The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
BROTHER AID
TO THE, PROSECUTION

NO; but had one from him to her
in the Henrico jail
What was it?"
ITO tell her not to let the detectives
know anything that was not So
'Henry's relations with Beulah are
known to everybody in Manchester. They
were no secret
Did you know they were resumed
after their marriage?"
II knew when she first came back to
Richmond
Were Henry's relations with Beulah
discussed in a family conference?"
No
Letter Shown to Witness.
The dear kid letter, previously in
troduced, was then shown to the wit
ness for identification.
Objection was made by the defense
and the court sustained 1t.
The witness then said he had never
discussed the letter with his brother,
and was excused by the State.
After a brief redirect examination, re-
cess was taken for an hour.
When the Beattie car was examined
by experts for the prosecution during
the lunch hour traces of Louise Beattie' S
hair were found in the dried blood
Witnesses and la wyers for the defense
had already examined the machine. The
prosecution had employed expert automo-
bile operators and builders to examine 1t
also. One of these latter found strands
of the hair of the slain woman. The
defense will use this evidence to show
that Mrs Beattie was killed in the car
as her husband claims.
Douglas Beattie took the stand when
court reconvened and was almost imme-
diateIy turned to he State for cross
examination. He was excused.
Mrs. Beattfe in Normal Condition.
The late afternoon proceedings devel-
oped no feature of particular interest
Dr. S J. Baker. the physician who at
tended Mrs. Louise Beattie when her
child was born. testified that she was
absolutely in a normal condition phys
ically then. Herbert Jett, a druggist. of
Manchester. next took the stand and said
that Beattie and his wife came to his
drug store on the night of the murder
and had a prescription filed. This was
to Corroborate the evidence of Thomas
Owen, the uncle of the slain woman. that
he had given Beattie a prescription made
out by DR.. Mercer on the night of the
murder just before Beattie and his wife
started on the ride and asked him to
nave II nlle0.
Officer FARRELL. of Chesterfield County.
recalled to the stand. absolutely denied
ever having made a statement to the ef-
| feet that he had ever seen a second blood
pool on the road. This was in rebuttal
| of w E. Gill; jr who had sworn that
FARRELL told him he had seen the second
stain on the road and could not account
| for II.
Couple Seemed Happy.
Mrs E. j. Bowman. housekeeper for
Mr.. Beattie, ST., and his sister-in-law,
said:
Young Henry's wife was the happiest
married woman l ever saw. l never
heard a cross word between them"
Counsel then asked about Henry S
socks on the night of the murder, and
said something had been said about
Henry having on a pair of tan socks
then.
Henry hasn't had q pair of tan socks
in the house for years" she said.
Miss Hazel Beattie, the eighteen-year-
old sister of the defendant, was next
called.
In an almost inaudible voice the slender
| little girl told the jury that Henry and
his wife lived in perfect amity.
Court then adjourned for the day. Court
announced that tO-morrow's session
| would open at II a. m.