The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-08-25
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Being LAID IN
BEATT|E CASE |
Detectives Have Described the
Scene Of the Murder and
Prisoners Story
LETTER OF, DEFENDANT TO
B|nf0RO GIRL N EVIDENCE
Relations with Miss Blnford Intro
duced to Show the Motive For the
Commission Of the Crime Doctors
Testify Concerning Wounds.

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Commission Of the Crime Doctors
Testify Concerning Wounds.
Chesterfield Court House, Va. .AMg.
25.-George FARRELL, a Richmond de-
tective. was called as the first wit
ness today at the trial of Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr., charged with wife lnur-
der. He assisted In the investigation
of the case with Detectives WILTSHIRE
and Wrenn who testified yesterday
afternoon. FARRELL was put on the
stand to complete for the prosecutor
the description Of the scene OF the
crime, the prisoners demeanor and
his story of the highwayman.
Twice during the cross-examinattor
of the two detectives Beattie flushed
with amazement and struggled to mold
back his laughter.
OF the seven witnesses examined
two were physicians, DR.. Herbert
Mann and Dr.. Wilbur Mercer, who ex-
amined Mrs. Beattie's body on the
night Of the murder. The others
were Thomas Owen, q court stenog-
rapher and uncle of Mrs. Beattie; De-
tectives Wrenn and WILTSHIRE of
Richmond. who investigated the ease:
Coroner Loving Of Chesterfield coun-
ty, and May Stuart, stout middle
aged woman, who told Of Beattie's
associations with Beulah Binford.
None of the witnesses except Mr..
Owen recalled that Beattie had dis
played any grief over the tragedy.
Others said they had not seen him
shed a tear.
The defense met with two setbacks
today. Judge, Watson quickly over
ruled the motion to exclude the dear
kid" letter written by Beattie to Beau
Iah Binfosd and introduced .yester-
day and following this by denying q
OF the indictment as Ito the wound be.
ing in the face instead Of the skull
or brain OF the victim g shown by
the autopsy. 80 80 s. ~. vs.
with the first witnesses called
merely, to establish the death Of Mrs.
Beattie, their testimony was largely q
review of what came out. at the In
iQuest and 1t was not until the Stuart
woman took the stand that the prose-
lcution began its attempts to disclose
the motive for the crime. She sWore
to being the proprietor Of question
able resort in Richmond and that
ibeattie had appeared, there with the
Binford girl four times within the two
months preceding theSmurder and for
the last time on July IL, the night
before the crime. Beulah Binford,
she testified, she had known for sew
.eral years. ''s
After having the witness describe
how Beattie and his 17-year-old COM
,panion had visited her place. the
Commonwealth introduced In evi-
idence letter written by the defend
ant to the Binford girl and identified
;as such at the inquest. Penned on
his fathers business stationery, Beat
tie wrote in part:
Dead Kid:-Pay this on the furni-
;ture and make him give you an item
lied account Of what you must pay
each week. Well, be good, with
oceans Of love brimming with kisses,
Yours,
"FIon."
The boy showed no emotion when
the letter was read, but the elder
Beattie held palm leaf fan in front
(of his face.
Doctors Mann and Mercer describ-
led the wound in Mrs. Beattie's head
and both said that in their opinion
death was instantaneous.
IBID you see Henry Beattie shed
any tears when you were at the Owen
home?" DR.. Mercer was asked.
''No, sir. His first request was for
vhiskey. but brandy was procured
first and later some whiskey. About
i o'clock could notice that he was
staggering and recall that he asked
me to have q drink"
Detectives Wrenn and WILTSHIRE
went over In detail their visit to the
scene Of the crime in the early morn
= ling hours after the murder. Both in
sisted the bloodstains In the road
could not have been made by blood
dripping through the automobile and
they, were at loss to. explain how
out of the car. The commonwealth
pursued this line with q view to
showing that Beattie shot his wife
after he had knocked her down and
then had lifted her body into the car
Neither detective was an expert on
automobiles, however, and both were
easily entagled In cross-examination
by H. M. Smith, Jr.. for the defense
Finally Judge Watson said the matter
Of whether blood could run through
the car should be determined by the
Jurors themselves by experiments
with the machine itself. It probably
will be done tomorrow. . s
Wrenn testified that Beattie was
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