The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-09-12
BEATTIE IS
STILL GAME
HOPING The COURTS WILL INTER.
CEDE IN HIS BEHALF..FATHER
DESPONDENT
EXPRESSIONS OF PRICIPAL

Richmond, Va, Sept 11-Special
agent Scherer who worked up the
evidence against Beattie was at first
disposed to discredit the eye witness
story received from Chicago. He is
now impressed with the story He
will investigate and be prepared for
the contingency in case there is anoth-
er trial which is doubtful. There is
no order thus far to remove Beattie
from Chesterfield Jail.
Richmond, Va, Sept. 11.-By Henry
C. Beattie Jr.: 'I am not a dead man
yet. The fight is far from finished.
We have hardly begun. Wait until
the case gets into the Supreme Court
1 am innocent and will be acquitted.
By Henry C. Beattie, Sr.: There is
nothing I can say CThe father broke
down at this point and wept)
By Paul Beattie: 'I am sorry for
Henry, but 1 had to tell the truth.
God knows 1 could not swear to a
lie. I am going to stay in Richmond.
The public has believed me and
stood by me. expect to go back to
work with Contractor L. J. Smith. L
am going to make my home here, and
when the time comes to die 1 want
to be buried here
By Ben P. Owen, uncle of the late
Mrs. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.: cit is
not our wish to give any public ex-
preston as to the case. From the
beginning my brother, Tom, and my
self have aimed to make, in a dig
nifed manner, an appeal for justice
to the judgment of the law
By Beu1ah Binford (by wire from
New York;: "It's awful. He is not
guilty. They didn't prove thing
against him. They're sending him to
death for nothing I wish I could do
something or say something that
would change the case. know he
didn't murder her. I know it. He
couldn't have done such a thing. He
is fine man, and was always square
and kind
By Special Attorney Louis o. Wen
denburg assisting the prosecution:
81 am fully satisfied. Justice has been
done. The laws of the State have
been vindicated. The verdict could
not have been otherwise
By Attorney Harry M. Smith, SEN
ior counsel for the accused: "1 would
prefer to say nothing for publication
just at this time"
Declares Girl Influenced Jury.
Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Sept.
11.-Thought of impending doom
death in the electric chair on Nov
ember 24-did not break the steel
bound composure of Henry Clay Beat
tie, Jr., as he spent his first day in
cell here as a convict for the MUIR
der of his wife.
In matter-of-fact way he discuss
ed the case with friends, who called
TO express sympathy, but to the news
paper men he bitterly denounced the
verdict as unfair.
Expecting that Judge Watson would
not order his removal to the state
penitentiary for several days, young
Beattie began to make his cell more
nabltable. His window faces the
country road and from it can view
all Chesterfield in it's simple still
ness. Newspapers, particularly those
that feature sports, are sent to him
daily, and on these he fingers as he
old during those SO minutes Satur-
Jay afternoon when 12 men were de
Gliding his fate.
Beulah Binford-his relations with
"nom shocked the jurymen-was a
frequent name on Beattie's lips Sat
urday but she probably never before
received as deep condemnation.
lime and again he complained that
the jury had tried him for his re1a-
IONS with the girl of the underworld
i"tner than upon the circumstantiall
surnony pertinent to the tragedy.