The Washington times., 1911-08-22
WITNESS DISPUTES
P. BEATTIE'S ALIBl
R. F. Ellington Engineer, Says He Saw Defendants
Cousin Near Scene of Murder Night Crime
Was Committed

, fense includes twenty-nine names. al
follows:
Mrs. Baratier Harris. 1522 Porter
, street; Miss Bessie Wells, 1870 Porter
street; Miss Emile A. Fitzgerald
1916 Porter street; Miss Louise
Rearns, 1916 Porter street; NJ. G. FIn-
negan, Wilton. HenrIco county; DR..
w. l.. Raines, Midlothian pike; Mr..
Gibbs, blacksmith, swansboro; L.
Rowland Sydnor, Midlothian pike;
". p. Price, Eleventh and Hull
streets; T. A. Danson, jr., Eleventh
and Hull streets; Paul Tunstall.
Neale, Eighth ana Hull streets;
James clineIey, Virginia Railway
and Power Company; ". R. Hoi-
land, I0ls Floyd avenue; a. J. Cros-
tic. 1905 Bainbridge 'street; James
w. E. Jett, 25l6 Hull street; Has
Carey. Stunt Hotel G. C. Whit
more, Virginia Railway and Power
Company; J. l. Pace. Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company; John C.
Manchester; J. C. Bristow. Home
Insurance Company; c. Burley An
derson. Cowardin avenue; Sidney
Wilbon, South Richmond: W. II.
Sampson, 100 Porter street: r. s.
Robertson. Merchants and Mechan-
- 4oohhp 0Odtu HiCHIlOUuy dUQ JOnn
c. Robertson, Forest Hill.
What many Of these will testify to is
uncertain, for their names have never
before been brought into the case. The
first half dozen names of young women
are those of Mrs. BeattIe's friends.
Whitmore and Pace are the street
car men with whom the defense, II is
said, hopes to smash Paul Beattie's
alibi. But the Commonwealth has a
statement from these men, and II is
over this statement that a war is rag
Smith and Carter tried to get a copy
from an officer of the company He
refused 1t, following the directions Of
Wendenburg and Scherer.
Much Speculation.
Surprise is expressed that the name
of Roland Sydnor appears. He is the
dairyman who saw Beattie on the Mid
lothian pike early in the evening be
has been counted one Of the star wit
nesses for the Commonwealth, and that
the defense has called him makes the
prosecution sit up and take notice. What
Blacksmith Gibbs and L. w. Cheatham
will testify to is puzzling the prosecu
ton. Attorneys for the defense are
mum as clans on the subject.
Henry Clay Beattie. jr., was silent all
the way back TO HenriCO county jail,
when he was returned there, much to
his surprise. The strain of the first
day over Beattie relapsed a little, and
those who rode in the car with him say
that much of his air of bTaggadocio
and swagger was gore. Gone also the
smile which plays around his cruel
mouth, when he thinks that any one is
looking at him. Beattie is not trying
particularly 10 pose but ii is a fact
that some part OF his bravado is as
sumed. All day through the trial he
was smiling and happy on the surface
compared to the tragic figure sitting
beside him, his father.
Yet once in a while the careful OBJ
server could see that the defendant was
letting down a little. Once in a while
the thought became dominant in his
brain that he is in one OF the tighest
situations a man ever stood in, and
while his nerve did not fail him this
thought could not and did not fail to
make him give pause and think soberly
for few minutes.
Beulah Binford today pleaded for an
ride. She grew restless un-
der the strain of her confinement, and
begged for fresh air.
You wouldn't let me go to Chester
field yesterday" she complained to her
jailer. when all those people were out
there to see me. I think you might get
permission to take me for an automo-
bile ride, so l can breath a little fresh
air"
But the jailer was obdurate.