The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-01
State Changes It's Plans.

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Chesterfield Court House, Va, Aug.
29.-An auburn-haired boy, talking
swiftly but clearly, revealed on the
witness stand today to the surprise of
both defense and prosecution in the
trial of Henry Clary Beattie, Jr., for
wife murder, that he had observed
several blood spots along the Midlo-
THAN turnpike, where the crime occur
red. Hitherto it had ben presumed nc
blood spot existed except one near the
place where Mrs. Beattia is supposed
to have succumbed.
Alexander Robertson was the boy,
and what he told the jury in response
to question from counsel for the de-
fense entirely upset the plan of the
commonwealth to rest its case today
Prosecutor Wendenburg announced
that it would be necessary for him
now to call at least seven or eight
witnesses to controvert the boys tes-
ti1nony.
Several Blood Spots.
On direct examination by the prose-
cutor, when the latter was seeking to
show where the boy found certain
yellow hair pin, similar to that worn
by Mrs. Beattie, Robertson referred
to it's distance from "the first blood
spot"
'Were there two blood spots?" ask
ed Henry M. Smith, Jr., counsel for
the defense. In apparent surprise,
the boy not only told of a second
blood spot, but Of several smaller
spots near it.
The revelation concerning the pres
ence of more than one blood spot is
in line with the contention of the de-
fense that all the blood on the road
dripped from the car, in which Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr., alleges his wife was
shot.
The prosecutions theory is that the
blood in the road at the place Mrs.
Beattie was killed resulted from MUIR
der committed outside the machine.
Blood Stains on Car.
The prosecution has pointed out by
witnesses and it's statements concern
ing an examination Of the machine
that no blood was found On either
running board of the car and that
the dust pan underneath the car
would have caught any blood that
trickled through the front part Of the
machine from the seat, and that all
the blood visible had hardened on the
floor of the car just beneath the steer
ing wheel. a.. ..... .........-.
Robertson was summoned as wit
ness by the prosecution only for the
purpose of stating that he had found
a hair pin, but his testimony, as re-
suit of the questions of counsel for
the defense, soon established that he
would be an important witness for the
defense, and he subsequently will be
called by the defense if necessary. The
prosecution announced just before ad-
journment of court at 4.30 today that
after the Introduction of several wit
nesses along this line tomorrow it
would rest its case. .--.
Sleep in Same Jail.
Henry c. Beattie, Jr., the accused,
and Paul D. Beattie, his cousin, who
yesterday on the witness stand told
of an alleged confession by Henry
concerning the murder, were confined
in separate cells in Chesterfield coun-
ty jail tonight. Paul hitherto had been
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default of bond, but today, after he dn-
ished on the witness stand, Judge
Watson suddenly ordered his retention
in jail here.
Paul Beattie's story Of yesterday
was not shaken in the cross-examina-
ton by counsel for the defense, but
it became apparent today that the de-
Tense intends to refute his testimony
by placing on the stand the prisoner
himself.
Alexander Robertson, a 16-year-old
boy, was the last witness of the daT.
Found Pin After Murder.
He testified to having found wo-
mau's yellow hair pin Thursday morn
ing after the murder. He said lie