The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-01
new SENSATION
SPRUNG TO-DAY
N bEATT|E CASE
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Defense Notified of Finding Of
New Witness and Proceed
ings Stop
PRISONERS G0QD REPUTATION
v0UCAEO FOR BY FAMILY
Brother of Accused Testifies to Han.
py Relations Between the Accused
and His Wife-Womsn Saw the
Mysterious Highwayman.

o4O nAb Wu0-WOm80 saw the
Mysterious Highwayman.
Chesterfield, Va. Sept. douglas
Beattie. brother Of Henry Clay Beat
tie. Jr.. indicted for wife murder, ad-
mttted on the witness stand today
that he would not have rendered the
assistance he did in running the ILL
lated automobile to and from and
about the scene of the crime IL he
had known they would lay the crime
against my brother"
A sensation was created by the
news that In the examination of the
Beattie car by the prosecutors wit
ness Immediately following one q
similar examination by witnesses for
the defense. the expert discovered q
lew strands Of hair thought to be
from the head of Mrs. Louise owen
Beattie. The hair was clouted In
blood In the lower front of the car.
Detectives for the prosecution i'm
mediately went to confirm the find.
The witness also said he would
nave washed and cleaned the car
that very night The prosecution
drew this forth on cross -examinatio
and by It's questions sought to lay a
charge Of destroying evidence upon
Douglas for having some blood wash
ed from the machine before the au-
tnor1tfes seized it. The witness was
stiil on the stand when court recess
ed at 1880 p. m. for luncheon.
A mysterious message to Harry M.
smith, counsel for defense, interrupt
ed the trial for half an hour and re-
suited In the discovery of q witness
IN Richmond to account for solitary
car, woman on its running board
and man In front Of it, which a
group of boys early In the trial said
they saw on the. night Of the murder
ana described as resembling the pris-
oner and his wife. 80, ..,.@..
The prosecution had built up its
case with the theory that Mrs. Beat
tie was shot, not while sitting in ma
chine beside her husband as the lat
Ter alleged, but as she was standing
either on the running board or in the
road. The big blood spot resulted
from her fall on the turnpike. The
new witness whose name was with
held until he appeared in court, was
expected to testify concerning the
man and women whom the boys saw.
His story is that the man stopped to
crank the machine on Midlothian
turnpike, the women standing on the
running board as the machine load
OF young boys coming from the dance
at Bon Air passed them.
1t Is expected the prisoner would
repeat his original explanation Of the
murder, tell again how highway
man held him up, and deny once more
that he ever took part in the purchase
OF any shot gun or had any talk with
Paul about any gun.
The taking of her deposition at the
home Of Mrs. M. C. Steeger, who is i'll
and who claims to have seen a mys-
tertous man with a beard just before
the tragedy. delayed today's proceed
ings and It was considered not un-
likely that IL the fifteen miles trip
to the scene Of the crime was made
by the jury late today, the testimony
OF Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., might not
be reached until tomorrow.
After introducing several character
witnesses to show the good reputation
Of the prisoner as we'll as that of e.
H. Neblitt, whose testimony yester-
day presented an important contradic-
tion to Paul Beattie's story of the
time Of the delivery Of the gun to
Henry. Douglas. Beattie, the older
brother Of the prisoner, then took the
stand. The witness said the relation
Of Henry and his wife were perfectly
happy while they lived at his home.
The witness corroborated his fathers
testimony Of yesterday as to Henry's
manifestations Of grief the night of
the murder. The witness was asked
II he examined the car and he an
swered that when he got into It to 90
up the road he found blood on the left
seat covered up and on the right seat
there was blood enough to make a big
spot on his pants.
Eve cannot say anything at this
time. We have received some very
important information which we are
trying at once to verify"
Detective farrell was asked by
counsel for the defense II he did not
tell ]. 8. Wakefield and members of
his family on Thursday following the
murder Of the presence Of two blood
spots. He answered In the negative
and Mr.. Wakefield was called to the
stand and asked concerning the con-
versation.
"Mr. Jarrell said to me-" declared
Wakefield, chat he had found a Sec
ond blood spot. but could not account
for It,"
The prosecution on ross-examina-
tion attempted to show that Mr..
Wakefield read Of the second blood