Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-14
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Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., Declared
Guilty of Murder il Tie
First Degree.
JURORS WERE UNANIMOUS
Jury KneH ii Prayer % Aux for
Fair Decision, -Beattie
is Hopeful.

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0 TRIO OF LOVE AND DEATH os
0 The vict!rn-Louise Owen Be oss
0 attic, 22-year-old daughter ct q
0 one Of Virginia's first families, oss
0 murdered while on a p,easure css
q automobile trip with her hus- oss
o band on the Midlothian turn oS
o pike. Q n
The accused--H Henry Clay Be 81
q attic, Jr., her 26.year-old hus- 81
o band, pampered son Of rici, q.
o family. cs5
0 The alleged motive Pretty, "
o vivacious fY-year-old Beulah n
o Binford, for years sweetheart . {
o Of the dead WON MS husband, 81
. who had resumed relations o
o with her just a month prior d
o to the murder.
. The verdict Guilty OF rnur-
. der in the first degree. oa
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Chesterfield Court House, Va, Sept.
ga heavy guard patroled the little
stone Jail last night, and today lone
guardsmen were the only persons
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., convicted Of
the murder Of his wife, saw as Ne
looked out upon his cell window. "a
~ Jaiier cogbill brot the prisoner his
breakfast and he ate it in silence.
His thin pallid face wore d flicker.
ing smile as he gazed thru the graf.
ed window at newspaper men loiIing
ing in the grass. Sometime today ii /
was expected that Beattie would be
taken TO the state penitentiary at
Richmond to await his electrocution
on Nov. 81. or the granting Of a new
trial by the court Of appeals which
meets early in that month.
Public feeling over the crime still
runs high In this section, and In
Richmond where Beattie lives. The
verdict was received with little sur
prise by the community. Expressions
of sympathy were heard everywhere
for the aged father of the prisoner, a
prominent merchant and highly re-.
spected citizen. His grief today is
heartrending. 8 81
1t was the theory Of the prosecution
that fear, lest his father might learn
from the lips Of Henry's wife Of his
renewed indiscretion with the Bin
ford girl prompted young Beattie Is
commit the crime and fabricatea he
tale OF a bearded highwaymans' ri
Somewhat hopeful, yet bent down
In sorrow at the awfulness of the
blow, the elder Beattie visited the 4
prisoner today. The counsel has told
him not to lose the hope that they
may yet save the boys life. The
sallow, wrinkled face of the old man &
stared vacantly into the morning sun.
light as he uttered prayer that
this might be SO.
Beattie made a statement today
concerning his conviction. The state
ment was a severe reputation Of
Beulah Binford as a girl from whom
ne declares he yainly tried to detach I:
himself, and direct the imputation I,
that the jury judged him more for
his indiscretions than the tragedy
itself.
55ss The Verdict. 81 n,
Chesterfield Court House, Va, Sept. B
9.-Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., was late
Friday afternoon adjudged guilty Of
murder in the first degree.
The jury was out one hour.
Judge Watson told the jury that II +
they found It necessary to call for
any exhibits in the case they could
do SO and they would be sent to the
Jury room.
Henry Clay Beattie sat quietly at
his place at the bar chatting with his
father.
The jury retired after Is minutes to
walk about the grounds.
II The prisoner and counsel for both \
sides had embraced the opportunity
for relief from the crowded court
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