The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-28
NEW WITNESS N
BEA1T|E'S TRIAL
Man, Who Is Said to Have Stated
He Knew Of Murder the Day Be.
/. fore, Is Found by Commonwealth
and Will Be Placed or Stand.
Nc DENIES STATEMENT
Mother .os Diafoga Girl Is Expected
to TArow New Light on Her Re-
Slations With Dcfeadant--He
Relishes Neal Brought to lin.


Richmond; Va, Aug. 27.--lnstead
Of. the respite that Sunday was ex-
pected to the principal figures in the
trial Of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., for
the murder ofsshis wife, new wit
ness was accidentally discovered by
the. prosecution. {
He Is said to have asserted to
have known a day before the crime
that the murder WAS to be commit
ted, His name is George Jones,
huckstery ss
He' is ALLEGED to have givea this
information In the presence OF Fl. p.
Chewming, contractor, and another
man,
Nav Have Been Boastine.
Detective L. l.. Scherer, when in
formed that Jones had said II knew
about -the murder the Monday be-
fore" expressed the opinion that the
man might have made the remark in
a boastful matter. Notwithstanding
this the prosecution decided to sub
poena Jones and Chewming to ap-
pear at the Chesterfield court house
on Monday when the trial will be
resumed. o, .
Jones is known to be a close
friend of Claude, a sister of Beulah
Binford, the girl in the case. When
Detective, Scherer heard of Jones al
legged conversation with Chewming
and another man he went to Chew
ming, who confirmed the statement,
&"Yas, Jones did say that saif
Chewming today.
Jones Shows Uneasiness.
Later. when Jones, Chewming and
Detective Scherer were together, he
denied having made any remark but
Chwming reiterated that he had.
Jones showed uneasiness at being
called as a witness and attempted
to minimize his assertion. "a,
The prosecution, however, is deter
mined to probe thoroughly Jones
knowledge. of the affair, especially
as it affects the Binford girl.
Having built up the case largely
on the sBinford girl as the alleged
,nntiyo for tha x,,,rdor Tho cta fa ~
morrow will attempt to impress
that point on the jury by introduc-
ing witnesses to testify about fre-
quent visits of Henry Clay Beattie,
Jr., to certain resorts with the Bin
ford girl. a5.
Mrs. Binford to Testify.
Some inside light on the relations
between Beattie and the girl is also
expected to be brought out from
Mrs, Binford, mother Of the girl.
The accused spent most of the day
with his attorney, who conferred
with him about the cross-examina-
tion plans for tomorrow by the de-
fense against Detective Scherer
Scherer tonight said he was ready
for the attack, that he had read his
own testimony of Saturday as we'll
as all his previous statements con-
cerning Beattie's conversation and
acts Immediately after the murder,
and that he was sure he had not
been inconsistent
Prisoner Rests Better.
The prisoner rested better last
night in the city jail here than he
did during his confinement in the
narrow box cell at the Chesterfield
courthouse fifteen miles away where
he will be taken again tomorrow
AS Beattie came away from there
last night he told his companion
how the rats had tormented him.
preventing sleep. His cell here is
ratleBs.
Fred Beattie and sister,, cousins
Of the prisoner, visited him early in
the day, bringing a home breakfast
which the accused ate with relish.