New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-23
.BEAH|E IS ACCUSED
BY CORONER'S JURY
Young Virginian, Charged with
Wife Murder. Taken to
Richmond for Safety.
COUSIN AND GIRL HELD
Prisoner Still Maintains His In
nocence, and Seems Most Col
lected of All Persons Con-
nected with the Crime.
III, Telegraph 70 The Tribune

Beattie. ir.. was accused by the coroners
Jury as the murderer Of his young wife.
who was assassinated Tuesday night
last. I'm the following verdict, rendered
this afternoon at the close Of two days
investigation Of the mystery:
I'VE. the gentlemen OF the jury Sc
lectcd bv the coroner on July -, 1911,
and duly sworn To view the body OF Mrs.
Louise owen r.. Beattic. to inquire when,
where and by what means tn" sald
Louise owen II. Beattie came TO hcr
death. do. on our oath. fnd that tho sald
Louise owen b. Beattic came to hor
death on the night OF July Is, 1911. be-
tween iO:4j and II o'clock. on the Md
lothian Turnpike at a point about three
miles west OF Richmond and fourth
OF a mile west ~ the Colored Church, as
n result of a gunshot wound. the same
being fred by her husband Henry Clay
Reattie, ir.'
Several hundred people were gathered
about the home OF Coroner LOVING IN
chesterfield County, when this ~"fd;'t
was road this afternoon. and Of All tlos'
who had gone through the last two daYs
hearing Of the case. the accused huS-
band was the most cool and collected.
Scarcely had the last word Of the ver-
diet left the cororcrs mouth than Henry
Reattie struck match 20 another
| cigarette. and knowing that bond couln
not he furnished. asked that he be driven
IA st his homo 50 he could get q guitar
and some clothes.
Tells OF Purchase OF Gun.
pauI Beattie. who is considered ma
,oriaI Witness for the prosecution. was
on tho stand during the afternoon ana
testified n the purchase OF the gun lif
was held under 5000 bond, and b'lns
unable 10 give il was sent 10 the ieh-
rico county iai together with Boulah
pi,ford who failed IN her efforts to
bayo tho father or brother Of the ac-
,uscd man bail her out in the sum OK
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puhlir feeling has been 80 aroused ny
tho developments I'm the tragedy tha'
tho authorities were afraid 10 Keep
uoa,tie in the Chesterfield County jail
! o,,or the coroncr's fury returned its ver-
dic, placing the crime upon MIN this
afternoon. Rcarrestlrg the Young man
on the charge 81 murder, the po!l'" hu'
ried him through the great crowd "hlch
ibad gathered outside Coroner Loving
home during the inquest and carried hin.
| MAGISTRATE JHtOb
bo had waived the preliminary eNamina-
tior and he was committed to jan 10
await the action OF the Chesterneid
County grand jury, which meets Au-
gust ~.
Reatrie. before he was taken to the
uonrico County jail in an autothopi'e'
ordered a mosquito net purchaSed 50
that he could protect himself from mos
ouitos tonight. explaining that ne was
susceptible 10 their bites
on the stand Paul Beattie identlIied
tho gun found by the negro woman as
the gun he purchased and gave 10 HIS
cousin. VI. Wcnstein, paWhproker'
who sold the gun, also identfied IL Az
the one he sold TO Paul Beatue' ana
Mandy Alexander. the negro woman WHO
found the gun on the railroad crossing,
identified IL as the one she found
Subject TO EpiIeptic Fits.
Relatives of Paul Beattie explain his
nervous breakdown as coming from his
being affected with occasional epileptc
spells. He was subjected 10 vigorous
cross-oxamnation this afternoon the
coroner allowing the examination To go
bevond the usual limits Of a coroners in
quest because of the unusual circum-
stances surrounding the crime.
The senior Bcattie sat beside his son
AT the hearing. his strong face and white
hair drawing to him much sympathy.
When the verdict was read his arm
moved 10 the boys shoulder and for a
time rested on his head as though alb
=, s,ntmindedy smoothing his hair. After
a moments conversation with his attor-
ney. II. G. Beattie, sr., drew his arm
tightly around the boy, holding his face
down for moment. then turned and en-
tered a motor car and was driven home. ,
4 number of witnesses not placed on
the stand to-day were recognized for
their appearance be fore the Chesterfield
grand jury on August II at 10 O'Clock.
The father and mother OF the mur-
dcrcd woman have taken charge of the
Gye-wecks-old infant. whose cries for its
mother were so plaintivcly heard on the
night the mother lay n corpse.
Inquest Sensational.
The inquest proceedings this afternoon
were sensational in the extreme. The
ing in the arrest of Beattie on the charge |
all had been expecting the police 20 |
make for two days. excited popular feel |
ING 10 such a pitch that the police re-
serves were ordered out To maintain or
der to-day. The crowd surged about
and muttered but there was no attempt
to harm the prisoner or interfere with
the proceedings. Paul Beattie, exhaust
ed from the effects Of the convusions
which seized him when he was arrested
Yesterday. was the chief witness before
tbe inquest to-day. While he was telling
how. at Henry Beattie's request and
with money furnished by the latter. he
bought the gun with which Mrs Louise /,
Beattic was killed. the witness tainted /
Physicians were summoned and he was
revived after fifteen minutes.
The cousins testimony, forming the |
missing link of the chain OF circum- /
stantial evidence forged by the detec- (
tives. satisfied the jury.