The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-25
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Mrs. Beattie had bee., killed with o
shotgun They cried for the shotgun.
Given the shotgun, their work would
DO short Beattie had. claimed that he
took IL from the highwaymnns and
) tossed 1t into the tonneau OF his car.
and that 1t had jostled out on the mad
dash home. Then came the hunt for.
the gun. Henry sBeattie and his
brother Douglas, took part in the
search. driving the machine In turn.
early In the morning Mandy AlcXan-
der (colored) saw gun lying on the
cracks of the Atlantic Coast Line
railway, twenty feet from the edge
OF the road. Later Henry Jennings
picked it UP. It came in,o the hands
of the officers. and they showed 1T to
Henry Beattie. XII
Identified by Deattfe.
That is the gum he said. They
looked ut II together. Then he said:
Il think that is the gun" 1t was an
old-fashioned weapon and rusty. Part
F. Of the stock had been broken and had
been mended with Nrks.
And they questioned Henry Beattie,
questioned him there in the middle of
repeated the story of having been held
up by bearded highwayman. The
man had jumped out from the side
of the road, he said, and cursed him
for taking up the whole turnpike.
/ Why the he'll don't you run over
meg" he aem1nded
II ought to have dono It," Henry re-
piled. ''Gou nave the whole r,Ld."
Then he threw in tin, clut. h and Tried
to get by. The highwayman stepped
forward. leveled his gun and fired
That was Beattic's story. 1t was pub
lished as he told 1t. But tho public
suspected him the next morning, and
Wild rumors. becoming wilder as they
passed from tongue to tongue. gained
ground, and would not be hushed. A
rather languid search for the sup
posed owner of the gun was made, and
one negro was questioned. All eyes
were turned to Beattie. lie had superb
control of himself. and for q while
gave no outward sign that he knew he
was suspected. On July 90, two days
after the murder, Mrs. Louise Wexford
Owen Beattie was buried. the services
being conducted BY the Rev. H. c.,
Pfieifer, of Central Methodist Church.
the same minister who had performed
the marriage ceremony on August 81,
1910 In the meanwhile the public was
clamoring for an arrest Detectives de-
bated among themselves whether they
should arrest Benttie at once or await
further developments. Advice was
, sought, and they were advised to walt
1t was we'll that theys delayed, for
when the arrest was finally made, the
| chain of circumstantial evidence was
wrought practically to completeness.
Inquest In Chesterfield.
The Inquest was begun on the morn
Ing OF July u In the home Of Coroner
w. G. Loving. The day was hot. and
the sessions were held In the open air.
Then from the shadow of doubt step
ped Paul Beattie. u weak, vacillating
stripping who had been unable through
sheer terror longer to still that small
voice of conscience. He told his wife
that he hud bought a shotgun for his
cousin from the Weinstein rawnshop,
on Sixth Street She told her father,
and MIR. Houchens informed the police
And so Paul was cast into the arena
of legal conflict. He was taken to the
Inquest to testify, and he tainted and
nearly died In an agony OF fright He
was sent to hospital in an ambulance.
But the detectives had learned what
thcy wanted to know: and, as he was
seated In his home, Henry BeattIe was
arrested by Captain McMuhon The In
quest was concluded on July a. Henry
Beattie taking the stand in his own.
defense. Close to him sat Attorney Fl.
NJ. Smith, Jr., though he had not been
then definitely retained.
The coroner's jury brought In a for
mai charge OF wfe-murder against
. Henry, and he was taken prisoner to
! the Henrico county Jail He laughed
! the detectives to scorn, for he had no
fear then that they would over be able
to gather enough evidence to convict
him. In that he was mistaken They
went at their labors systematically
They searched through all the life
history of the young man, and into
the light they brought the shameful
figure of Beulah Blnford. They proved
Intimate associations between the two.
They proved that they had been out
JOY riding on the night before the
murder. They proved that the two had
been separated for n time after
Henry's wedding, and they proved that
she had again crept into Henry's life
and that all their old associations had
been renewed In her they found q
part motive at least for the crime,
With Paul she was held as q material
: witness. The story she played In tho
enactment of this drear tragedy is
known to all. No need there Is that it
should be told again. She was but
seventeen years old, and she had been
a mother. Her life had been as pitiful
as II was shameful. Gradually bits of
evidence were wenned from her lips
and more of the story was unfolded
! from Paul
Quickly Indicted.
When Chesterfield grand jury In
dicted Henry Beattie on August Ia, the
detectives had the case In their hands,
with all the evidence recorded in writ
ing. They were able to prove that Paul