The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-25


associate counsel were retained. Il
would be by himself ana. not by the
beattie family.
Ben p. and Thomas FL owen were
with Detective Scherer fbr some time
yesterday morning. going over the
evidence so far adducet,. and IL Is be-
heVed to be largely thr1hgh their sug-
sestton that IT has been agreed that
the Chesapeake and Ohio special
agent shall take the lead. Detectives
Wren and Wiltshire we're present.
AT the conference yesterday after
noon man from Chesterfield was
brought in by Copntsr officer Jarrett
and examined by the, detectives. No
statement was given sn regard to his
testimony, Mr.. Waaaenburg saying
that while material. 1t gave the casa
no new turn. and thsR he thought the
prosecution had shown enough of its
hand He did not propose to put the
detense on notice by giving away every
scrap or informauo;h gained
Could Not Separate Them.
Asked If the man was the mueh-dis
eussed 'eyewitness.s Mr.. Wendenburp
saie IT was absurd. to suppose there
mao been any eye witness to such
crime; that any one who was presa,t
must have been an accomplice ma
mat all the facts a6duced served 70
show that Henry Beattie killed his
WIG "'hoot ass Etance at the scene
CT the murder. IL is known thar OH
ere mad passed along the road ius,
piioF 10 the shobting, and the officers
nave examined witnesses who viii tes
hfy that they passed the Beattie car
~hen 1t was empty-when both Mr.
and Mrs. BeaS1he were standing in ,ba
road. az INC
Folio~lns the conference with Judge
eresoFS and other officers yesterday
afternoon. Detective Scherer and AT.
torney Wepdenburg called q taxicab
anu hastened to the home of Paul
oeattie. II was indicated that they
proposed to follow other lines sug.
gested by l5eulah Binford's statement
partly to test the accuracy of what
she had already told and partly ia
Kather facts that will give the officers
ieVerage to compel the Binford wo.
man TO tell all she knows Every
hcrap OF circumstantial evidence which
VIII serve to aid the officers in their
case Is being s!fted. its sources ex-
amincd critically, and the whole re.
ouced TO writing and fully indexed
Confident OF Guilt.
The officers. attorneys and detec.
tiVes aIPear more confident each day
that their case is rounding out and
that even II individual witnesses
weaken under the fire OF stiT cross
examination, the oircumstantial case
Will remain unshattered 1t is admit
ted that there are details of corrobo-
ration still to be gathered, but detec-
lives and attorneys assert that they
have no expectation that the case will
take any new turn, and no effort is
being made to show that Paul Beatt!e
was an accomplish, that idea having
been abandoned early in the case. II
IL significant, however, that the fur.
thor away the officers swing from the
theory that Paul Beattie was an &C.
cessory before the fact, tho nearer
they come to the idea that Beulah
lfnford knew more than has been told
OF Henry Beattie's plans to get rid
of his Wife. 1t was the assertion of
all those present at the conference
yesterday that no new facts had been
brought out that would change the
theory of the Commonwealth as to
the killing itself; that Horny Beattlo
got the gun from behind a stump and
fired the fatal shot unaided. Mr. Wen
denourE stated that with the evidence
now in hand the circumstantial case
was SO complete that he could repro
duce each act OF the murder scene as
accurately as though he had been an
eyewitness.
Wife TO See Paul Again.
After Mr.. Scherer and Mr.. Wenden-
burg left the Beattie residence 1t was
learned that an engagement was made
with Mrs. Paul Beattie TO be present
this morning at $40 o'clock at the
Henrico county Jail. The reason for
this meeting has not been disclosed
hut 1t is considered TO have bearing In
developments which are predicted be-
fore the close OF the day.
Paul Beatties testimony at the COR
!oner's inquest last Saturday having
been questioned. detectives have begun
an inquiry to establish its accuracy.
During their visit at the Reattie
home last night Mr. Scherer and Mr..
Wendenourg were shown the pay en-
velope which Paul Beatt!e received
saturday. July 10. the day he bought
the shotgun from Weinstein's pawn
shop. Upoa-it IS marked his name
bnd the figures Slo.o5. substa ntiat ting
IBIS statement that when he purchased
The weapon he had ten dollar note
Ind nickel. The fact that he ten
hered a ten-dollar bill In payment for
the gun instead OF the even sum OF
f2 or $3.50 1t being alleged that Henry
Beattie gave him 81 for that purpose,
was one OF the points In his story at
hacked.
The history OF the pay envelope is
somewhat strange. 1t was picked UP.
81 is understood, on Mayo's Bridge by
Beattie's tather-!n-law, e j. Houch-
ems. The latter is cmploved &C otCbt