The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
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eeded by woman's scream. and thai
II seattie shouted for help and blew
ms horn, as he said, these things were
not heard by three nearby residents
VINO yet heard the gun go off and the
automobile start
1t has shown that Benttie saws he
found his wife dead when he return
ca 10 the automobile after wrestinr
me gun from the highwayinan. tho
oody not kaaving the machine until
'aken out at the Owen home.
a. ~ mas described the blood spot in
,nt road and produced the automobile
~ ,Hspection by the jury. with view
showing that the blood could not
nave drippcd from or through It, AMI
mat Mrs. BeattIe must have been n,
'hs road when Killed.
~, mas shown that dirt was in her
US u she had fallen In the road
~ mas SHOWN that Bcattie SAW he
.nre" the gun in the back part Of
nc automobile before he touchad IN.
uoug OIL his wife. leaving the Inference
'"a' ms hands were then free of bIooo
mas produced witness who
there were bloody nnger-prjnts
on the gun and who gives tha ra,i',,
Of at least two others who s,w "d 49,
mas described certain ,en-.,ia
prints near the tree-stuup +, ,be
st.' OUT has failed to prove concIu.
sINeiy that they could not have hcsr
"'"ue oy some other person.
What II VIII Now Try to Do.
ms much the Commonwealth has
o.e SO far with some minor add.
gone through the storm ,,nshaIsn
Aa 10 the citations above they sws.r
ahsoluteiy. There is no middle
ground. Either they are telling tho
ruth or else deliberately misstatinr
.ne facts and risking a human IKE
me oe!en1e VIII endeavor TO impeach
some Of them
the strength OF the States case can
be seen from this brief SUMMARY sns
as indlcat ted before. the State is not
much more than half through. From
now on Its object Will be:
TO get before the Jury certain owl
ocnce indicating clear motive for
the crime 80
To produce out OF its long lis, enough
witnesses TO strengthen what has gone
before where this may be deemed
necessary.
ITO show that pedestrian who went
along the road that night and saw
Reattie's car fniled to meet any per-
ron answering 10 the description OF
INC man with the gun
To drag IN somehow the reason whv
NOBODY else went with the younger
Eeatiee on the night OF the murder.
to-wit: the instructions of Henry
Beattie TO his Wife
To show that Paul geattie bought
the gun at the request OF his cousin,
paid for 1t with hts cousins money,
and delivered II to his cousin three
DAYS before the alleged crime oc-
Cured
To produce the aforementioned
climax and sensation. character un-
known. but said to be startling and
imminent.
Whether or not the State can do all
these things. the next two days will
determine 1t will certainly try and
will certainly meet fierce opposition
The hearings Will be the mos. inter
'tting yet held.
Mathematical Demonstration.
Upon one vital point the prosecu
tion claims to have reduced its testi-
mony practically to mathematical
demonstration which has gone beyond
the questioning and doubtful stage.
Here Il Is:
With his wife. Beattie left the Owen
home about l0:l2 P. NJ, and went in to-
ward Manchester TO leave q prcscTip-
tion at q drug store. Then he turned
and went back FOR spin" along the
Midlothian Pike. q machine resembling
his being seen by DR.. w. + Mercer &c
pass the Owen house about 1890 p. NJ
Tho murder occurred shortly before II
J.. NJ, and Beattie was back at home
with the dead body or his wife probably
by l1:I0 p. NJ. The story was known
in Richmond by 1925 P. NJ
There can be no doubt. therefore
that the Beattie car was on the pike
between 1920 p. NJ. and IL P. NJ. Rich
mond boys. attending a dance at Bon
Air. left there on the return trip "be-
tween 10 P. NJ. and 1890 p. NJ" travel
ing In two fast automobiles. AS
matter OF fact. one of the boys looked
at his watch just before he started
from Bon Air, and 1t was then 1880
p NJ. His machine reached Richmond
at 1855 r. NJ. and the second machine
saw the City Hall clock at 1l:c5 P. NJ
Thcse two cars trayersed the AIidlo-