The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-16
LIKE THE HARRY THAW CASE
FAMILY SKELETONS WILL RAT
TIE IN THE BEATTIE TRIAL.
Richmond Is Trembling Over Her
Great Murder Sensation. Insanity
May Be Plea of Defense.

Great Murder Sensation. Insanity
May Be Plea of Defense.
RICHMOND, Va.-The trial Of
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., in jail here
on the charge of having murdered
his young wife while automobiling
on the Midlothian turnpike on July
IS, will, it is believed, be somewhat
like the Thaw Casa battle of alien
ists-and will like it, too, bring out
many scandals rejecting upon some
of the leading families of the city
Insanity is likely to be the defense
of the young man, and lawyers are
now busiIy engaged in investigating
along this line.
Skeletons Will Rattle.
Richmond is beginning to tremble
over the Beattie case. Its conse-
Quences-social at least-have gone
far beyond the Incarceration of Beat
tie. Other young men-members OF
proud old families-will be drawn
into it. Beulah binfOrd, the woman
in the case, will have to establish her
guiltlessness in connection with the
shooting, and to do so she must prove
an alibi. And the alibi is that on the
night of the murder she was jOy-rid-
ing with a young married man be-
longing to a family which ranks even
higher than the Beauties. There are
many other rich young men, mar
ried and single, with whom Beulah
took automobile rides and if the
names of all Of them are brought
into the case, as is most likely, there
will be many of the proud families |
of Richmond that will writhe be- |
meath the disgrace.
Both Wanted Henry.
1t has transpired since the murder |
that the home life of the Beauties |
was far from happy. The Binford |
girl was the chief cause, and yet !
Louise Owen married Henry Clay !
Beattie knowing the relations which !
existed between the pair. Right on |
the very eve of the marriage of Beat
tie and Miss Owen the Binford girl !
went to the latter and confessed to .
those relations. She cried out pas
sionately: Henry is mine, and you
shall not have him." The Owen girl !
was just as determined to marry !
Beattie. Il am sorry for you" she |
said to Beulah. Il am sorry for your |
baby that is dead, and am going to
do everything I can for you, but Hen
ry shall not be yours" And true !
to her promise Miss Owen went to
the elder Beattie, told him of the |
relations between his son and Beu-
lab and induced the father to give |
Beulah $500. Miss Owen and Beat
tie were married August "a, 1910, |
and for a time at least they lived to- |
gether apparently happy. But Beu-
lah came between them in the end. |
Beattie could not resist her allure |
ments, and a few days before the !
birth of her baby Mrs. Beattie up
braided her husband for his conduct !
She did more. She threatened to tell |
his father the kind of a son and hus-
band he was. You'll see," she cried I
out, whether you'll get his $780,
600, and whether you'll keep on TAX !
ing everything you like from his cash |
drawer" Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Beattie's |
mother, was present when this scene |
took place, and will testify as to it's
truthfulness.
Light-Hearted and Merry.
The state now assumes the attitude |
that it was not love for Beulah so !
much as it was his fear that his faith
er might cut him off that led Beattie
to commit his fearful crime, for the
state not only accuses the young man
Of the murder, but stands ready to |
OrOVq IFS ALLEGATION
The most unconcerned man in the |
entire situation is Beattie himself. |
He strums the guitar when he is not |
reading the newspapers or novels |
and almost constantly smokes cigar
cites. He is a confirmed cigarette