The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-07-23
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ABOUT BEATT|E
RICHMOND OFFICIALS TRY TO
PROVE HE KILLED WIFE
WHILE AUTO RIDING.
Relative of Husband Under Arrest
Says He Bought Shotgun-"other
Woman" Tells of Intimate Relations
With 5eattie. t..

Richmond, Va, July 22-With Henry
c. Beattie, Jr., and his cousin, Paul
ID. Beattie, under arrest and a signed
statement from the latter that he
bought for Henry he shotgun with
which Mrs. Henry C. Beattie was
killed in their possession, the police
have set about to strengthen as far
as possible the case against the ac-
cused husband.
The latter, cool, apparently undis-
turbed since his arrest, was not sur
prised when informed about his cou-
sins statement. The accused hus-
band said nothing to indicate he would
abandon his original story, that his
wife was shot by strange man from
the roadside while seated by him in
his automobile. Paul Beattie went
into commissions when arrested and
was unconscious for some time.
The coroner's inquest was resumed
today. Whatever is the outcome of
the inquiry, the police say they will
hold the husband for trial and Paul
Beattie as a witness.
Paul Beattie's Statement.
Paul Beattie's statement upon which
the arrests were based, follows:
Il, Paul D. Beattie, hereby state
that during the week of July 10, Henry
G. Beattie called me up and asked
me to meet him at Short and Main
streets. After meeting him, he asked
me to buy him a shotgun. l asked
him. what. he wanted it for. He didn't
tell me. Il told him I would. l went
to pawnshop in Sixth street and
priced a single-barreled shotgun, the
kind he advised me to get. On the
following Saturday night about 1915
o'clock, July Is, 1911, with Henry G..
Beattie in his automobile, l went to
the pawnshop and secured the gun,
paying $3.50 and delivered the gun to
Henry c. Beattie. Whereupon we both
got into the automobile and Henry
brought me home.
Il also state | bought three shot
gun shells from w. B. Kidd's hardware
store on the afternoon of July Is,
1911, and gave them to Henry C. Beat
tie."
Other Woman in Case.
Beulah Binford, pretty 19-year-old
blonde, the "other woman in the
case" continued her testimony at the
inquiry this morning. The Binford
girl testified that she met Beattie four
years ago. Later in Raleigh, N. c..
she gave birth to child, which she
gave Beattie's name. The child died
This morning she was examined sharp
ly about her relations with Beattie
after his marriage to the beautiful
Owens girl last August.
Declares Statement Untrue.
Henry Clay Beattie sent a message
to his father today declaring absolute.
ly untrue in every particular the
signed statement of Paul Beattie; his
cousin. to the effect that the latter
bought shotgun with which it is
alleged Beattie shot his wife on Mid
lothian pike.
Girl Contradicts 6eattie. -
In her testimony before the coro.
ner's jury, Beulah Binford contradict.
ed Beattie in many particulars as to
the latter's movements during the
past few weeks, and laid bare details
OF her relations with the accused hus.
band. She said she went motoring
with Beattie on the night before the
murder, and was with him until mid.
night. She met him four times in two
weeks at resorts, she said.
The girl told of meeting Beattie four
years ago, when she was thirteen
years old, and Of his sending her to
st. Maryys Academy at Alexandria.
After being at school one month
she got lonesome" and returned
home. She told of the birth Of child
at Raleigh in 1909 The boy was put
in the care of Richmond family and
died here the following year. The
girl said she understood Beattie paid
the funeral expenses.
Witness declared her relations with
Beattie were broken off entirely be
fore his marriage, but she met him in
Norfolk two months afterwards, fol
lowing him to Richmond, despite his
protests. Since her arrival he had
seen her frequently, she said. and sem
her money to buy furniture for &
home.