Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-05

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his five women friends, who testified
entered the court room he smiled and
greeted them warmly. His gray
haired father, who sat beside him,
escorted each to the witness chair,
and when Hazel Beattie, his daugh-
ry's pleasant home, the aged parent
bent over and kissed the young girl
as she stepped to the witness chair.
Testimony concerning the con-
struction Of automobiles and the like
, lihood of blood dripping to the
ground through the lower machinery
was given by Lee Folger, Carroll
Montague, Charles Taylor, John Won
Lehr and Marion Joynes, automobile
experts.
w. F. Gordon, an automobile ex-
pert. testified that he had examined
the Beattie car, and that the blood
on the seat went down to the front
and side Of the gasoline tank, q great
deal had dripped on to the brake
band and finally went to the ground"
A sensation was created by news
that in the examination Of the Beat
tie car by the prosecutions witnesses,
Immediately following a similar ex-
animation by witnesses for the de-
| fense, an expert discovered a few
strands Of hair thought to be from
the head of Mrs. Louise Owen Beat
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blood in the lower part of the car.
Detectives for the prosecution imme-
diately went to confirm the report.
Detective Scherer said the finding
of the hair under the seat cushion in
dicated the cushion was up and was
in line with the prosecutions theory
that the woman's head was concealed
under the seat.
When Douglas Beattie took the
stand early today he admitted when
cross-examined by Prosecutor Wen
| denburg that he would not have rem
| dered the assistance he did to the
detectives in running the automobile
to and from and about the scene of
the crime II he had known they
would lay the crime against my
brother"
The witness also said he would
have washed and cleaned the car that
very night.
The prosecution drew this forth on
cross-examination and by its ques-
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stroying evidence upon Douglas for
having some blood washed from the
machine before the authorities seized
1t.
Saturdays Proceedings.
Only two important witnesses faced
the jury today, Charles H. Kestleberg,
and William H. Sampson, and with the
exception Of their testimony today's
sharp exchange between the opposing
counsel toward the end of the day re-
vealed that Beulah Binford, the So
called girl in the case," might go on
the witness stand before the trial end
ed. 1t came after a sarcastic remark
by one Of the counsel for the defense
when Sampson had testified concerning
the prisoners relations with the Bin
ford girl.
You were summoned by the prose-
cution, too, were you not?" asked Hen
ry M. Smith, Jr., Of the defense.
YES" was the reply.
But you were never called to testi-
fy?' said Mr.. Smith.
THAT makes no difference" inter-
jected Prosecutor Wendenburg.
"Oh, yes it does" snapped Mr..
Smith. You have kept Beulah Binford
in Jail now for a month and did not
put her on the stand"
well, we'll see about that" said
Mr.. Wendenburg with a smile, inti-
mating that the Binford girl might be
put on the stand in rebuttal next
week.
You didn't dare to put her on in
the examination in chief, however"
said Mr.. Smith, before Judge Watson
interfered and put an end to the dis
| cussion.
1t has become evident that the pur-
pose of the commonwealth in with
holding the Binford girl from the
stand has been to await the testimony
Of the prisoner himself regarding the
girl whom the prosecution points to
as the motive for the murder of Mrs.
Beattie.
The intention of the commonwealth.
II was admitted tonight, Is to confront
the accused some time next week with
the Binford girl to contradict certain
statements which 1t Is expected Beat
tie will make when he Is on the stand
II he clings to the story he told at
| the coroner's inquest.
The most dramatic moment Of the
trial, however, is expected to be reach
ed when the commonwealth confronts
the two cousins, Paul and Henry, with
one another and the prosecution puts
forth it's questions concerning the al
legged purchase of the gun by Paul and
| it's supposed transfer to Henry.
Another tale Of a mysterious man
with a shotgun was introduced today
| by F. K. Clements. He declared the
man had a 'whitish" beard, thereby
adding a third variety OF color to the
| sandy and straggly" and gray
boards" already testified to by other
witnesses to have covered the face OF
| the mysterious man. On cross exam
| ination Prosecutor Wendenburg drew
| forth the admission that 1t was not an
| unusual sight to see man with gun
on his shoulder during the hunting
season or after it's close when rabbits
were plentiful in the surrounding
woods.
interesting leSllHlOHy was piouuSSu
| by William T. Sampson, a chum of the
accused and his companion on many
pre- nuptial hours of dissipation. He
declared Henry Beattie never really
loved the Binford girl but when their
relations were accidentally renewed"
shortly before the murder 1t was mere
| ly a passing escapade.
Charles H. Kestleberg, a wholesale
meat merchant of Richmond, gave an
account of the motor ride he had taken
on the Midlothian turnpike on the night
Of the murder and presented informa-
ton contradicting the theory of the
prosecution that Mrs. Beattie was
standing either on the running board
of the machine or in the road when
she was killed. He testified that the
| woman with him occupied such posi-
| tion on the running board when he
stopped his machine to fix 1t and when
a machine load of boys. who already
have testified for the commonwealth,
passed him.
| Just before court closed today, Judge
Watson denied a request of the de-
fense to take the prisoner to Richmond
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