The Washington herald., 1911-09-05

Richmond. But he was swift to vol
unteer this:
! "A letter has been shown in which
sent her $40 to begin to set herself ur
in a fiat. That wasn't because l wanted
! TO see her 1t was because l wanted
her to do right and quit the life she
was leading. She told me she wanted
to settle down and go to work. l helped
| another girl the same way-a Marie
Wells, now in New York. 1t doesn't
show that love a girl because help
1 her out"
You needn't argue your case" said
the prosecutor "COnfine yourself to
answering questions"
Judge Watson added: Yes, you have
| distinguished counsel to do your argu-
ing, Mr.. Beattie.''
Says Letter Was "Tnny.''
This letter inclosing the SO con-
! cludet: with oceans of love and brim-
ming with kisses. Yours, Hon" His
lawyer asked him what that meant.
'Oh, it's just the sort of taffy, gush,
that any man would give a girl OF that
kind" he replied. and then before he
could ne interrupted added: Il couldn t
have real love for a woman I couldn't
| respect and trust. No one could; could
| they?"
Then he went on with his oft-told tale
of taking his wife riding on the night
of July is, of running out the Midlothian
turnpike to a point where he could turn
his car by backing, and then of meet
ing the bearded highwayman. the man
who first swore at him. then shot.
His wife and he had been chatting
most pleasantly. He had kissed her
when he first met her at her uncle's
home. He had bought her a box Of
chocolates at a drug store at which they
stopped to have a prescription filled. 1t
was at her own suggestion that they
went in the direction they did. II had
intended to drive right back to Tom
Owens Cthe uncle). but she said. Let's
take a little spin,'" he volunteered.
We were on the happiest of terms
He saw three big, crowded machines
PASS before his encounter with the high
wayman, he said-presumably those Of
the society boys who testified that they
saw a car like his. containing a young
woman in a tan raincoat, near the scene
of the murder. But he passed these
cars in motion. he asserted, so it couldn't
nave been his car they saw standing
still
In conclusion, he denied completely
Paul Beattie's statement that he had
said:
Paul, 1 wish to God l hadn't done it.
/ wouldn't do IL again for a million dol
lars, though she did marry me only for
my money. You must stick by me-" Also
he denied having sent a message to Beu-
lah Binford that if she bothered him
or told anything he'd kill her, If it took
him A hundred years"
BeuIah May Not Testify.
Smith. for the defense, said; why
don't you put Beulah on the stand If you
want to prove this?'
Prosecutor Wendenberg said: We will
If We need her."
Judge Watson took a hand and said:
IF the girl is not to be put upon the
stand. 1 shall order her release from
custody. She must not be held as a
witness il she is not to testify"
Young Beattie at this point offered to
demonstrate on the court lawn. with his
machine, just how he had acted when
the alleged highwayman met him in the
road. His lawyers urged that he do
this. But the spectacular move was not
permitted by the State or by Judge Wat
son-to the intense regret of the crowd
outside, which couldn't get in.
After recess during which the pick
nickers filled the pretty lawn with lunch
fragments. empty TASKS, beer bottles,
watermelon rinds, and other debris),
Prosecutor Wendenberg began his cross
examination strikingly.
Didn't Beattie know, he demanded.
that Beulah Binford at the time he met
her was under fourteen years old; that
he was, in reality, guilty OF another
crime, which. under the laws of Vir-
ginia. is punishable by electrocution, In
spite of the girls willingness?
He didn't know. the boy said. ap-
parently frightened a bit. All he knew
was that the fellows" said she was
common property. ANYHOW. she renre.
sented herself to be much older. She
was 'one of en-"
If, you had others, you needn't tell
u.s." sneered Wendenberg.
Admits He Was "StunE."
The story of the. child was recounted.
Beattie told II without emotion. Indeed,
he smiled family at the jurors as he
asserted that he had been "stung;" that
1t wasn't his; that he had seen to it's
adoption because Mrs. .Binford, Beulah's
mother, threatened to carry it to his
father. and that he had paid its funeral
because he thought that would
wash his hands OF the whole AFFAIR" He
had helped pay Beulah's expenses at
school. Z he asserted. simply to get her
out of the way"
Didn't you send Mrs. Binford a letter |
inclosing documents she should sign for |
the adoption of the child by another |
he was asked
Il did not" he first replied. Thep: 81
don't recall it,
The letter was produced-obviously to |
bis amazement-and read:
Mrs. Binford: You can sign the in
closed with your name and address, and |
please do so at once. as this is the last |
time will ever monkey with this busi- |
ness. When you have done so, call me |
up. Yours. Henry,
The boy was much confused over this |
reputation. Of his testimony. Apparently |
he had believed the letter long ago de,