The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-09
BEATT|E FOUND
GUILTY BY THE
JURY LAST NIGHT
Sentenced to Death in Electric
Chair on N s.s;;sser o.
Appeal Poss..t soe,s,.
JURY Hello PRAYER BEFORE
VOTING ON THE VERDICT
Verdict Was Unanimous on the First
Ballot and Each Judymsn So Pro.
nounced in Court-ThrlIling Climax
at Close of Case.

at Close of Case.
ssss - . . ,
Chesterfield, Va, Sept. 9.-Sey- /.
eral regulations of Beular Bin
ford as girl from whom he vain
ly tried to detach himself and the I
direct imputation that the Jury I
Judged him more for his indiscre- I
tions than the tragedy itself, came I
today from the lips Of Henry Clan I
beattte, Jr., convicted last night I
OF wife murder. "Any other jury I
composed Of city folk with mum I
dane views would have been more I
merciful." was his bitter lament. I
"Fearfully unfair" he muttered I
In his cell when asked his opinion I
OF the verdict. .
"Beular Binford," he added, I
. figured largely in the verdict,
more largely than the testimony I
OF the killing. Those country folk I
cannot understand how women of
the underworld can be crazy about I
man. They do not know when I
that happens, however hard it is I
to get rid of her. Had this case I
been tried in any court where I
those things are not uncommon, I
this morning l would have been q I
free man. Interpreting Judge I
Watson's instructions to the jury I
l cannot see how the verdict could .
have been other than not guilty. I
believe the jury was Influenced ,
by the one-sfded newspaper re- I
ports before had chance to pre- .
sent my side Of the case."
There were many rumOrs abroad I
today that Beattie would never I
die In the electric chair; that he I
would find some means of COM I
: mitting suicide when all hope Of I
gaining his freedom had gone. I
. 80 = s:s s-s - . = . =. =
Chesterfield, Va, Sept. "a heav,
guard patrolled the little stone Ches.
terheid jail last night and today and
tne guardsmen were the only persons
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., convicted
last night OF the murder Of his wife
saw as he looked out upon the pas.
toral scene. The quiet landscape a,
the Virginia fields that met his ewes
murdo, +r;oi 80 .SNN ut =. VI lhe
+an+eS,,, I 's.aa sasa. anu toaay II was con
uaaaas., sem deserted ana lay In simple
peSee.uiness. Sc
,'souH ti,ne tooay II was expected
p"a.ue aes.aa wlll oe taken to the state
pen,tennaiy pa At richmond to await hii
electrocution November "a or the
sranung OF new trial by the cour,
on appeals which convenes early IL
tnat month.
Many lawyers who today discuss.
Cd the possibility Of q writ OF error
were Of tho opinion that it would
not be granted. The court of appeals
they asserted, set the precedent IL
tie famous McCue case of 1904
Public feeling over the crime sill
runs high in this section and in
Richmond, where Beattie lives M.
:pressiozs Of sympathy were heart
everywhere for the axed father of the
prisoner, a prominent merchant and
highly respected citizen H;a .r;e.
today was heart rendinr Ae'
End Of the TRAGEDY
Twelve Virginia farmers tr.,+ .,
dusk last night in the obscnritv ~ +hs e.
small Jury room At tha Cha.+e.aaIS ~
court house. praying ferventiv 'YeaS 4hn.
they might pass tudgment a-ivh+ ,, nr
Henry GJav Ro.+tio - Sso VI