The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-05


of the letter.
In the last few months before your
wife died were not your nights with Beulati
Bnford Mondays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays?" the Prosecutor demanded
. Beattie tried to evade by saying that
those were the nights he was not with his
wife, hut Wendenburg got MIN to confirm
the fact that on the Thursday aud the
Monday before Mrs. Beattie was murdered
he had spent the night with his mistress.
Isn't IL a fact that you were In love
with this woman"
DECIDEDLY not" Beattie returned con-
temptuously.
But you admit that she was in love
, with YOU. don't you; that she told you
| constantly that she was!'
she probably told every other fellow
the same thing Her saying - meant
nothing to me
BEuLAH BINFoRD's DIARY.
Wendenburg produced a little yellow
| covered diary and asked Bcattic II he had
ever read it, II was Beulah Binford =
diary Of her affair with Beatlie and the
! last entry in IL was on the night before
! Mira. Beattie was murdered The witness
said that he might have glanced through
II carelesslv. but that he remembered
nothing Of its contents. Wendenburg
made hard fight to get the diary into
evidence, hut the court ruled N,at II was
only by putting the Hnford girl on the
stand TO identify it hat he could do so.
| Now isn't il a fact Henry Beattie
tina, while vour wife was mothering your
child you were prepa ,ing To furnish HAT
! for this girl?" Nendenburg asked after
| he had had Beattip identify "A letter in
which he told Be,iah Binfurd always TO
get receipt from tn" furniture man for
the monthly payments which Beattie
! himself would meet
No one could furnish a Nat on $40"
Bea,tie answered. spunkilv mentioning
| the instalment sum quoted r the letter
| But Wendsnburg was insistent Finally
Beaitie said that no was helping but
others we're doing it too. He did not
specify except to sav other friends
OCEANS OF LOVE.
What did YOU mean by signing tn is
| letter. Oceans of love brmming with
| kisses? Was that Il way man would
addrrss a woman If he did not love her.
I "Oh. that meant nothing at all Reattie
| Answered with an airy wave OF his hand
! I've said that 10 other girls thousand
! times
| During all these details of his relations
with the Rinford girl Beatti. was per
| fectly AZ ease. ready 10 fence with the
attorney who questioned him. Even in
discussing other circumstances that are
unprintable he did not lose his air of
! nonChalance.
| The prisoners father sat with his head
hidden by palm leaf fan
! , In one serious issue keattie laid himself
open 10 rebuttal by at least six witnesses.
1 Whenever during the course of the exam
/ ina ton Wendenberg mentioned the name
! Of Paul 2.attie. the cousin who has gwen
the mos' damaging testimony against
| Henry. the witness Went ont cf his wsv
TO volunteer something discredtable to
Paul. Though he began by saying that
he had never had anything to do with his
cousin aside from paving him money
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| Beattie admitted later that three times he
had delivered messages la Beulah Bin
| ford through Paul and once two days
after the murder had asked Paul TO find
out II Beulah had been arrested,
! he admitted having taken his cousin
! Paul To ride with him on the Saturday
night preceding the murder. which, ac-
cording to Pauls testimony. was the night
he delivered the gun 10 Henry. but he
denied fatty having called 10 meet Paul
| bv appointment on the Thursday night
preceding. upon which occasion. Paul has
testified. Henry asked him Ia buy the gun.
| Though WOadent urg ment q ned u names
, of six people who would come To support
| Paul's testimony in this respect, Beatne
, still maintained that he had not seen his
! cousin on that night.
BHATrIE DRAWS A CROWD
/ The definite report that Beattie would
take the stand to-day brought great
Jam 10 the court house.
Ry farm wagons. automobiles and on
foot fully 500 came to the little green in
the midst Of the Wilderness and before
5 O, clock the tiny court room was lammed
from wall 10 wall.
People built scafolds of benches out
! side OF every window. climbed the svca
more trees to vantage points, whence
they could see the witness chair and
banked themselves about the doors
80, Es..l h ha,l q.
have the sheriff cut a way into the court
room for him. Even when he had seated
. himself daring spectators crammed To
the bench and squeezed themselves in
at his feet. The witness chair was a
! little blank space i'll solid wall OF hu-
| rnanity.
| Beattie two lawyers locked them selves
= in his narrow cell with him and coached d
him for an hour before court opened. A
few minutes before Judge Watson raped
/ the prisoner followed his counsel out of
! the Jail doors.
! Beattie was very pale. The jailer had
! stood by him while he shaved. He wore
a blue serge suit, carefully creased and
| white necktie. pinned with pearl.
! The LAWYERS tried to spar for a few min
! utes more time at the opening OF court,
/ They wanted to recall kastelberg. the
| butcher. to the stand for n question. He
was not to bc found Then Henry Clay
the Thursday night following tho murder
/ he had not received an intimation of his
/ sons impending arrest until Richmond
reporter told him of it by telephone.
PRISONER CALLED TO STAND.
Henry Clay Beat,ie. Jr.." Smith then
! announced. and the prisoner pushed his
wav to the stand
He took drink Of water that Sheriff
Gill offered him before the first question
was asked. With handkerchief crushed
into hard ball. he continually dabbled
at his nose The muscles Of his cheeks
twitched as regularly as "A pulse He
constantly swallowed. Nervous strain
was written large over his face.
Preliminary questions drew the re-
sponse that he was 20, clerk in hi'
fathers store in South Richmond
Have YOU ever had ultimate associa
tion or relations with your cousin. Pau
Beattie'" asked Smith, driving directly "
at n refutaton of the most damaging
evidence that has been introduced
Positively none. the prisoner an.
swered The only times | have ever
had any dealings with him have beer
when he came to the store To get none,
to beg money
"You never told him a secret neve,
trusted him with any close infornatio,
Of your affairs"
} Il should say not Even when he was i,
the store he was closely wat ched
The young man eyes narrowed whe,
he said this He took another drink %
water. Smith then launched his witn-s