The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-23

danger that Henry would have been
cast out or at least cut off with u pit
| tance.
10th Would HIVE Vanished.
Fortune and Beulah both would
! have vanished. Henry knew all
this. untii then his father had rep
family Golfers: he had no desire to
| murder the old man who loves him SO
+. truly. but was content to walt pa
tiently for his death. AS long as
! he remained passive and unknow-
Ing all was well; as long as
| Louise was willing to endure in sill
cnce there was no need to worry about
I her either. But when Louise at last
reached the end of patience and en-
I durance, and when bitter quarrels
drove both to extreme ends, there was
a change. Potentialitics were In dan
ger of becoming actualities. 1t was not
60 much the remote prospect of secur-
Ing Beulah still more securely that
summoned him, but the immediate fear
Tor the safety of the whole fabric oil
his double lie. The girl must be stop.
ped before she reached the old man
; with the word that would stir him to
anger and action There was but one
way. He slew her-so the State
This or something like it will be the
ultimate object OF the Commonw cath
10 establish and 1t Is the nearest that
has yet been got to a motive with u
reasonable point. Witnesses Will be
introduced, it is said. to prove that the
family life had grown unhappy and
miserable to the young wife During
June and July. it Will DO alleged,
there had been moro than one bitter
quarrel. Finally the crash came
Medical experts will be summoned to
testify. Louise owen, patient as she
be stated that her father was on his
way from Delaware at her call. The
| storm was about to break. Then she
died.
States Hard Fight
But while the prisoner has taken no
trouble to deny his long-standing as
| ISOLATION with the Binford woman, and
gives this much freely into the hands
o, tne commonwealth lie does deny
! and very vigorously. tho allegations
touching the recent attitude OF his wife
| toward himself. Nobody can say u
Gross word ever passed between us.
he declares So far as his pleasure in
| the society of Beulah is concerned
the Commonwealth has the admissions
or both, but 1t has been seen that
however interesting and important in
us general bearing on the case. this
does not constitute u convincing mo
tive Tor the particular incident OF the
crime. When il comes TO the latter. to
! thosc recent household Developments
which are said to have more or less
suddenly brought Beauties cherished
| hopes into jeopardy. il vii! not be so
easy matter. Here the Common
| wealth must iight and light hard, foi
| mere the prisoner no longer admits but
denies, and with much show OF conf
dence. And right here IL Is most i'm
poftant OIL all that the Commonwealth
show strong hand. Whether or not
II VIII pc able TO do SO remains to be
seen. Whether or not its evidence
VIII be so impressive that the tner CON
siderations touching the question OF
clear and reasonable motive may he
oisregarded the future must tell on
the lace OF ii this evidence appears
strong. 10. ttS,.,..
6ut as yet the defense has not shown
us hahu' and there is excellent author
ny Tor the statement that. whether
they nave been Yet summoned or NOT
there are in existence witnesses who
| VIII latly contradict the testimony OF
the commonwealth. who will declare
mat the nome life OF the younger Beat
.!es was not unhappy, but on the
lather had not been summoned and
was not on his way to Richmond, bur
hurried here only after he learned OF
the tragedy.
The Ultimate Question.
And whom ali is said and done with
motive shown and the deed proved
II such be the case-there will still re-
main question TO which no answer
can come How could a man horn OF
woman strengthen his arm and steel
ms heart against defenseless girl, his
VIE and the mother OF his child? What
motive. however impeling, could In
thlsf To the sane and normal mind n
is an impossible question. There is
no way to understand in a human be-
ing mat which in a wild beast OF the
cradle thing. Now and then such
thinSs occur. and this is all that can
be said for them. True beyond oues
tlon. they yet stand ineXplicable. unless.
as morals and human feeling. "A
demon within me did this thing-nor
my true self said McCuo, and none
could contradict him
finaliy. II there be in fact at times
| some strange lapse that carries men
down TO level which knows no de-,
scrlptiVe word. should not an inteIli-
s s, manifestly still acting, reach
, out 10 oras MIN back? There Is no
warrant IN criminal history for a new
murderer to expect to escape the wages
OF his crime. With Cluverius and .ieIer
rhliiips and many others gone before
'rin,, -ncCue me most recent. did like
WISE and straishtway went to n like
Iate. And now Henry Beattie comes 10
answer for a similar crime ana s,r,
llar loliy. Here again one stops with.
out understanding
Has He Chancef
AND In the meantime the prIsopar e.,
nis soiltary cell, with strange uncon.
S Sh. smiles and reads and smokes The
LAS away. Has he chance? He has
furposely throughout, the case for ~
commonwealth has been consIderad
aooSe from hostile point OF view. re
saraiess OF the opinions OF the writer
VI anSooay else The question OF gull
VI Iniocehce mas not entered into it.
mieIely the problem OF whether or NOT
unaer the law. there is possibility thai
beatue may yet walk forth free man
Tl AZ least escape the death penalty
nc conclusion is an affirmative. shared
ny hunoreds in the city to-day. The
case OF the Commonwealth. as 1t stands
revealed at present, while imnressivo
10 degree. Is. after all. In the judg
| legal point OF view, as had beon s' ,mo
posed But the Commonwealth. TOO
may be holding few cards In reserve