The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-30

o. Mrs. iieA,,!c On The stand,
lital'3r. under Instructions from iiis
lEM}tta, lialrY VI S.nl.ll. Jr, do
'-}ned 10 answer nnS question fe'a'-
lhg 10 his Intimacy With Bculah iiin.
iofd i}ui during the morning Paul
ltea,t!e. Henry cousin. had com
iofscd to the Richmond police that
the Saturday prior 10 the killing
he had bought n single barrel shot
gun for his cousin and had turned
II over 10 him. with three cartridges.
Paul later Identified the gun found
ON the Midlothian turnpike as the
gan he gave his cousin.
%Irattic Is Arrested.
The inquest adjourned ut noon
with I9enttic slim ON the staud and
while he Was eating lunch at his
home, officers accompanied by Paul
l3cattic entered the house and arrest
ed him. At the afternoon session OF
the inquest lleulah Binford took the
stand and told of her relations with
Beattic. She told of the renewal OF
these relations shortly after Beat
tics son. Henry Clay Bcattie III was
born, and her .ctU:n TO Richmond
from Norfolk where she met Reattie.
The Coroncr's jury after u brief
consideration held Beuttie for the
action of the grand jury.
On August II, the Grand Jury re-
turned an Indictment against licattic
for murder in the first degree, and
on August II. he was placed on trial.
Then cnsucd one of the strongest.
legal battles that Virginia has ever
known.
Out in the little Chesterfield Coun-
ty Court House, fourteen miles from
Richmond, five miles from Il rail-
road, a courteous, kindly southern
gentleman, Judge Watson, took
charge of the trial. District .Attor-
ney Gregory assisted by Louis O.
W~endenburg, II OF Richmond's
criminal lawyers conducted
the prosecution an: Harry NJ. Smith
and Hin Carter made the fight for
Beattic's life.
Family Loyal to Him.
The physical facts surrounding the
crime, and the contradictory atur
OF the stories told 10y Henry Beat,ie,
his unfaithfulness to his wife, and
the story of his cousin Paul We're
the foundation upon which the state
rested its case. The father, sister
and friends of l;cattie took the stand
in a vain effort to establish for him
4 reputation that would convince the
twelve Chesterfield county farmers
who made up the jury, that he was
of the crime charged
against him.
Throughout the trial Paul Beattie,
the star witness for the prosecution,
and little seventeen year old Beulah
Binford, sweetheart Of the prisoner
were kept locked in ~llenrico County
Jail. Paul WAS on the stand for two
but the seventeen year old girl
as never taken to Chesterfield
court house to tell her story. She
had been summoned as a witness by
the prosecution but the shrcwd law
years believed that her attachment
for Henry I5eattie would make her
an undesirable witness, and she MAS
never placed on the stand.
In her stead, her mother. Il big,
of her daushter's relations With Hem
~ JpC'illlc, MS ioNt ioi lut SIil dilGN
his renewal OF their intimacy after
marriage. After three weeks oi
testimony, and argument, the
twelve Chesterfield county farmers
retired one evening to the jury room,
knelt down and prayed for Divine
guidance. discussed the evidence,
knelt and prayed agin, and then fill
into the court room with a verdict
guilty. Judge Watson Immediate
ly pronounced the death sentence,
fixing November ~, totay, rs the
date of the execution.
An appeal to the higher courts
and Beattie fixed his hope OH
an application for pardon. reprieve
Or communication of sentence to Gov
ernor Mann. After Il short consid-
however, Governor Mann, in
Il scathinG statement declined to
grant tho pardon. and expressed the
opinion that Leattic was attempting
to escape the penalty OF Il crime OF
he knew he Was guilty.