Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-31
nut the answer came quickly and

but the answer came quickly and
clearly: ;.
Il never could trust myself
alone with a man that had been
accused OF murder. I think l will
never be alone with Henry Beattle
again. I would be afraid" And,
with shake OF her head, the little girl
woman cask herself from her pose on
the edge Of the table. Evidently the
chain OF circumstantial evidence the
state has drawn about Henry Clay
Beattie had affected her.
Throwing herself on her iron cot she
concluded the interview: "Oh, I'll tell
the truth. TN tell the TRUTH" she
sobbed with motion OF dismissal.
I'VE have no idea OF calling Beulah
Binford" said Harry M. Smith chief
counsel for the defense today.
When the court convened today
Juror Purdy was more comfortable
than he has been since the beginning
of the trial. With the permission OF
Judge Watson and the consent Of law
yers on both sides OF the case, dentist
was brought out from Richmond last
night to fix up series Of aching molars
tha. had been bothering him since the
trial began. Until long after midnight
the dentist and a physician labored
over the suffering juror and today he
was feeling all right, be said.
1t was settled definitely that Henry
Beattie will not plead insanity to es-
cape the electric chair. He himself
is determined to make his fight on IFS
merits, and his chief counsel, Harry
M. Smith, to-day declared with en-
phasis that there will be no plea OF
insanity.
You may announce definitely" !"
said Smith, that he will not make
any insanity defense. We are we'll
satisfied with the trend of events and
see no reason for changing our present
plans.
Judge Watson called the case at
1890.
Smith called David Weinsteiu, II
year-old son OF the pawnbroker at
whose shop Paul Beattie says be bought
the fatal gun. .
The boy declared that he himself
sold the gun to Paul. He SAID that he
gave Paul the gun at few minutes be-
fore ter O'Clock Saturday evening be-
fore the tragedy. Paul had picked out
the oun that morning, he said. He
differed with Paul on several minor de-
tails of the sale, but corroborated the
story in the main.
pau! Beattie told me he was watch
man on bridge and wanted the gun
to use down there" said David. Paul
Beattie fatty denied having made that
statement.
The boy said he had known Paul
Beattie for week before he bought the
gun. The youth had once tried to
buy pistol at the pawn shop. he
conlradicsed Paul's statement that he
had only been in the pawnshop once
before he bought the gun declaring
that the youth bad visited him five or
six times before that. Under cross
examination the boy positively ldenti-
fed the gun produced in court as the
gun he sold Paul. Wendenburg sue
ceeded in confusing the boy badly on
the exact time he sold the gun. The
net re. ult OF his testimony was series
OF confusions and contradictions.
Before Wendenburg got through with
the boy his entire story had been i'm
peached. He told the story OF the pur-
chase three different ways Ia course OF
bis testimony.
While Wendenburg pounded at the
boy, Henry Beattie, ir., set with bowed
head resting on his folded arms on the
desk before him. The prisoner has to-
tally lost the debonair demeanor that
| marked his appearance at the early
days Of the trial. The heavy circle be-
| meath his eyes grows steadily darker,
| the convulsiye working of his nervous
jaw muscles becomes more apparent and
bis whole appearance has changed.
l For over an hour Wendenburg
pounded the boy with questions and