El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-25
. DEAR KID >
LETTER IS
ADMIT TED
Effort of Beauties Attor-
neys to Exclude It in the
Trial Fails.
GUN IDENTIFIED
BY AGED NEGRESS

Chesterfield Court House, Va. Aug.
25@The defence in the Beattie trial
met with two setbacks at the opening
of court here today. Judge Walter A
Watson quickly overruled a motion to
exclude the dear kid letter written
by Beattie to Beulah Binford, intro
duced yesterday, and followed this by
denying a motion which questioned
the wording of the Indictment as to
the wound being in the face" instead
of the skull or brain of the victim
as shown by the autopsy.
Tells of Beattie's Story.
George FARRELL, called to the stand,
related the prisoners story Of the
roadway encounter and testified that
Beattie said his wife's assailant ran
into the woods
FARRELL was asked to describe where
the bloodspot was found
about in the center of the road
How far from the left hand running
board of the carr"
About IL or Is inches
WAS it possible for a human being
in the car"
I'VE object" cried the defence and
the objection was sustained.
Counsel asked the witness if there
was any blood on the gun found near
the scene of the crime.
Yes, sir, there was" said farrell.
Hounds Fail to Take Scent.
Maj. James D. Patton, of Richmond,
who went to the scene on the day fol-
lowing the murder with bloodhounds,
testified that the dogs failed to take
any scent of the alleged bearded high
wayman n. w. Sydnor, of Richmond,
who took a second set of bloodhounds
the stand.
Did you find any footprints in the
ditch along the road?"
YES, sir, they were there and pretty
close to the west side of the, stump"
Cross examined by the defence, sgd
nor said he examined the stump and
the tracks, but the tracks might have
been made by some Of those who in
spected the Surroundings.
Nesress Identifies Gun.
Mandy Alexander, an old inegress,
was then called to the stand to testify
as to the finding of the gun.
The gun was handed to her and she
identified it.
She related how she had met T. P.
Pettigrew, a white farmer, and had
told him of her finding. Cross exam
ination failed to shake her story.
Saw Man Accost Auto.
It became known today that Beat
ties lawyers had received a letter from
J. S. Minor, of Louisville, KY. who
says that two men whom he perhaps
could produce told him they were
walking along the Midlothian turnpike
on the night of July Is when they saw
a man with gun accost an automo-
bile Such testimony would tend to
support Beattie's story of the bearded
highwayman. but from what could be
learned here today the defence places
little faith in the story.
r. L. Sydnor, dairy man, testified
that just before sunset on July as. he
saw young man about "Beattie's size"
alight from an automobile at the road
side The prosecution contends that
it was Beattie placing the gun. The
witness declined to swear that Beattie
was the man.
State Witnesses Called.
On the anniversary of his marriage
to the woman he is accused of mue-
dering, Henry Clay Beattie, jr., sat in
the stuffy court room and heard seven
witnesses give testimony on which the
prosecution expects to send him to the
electric chair
Twice during the cross examination
of two detectives he flushed with
amazement and appeared to struggle
to hold back his laughter.
OF the seven witnesses, two were
nbvsicians, Dr. Herbert Mann. and DR.
Wilbur Mercer, who examined Mrs