ehth street nnd got n transfer
mud cot n, = I,ureI str.. .nr nnd
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IN neu,,h,. hou,. n,d .h. nc, M.
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For Busy Readers

Fpr the convenience OF readers
who desire a brief account of tho
trial. The Tfmes-Dispatch will print
daily the report prepared by a star
correspondent of the Associated
Press. His story appears below.