The Washington times., 1911-08-14
BEATT|E INDICTED
FOR WIFE MURDER
BY VIRGINIA JURY
Formal Accusation Returned
by lnquisitors at lis
O'clock Today.
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that Beulah Binford also will 60 be.
fore the grand jury.
The Grand Jury.
The grand jury has been increased
from seven to nine members by direc-
ton Of Judge Watson. 1t includes some
Of the prominent citizens of the county.
A. Wells Is a lumber manufacturer, and
Herschel v. Goods is a saw mill pro-
prietor. A third member, John s. Tay-
lor, is former president OF the board OF
supervisors Of Chesterfield county.
George E. Robertson, the foreman, is
a large land owner He is an uncle OF
Taylor Robertson, Richmond newspa-
per man, who was foreman OF the
coroners jury when the Beattie inquest
was on, and who astonished the other
jurors by the number Of questions he
shot at the witnesses.
Other members of the Jury are John
a. Lester, Ellis II. Martin, John N.
Dunston, who is justice Of the peace as
we'll as a farmer; Henry T. Watkins,
and Haley Cole.
this morning that Henry Clay Beattie,
IT., would be transferred to the Chester
field Jail today. This was contrary to
previous announcements by the prose-
cution. Thirty-two men have been
drawn for trial jury, two panels of six
teen each.
Fight Over Trial.
Following the indictment, attorneys
on both sides will engage In hot fight
over the time Of trial. Harry NJ. Smith,
for the defense. said this morning that
he intends to ask for the trial to begin
ten days from today. The prosecution
has asked Judge Watson to start the
trial on Thursday.
There's no good reason" says L. o.
Wendenburg. ''for ten days delay. We
have the highest hopes that the court
will order the trial started Thursday or
Friday Of this week"
Judge Watson, accordingly. will find
himself vexed by the necessity OF set
thing the heated dispute at the start of
the proceedings. Mr.. Wendenburg de-
clares that the trial will not last more
than ten days. in his judgment. Harry
NJ. Smith recently said that he did not
think the trial would take more than
three weeks.
Commonwealth Attorney Gregory to-
day refused to allow Richard Evelyn
Byrd, speaker of the house II delegates,
to enter the case as assistant to the
The offer was made on
authority.
Gregory is up for denomination at the
primaries, and the admission of another
attorney to help would be confession
Of weakness. the prosecution maintains.
Byrd Is said to be one OF the best
lawyers in Virginia. Owen Is sup
posed to be behind the move.
Writer of Verse.
On the way to the courthouse this
while sitting in motor car,
Paul Beattie composed a four-llne verse
which run:
Take me out Of Henrico Jail;
Take me back to old Chesterfield
Give me fried chicken and red lemonade.
I Ihree cheers for Schorer and Wenden-
burg"
Il shall have this set to music and
give 1t to Henry to try on his guitar"
declared Paul Beattie whose spirits |
rose vsibly during the ride
While the grand jury was celebrating |
Harry NJ. Smith said relative to the |
time of trial: Il don't think we ought |
10 be forced to trial until two weeks |
from today. | understand the other side |
r sists on an immediate trial. We shall |
know soon
Rem owen, secretary to Governor
Mann, said this morning that Mr.. and |
Mrs Robert owen, parents of the muir
lered girl. and her fathers sister-in-
aW will not attend the trial.
They know little or nothing Of the
murder, and their testimony will not be
needed to convict Beattie. Mr. Owen is
pack at his work in Delaware, and Mrs.
owen is still sick at Newport News,
where she went soon after the murder.