The Washington times., 1911-07-23
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| assassin, who demanded all the road
and who knocked Beattie unconscious
| after blowing out the brains of hi
wife.
much the same. The havoc wrough
| may be in the end as sweeping in thu
Beattie tragedy as it was in that a
Charlottesville. Here is the toll toda.
| Of death, of wrecked homes, of blightec
hopes, of relatives bowed in shame anC
sorrow:
Mrs. Louise Owens Beattie, a bride ol
d little more than a year and a recent
mother, lies in a new-made grave.
Her husband, apparently care-Iree
cigarettes, gazes through the bars or the
Richmond jail.
Adjoining him, in another cell, is his
cousin, Paul Beattie, who says that a
few days ago he bought for Henry Gay
Beattie the gun with which the latter 8
wife was killed.
Across the corridor, sobbing much but
shedding few tears, Is Beuiah Blh1oTd,
great is her illicit love Tor the &C.
cused slayer that she says she had
rather confess to the crime herself than
see Henry c. Beattie go to the electric
chair. -
Va, is the father of the accused hus-
band. Trouble has come in his ad-
vancing years, and, though he Is loyal
to his son, the burrows in his face have
grown deeper his hair has become
grayer, and he's grown older by ten
years within the past seven days.
The Innocent Victim.
AT the parental home, too is a six
weeks old infant. 1t is the offspring
OF the now dead woman and her &c
cused husband. But its cooling does not
bring the happiness that ordinarily
should dwell in a grandfather S heart,
and the old man cannot promise much
Tor the boy"
row holds undisputed sway today. TIE
mother and sister of Buelah Binford are
domiciled here. The other woman" Is
of their flesh and blood.
A blithesome, happy girl, despite
her indiscretions, was Beulah Binford
until yesterday. She is but seventeen
years old. She was a mother when
scarcely fifteen, and she has said that
Henry Clay Beattie. jr.. was respon-
Sible for that motherhood. The same
destiny that led to her undoing was
for the death of the IL
legitimate child, and perhaps twas
better so.
She loves Henry Clay Beattie still
this "other woman" She would go
TO the electric chair for him, If need
be, and a book that should not be
in connection with such
a story as this has said that there is
no greater love than that which
prompts one to lay down his life for
another.
Reulah Binford She had sacrificed
everything that a woman holds dear
before Henry Beattie married Louise
Owen, whom he was willing to give
his name while the recipient OF less
sacred affection must keep her own
or take an assumed one.
When the two had married Beulah
promised to go away. Henry
Beattie had married "a society girl.
Louise Owen was one Of the bellies
IF South Richmond. Beattie was the
son of a respected banker, merchant'
md business man.
Beulah Blnford went away-but life
8 filled with accidents and fates are
decided by little things. A month
lgo Boulah Binford and Henry beat
lie met by accident on the streets or
Norfolk. The girl confessed that the
,ld longing came over her: perhaps
T the man bares his heart he VIII ad-
nit the same. but that is neither here
lor there. She returned to Richmond
n order that she might be near the
nan who might have married her' put
who didn't.
lrama from real life-moVes rapidlN
lere. There were clandestine meet.
nes between Beattie and his girl OF
ormer davs. Womanlike this other
woman" takes to herself the blame
or MANY of these meetings. The girl
mother, unrecogniZed by ceremony or
aw. wanted a part Of the time, the
lttention and the love OF the man
tho was the father of her nameless
hild. =. ,,5
3eulah Binford, according to the pa
hetic story she told the coroner. Hen.F
seattle acquiesced, and gave her SO to
,f, hn
he plan meant the beginning Of 4
onh1e life. It was not for Beulah Bin
ord to think of the maze OF consc-
uences. for she was selfish, and 1t was
ot for the real wife to know.
Last Tuesday night I,t,o aenty Iant FOR CiaS sS
utomohile ride along the Midlothian
ike. Their baby of few weeks was
eft at home.
The Tragedy.
The road was dark and lonely. On
he return tourney, when a few miles
ut of Richmond, Beattie says he was
allied by an unknown man in buggy.
Vite an oath, according 10 the &C
used husband, the supposed FARMER de-
handed the larger share OF the roai.
moment later, still quotlnS BeaItle.
usband Jumped out of his car, crap |
led with the assailant, and received a
low upon the head which rendered him |
unconscious.
When Beattie recovered he says the
,urderer had fed. With his dead wife |
V his side the young man speeded to |
Sichmond, where the crime was made |
nown. ,, |
Bloodhounds, detectives. policemen,
nd posses went early to the scene OF |
he crime Hundreds secured the |
,oods in the neighborhood OF the |
rime. The bloodhounds-the best In |
he State-refused to take the scent. |
he dogs walked round and round the |
ground where the tragedy |