The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-25
PAUL RECEIVES
THREAT LETTERS
BLACK HAND CAUTIONS BEATTIE
WITNESS TO TELL WHOLE
TRUTH ABOUT MURDER.
COMES FROM NEW YORK
but HENRY's COUSIN Is MORE IN
TEREsTED IN HIS LIFE HIS
TORY THAN IN ANYTHING
ELSE.
COMES FROM NEW YORK

Beware Of us. We are the Black
Hand"
Paul Beattie Is also getting q few
crank letters and one Of them is from
the Black Hand. It came from New
York day or two ago, but Paul Is
not worried over 1t one bit.
IL am sure the author Of the let
ter must have been Joking" said Paul
yesterday. AT any rate, / am not
bothering about it.
The episue Ia inscribed in fairly
legible hand, and goes on to caution
Paul against vengeance at the hands
of the dread society. 1t even SAYS
that Paul may be subjected to sum
mary punishment IL he does not Tess
up and tell the whole truth about
the Beattie- murder.
Paul has received another threat
ening letter from Chicago. and still
another from the city Of Richmond.
, He regards these as Jokes, too.
Just now Paul Is more Interested
in a history OF his life than any
thing else. He is writing the nara
tive himself. and has already used
UP three rather thick tablets. lie
! hopes TO have the sketch on the mar
ket by the end of the month, If not
earlier.
Tell About Murder.
paul is deVottng most Of his spiel
10 details in connection with the Mid
lothian tragedy, and especially the
part he played in IL as principal wit
ness He will tell good deal about
life in Henrico prison and how Ii feels
to gaze out through TAIL bars for more
than month, with his wife and babe
at home. Paul Will also explain the
story of his alleged attempt to break
into the theatrical limelight, giving
the true accoun OF II for the first
time, all the reports relative TO this
feature Of his career having been
very much garhled. He Will tell how
he turned down an offer Of $3.50 per
month to do the trunk act In vaude-
willie and how he had To cali on the
chief OF police for protection when
the Petersburg crowd surged too
closely about him curious to see the
man whose testimony was largely re-
sponsthle for the conviction Of Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr., of wife murder This
incident occurred when ne was over
to the Cockade City to see some OF
his relatives, and 1t was on this same
trip that the report got abroad that
he was negotiating with the manager
Of the Petersburg Academy Of Music.
IL view of the fact that his wife
IS Ill abed at home and the baby Is
not so we'll as he might ne PAU says
he IS Very anxious to get some rev.
enue from his history as soon as pos
sible. He Is already negotiating with
several publishers. Paul Is still re-
! siding al the home OF his mother
/ in-law on Randolph street Saturday
afternoon ne called at the office OF
I Luther l. Seherer soon after tina,
/ Chesapeake and Ohio officers return
from a vacation trip to Chicago, and
I bat writ ErN -
I The business was purely personal, ne
said later.
/ Bull Pup For Sale.
scherer. looking even more active
and vigorous than in the days of the
Beattie investigation. when he was
busy running down clues fer the
I prosecution. also received a caller TT
the person Of G. f. O'Donnell, q.
Pittsburg, who walked in the office
with Spanish bulldog perch ed
across his shoulders. O'Donneil was
] looking for Job, but above all he
wanted to sell Scherer the bull pup
believing the canine would prove fal
more effective than bloodhounds TO,
general sleuthing purposes. The dos
gave several exhibitions In the office
at one time clearing the place wher
he went after paper weight in the
hands or his master, This stunt wal
done TO show how he could take q
revolver from man before he could
! have time to discharge 1t. O'Don-
nell also guaranteed that tho dos
would have no trouble keeping any
train on the Chesapeake and Ohio
freight or passenger, free OF hoboes
the animals ability TO travel on tor
] OF box car being one of his spe.
cialtes
Scherer said he would take III
matter Of purchasing the bull pup un-
/ der consideration.