The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-23
|RLOOOY MURDER
IN The SOUTH
EelIe Of Manchester Was Killed By
Her Husband and tn. City Of
Richmond Is Greatly
Worked up.
WOMAN IN THE CASE
Murderer Of Beautiful Wife Smokes
Cigarette In Prison Cell and
Thumps Upon His
Guitar.

tGate City Leased Wire Selvice.l
RICHMOND. Va. July 22.-Three
cells in the Richmond jail tonight shell
tered the three living principals in the
case Of the State of Virginia against
the slayer OF Louis Owne Beattie, the
belle Of Manchester.
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr., husband OF
the murdered girl tonight thunped his
guitar and smoked his cigarette be-
hind barricaded door, branded by
the coroner's jury this afternoon as
lis wife's murderer. A few cells away
his cousin, Paul D. Beattie was in
state of collapse on the part he play
ed in the tragedy, following his con-
fession that he fought for the husband
of the murdered woman the shotgun
with which Mrs. Beattie was killed on
the lonely Midlothian road. Paul was
held today in default of $4,000 bond,
which he could not furnish, as wit
ness Across the corridor in the wom-
ems section of the jail Beuldh Binford-
the other woman-sobbed herself to
sleep, grieving in her love for Henry
Clay Beattie, .Jr., which brought both
to jail The II year old girl-mother
OF Beattie's illegitimate son, is also
held as witness in $4,000 bond.
Five miles out in the woods In a
suburb of Manchester, Henry Clay
Heattie, Sr, father of the man charg-
ed with numbering his wife, bowed his
gray head with shame at his sons
plight, while two miles further out on
the lonely Midlothian road the five
weeks old child of Henry Clay Beattie,
Jr sobbed in vain for the soothing
arms Of the mother, whose mutilated
blood soaked body was brought home
by her husband Tuesday night. The
climax OF the crime which has stirred
the aristocracy of Virginia to its very
depths, came when the coroner's jury
which for two days has heard testi
mony in the case, returned late thi:
afternoon verdict declaring tina
Louise Owne Beattie came to he
death as the result Of a gnnsho
wound fired from a gun held by he
husband, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr"
The young man who Tuesday nigh
ran his auto three miles with hi
dead wife's head in his lap, impas
siveiy heard the charge of uxorcid
placed against him.
Turning to his counsel, he asked;
What is the next mover
Then he calmly lit a cigarette.
The jury had been out but fiftee
ainutes, and in as many minute
more an impromptu preliminary hea1
ag had been called, Beattie had wai'
preliminary examination and wa
his way to Richmond jail
saul Beattie, who few hours b.
foi, on the witness stand had SUI
Piled the missing link in the chain
citcumstantial evidence by which tn
au5iorities believe they will taste
the crime on Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
was Immediately remanded to jail
default of bond Then Beulah Binfor'
the Chicago girl who won the heart
Henry Beattie when she was but
year old, was led into the parlor
Cors Yer I4oving's home where Justlt
Grauy had convened court
When she confronted the justit
she shivered slightly and mome'
later fell to the floor in faint. &
vieed and seated in chair she wei
into hysterical condition, her shoul
ers heaving as she sobbed dry-eye
It was an hour before she recover'
sufficiently to be taken to jail
The only witness at the inquest OF
CT than Paul Beattie. was neg
woman who first saw the gun on u
road where 1t was found after q
killing Her testimony was unlmpe
tant. Justice Grady remanded Hen
g, Beattie, Jr., to Jail until August
when the grand jury of the couh'
Chesterfield, In which the crime
committed, Will convene. Beattie :
cepted the mandate without the sllgf
est show Of emotion The office
asked him II there was anything
wished to take to jail with him.
puffed his cigarette meditatively for
moment and replied:
Yes I'd like to take my gut
With me-
Srecsal Counsel Wedenberg, ior
state, declared tonight the uial
Beattie will be rushed.
This is the most dastardly d
fiendish crimes that. Richmond has eV
kncwn.v he said. We will certain
see that the accused man mas an !