Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-07
BEULAH B|NFORD
RELEASED FROM
JAIL BY JUDGE
Will Go to New York and
Pose for Moving
Pictures.


CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,
Va. Sent. Especial Prosecutor L. o.
Wendenburg decided today he would
not ask for the reopening of the trial
OF Henry c. Beattie, ir, under indict-
ment for the alleged murder of his
young wife, on the strength of an al
legged new eyewitness found in a West
ern State.
AT about the same time that Mr..
Wendenburg made thiL announcement
Judge Walter A. Watson ordered the
release of Beulah Binford and Pau
Beattie from the Henrieo county Jail,
and they were at once set free. II WAS
the. first time Beulah Binford has be III
out of the Jail since her arrest as q
material witness the latter part of July.
Paul Beattie has likewise been in
Jail since that time, but he was on
the witness stand on two different oc-
easions during the twelve days the
taking of testimony lasted in the
trial. Beulah Binford was not called
as a witness. both sides apparently
being afraid of the testimony the
might give.
Pa / Beattie went at nee to his
home and remained there all morning
with his family. greeting neighbors and
friends and enjoying his liberty :. the
fullest degree. He says he intends to
do nothing else for a month. and then
he is going to Norfolk to go into
vaudeville, having received offers that
he is too poor TO refuse"
BcuIah 10 Pose for Moving Pictures.
Benlah Blnford remained in the
prison until later in the day, packed
her clothing and toilet accessories. She
said early in the day that h was
should pursue when she actually
walked through its portals into the
next chapter of her already eventful
career.
Shortly after II o'clock the cause
of Beulah's delay was disclosed in the
appearance at the jail of agents for
a New York film company. They held
a private conference with the womau
and in a little while she announced
that she had signed contract with
them and would go with them to New
York to pose for moving picture pro-
auctions.
Beulah left Henrico jail in an auto
mobile at 11:55 a.. m. and was driven,
IA H.. lfrA4 q, thu nxr1
street station. in Richmond. whence
she left at 1901 p. m. for New York.
There was no demonstration what
ever, no one not Immediately con
ccrned having been aware of the girls
plan. She left her mother at the Jail,
fretting because the daughter angrily
refused to stay here and go into a
quiet retreat in the country that had
been prepared for them,
Court convened at 1890 o'clock. Judge
Watson declared that counsel In the
argument today might refer to portions
of testimony not fit for ladies to hear"
and requested all women in the court
room to leave.
Judges Charge Impartial.
Judge Watson then read the instruc-
lions to the jury,
The prisoner listened intently to the
reading of the instructions II smiled
when they had been concluded. j. NJ,
Gregory began the argument for the
prosecution at 1856 o'clock.
In reference to the alleged new wit
ness Mr.. Wendenburg said:
we have a strong enough case with
out it, he said. I'VE could not get
the man here for a couple of days at
least, as he lives out West. But we
have asked him to come here, Just the
same. to see what there Is to his story.
OF curse, we have received, as 10
usual in murder cases. many letters
from alleged eye-witnesses. This one,
however, signed his name. and we find
that he did once work as a farmland
at -. place near the scene of the muir
der. We are going to Investigate it
lrther, but you can take the story
now for its worth"