The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-08
Alleges He Saw Bedttie
Kill His Wife.
VOLUNTEERS TO TELL STORY.
In Letter to Prosecutor Former Farm
Hand Describes Murder and Flight
From Scene With Money Fur
nished by Young Prisoner.

cept IOr the courts cnarge TO the jury
and the summing up of the lawyers
may be reopened for the addition of
startling testimony.
If information which came to the
hand of Commemorative Prosecutor
Louis Wendenburg proves to be true
Judge Watson will at his request al
low the commonwealth to reopen its
case and put on the stand an eye wit.
ness to the killing of Mrs. Beattie on
the night of July IS.
So strongly does the prosecutor be-
Heve In the truth Of the information
that he has wired the authorities of
another city to cooperate with a law
yer there In the examination Of a man
who states that he witnessed the muir
der.
Wendenburg will hear from these
authorities whether or not the volun-
teer witness Is thought to be telling
the truth. If favorable report is re.
ceived the witness will be hurried to
Chesterfield Court House and will go
on the stand Immediately to confront
the prisoner who, he says in confes.
sion to Wendenburg, shot Mrs. Beattie
before his eyes.
Writer Willing to Testify.
SO closely do the circumstances of
the murder narrated by this self con
fessed eye witness tally with the
theories held by the prosecution. but
as yet unverifed, that if the witness
is brought to testify Wendenburg will
move for the exhumation of Mrs.
Beattie's body In order that physical
facts may corroborate the story of
the witness.
Il write this because my conscience
VIII no longer allow me to be still"
were the first words Of the letter. 81
saw Henry Beattie kill his wife," the
letter continued, "and have kept nv
mouth shut to this minute because
was afraid. But do not want him
to escape punishment and now | am
willing to come to testify to what
know If you want me.
II was employed by Mr.. (venden-
burg withholds the name), who is a
farmer and who has a farm near the
Midlothian turnpike In Chesterfield
county, not far from, South Richmond
l was farm hand on the evening of
July Is last, when CIV belonging to
Mr.. - strayed and was ut to hun,
for it.
1.-THE COW got into the pine woods
and followed it until long after dark
Some time al, 10 o'clock, l am not
sure iust how many minutes, was in
the pine woods on the right hand side
of the Midlothian turnpike as you go
out from Richmond, and saw light
AS | walked closer to the road l saw
an automobile standing almost in the
middle of the road, facing toward
Richmond. and there were two people
in 1t, man and woman. They were
both sitting in the front seat
Tolls of Hearing a Quarrel.
'They were quarreling. I could
hear them talking loud, so l did not
show myself. but waited behind tree
about ten feet from the edge of the
road in the thick pine woods to hear
what they said.
'"The woLl;l was pleading with the
man. She was saying that she wanted
her love back again, and she did not
want the man to be cruel to her. The
man answered roughly
'At one time heard him say, 4 am
tired of all this, 1 am going to end
this Then | heard the woman say,
How are you going to end it?' The
man said something | could not hear
and then l heard him say, 4'll show
you how I'm going to end it.. He go,
out of the machine and walked across
the opposite side of the road from
where l was and then after he had
been there a minute he came back
with something in his hand . could
not see what it was in the dark. The
woman was standing in the machine
front of the left hand seat in the front
part of the auto when the man came
back. Both had been sitting in the
front seat before he went away to the
side of the road.
Just when the man came back
heard the woman scream once. Then
the man who was standing in the
road swung what he had in his hand
and hit the woman on the right side
of the face. She fell from the ma
chine to the road, and she did not
make a sound.
For a minute the man stood look
ing at her, and then l heard him say
Damn you, you're not dead yet! II
fix your Then he up with a gun
which was what he had hit the wo
man with, and he shot her where sh,
lay in the road by the front seat o
the auto. l did not see where he sho
her.
Il saw him throw the gun some
where and begin to lift his wife
body into the front seat of the auto
and 1 came out from the trees.
Farmer Verifies Part Of Story.
"The man turned around and say
me. and he said to me, Did you sc
thisT
II told him 1 had seen It. Dam
you, what are you going to do abou
itY he said.
II didn't say anything. Then he b'
gan to threaten me. He said he wa