The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-24


AT his father and he leaned heavily on the
arm of his brother Douglas when he
passed down the steps in the company
Of a constable and over the green to the
little building
The father went with his son and stood
shielding him from photographers cam.
eras while the jailer. Bill Cogbil. creakei
the key in The rusty latch and threw bac X
! the iron door. set flush with the wall like
the door of butcher = ice closet. The
elder mans arm was thrown around the
STOPPING shoulders of the son and his
hand kept patting and patting the boys
back until It was time for the iron door
to swing shut.
| The jury that is to try Beattie is one
Of comparatively young men. The aver
age age would be between IS and -. The
twelve were picked out OF about forty
taleemen and in a few instances men were
qualified even though thew Omitted that
from reading much about the Beattie
case in the papers they had formed some
notion as To the guilt or innocence of the
| accused. In respect to these the Judg,
was very particular to ask if they felt
| themselves able to put aside anv Drecon-
ceived ideas in the face of testimony to
| the contrary. The Judge was gently
| insistent vet scrupulously within the law
in this matter. He realized that there
was not a person in the county who could
read who had not read and talked Of
| the Beattie case for the last month
Those whom he thus examined promis ad
with sort Of childish faith to do their
hest 10 forget what they had read and
discussed.
There were many moments in the court
when the reporters from the North.
many with memories of Judges tha,
growl and bnllvrag talesm"n, had 20
marvel at the little niceties of judicial
courtesy displayed by the bench The
young Judge who sal in the Il Ia idated
| leather chair addressed every tale.man
/ hv his nam" and interspersed his in
! terroga.ories with deferential "Sirs. =
| implying ALWAYS that the rough farmers
from the wilderness were his peers
Once he excused man who pleaded
| illness this way: Il arm very sorry. sir,
| that you were put TO the necessity of
coming to court tthe Judge pronounced
! 1t kotel when YOU were ailing Iexcuse
: you and | trust that your coming will
not he of i'll effect to you."
Two DAYS ago Henry Reattie ioketi
with An insurance man who asked HIM
! TO take ont a $1,000 policy on his life
| lo-day when the quaint and solemn
customs attending the swearing in OF
the jury were duly followed and the
| little court room grew tense with the
excitement that attends \ capital trial
"A sense Of the seriousness Of the business
before him was borne IN on the prisoner
Beattle wa- called upon TO stand
Gentlemen Of the jury said the CLERK
Of the court. look upon the prisoner anc!
hear his plant thus - Then tn. clerk
/ road ths ind ipf oh Ia.
killing of Louise Owen Beattie against
Henry Clay Beltt,e. Jr. and followed
with BeattIe's plaa OF not guilty. He
then administered the oath. which every
iuryman took II the end sheriff Gill
handed a little worn Billie 10 the first
Juror, He raised il 10 his lips and passed
II TO his neighbor. Each kissed it, Juror
No. had TO shift the toothpick in his
mouth to do il.
When Judge Watson asked the lawyers
for the commonwealth if they had an
opening statement to make TO tho ulry
they shoe, their heads The def ndant :
counsel followed this lead and made no
statement, The Judge then announced
that tomorrow morning AT 10 O'Clock
the prosecution would begin with il. first
| witness.
II is understood that Ihoma, +. Owen
the uncle nj Mrs. Beatta. al whose hou~
sh" had been staying after IN. estrange-
ment from her husband down To the time
OF her death, would be the first witness
for the Commonwealth. He will tell of
the visit young Reattie made to his ho,ls.
on the night of july II when hp urged his
wife, then still in bed with her week old
infant. To 20 ont for a ride with him IN
his machine. He Will be followed by
Mrs Herbert Mann, T.. g. Mercer and
Coroner J. G. Loving, who will br called
20 establish the corpus deficit
Renlsh Binford, the girl who will I've
lIs"t br tho prosecution in an attempt
to prove motive for the killing Of Mrs
B"attIe, will b" hrough; from tho Rich.
mond Jail 10 court tomorrow for tha
first time sine. the trial opened and Pau
Bea'tie Nh" cousin of tho accused who
50 the prosecution will attempt 10 show
was the 'inwi' ting tool of Henry in pre-.
paring for IN" murder Will also ha in
court
ON" incident IN tn" dav. terrifying
during the brief minute of its occur
renee, was not scheduled IN court prac-
tlce, When Bea'tIe surrounded hv
county detectives, was being brought
hv artomohle over tho eighteen mile
road from Richmond TO the court house
the course lay over the Atlantic Coast
Line tracks a. Centraia Tha road an
proach"s the tracks hv steep embank
mems on either hand which obscure
sight of the rails for some distance. The
automobile II was climbing iha rise AZ high
speed when the Cannonball express OF
the Atlantic Coast Line roared around {
curv" less than hundred fee' away
he ohaufenr pat on his emergenc,
brake and stopped the car so close I,
the tracks thai the engines pilot gra2ec
the AUTOMOBILES hood