The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-08-29

he replied, 'Alright, after the store
closes we'll get the gum"
What time did the store close ?''
"Ten o'clock. We got in the ma
chine at that hour and went to q
place near the pawnshop and I got
the gun and came out to the auto
mobile while he fixed the light. He
got into the back part Of the automo-
bile with the gam and didn't see
what he did with it. l asked him ii
the lights were on. He suddenly
stopped and worked with the tools
on the lights. When he continued he
took me home -,and l got out. He
asked me to do him a favor, first to
call up the. same lady, Mrs. Fisher
and tell her he1 would be around to
see her." rs
you say you bought some shells ?'
Yes. I gave them to him."
did you know what he wanted
with them?"
mo" -
when did you first learn of the
murder?"
Next morning"
when. after that, did you see
Henry?"
THAT same day in the evening at
his house. We stayed on the front
porch. Paul, he said. 4 want you to
go to the house of Mrs. Fisher'-who
Is Beulah Binford-'and tell her that
If she opens her mouth or says any
thing about this thing, I'll kill her il
1t takes hundred years to do it.
delivered the message subsequently, >
The witpess told how he visited Beu-
lah Binford and gave her the mes
sage how he walked with her from
her house, and she talked with him
"She said, 'Ifreckon Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr. will. marry me now.''
Paul continued Objection was
made. to this testimony and sustained
by the court.
Paul Beattie'ss startling testimony
came when Prosecutor Wendenbure
asked: Z.
When did you see Henry again?"
"On Thursday night at his house
I said: Henry, 9 this thing looks
mighty black He said: 4 wish to
God hadn't dones it. l wouldn't have
done the thing for million dollars
Ia like to know how those detectives
found out there was a number six
shot in that gun"
II want you to stick, to me- Henry
Clay Beattie. JEa said to me. Pau
Beattie continued. ! told him
would tell the detectives all I knew
about it,
After leaving Henry went home
and later was called on the telephone
1t was Henry. He asked If had
been summoned by the coroner, and
| when said no, heHchuckled"
Cross-Exahination.
Cross-examination of Paul Beattie
was taken up at this point.
"Mr. Beattie," began Harry M
Smith, Jr. for the defense, "you testi-
fed before the coroner's inquest?"
F! "Yes."
you were on the stand a long time
then ?"
! "You never, then, made such a
statement as you have just made as
to the conversation with Clay Beattie
Jr. when he said: "This looks black
to me. wish to God had not done
It,"
when did you first make it and to
whom?'
ITO Mr.. Wendenburg at the Jail, a
few days afterward"
Counsel for the defense sought to
show that the witness did not in the
numerous interviews with detectives
at the coroner's inquest even hint
about the alleged confession of Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr. to him.
Il told the people that came to see
me-" Beattie replied, when asked to
explain, that l owed it to my wife
and child, and my town to tell all
knew. 1 tried to keep it back, for
hated to tell on my flesh and blood
because knew it was damaging, but
1t came to my mind that l had to do
it and told Mr. Wendenburg."
You knew that your testimony was
damaging to Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
| at the corOner's inquest why didn't
you tell it all?"
81 wasn't asked to tell. hated to
tell. was in pretty bad condition
then, but when my mind got clear,
told it a few days later to Mr.. Wen
denburg.
Did the people in the pawn shop
see Henry Clay Beattie, Jr. with you
when you bought the gun?'
mo, 6lr.
Does anybody except you know
about the buying of that gum"
Not that l know Of"
Prosecution Surprised.
John Sandifer. an intimate friend
Of the prisoner for several years who
accompanied the latter to Harry NJ
Smiths home two nights after the
murder, followed Paul Beattie on the
stand for the prosecution. He was
expected to confirm the testimony tha,
Henry G. Beattie. Jr., telephoned that
night to Paul to ask the latter tc
carry a message to Beulah Binford
He did not do so and failed to give
any light on the subject and practical.
ly became witness for the defense
Harry M. Smith, Jr., counsel for the
defense, took the witness on direct
examination and asked him concerning
the character Of Henry c. Beattie, Jr.
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