Evening star., 1911-08-25

own behalf and given by him while
witness previously.
the court ruled that the letter should not
be excluded.
Hill Carter, for the defense, then took
up the point that the indictment against
Beattie refers to q wound IN LOUISE sss
Beattie's face" rather than in the skull
or brain, and that all testimony relating
to a wound other than in the face should
be excluded. But the court held thar w
asmuch as the indictment specified pene-
tration Of the face, there was no grouno
for sustaining the defense's contention.
Stuart Woman Testifies.
OF the six witnesses examined yester-
day afternoon two were physicians
DR.. Herbert Mann and DR.. Wilbur Mer-
cer-who examined Louise Beattie's
body the night of the murder. The
others were Detectives Wren and Wilt
shire of Richmond, who investigated
the case; Coroner Loving Of Chester
field county and May Stuart. a stout,
middle-aged woman, who told of Beat
ties alleged associations with Beulah
Binford.
1t was not until the Stuart woman
took the stand that the prosecution be-
for the crime. She swore to being the
proprietor of a questionable resort In
Richmond. and that Beattie had ap-
peared there with the Binford girl
four times within the two months pre-
ceding the murder. and for the last
time July II, the night before the
crime Beulah Binford, she testified,
she had known for several years:
After having the witness tell how
Beattie and his seventeen..year-old
commonwealth introduced in evidence
letter written by the defendant to
the Binford girl and identified as such
at the inquest. Penned on his fathers
business stationery, beattie wrote IN
part:
"Dear Kid: Pay this on the furniture
and make him give you an itemized ac-
count of what you must pay each week.
Well. be good. With oceans or love
or'lhin.Vs aYonrs ms'" ~ HON
Reattie showed no emotion when the
letter was read. but the elder Beattie
held a palm leaf fan in front OF MS
face.
Doctors Describe Wound.
Drs Mann and Mercer described the
wound in Mrs. Beattie's head. and both
said that. in their opinion, death was In
stantaneous.
did you see Henry Beattie shed any
tears while you were at the owen
homer Dr. mercer WIS dsheu'
mo, sir. His first request was TOT
| whisky, but brandy was procured hrst'
| and later some whisky. About 1 o'clock
could notice that he was staggering
and l recall that he asked me to have
drink ,.
over in detail their visit to the scene OF
| the crime in the early morning houIs
after the murder. Both insisted the
| blood stains in the road could not nave
been made by blood dripping through the
automobile, and they were at loss 10
explain how they came there unless the
victim was out OF the car. the com
monweaIth pursued this line with view
| to showing that Beattie shot his wife
| a fter he had knocked her down, ana hao
| then lifted her body into the car.
Neither detective was an expert on
| automobiles, however, and both were
| easily entangied in cross-examinanon ny
| n. Nj. Smith, jr.. for the defense. flhany
Judge Watson said the matter or wnether
blood could run through the car SHOULD
| he determined by the jurors themselves
| NV experiments with the machine itsei1.
Wren testified that Beattie was very
cool, as they went over the ground near
the scene Of the murder. The detective
| described a stump at the ROADSIDE an9 q
| tracks leading to and from II. Benino
| this. the prosecution will charge. beatue
concealed the old single-barreled snoteuh.