The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-22
He BOUGHT A GUN
Paul Beattie SWearS He Pur-
chased the Weapon
With Which the Wife of His
Cousin Was Killed.
BOTH MEN ARRESTED.
He Goes Into Commissions When
Papers Are Served.
Husband Says Shooting Was
Done by Strange Man.
BOTH MEN ARRESTED

Richmond, Va. july 22.-With
Henry c. Beattie, jr., and his cousin,
Paul D. Beattie. under arrest and a
signed statement from the latter that
he bought for his cousin the shotgun
with which young Mrs. Henry C. Beat
tie was killed in their possession, the
police today set about to strengthen as
far as possible their case against the
accused husband. The latter has been
cool and apparently undisturbed since
his arrest last night He did not seem
surprised when informed of the state
ment made by his cousin, but said
nothing to indicate that he would
abandon the story he has told from
the first that his wife was shot to
death by a strange man from the road
side while seated beside him In his
automobile. Paul BeaJt.e went into
convulsions when arrested and was un-
conscious for some time
The coroner's inquest was resumed
today Whatever may b.. the result of
the inquiry, the police declare they will
hold the husband for trial They be-
lieVe the crime was committed by one
man and Paul Beattie will be held as
witness His signed statement, Sc
cured by the police and on which they
based their arrest was as follows:
I, Paul D. Beattie, state that during
the week of July TO- Henry c. Beattie
called me up at my house and asked
me to meet him at the corner of Short
and Main streets, which l did, and ST
ter meeting him, we talked for a Willie
and he asked me to buy him a shot
gun, Whereupon I asked him what he
wanted it for and he did not tell me
what he wanted it for. | told him that
I would, whereupon 1 went to a pawn
shop on Sixth street and priced a single
barreled shotgun. the kind he had ad
vised me to get, and on the following
Saturday night, about 10 I0 o'clock.
which was July Is, 1911, in company
with Henry c. Beattie. in his, the said
Henry c. Beattie's automobile, 1 went
to the pawn shop and secured the gun,
paying 50 90 and delivering the gun to
Henry c. Beattie, whereupon we both
got into the automobile and he. the SAID
Henry c. Beattie, brought me home, ar
irving at home about 11:15 p. m. July
15"
Il also state that I bought three
shotgun shells from w. B. Kidd's
hardware store at the corner of Har-
rison and Cary streets, on the after
noon Of July Is, 1911, and gave them
to Henry c. Beattie."
Henry Clay Beattie, jr., sent
message to his father today in which
he declared absolutely unture" in
every particular the signed statement
of Paul .Beattie his cousin to the eff
feet that, he had bought the shotgun
with which it is alleged Beattie shot
his wife on lonely road near here.
In her testimony before the coroner's
Jury, Beulah Binford, the other woman
in the case contradicted Beattie in
many matters concerning the past few
weeks and laid bare her relations with
the accused husband. She said she went
motoring with Beattie the night before
the murder. She had met him four times
in two weeks at resorts, she said.
The examination brought out no direct
reference to the murder.