The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09
Tells Jury That Beattie
Alone Murdered IN
suspecting Wife.
SAVAGE IN HIS
FINAL ATTACK
Prosecutor Unnerciful in His De-
scription as to How Prisoner
Pitched Woman's Body Into
Car, Just as if 1t Were
That of Slaughtered
Beast.

IN the most nlsstertul argument ever
presented to a Virginia jury. L. o.
Wendenburg. assistant prosecutor by
the express wish OF relatives of the
dead woman, yesterday convinced
twelve men that Henry Clay Beattie.
Jr.. was the murderer OF his twelve
months old bride, and ntty eNsht min
utes after his hnai word was spoken
the jury so rendered it's verdict
In the opinion OF all that crowded
courtroom--a courtroom packed and
TANNED as 1t had never been before
and as 1t probably never will be again
Nj. Wendenburg made the effort OF his
life. Roughshod. he rode over the
@ophistries. as he named them. OF his
opponents. and clearly and convinc-
tngly argued from the evidence that
none other than the prisoner at the
bar could have been on the Aiidlo-
THAN TURNPIKE at that exact spot and
at that exact hour on the night OF
July IS. when Mrs. Beattie was brutal
~ slain. and that none other could
have had that gun than the young man
who sat, cold and silent listening 10
the lawyers scourging words
Broken, BIT by Bit.
BIT by biz he broke down the barrier
that barrier OF reasonable doubt
which counsel for the defense erected
around tHe4r cAlents. ana showed, VIM
out fear OF contradiction. that Henry
Beattie alone had the opportunity, thai
Henry geattie alone had ;he desire,
that he alone had a motive 10 sIay
the unprotected woman. The assist
ant prosecutor laughed TO scorn the
attempts OF the defense TO bring In
other shaggy. bearded highwaymcn."
possible perpetrators OF tho awful
deed.
why did not the defense brins them
on the scene at the right tlme?" ne
cyieE and then. with finger that did
not waver. ne pointed at the defendant
and said: There IS the man who com
United the crime. There is the man
who slew mis- wife. and there Ia the
man who must pay the penalty with
his blood
Through all tho history of crime Mr..
Wcndenburg ranged, comparing this
that there was none other. even in the
dark ages OF the past which could
equal II in all It's hideous features and
cold FLOODED brutality. In Beulah Bin
ford, whom Beattie first met as a mere
shred OF a child thirteen years old. the
attorney found the motive-the motive
which the State declared 1t was not
forced 20 prove
Dend Girls Mother.
He pointed out that the dead wo-
mans lonely mother had stated on the
stand that her daughters married life
was not as happy as It had been pie
tured by the witnesses for the defense,
and here told, with bitter emphasis,
the story she had told upon the wilt
ness stand. It was daughters con-
fdence in her mother that he told-a
story that could not be denied And
Henry Beattie. Mr.. wendenburs ar
gued, had to rid himself of his wife.
and there appeared before him but one
way in which to rid himself of one
woman that he might warm himself
in the glow of another freSde. And
that way was by the assassin's hand.
and 1t was Henry Beattie, the lawyer
shrieked. who took his unsuspecting
wife out on that ride which ended IN
her death.
And how could 1t have happened. he
asked, that the bearded h!ghwayman''
were to drive along that road that
night. when the prisoner at the bar
had himself stated on the stand that
1t was at his wife's suggestion that
they took the spin? And how was II,
he asked again, that the same gun
which Paul Beattie swore that he
bought for his cousin. could have been
the same weapon which was found on
the Belt Line crossing. and which
Henry Beattie himself at first ac-
knowledged was the gun with which
his wife was slain?
Not kasteibergs Car.
Beyond fear OF contradiction Mr..
Wendenburg showed that 1t was not
Charles Kastelherg's car which those
boys coming home from dance at
Bon Air saw standing on the roadside,
for had not the most OF them he asked.
Given description Of the man and
woman they saw. which did not tally
with the description OF Kastelbers
and that nameless woman he took with
him on Joy ride? Then. too. Kastel-
berg's car was seen more than a milo
from where the foul murder was COM
mitted. while that other automobile
was seen almost on the very spot Al
most with gesture he broke down
that part Of the fabric OF the defense
which lay in the story admitted and
told by Kastelberg.
With record of the testimony be-
fore him. Mr.. Wendenburg argued be-
fore the jury. displaying the strong
points broaght out by the prosecution
ard showing the pitlful weakness OF