Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-14


Twelve farmers knelt at dusk to-
night in the ohscurity Of tho small
Jury room in Chesterfield court house.
praying fervcntly that they might pass
Judgment Alright on Henry Clay Beat
tie Jr., indicted for tho murder of his
wife, Louise owen Beattie. on Midlo
!hian Turnpike on July Is Grimly
they arose n moment later and silent
~ one by one recorded unanimous
verdict of conviction. After fifty
hight minutes of carefully weighing
The meaning of their decision and once
that they might not err. they filed into
The hushed stiffness of the crowded
,ourt room and with startling sudden
hess almost shouted together the
single word guilty"
AS for the prisoner. whose death for
murder by electricity is set for November
a. he turned to face the Jurors without
flnching and seemingly without fear
The court of appeals to he sure will he
asked to grant a writ of error and new
trial. Young Beattie cognizant of the
legal weapons yet at his disposal did
not surrender. Instead. he Consoled his
orokendown father, white-haired and
Hrinkled, and comforted lin as he
whispered II haven't lost vet, father"
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but upon the young mans marital IN
'identy. 1t perhaps was the dramatl'
climax OF Virginia Justice which in the
last half century has swiftly sent to
;eath such notable murderers as Culver
u.s." Phillips and McCue.
Al tho close Of a nowertuI enoech b,.
+ q WendenhurR the voluntary assist
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room hut in Richmond where thousands
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the automobile in which she rode bes,d,
her husband. and how Beattie steppeG
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the shot gun. which he had concealed
earlier and deliberately slew his wife.
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