The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-29

court house before the circle of idlcrs
about the court houee knew Ii. Luther
Scherer. the railroad detective had lust
been cross-examined and had stepped
from the stand when n tall woman. all
IN black and heavily veilad appeared at
he door Of rhe court room.
Mrs. owen pushed through the crowd
AT the end of the reporters tables and
stood in the littl. witness box - be sworn
Then sh" raised her veil and kissed the
book Beattie leaned exctediy over
smith : shoulder and whispered in his
ear
Mhs. OWENS TESTIMONY.
After the preliminary questions Ven
denburg told Mrs owen TO tell the jury
what she knew about the married happi.
ness Of her daughter during the last two
months cf her life. In low voice Mrs
Owen replied
she didn't seem 10 be happy She
, looked snd and had frequent CRYING
spells" Her daughter had pot told
her the cause IF her sorrow. the moihe
said Then when the commemorative 3
attorney raised the question Of Mrs
daughter, Of the reason for Henry Beat
tic having bsen under the care Of a
physician tho court announced that
counsel and prisoner would retire to the
jury room with him while he listened
- arguments for the admissibility Of
this testimony.
After a hall hour conference the court
agreed 70 allow the admission Of
This testimony and Mrs. Owen gave il.
Then the woman in black was brought
10 the night of the murder and asked to
tell what had.happened in the Tom Owen
homo when the body Of Mrs. Boattie
was brought back there by her husband
the prisoner. Who could have been 80
cruel as to have killed my angel girl?"
cried when l saw Henry with blood
over his clothes. He threw his head back
and said: Take me out Of here. Take
in his ewes
The prisoners counsel were very tender
with Mrs. Owen on cross-examination
II was perfuncory.
REULAH BINFoRDs MOTHER
A very different sort OF mother followed
Mrs Owen. This was Mrs. J F.. Binford
who took tho stand after the admission OF
to treatment he had given her daughter
Beulah when she was l3 years old and
again in May of this year. When Mrs
Binford took the stand Judge Watson
ordered the few women in the court room
TO leave it When young girl ignored
his suggestion he couched il more forcibly
Mrs. Binford told how Beattie had first
met her daughter Beulah when the latter
was "A girl of l3 in knee dresses. She
said that she knew of the relations which
DegdN DelWeen tue man ana neT OHuRnteT
then. She told how Beattie had paid
one months tuition for the girl when. on
the recommendation OF a priest. she was
sent TO n sisters of charity school. and
how Beulah had been dismissed from the
school because of her conduct before
returned to Richmond in October. 1908.
and gave birth to child the following
July.
burg asked.
Henry Clay Binford.- Mrs Binford
rzhed
The attorney had the witness tell Of the
continued relations between her daughter
and Beattie down to recent time.
Isn't il true" asked Smith when he
took Mrs Binford over for cross-examina-
ton. that your daughter did not limit
the attentions of men TO Mr.. Beattie."
Yes" Mrs. Binford replied without
! hesitation
And isn't il true that she fixed the
paternity of her unnamed child upon Mr..
| Beattio because she thought he had money
and would pay up"
| Mrs Binford thought that this might
be true. She was in no position to swear
that Be1'tie had been the father of that
! child. nor was Beulah. The witness ad-
mit'cd that her daughter had sent q lawyer
10 Bea,tie and demanded a settlement,
which was made.
"Ddrt vou threaten Mr.. Beattie tn at
! if he did not do something TO take this
baby of your hands you would tell his
! father about it
Il warned him the witness said
During all of the examination of Mrs
Binford and of Henrietta Pickman, who
| followed her Beattie's lips were con-
stantly at his lawyers ears suggesting
| leads for new questions His father sat
with his palm leaf fan before his eyes.
Al the conclusion Of the court session
| this afternoon the prisoner was put in a
, big auto. surrounded by deputy sheriffs
and hurried back to the Richmond Jail.
| Paul Beattie, in another auto. followed
close behind and was lodged in his cell
in tho Jail