The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-24
BEULAH BINFORD H0RRIFIED AT
 SEEING GHOST
Makes up Theatre Party and Witnesses the Tragic Drama of Peter Grimm
Girl, Said to be Cause of Beat ties Downfall, Asleep When He Goes to the Death Chair


 New York, Nov 24.-Beulah Bin ford, the girl who caused the down fall of Henry Clay Beattie, did not share with him in his last hours shame and horror of his death in the electric chair.
 Last night, she went to a local theatre and witnessed a Ghost play made merry with a party of friends at the home of Leon J. Rubinstein, 55 Lenox avenue, until she retired at two o'clock, this morning, and slept peacefully until late in the forenoon thus unconscious of the tragic scene being enacted in the grim prison at Richmond.
 ing, the girl, who could not entirely escape the prison cell, made the fol- lowing statement concerning Beattie, as reported by her, friends. today:
 Even is he is guilty, he will never confess. He is too proud even in his dying moment to make confession. wonder if he really did it."
 For hours after the play. last night, Beulah and her friends discussed the execution of Beattie and the creepy feelings they experienced during the performance of -'The Return of Pet ter Grimm"
 T didn't know it was a ghost show or should not have taken Beulah there said Rubinstein, this morning. "Beulah, my fiancee,- Miss Gertrude Coleman and I composed the theatre party"
 The Return Of Peter Grirnm;r is a drama which might certainly be calculated to have a fearful effect upon a woman whose mind was oc- cupied with thoughts of a man whom she is charged with sending to ignor- inious death. In the early scenes of the play, Peter Grimm, an aged grandfarher with tendency toward dies, after he has determined that, in the spirit he will return to straight en out the complicated and tragic af- fairs of his children and grandchil- dren. True to his prophecy, he re- turns in the form of phantom
 Only grandson, lad of tender years. is actually aware of his pres ence. although the mental force of the spirit makes itself felt upon all. Throughout the play, the spirit of the deceased grandfather runs through the action, guiding and di- recting, through the medium of the lad, the actions of his loved ones.
 Beulah Binford shivered and laughed historically, her friends now say, when she saw the grizzled ghost vainly seeking to make his words heard and his feelings known to others.
 Its a terrible play" said Beulah, and am afraid of ghosts My God. hope the ghost of Henry Beattie will not follow me. I have had my sufferings and I know that I will have protection. If Henry's ghost should come to me there are score of of xxrT h4 Perhaps, though, it will be Henry's ghosts
 For a moment the members of this strange little party were silent and then, under the ghmmering street of the gay after theatre throng, Beulah's mood changed. Her mo- ment of heart thrObbing, her instant of mental suffering had passed and presuma bly she was inquiring what they would eat.
 Two hours later, her friends sat with her in the little .Rubinstein fiat, in Harlem. Her young protector and his fiancee suffered infinitely greater mental misgivings than Beulah.
 .'I could see that the girl has not the power of thought She does not think for mental torture said Rub instein, today. "She is flighty and she is light Suffering of others does not hurt her but she is learning to appreciate kindness. We sat there for hours, my fiancee and I, fearing always that a breakdown would come. We wanted to help this girl and relieve her suffering. We suf- fered more than she. She did not falter and there was no sign of weep ing or the spectacular.
 .'Tben Beulah told us that she thought Beattie would never confess. A few minutes later she seemed so drowsy and tired that I felt she would escape further mental anguish. I suggested that all retire. At 2, this morning, my mother peeped into Beulah's room. She was sleeping quietly At 9:30, she was still asleep"
 Beulah's friends have planned di- version for her, today, to keep her mind off the tragedy of the Richmond death house. She will accompany Miss Coleman, the bride-to-be, on a shopping tour and will assist in the selection of a trousseau.