The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-31
BEATTIE TRUMP DEFENCE CARD
 PLAYED TODAY
Shotgun Story of Cousin Paul Discredited by Wit
 ness on Stand Today :,
Says He Saw Gun in Paul $ Hands After Time Paul Said He Had Given it to Beattie.
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Aug. 31 The strongest card yet shown in de- fense of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., on trial for the murder of his wife, was played today.
 A mysterious witness surprised the prosecution with the declaration that Sunday, before the killing, Paul Beat tie was at his post as bridge watch man, carrying a single barrelled shot gun. Paul Beattie had insisted that he gave the gun to his cousin Henry, the accused man, on Saturday night.
 The witness who threw a bomb into the camp of the prosecution was Err nest HI. Neblitt, a paper mill super intendent. He declared that at o'clock Sunday evening he saw Paul Beattie standing in the doorway of a little building at the end of the bridge with a single barrelled shotgun in his hands
 When he saw me he put the gun inside the doorway" said Neblitt.
 If Neblftt's story is established, one of the principal features of Paul S testimony upon which the prosecution has founded it's whole case will be con- tradicted. In brief cross -examina- tion, Prosecutor Wendenburg was un- able to shake Neblttt in the slightest degree
 After springing this sensation, the defense settled down to examine half a dozen other witnesses to pave the way for the placing of Beattie on the stand.
 It was settled definitely today that Henry Beattie will not plead insanity to escape the electric chair He him. self, is determined to make his fight on it's merits and his chief counsel, Harry Smith, said:
 You may announce definitely that he wiN not make any insanity defense We are satisfied with the trend of events and see no reason for chang ing present plans"
 The crowd of morbidly. curious was on hand even before the lawyers and judge made their belated appearance, today.
 When count convened, Smith wanted to recall J, c. Tally. who told of hear the murder. But Tally, in an auto mobile with Detective Scherer, was marooned somewhere along the muddy road on the way from Richmond
 Then Smith called David Weinstein, the 17-year-old son of the pawnbroker at whose shop Paul Beattie says he bought the fatal gun.
  Paul, and asserted that he gave it to Paul at a few minutes before 10 o'clock on the Saturday evening before the tragedy. Paul had picked out the gun that morning. He differed with Paul on several minor details of the trans action, but corroborated the story in the main
 .Paul Beattie told me he was a watchman on a bridge and wanted the gun to use down there,'' said David. Paul Beattie f1atly denied having made that statement, during his examina- tion.
 The boy said he had known Paul Bea tic for a week before he bought the gum.
 Under ross-examination the boy positively identified the gun produced in court as the gun he sold Paul. Wendenburg, prosecuting attorney, succeeded in confusing the boy badly on the exact time he sold the gum The net result of his testimony was a series of confusing and contradict ing statements.
 Before Wendenburg got through with the boy his entire story had been inn peached. He told the story of the purchase as occurring on three differ ent days in the course of his testi- mony
 While Wendenburg pounded at the boy, Henry Beattie, Jr., sat with head bowed, resting on his folded arms on the desk before him. The prisoner hos totally lost the debonair manner that marked his appearance at the early days of the trial. The heavy circles beneath his eyes grow steadily darker the convulsive working of his nervous jaw muscles becomes more apparent. His whole appearance has 
 Job WeSnstein, the 14-year- broth ar of David Weinstein, was the next witness. He cOrroborated his broth CTS testimony regarding Pauls fa- miliarity with the pawnShop The boy differed with his brother and agreed with Paul in several parts of the story.