Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-24

Rinforj. whose illicit attachment jailed
Henry c. Bcattie, ir., for the murder
Of his wife. proved greater than death
and bars OF steel today. From her cell
in the Richmond jail the dropping
,ragedy-worn girl sent TO Beattie a mes
sage OF abiding faith, with all tie 10y
ATTY Of love denied.
TEL Harry" she sobbed, that
rather than see him convicted anc sent
Io The electric cbair, / will confess that
Killed his wife myself. | don't care
what they do with me. My life Is not
worth living now
The wild love which the girl has
piven Beattie from the time she was
thirteen. went out to him in his trouble
DESPITE the repeated remuneration OF
nc man. Twice he has cast aside the
love that Beulah Binford gave so freely
onrc when he married, and again last
week on the witness stand. Bat the
rrail heart sick girl remains steadfast.
she sobbeJ today as she told OF her m
pffectual efforts to persuade the Beattlcs
TO furnish bond that would release
her from jail. :,
But | guess am just as we'll OIL
RIGHT here. since Harry must stay 10
iaiI." she declared with wan smile.
HE sent me message last night
asking me rot to forget him.
couldn't il ] wanted to.
In his cell today, Beattie preserved
the same cold, Indifferent air he has
worn since he carried the blood-soaked
BODY of his wife home from her last
ioy.ride. His eternal cigarette and ms
guitar, with the newspapers, are his
constant occupations.
II have nothing to fear, he de
clared today, as he strummed love
tune on his guitar. If the police
will only show the activity along other
lines that they have in prosecuting me,
they will soon be able to clear me.
This is what comes of mixing up with
women. y
Beattic seems to be in an exalted
state. He devours with avldlty the
yoluminous newspaper reports OF the
case. and seems to enjo the attention
he receives. =
Il wouldn't mind this SO much II
if wasn't for father" he declared TO-
day.
Meantime, the old gray-haired father
type of Southern respectabllity, has
kent himself in his lonely home at
Manchester since his son was arrested
for rife murder. On several OCCASIONS
he has sent his elder son Douglass
Beattie. to theRichmond jail to look out
for the comfort Of the accused man.
10 escape the tragedy-iilled atmos,
nbere at Richmond, the father and
mother Of the murdered woman have
taken the six weeks old child OF Henry
c. Beattic, IT,, to their home in Dover,
Del! TheH will not return here until
tie trial.
Louis c. Wcndenburg, special pros
ecu,or. declared today that any attempt
to prove that Paul Beattie, who bought
the gun that did the killing, had
anv guilty knowledge Of the murder
would be l:uitiess. Paul, he declared,
had an incontrovertlbie allbi.
An unused cartridge OF the same
kind tha, Paul declared he bought Tor
bis cousin, was picked up by detectives
Yesterday on Midlothian Road. This
leaves onlv one OF the three cartridge,
which Paul says he secured, unaccount-
ed for.
Detective scharer and the ether de-
tectivcs today took up another clue:
They believe they are on the tran OF
another woman. formerly employed IN
the Beattic store, who will be USED 70
rcfute any character testimony the ue-
fense may produce.
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