Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-08
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1911.

ed witness said he was looking for a
COW when he came upon the man and
woman in an automobile on the Mid
lothian turnpike some time after 10
o'clock.
The declaration that Beattie club
bed his wife with the gun before
shooting her is considered by the
lawyers and detectives for the prose-
cution with peculiar interest. 1t Is
said that physicians who examined
Mrs. Beattie's body reported that the
frontal bone on the right side Of the
skull probably was broken, though
the charge Of shot had entered the
left side and penetrated to the back
Of the head. -,
On account of this 1t Is understood,
Mr.. Wendenburg thought seriously Of
referring to a wound on the right side
Of the forehead in the indictment
drawn for the grand jury. II the new
witness is used. the murdered wo-
mans body will be exhumed and re-
examined.
The authorities Of the city in which
the alleged eyewitness has taken re-
fuge have been asked to take the man
in custody and a lawyer authorized
to examine him. If 1t Is decided to
credit his story and the court will
consent to reopen the case, he will be
brought here Immediately.
Mr.. Wendenburg said he would not
know what to do until he heard today
the result of the mans examination.
He Is very strongly inclined to be-
lieve the farm hands story, however.
The letter writer gave detailed
account of the tragedy as he claims
to have witnessed II. He said In part:
In hn "A
right-hand side Of the Midlothian
turnpike as you go out from Rich
mond, and I saw light. AS walked
closer to the road I saw an automo-
bile standing almost in the middle of
the road facing toward Richmond,
and there were two people in it-a
man and woman. They were both sit
ting in the front seat.
'They were quarreling. I could
hear them talking loud, so I did not
show myself, but waited behind a
tree about ten feet from the edge Of
the road in the thick pine woods to
hear what they said.
THE woman was pleading with the
man. She was saying that she want
ed her love back again, and she did
not want the man to be cruel to her.
The man answered roughly.
"At one time l heard him say, I
am tired Of all this, I am going to
end this Then I heard the woman
say, How are you going to end it?'
The man said something / could not
hear. but / heard him say I'll show
you I'm going to end It, He got out
of the machine and walked to the op-
posite side Of the road from where I
was and then after he had been there
a minute he came back with some
thing in his hand. could not see
what 1t was in the dark The woman
was standing In the machine In front
Of the left-hand seat in the front part
back. Both had been sitting in the
front seat before he went away to the
side Of the road.
Just when the man came back
heard the woman scream once. Then
the man who was standing In the
road swung what he had in his hand
and hit the woman on the right side
Of the face. She fell from the ma
chine to the road, and she did not
make sound.
For a minute the man stood look
ing at her, and then I heard him say,
Damn you, you're not dead yet, I'll
fix you Then he up with gun,
which was what he had hit the wo-
man with, and he shot her where she
lay in the road by the front seat Of
the automobile. I did not see where
he shot her. saw him throw the
gun somewhere and he began to lift
his wife's body in the front seat of
the automobile, and I came out from
the trees.
1.-The man turned around and saw
me, and he said to me: Did you see
this?'
II told him yes had seen It. 'D--n
you, what the HI are you going to
do about it?' he said. I didn't say
anything. Then he began to threaten
me. He said he was rich and had
lots Of friends in Richmond, and IL I
told on hirn he would have me killed
somehow. He said nobody would be-
lieve my story If l appeared in court
against him anyway, and had better
get out. He said he would give me
some money and suit of clothes IL
would 20 away.
II told the man I would go away.
Then nc told me to come to Beattie's
store the next day and there would
be some money for me. I went the
next day and he got some money and
bought a suit Of clothes. stayed I'm
South Richmond for two days then,
but was so scared and got so nerv-
Gus after that two days 1 took the
train to this place"