Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-09-08

hdy III PAO'Ah9 eAAS oOO~ ~~>~>-
Of the accused and some of its wit
nesses, while the State has held its
own in discrediting parts of the evil
'ence Of defense.
Chesterfield Courthouse, Sept. q
iighwayman number seventeen was
Introduced to the jury through the
testimony of witnesses in the case of
he Commonwealth against Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr., charged with wife
murder. here this afternoon. The
promised sensation of the day, that
the appearance of Beattie himself
on the stand, did not matefialiZe
however, and when court adjourned
this evening his lawyers stated that
they were unable to state definitely
whether he would be put on the stand
on Monday or Tuesday.
Attracted by the prospect Of catch
ing a glimpse of the central figure in
the present proceedings in old Cnes-
terrified court house and OF hearing
at least part of the story he will :eii
on the stand, hundreds of spectators
Logan arriving here, some OF them
before o'clock this morning. I'm
.uestionably disappointed that he
was not reached as a witness yester-
day Henry Beattie arose early this
morning and began the same careful
.repration for his app aarance before
he jury that he made yesterday. He
vas in a cheerful state OF mind and
called out jovially to many of those
Who passed by the windows of his
ell. II never felt better in my life"
he shouted in answer to the greeting
If friend.
Kastleberg on Joy Ride
The sensation of the morning ses-
sion was the declaration of Charles
A. Kastleberg, a butcher by trade,
md married man. When put on
he stand Kastleberg said Il think
iod has ordered me to come here and
ell what l know" Then he went on
0 tell it.
Kastleberg testified that or the
light of the murder he had woman
whose name he does not know riding
with him in his automobile on the
Midlothian turnpike. While Oil the
oy ride, and while near the. scene
of the crime, two cars passed him.
testified the butcher, the occupants
Of one car Offering him assistance
which he refused. Kastleberg's testi-
mony was tended to put a crimp in
the story of the Bon Air youths, who
had previously testified to seeing
man closely resembling Beattie with
a woman in an. auto on the turnpike
on the night of the homicide. 1t was
him the dancers saw, said Kastlebers
and not Beattie.
Mrs. Kastleberg was in court while
Mr.. Kastleberg told of his JOY ride.
She was greatly incensed, and told
several people near her that Cholly
had told her that he was at a ban
Iuet that night.
Negro Woman Heard Gun Shot
S<cn after court adjourned Eliza
Moselcy, colored woman, took the
stand. Judge Watson made this
statement:
Several weeks agosthis woman in
formed me that she knew some thing
about what occurred on Midlothian
pike the night of the murder. She
has been ill, but last night went to
ee-her, and requested that she ap-
,4ar here in view of the Importance
his case has assumed.
The woman testified that she lived
on the Midlothian turnpike not far
from the scene of the tragedy, and
hat on the fatal night she heard
woman scream, then a gunshot, then
he sound ofan automobile getting n-
der way and speeding in the direction
of Richmond. Cross examination by
both sides failed to affect the wo-
mans testimony, although she was
not put under great pressure.
Kastleberg's testimony would have
unquestionably created great
impression were it not for the fact
that under cross examination his
story lost much of it's first effective
ness. Among other things it was
shown that his automobile did not
correspond to Beattie's in any single
particular, it was not the same color.
the same capacity or the same make.
His car was Knox. while Beattie's
was a Buick There is a wide differ
nee in design between the two makes
which would not be overlooked by
persons who were as familiar with
automobiles as we're the boys, whose
testimony Kastleberg was produced
to contradict.
Friend Tells His Story
LII desperate cilOIt " UC VI do-
distance to Beattie, friend, William
l. Sampson. went on the stand and
" his testimony compromised his
.,wn character and reputation. Samp-
son told of Beattie's relations with
Beulah Binford, pointing out that when
they were accidentally renewed just
before Mrs. Beattie was murdered
there was no serious affection on the
part of the prisoner, but merely an
episode of old time dissipation.
Under cross examination by Wen
denburg, Sampson told of writing
letters and sending kilograms to Bin
ford at Norfolk, asking her to ar
range to get another girl and to take
supper with him and Beattie. The
witnesses when further pressed told
of a wild jamboree participated in by
the four in Norfolk. Sampson said
that his folks at home did not want
him to run with Beattie because the