Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-25
PERMITTED TO DETERMINE n
BODY WAS REMOVED
AFTER shoor,No,
IMPORTANT POINT IN
OPINION OF PROSECUTION
Detectives Give Details of Tragedy
and Their invsstisation-stats In.
treauoes Letter Written BY esattis
TO Miss 6inford-Dsfsndant shews
No Emotion.

Chesterfield Court House, Va. AuA
eo.-George farrell. a Richmond desecs
tive, was called as the first witness toe
day at the trial of Henry Clay Beatties
Jr. charged with wife murder. AsSbs
ciated In investigating the caee with
Detectives Wiltshire and Wrenn, who
testified yesterday afternoon. Jarrell
was put on the stand to complete for
the prosecution the description OF the
scene OF the crime
While Beattie slept in the fall here
last night his blood stained automobile
stood under the trees in the court
house yard, to be examined by the iur.
ors today with a view or ascertaininR
whether the blood could have dripped
thru TO the roadway. The commons
wealth charges that the bloodstains In
the Midlothian turnpike could not
have been made unless Mrs Beattio
was taken from the car The defense
holds otherwise and the question Is to
be determined by the jurors them.
selves.
Seven Witnesses Examined.
or the seven witnesses examined
Thursday two were physicians. DR..
Herbert Mann and DR.. Wilbur MerceN
who examined Mrs. Beatties body on
the night OF the murder The others
were Thomas Owen. court. stem.
ographer and uncle Of Mrs Beattie:
Detectives Wren and Wiltshire oe
Richmond. who investigated the case:,
Coroner Loving of Chesterfield county
and May Stuart. stout middle aged
woman. who told OF Beattie's associa-
tions with Beuiah B!nford None of tho
witnesses except Mr.. Owen recalled
that Beattie had displayed any griee
over the tragedy Others said they had
not seen him she'd tear
With the first witnesses called meros
ly to establish the death Of Mrs. Enat-
tie. their testimony was largely a reS
view OF what came out at the INQUEST.
and 1t was not until the Stuart womaa
took the stand that the prosecution be-.
gan its attempts To disclose the moe
tive for the crime
Introduces Binford Letter.
She swore to being the proprietresS
OF resort In Richmond and that Beat,
tie had appeared there with the Bin>
ford girl four times within the two
months preceding the murder. and for
the last time on July Il. the night be-
fore the crime. Beulah Binford. sho
testified, she had known for several
years.
After having the witness describe
how Beattie and his 17-year- old CONF
panion had visited her place. the comA
monwealth introduced in evidence u
letter written by the defendant to the
Binford girl and identified AS such as
the inquest. Penned on his fathers bus.
mess stationery. Beatt!e wrote In part-
Dear Kid: Pay this on the furniture
and make him give you an i,emized ac-
count OF what YOU must pay each week.
Well, be good With oceans OF love
brimmng with kisses, your.
HON"
Boy Shows No Emotion.
The boy showed no emotion when the
letter WAS read but the elder Beattis
held palm leat fan in front OF his
face
Drs Mann ana Mercer described tbs
wound In Mrs. Beattic's head and both
said that. in ;heir opinion. death Was
Instantaneous.
Did you Henry Beattie shed any
tears when you We're at the Owen
home7" DR. Mercer was asked
NO. sir. HIS first request was for
whisky. but brandy was procured firse
and later some whisky. About o'clock
1 could notice that he was staggering
and l recall thac he asked me to have
d drink
Detectives Wren and Wiltshire went
over their vlsit 10 :he scene OF the
crime in the early morning hours after
the murder Both OF them insisted the
blood stains in the road could not have
been made by blood dripping thru tho
and they were 1T Il loss to
explain how they came there unless the
victim was out OF the car.
The commonwealth pursued this line
with a view 10 showing that Beattie
shot his wife after he had knocked her
down and then had lifted her body in>
to the car