The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-30
Tells of Discovering Several Blood Spots Where the
 Crime Occurred
PAUL BEATTIE'S
 STORY UNSHAKEN
Witness Who Gave Startling Tale of Henry Beauties Alleged Con- fession Subjected to Cross
 Examination

1 Chesterfield Courthouse, Va. August 2s.
 An auburn haired boy. talking swiftly,
 but clearly, revealed on the witness stand
 today to the surprise of both defense and
 prosecution in the trial of Henry Clay
 Beattie. Jr.. for wife murder, that he mad
 seen several blood spots along Midlothian
 turnpike. where the crime occurred.
 Hitherto it had been presumed no blood
 spot except one near the place where
 Mrs Beattie is supposed 10 have sue
 enmbed existed.
 Alexander Robertson was the boy and
 what he -ald the jury unexpectedly in re-
 sponse to question from counsel tor the
 defense entirely upset the plan of the
 eemmonwealth to rest it's case today.
 Prosecutor wendenberg announced that 1t
 would be necessary for him now to call
 al least seven or eight witnesses to eontro-
 vert the boys testimony.
 On direct examination by Prosecutor Wendenberg, when the latter was seek l Ing to show where the boy found d cer-
 tain yellow hair pin. similar 10 that worn 1 by Mrs. Beattie, Robertson referred to it's distance from the first blood spot" | Were there two blood spots?" asked Harry M. Smith, Jr.. counsel for the de- fense. in apparent surprise, and the boy
 not only told of a second blood spot but
 of several other smaller spets near 1t. l The revelation concerning the presence
 of more than one blood spot Is in line with
 the contention of the defense that all
 blood on the road oozed from the car as
 Beattie alleges his wife shot. The lprosecutions theory is that the large
 blood spot in the road. the place where Mrs. Beattle is alleged to have been killed. results from a murder committed
 outside the machine and not in the seat, as Henry alleges.
 Tbe prosecution has pointed out by witnesses and statements that no blood
 was found on either running board of tie
 Zee. a.1 3fa. slrs dlsf nan urstsrneash h the lear would have caught any blood that
 triclsed through the front part ef the
 machine from the seat and that all toe blood visible had hardened on the floor
 of the car just beneath the steering
 wheel
 Robertson Defense Witness l Robertson was summoned as a wit
 ness by tho prosecution sonly to state | that he had found a hairpin but his testimony, as result of the questions of the counsel for the defense, has not established that he would be an inn portant witness for the prosecution. and he subsequently, will be called by the defense if necessary. In the mean time the prosecution will gather wit
 nesses overnight to show that many people looked for other blood spots and found none.
 The prosecution announced just be- fore adjournment of court today that after the introduction of several wit nesses along this line tomorrow it
 would rest it's case
 The Robertson boy, brother of a
 reporter on one of the Richmond news
 papers, has been employed about the court room in carrying his brothers manuscript from the courthouse to a
 telegraph office nearby and as he fin- ished in the witness chair, he seized
 several sheets of matter written by his
 brother about his own testimony and dashed to the improvised telegraph of
 fees in a barn about 75 yards away. Henry C. Beattie. Jr.. the accused, and Paul D. Beattie, his cousin, who told yesterday on the witness stand of an alleged confession by Henry con
 corning the murder, were confined in separate cells in Chesterfield county
 jail Paul hitherto has been kept in confinement in Richmond in default of bond. but today. after he finished on the witness stand, Judge Watson sud- denly ordered his retention in jail here Paul Beatties story of yesterday was not shaken in the cross-examination by
 counsel for the defense. but it became apparent today that the defense in tends to refute his testimony by plac- ing on the stand the prisoner himself.
 Mir. Smith made this announcement casually during the days session when John Sandifer. instead of giving ex- pected testimony for the prosecution, gave character testimony for the de- fense and Prosecutor Wendenberg en- tered objections. When Mir. Smith said he intended to put the prisoner on the stand, the court allowed Sandifer to
 proceed with his deliniation of Henry c.
 Beattie, Jr., character and reputation. Paul Remains Firm
 Paul Beattie remained unmoved today
 under a volley of questions from counsel
 for the defense, who attempted to shake the witness story of yesterday in which
 he introduced an alleged confession by the prisoner to him concerning the kill
 ing.
 Practically the entire cross examna-
 ton by counsel for the defense was con
 centrated on the effort to show that Paul
 Beattie recited an entirely different story
 
 coroner's inquest, and that he had on the first occasion suppressed part of
 his knowledge in the case. The witness maintained that it was due to his nervous collapse at the coroners inquest and he was excused without changing his startling testimony of yes terday.
 John Sandifer. an intimate friend of the prisoner who accompanied the lateof to Harry NJ. Smiths home two nights after the murder followed Paul Beattie on the stand for the prosecution. He was expected to confirm testimony that Henry C. Beattie, telephoned that night to Paul to ask the latter to carry message to Beulah Binford. He did not do so. failed to give any light on the subject, and practically became witness for the de- | fense. l Harry NJ. Smith. Jr., counsel for the defense. took the witness on direct ex- l animation and asked him concerning Henry C. Beatties character as he de- clared he had known him for several years. & | The prosecution objected that this kind 1 of testimony could only be in connection with the testimony of the prisoner him | self and Harry NJ. Smith. Jr.. anuounceA