Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-26
DOZEN WITNESSES
IN BEATT|E
HEARING
None Saw or Heard the MyS-
terious Highwayman Alleged
by Prisoner TO Have Commit
ted the Bloody Deed,
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Chesterfield Court House, VA. Aug
26.--R IL. Snyder dairyman. Sam
Tally, a day lahorer, and A. J. Briggs
the 15-year-old son of d Richmond
contractor, took the witness stand In
the old Chesterfield court house to-
day and gave what the prosecution
regarded as the most important testi-
mony SO FAR introduced in the trial Of
Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.. under indIet-
ment for wife murder.
A dozen witnesses were heard, but
Paul Beattie, the star witness OF the
commonwealth, was not among them.
He may be called late tomorrow.
The dairyman swore that between
sunset and dark on the night Of the
murder he saw an automobile similar
TO Beattie's halt at the roadside not
far from the scene of the crime A
lone man stepped out. he said, ana this
man, the prosecution will attempt to
show, was Beattie, eoncealing the gun
with which 1t is alleged he shot his
wife.
Tally swore that about | o'clock
that night, sitting on the back porch
of his home not far from the road
side, he heard the scream of wom-
an, then shot and finally the noise
of an automobile starting
The Briggs boy testified that some
time between 1890 and II o'clock on
the same night, he and number Of
companions in an automobile had
passed car at the roadside where
the murder was committed. The man,
he said, apparently was fixing a tiro'
the woman was standing on the run
ming board The boy maintained that
they passed no other car ON the rest
of the journey to Richmond. His com
panions will be called to testify along
this line tomorrow.
Sam Tally who said he worked In
quarry. followed Snyder TO the stand,
81 was sitting on the back porch
OF my house, about 800 yeards from
the road Tally testified In direct eX-
animation, then all Of sudden about
II O'Clock / heard the scream Of
woman, then shot. In about ten
minutes heard an automobile start
Did YOU hear anything else, the
cries of n man or for help or the
footing Of an automobile horn y ask
ed the defense, In support of Beatties
story that he had tried to summon
aid after the bearded hlghWaymah
had fired into the car.
Il did not" said the witness, lie re-
called having talked with Beattie and
party Of officers when they visited
the scene.
''What did you say them" he was
asked
II said that If man had shot IN
To ear Of mine | would have crawl
cd out over my wife's body, grabbed
his gun and beaten him with II unnl
only a frazzle was ieft.
Among the other witnesses were r
p. Pettigrew, TO whom a negro de-
livered the gun. N. ]. Jacobs, q ius-
tice of the peace Of Chesterfield conn-
ty Edward shepardson and James
Thomas. both negroes, who live near
the scene Of the crime.
Jacobs. who was called to the owen
home soon aftor the tragedy, tesli-
fled that Boattle gave him statement
of the alleged encounter, substantl
ally as told to the others.
Beattie had said, however that he
did not believe he could Identify the
man who fired the shot Jacobs said
he had examined the victims body
and had found dirt he was not sure
it was grit In the bloody hair. he
said ne had seen blood on the gun
but admitted that several persons who
had been around the bloody car had
handled the weapon.
The negro Thomas testified to
hearing Two automobiles one after
the other and The shot lie heard no
cries or tootingsof horns. The Shep-
ardson hoy told ot having heard tho
shot and noise Of the car starting to.
ward town,