Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-23
NEWS OF THE OLD DOMINION.
CLAIMS INNOCENCE
Young Wife Slayer Prepared to Meet
His Fate. Beulah Binford
Disappears.

Richmond, Nov. 23.-"I am limo.
cent"
Thus Henry Clay Beattie. jr., con-
demned to die ut dawn Of Friday for
wife murder, announced yesterday
through Rev. DR.. J. ]. Fix, one of hs
spiritual advisers. He added that be
would make 90 confession.
Il am ready to die. perhaps it is
better thus. A respite would prolong
thu agony Of my father. am pre-
pared to meet my MAKER" are the
words attributed to Beasie by Rev.
Mr.. Fix, whu gave him the message
of the governors refusal to grant q
respite,
Rev. MIR, Dcnnls says il ever 1 man
vas reborn that man is Henry Clay
Eeati!r, ir, and adds that 10 hrs op,n-
ion The worst is already over wItn tie
young n1aa.
CreS,ia!len, hopeless, all his jaunii-
ness and hoyi-hr;es= s"rpT away by the
abs lutte kuo~ie &C tia ne must DIE
next Friday mormins, B.atiiv has
paused il lis pra!c.s iuDg enough
20 write 4 letter - his Tor:ne; chun,
his boon companion 90 his cscap"d :
in Richmond ana Norfolk, Billy"
Sampson, who, rs a Witness on the
Beattle's behalf, announced that both
re and Harry had gone the pace,
but hadu't broken the speed limit"
Totally unlike the i!ippant notes toe
,oung fellows ued to exchange III
other days was this letter that Beattie
sent from the death house. It is all
expressive OF the serious, religious
turn that Beattie has taken in the lace
| Of death. In it he does not coufess
the murder of his wife, but an init.
mate friend of the Bsattie family de-
clared that this communication con.
tanned the following paragraph:
/ The Biblical quotation IS all true
Billy, that says the wages Of sin is
DEATH
From slenderness Beattie's body has
faded to skin and bones. His large
eyes havel grown larger and brighter
and more nervous in a face grown
deathlike in palor, and the check is
made the winter by the sprouting OF
his beard. For weeks he has been
allowed the service OF the barber, lest
lie kill himself rather than be put TO
death by the authorities OF the state.
No kuifr aud fork have been allowed
at his meals. His meat is cut for
him; be has fed himself with spoon.
Beuah Binford. tho girl who figured
so prominently in the Beattie case as
the young man S alleged affinity, has
not been in Redmond for months,
and her Whereabouts are unknown,
except possibly to her mother who de.
clines TO talk.
Mr.. and Mrs R. V. Owen, OF Dover,
DEL, parents OF Louise Ovens Beattie,
will not ask tor clemeucy.
Their attitude now is the same as it
has been all through the case, that
Lhe judgement OF the law must be &C.
c-pted.
The infant con OF the murderer, now
six months old, is with his grapdpar-
ents in Dover, and is reported as doing
well. Because of tie notriety OF the
case, the Guild has not yet been named
Puor to tue murder OF II, mother 1t vas
intended to call it after its father.
This, however, will not be done.
When the matern i graud,a .uer was
asked what he and his wife call TIL.
child, he replied, I'VE merely call the
ittle fellow baby" He "ould Tot
Sd, VII tue christening would take
| place. The grandfather said:
We have "ilta dl,cu scJ tile future
OF the hule one he ch,it - our s.ai:wl.-
Isr TIE Gcs-,U'i,y 81. some uue tu.l-
lag BIN aGuu, las lI@a. G.g, gsYrn u.
no ltttle concern. However. q. r. !,
no remedy. liy wi5e IS cdr@@ f..
him IS only & iprlME &r.aImotrnr ra,,
aud she vii comtIu.:a - 20 50, ct
course.
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