Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-24
PAUL tiles STORY
IS CONTROVERTED.
Detectives Believe There was Third
Man in the Murder of Young
Wife.


indifferertly calm, and his story of the
killing cannot be shaken. But this
afternoon detectives developed i'm
portant discrepancies in the story told
by Paul Beattie, the accused mans
cousin.
Policeman, G. C. Green corroborated
portion OF Paul's statement, and en-
ployees at Weinstein's pawn shop,
where the gun that did the killing was
bought, contradict other parts.
Paul declared that after giving Harry
the gun in the auto near the pawn
shop, they drove up Main street, and
while Henry was fixing the headlights,
he talked with a policemen.
Green corroborated this statement.
He said lie knew Paul, but did not
recognize the other occupant OF
the car.
Paul testified at the inquest that he
did not buy the gun for his own use.
To-Day the police examined Jacob
Weinstein, IA years OF age, son OF the
pawnbroker, in whose place the gun
was bought. Young Weinstein sold the
gun to Paul and declared this afternoon
that when Paul bought it, he said:
I want this for my work as a watch
man on the bridge"
Young Weinstein declared that he
had known Paul Beattie for several
weeks. The cashier at the pawnshop
said that when Paul stepped up to pay
for the gun, she said: You ought to
buy something better than a gun for
our money!" and declared that Paul
replied that he needed it for his work.
Jacob Weinstein, VINO vas standing
nearby, said this afternoon:
when I heard Paul talking like
that told him he did not need gun
because he never would shoot any
body"
Don't you believe that" Vein
stein says Paul answered. I've got
the nerve alright. .
The cashier said that Paul tald her
that he meant to buy a pistol before
long. On the witness Paul declared he
already had pistol.
Paul paid for the gun with q $40
bill, and according to the cashier,
said it was part OF his wages, received
when he was paid off Saturday. His
employers this afternoon saidShe was
not paid off until Thursday, the day
Of his arrest.
OnE Ethe stand Paul Beattie hesitated
and did not remember Immediately
the pawnshop where he said he bought
the gun. The police this afternoon
claim that is significant in view OF
statement by young Weinstein that
be knew Beattie very intimately.
A number Of persons who said they
we're in the pawdshop at time Paul
purchased the gun, corroborated Vein
STEMS statement that Paul had said
he wanted the gun for his own use.
Richmond, Va, July 24.-That
Henry Clay Beattie, jr., financed and
planned a three-cornered conspiracy
that resulted in the murder Of his vile,
Louise Owens Beattie. was the belief
expressed by the police at work on the
case today.
The discovery OF evidence that proves
that Paul Beattie, cousin OF The dead
woman's husband, who bought the
gun that did the shooting, failed to tell
the whole truth on the witness stand
and OF further evidence which the
police declines to disclose, induced
this theory.
The three members OF the triangular
murder plot which the police have built
in theory today are:
Henry Clay Beattie, jr., the hus-
band
Paul D. Beattr, his cousin, who
brought the gun.
A hired assassin, who did the actual
shooting.
This is the way the police argue.
Henry Bcattic's story of the killing has
been disproved in essential points. Paul
Beatte'n story has been found i"arcu-
rate. These two men could npt ~ at
ease in the Richmond jail today if lhey
alone knew Of the killing iha :'o!.ce
are certain that there va: anOthrT :nnn.
They believe thar Paul Bsattie, =
drifler, 4 rambling river sailor, and =
knock aoout. could ersily have picked up
amoug his questionable acquanances
a man to do the actual killing. They
believe that this man, and the gun
bought by Paul Beattie, were carried
to the scene OF the crime by Henry
Beattie in his automobile, q short time
before he started with bis wife Oh her
last automobile ride.
The cold indifference OF Henry
Beattie under the terrific strain OF the
past week has shaken the confidence of
the police in the theory that he killed
his wife with his own hands The ter
ror stricken collapse of Paul Beattic
and the discovery Of discrepancies in
his story have convinced them that he
knows more OF the killing than be has
told. Along this line they today
exerted every effort to locate third
man connected with the killing.
The police discovered this afternoon
that on Saturday, the day Beattie
bought the gun, he was not employed
as watchman on the bridge, but had
quit his job and gone to werk as day
laEurer. The pawnshop peopls declared
that he said Saturday night that he
wanted the gun for use in bis job as
watchman.
In connection with their plot theory,
the police point out today that Paul
Beattie went tn had ar 7.50 the evening