Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-26
SPENDS NIGHT At
SCENE or CRIME IN EFFORT
TO COMBAT EVIDENCE.
PAUL sEArTiE's EVIDENCE
CLIMAX FOR PROSECUTION
Called to Identity Gun With Which
Mrs. Beattis Was Killed % One Hs
Purchased For His cousin-Dsfsnce
Fails to Develop corroborativs Tee.
timony.

CheSterheld Court House, Va, Aug.
26-H. HI. Smith, Jr.. chief counsel for
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr. made hur-
murder Of Louis Owen Beattie. on the
Midlothian turnpike, with a view to
taking measurements to refute the tes-
timony of witnesses who told yester-
day Of hearing a woman's scream. the
starting Of an automobile and a gun
shot. without having heard a mans
cries or the footing of a motor car
horn.
The defense contends that Mrs.
Beattte was shot not by the defendant,
but by an unknown man In the road.
and has sought to support Beattie's
story that he called for aid and sound
ed the horn. Cross examination Of the
commonwealth's witness yesterday
failed to bring out much to sustain
this. and it is understood that Mr..
Smith worked far into the night going
over the scene of the tragedy.
Climax 10 Expected.
The climax OF the commonwealth's
case against Henry Clay Beattie. Jr..
on trial here for wife murder. will
come today, when Paul Beattie, his
cousin. will take the stand.
The attorneys for the prosecution
will attempt to show thru Paul Beat
ties testimony that the gun which was
day after Mrs. Beattie was killed was
bought by Paul at pawn shop at the
instance of Henry Beattie. to whom 1t
f1lP fnr. -
fense promise that Paul's cross exami-
nation will be severe. and 1t is not un-
likely that they may move for his in
dictment as a result Of the revelations
he may make.
One witness swore yesterday that at
1885 o'clock on the night Of Iniy ~
he heard a woman's shrtll scream at a
spot on the Midlothian turnpike about
500 yards from his house, and that the
scream was followed almost instantly
by the report of a gun.
Hiding Of Gun SUSPECTED.
Another witness testified that he saw
man much resembling Henry Beatrie
standing by az automobile about twen
ty or thirty feet from the spot after
ward marked by pool OF blood. This
was few minutes after surdown on
the evening of the homicide. The state
ment was in line with the effort OF the
prosecuting attorney to show that
Beattie, before he took his wife out
for a ride in the automobile. had Sc
creted the shot gun behind a stump a
few feet off the road.
W. w. Snyder. a deputy sheriff. told
how he had hurried to the scene Of the
crime with two bloodhounds early on
the morning following the shooting
and how his dogs started at the dark
stain of blood in the road and went
straight to stump q few yards of
the road. circled it, and returned again
to the blood marks. These dogs and
the others brought by Major James D.
Fatton. a member OF the state psni-
Tertiary directorate, had found no
other trail than this short one to the
stump and back. tho Beattie had said
the man who cid the shooting turned
and run up the road into the dark.
Three footprints were visible in sand
near the stump thus indicated by the
bloodhounds.
School Boy on Stand.
E. K tMoseley, aged Is, the second Of
the eight high school boys who claim
on the night of the tragedy to have
passed a machine similar to that in
which Beattie and his wife We're sup
posed to have been, was the first wit
ness Of the day.
Mrs. Binford Called.
Mrs. Binford, mother OF Beulah Bin
ford. was called. but before She testi-
fed the court decided that the Jury
should inspect the Beattie automobile.
After the examination Of the machine
the court took a recess.
The prosecution determined to oc-
cupy the afternoon with the testimony
CT Detective Schcarer and Mrs. Bin
ford