The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-23
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part, had any such idea been in his
mind, there were other and far safer
means-a bold avowal before Louise
vorce court after It.
There is little of true. clear mo-
1--WE mere, evidently. More will have
10 be shown by tho Commonwealth
tnan this. and the Commonwealth IS
tort TO bolster Its weak point. 1t will
not be sufficient merely TO advance the
testimony of characterless witnesses
VINO heard Beattie say: I'll fix her"
- VIII not be sufficient TO set up Beulah
Bintord as the siren who alone lured
MIN to this mad deed In the words
of this woman herself, she was by
recent agreement to remain in Rich
ne was waiting, not for tho death of
his wife, but for the death OF that
good old man now crushed by mighty
sorrow The stumbling block was not
the woman he had promised ever to
guard ana cherish. but the father.
whose unsuspecting hand controlled
the family fortune. Judging from all
the facts now cited, Henry Beattie
needed money. not murder TO reacn
his ultimate aims. and had he pos
sessed II would scarcely have tarried
TO Stay his wife. but simply gone his
reckless way. disregarding her further
existence. But while his father lived
he had to blde his time until he could
eventually accomplish what is held to
have been his final purpose-to secure
what he already, possessed. namely.
the other woman's compromising. in
devious ways. There is not much
reason in this. either.
The Real Point.
Beyond all this the Commonwealth
must go If 1T shall present convinc-
Ing, clear and pointed explanation. or
else produce so overpowerinE an array
OF evidence that. motive or no motive
the central fact stands forth unde-
nlable. though !ncXplicable. For that
matter, 1t claims 10 bs prepared to do
both, but there Is a jury yet to decide
II IT can, indeed, prove that husband
and wife had recently become es-
tranSed. and that affairs were reach
Ing climax in the household. It will
have gone far toward esta bl.shng its
case, but this Bcattie violently denies,
and processes his ability to show Is
stubbornly at this precise and vital
point and on its Issue much Will de-
pend Mrs. Beattie had long known
OF the other woman-even before her
marriage-but II will be alleged that
the temperance OF Beulah and the
steadily increasing devotion of her
husband, in that quarter, along with
some other facts. brought matters TO
the breaking point Unwilling longer
TO endure an intolerable situation,
Mrs Beattie summoned her father
tell all TO him and to her husband s
father. The crisis was at hand
heretofore Louise owen had been an
impcdiment, but otherwise neglligible
thereupon she became n menace not
to be disreGarded. Between her and
the elder Beattie was a deep affec-
ton born of mutual admiration and
respect Louise found place In my
heart and dropped into IT," he said
once More than anything else appar-
emily, Henry feared his fathers anger
Even since his arrest. while smilingly
nonck slant where others are concern
ed. ne has repeatedly and earnestly
sought to maintain the conviction OF
the old man that there is some ter
, ribie mistake. Had Louise gone TO
Beattie. ST. with her story Of long