Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-08-30

| Ihomas Owen, uncle of Mrs. Beat
tie, to whose home the prisoner
brought the body after the tragedy,
| told how Beattie drove up to the
house on the night Of the murder.
| TOOK his young wife into the car and
! returned an hour later with the dead
| body beside him. He said Beattie
cried "My God! My God" as he
drove up. and that Beattie shouted
They have killed Louise"
He told how the body was lifted
from the car, but said he did not
examine the body at the time When
1t was prepared for burial, however,
he saw the wound In the left cheek,
which he described as being as "big
as half dollar" AS the witness
said this Beattie mumbled "half
dollar loud enough for those near
MIN to hear. Beattie's blood-soaked
clothes were unrollcd before the
jury and the witness identified them.
The ingle-barreled shotgun with
which the Commonwealth says the
shooting was done, was then exhib-
tied Mr.. Owen identified the gun as
the one shown him at the coroner's
inquest, at which time Paul Beattie
swore that he had purchased it for
his cousin. Then the witness de-
scribed the scene of the crime on the
night of the murder Beattie watch
cd his uncle-in-law like hawk as
the testimony proceeded and now and
then shook his head as if in contra
diction
Did you observe the conduct of
the accused at the house after the
murder?' Owen was asked.
He seemed to be grieved and
tried to keep him out of the room
where the body was" said the wit
ness. "He asked me for some whis-
key and sent out for some, and
several times he inquired If his wife
was dead. He also requested seve-
raj times that l telephone to his fa-
ther."
ITO what extent did Beattie use
the whiskey?" asked counsel for the
Commonwealth.
II am pretty certain l saw him
take drink" said Owen, "and later
| found half pint bottle empty" He
could not swear, however, that the
prisoner had drank it all.
The 'Bcartlcd Highwayman."
The witness described the "beard-
ed highwayman," pictured to him by
Beattic as his wife's murderer, re-
peated Beattie's story of the alleged
encounter and told Of a scratch on |
Beattie's face which the prisoner had |
said the man on the road inflicted
did the accused render you any
aid In an attempt to identify the as
sassin?' Owen was asked |
His description of the man was
his only aid" replied the witness.
When tho Commonwealth counsel !
announced that he was through with |
the. witness, Attorney II. NJ. Smith, |
Jr., for the defense, began the cross |
examination. With view to show
ing that if Beattie had contemplated |
murder he would not have selected |
the Midlothian turnpike, the witness
was asked to describe the highway,
which, he admitted, was one popular
with automobilists.
'Who first suggested bloodhounds
to trace the assassin?" asked Mr.. |
Smith.
81 think | did," said Owen.
"Do you not recall Henry having
said get the hounds and spare no |
expense?''
Il remember nothing Of the kind"
Taking the witness in hand again |
the Commonwealth attempted to |
show that Beattie rcfrained from in
viting any members Of the Owen |
family to ride in the automobile the |
night of tho murder in that he might |
be alone with his wife. But the |
court ruled out questions along this
line.
Doctors Testimony.
Doctors Mann and Mercer describ- |
ed the wound in Mrs. Beattie's head
and both said that in their opinion
that death was instantaneous.
DR.. Mann described the wound
which the defendant said tho high
wayman inflicted on him as "a SUI
perficial scratch He related how
he had examined Louise Beattie's
body as it lay on the floor, pictured
the ugly gnshot wound near the
left side OF the nose and said that