Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-09-02

PENDANT shot his wife in the road, then
tossed her body into his car.
Even the staring eyed, open mouth
ed backswoodsmen of this forest clear
ing wearied of the proceedings before
the day was through There was 8
tremendous crowd of them -four hun
dred is tremendous out here) packed
into the room and perched in trees
and upon hastily constructed scaffold-
ing by the windows. But a dog fight
on the court house lawn drew half of
them away
half breed collie and a half breed
bull terrier came to grip over bone.
Their yelps and snarles were So loud
that the taking of testimony had to
be withheld for a time. A great ring
of spectators formed about them. The
terrier, after a spirited combat, sent
the collie hiking to the woods.
Then a motion picture machine
drew away nearly all the other half
of the court spectators. New York
will shortly be RECALLED with a second
hand view of the little court house
and the chief characters in the remote
drama.) Some Chesterfieldians had
seen moving pictures, but none had
ever gaZed upon the making of them.
A few of the whites walked boldly be-
fore the camera; but the old time
darkeys after one look at it, ducked
out of range as though the operators
lever had been grinding out bullets
from gatling gun.
"Doan yall tell us that pictuah
can show a niggah ah-wallin; no
sah."
The camera caught Henry and his
lawyers strolling across the lawn to
the little old Jail where he is kept
at night with rats and black ragamuf-
fins for company.
Douglas Beattie, when he took the
stand first, described the affectionate
relations of his brother, Henry, and
the dead wife, Louise, Henry, upon
leaving the house where they lived in
Manchester, always kissed Louise, he
said. He had never heard cross
word pass between them He knew of
no possible motive Henry could have
for Staying his bride.
Douglas told of the fatal night.
Henry's grief was intense, he said,
ho l.;
but he tried to restrain himself-and
succeeded-in front of detectives and
strangers. Tt was on cross examina-
ton that Douglas made his bad break.
He explained that he had caused
the blood-stained automobile to be
partly washed. Then the police came
and told him they wanted the car just
as it was, but" he volunteered, eff
I'd known what they were going to
do, they'd never have gotten the OPP
portunity."
Opportunity Tor what?" Asked
Prosecutor Wendenberg.
The defendants brother shifted
around in his seat and was silent.
Wendenberg repeated his question
again and again without getting an
answer. The witness was frightened.
obviously by his own words. Not un-
til Judge Watson told him that he
must reply did he say:
"The opportunity of working up
this case against my brother" Then
a little Drawer, he went on: 81 would
have had the machine completely
washed to destroy evidence against
against-everybody."
so you would have destroyed evil
dence?"
Yes, l would. What man wouldn't
help his brother?"
There was no possible doubt that
these declarations went very badly
with the jury. Then Douglas was
forced to tell another damaging thing
Did you carry message from your
brother, Henry Clay, to Beulah Bin
ford?"
Eyes sir did,
What was it, please sir?"
Henry told me to tell Beulah-af-
ter they both had been arrested-not
to forget him and not to give up"
What did that mean?
Il thought it meant that he didn't |
want her to be influenced by the de-
tectives and say anything that was
not true"
Several times during Douglas testi-
mony, Henry, the accused man, made |
open attempts to hush him up. to |
whisper to him across the eight feet |
that separated him. But Douglas back !
was turned and he failed to get the |
warning.
Miss Hazel Beattie, II year old !
sister of the accused, appeared for
the first time during the trial. She
and other young women, friends of |
Henry Clay'S wife, told of their hanpi