New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-21
.BEATT|E MURDER MYSTERY
Coroner Has No CIeW as to VINO
Shot Woman.
HE HINTS AT A SURPRISE
NAV Make Sensational Arrest
Soon-Husband Insists Tall
Man Did the Shooting.

Richmond. Va. July 9o.-The authorizes
confess themselves to he absolutely WIN
out , single cIew that would shed any
Iigbt ON the shooting Of Mrs. Henry Gay
Reattie. who was killed Tuesday nig"'
while riding in an automobile VIII"
husband The Coroner has fiXed to-''o,
row for the inquest, but ne mas no
dence going to show who is Responsible '''
the womans death. The Coroner "o"
ever has stated that after the meetns W
his Jury of inquest there probeDiy VIII
an arrest that will cause surprise anu
create a sensation.
Last night the coroner took charge OF the
clothes which Beattie wore at the tibe vi
the murder. the shotgun with which ne say
tho crime was committed. and the blooh
stained automobile in which the Beattes
were riding and In which Beattle brough'
his wife home after she had been shot
According to the story that the young
husband tells, he had taken his VIE OUT
for a little fresh air on Tuesday night
baby recently born had been left sleepihe
at home I'm Manchester Beatue says tlat
the car was speeding along 3 rather DARK
country road at about fifteen miles an hour
when a man armed With shotgun SUD
denly stepped directly in the automobile
path from a side road. Beattie threw the
brakes on lust i'm time to escape mtting
the man he SAYS. but the latter was suriy.
What are you trying to do, run over me
Reattie saws he inquired. and then when
told that the road was big enough for both
this man is said to have thrown his gun 10
,,ipt a
Beatte
He was standing not over six feet from
the car" Beattie says. "and the muzzle OF
the gun was not more than yard from
my wife As he fired I leaped from me
, car and grappled with him. ] seized the
gun with the intention of wrestling it from
him but the man was fully six feet tall
and he broke my grip. Then swinging the
gun with terrific force he brought the
butt down on my nose, rendering me IN
conscious for a moment When | came 10
he had disappeared leaving the gun be-
hind him"
Beattie's nose has a slight scar on II TO
bear out his story Of having been struck
down By the murderer. The gun which he
saws he put i'm the back Of the car was
found yesterday morning at railroad
crossing. where Il might have bounced out
of the car when the automobile went over
the rails The detectives are centring their
| energies to-day on an attempt to discover
the owner of the gun.
Whoever shot Mrs. Beattie was close TO
her as shown by the wound I'm her face
Il Is not more than an inch In diameter,
and I'm the flesh were embedded bits OF
yadding. while the features were covered
with powder marks. Beattie says That al
ter ne found his wife was dead he drove
the automobile with one hand over fifteen
miles of country road TO his home In Man
chester holding his wife's body with the
ether arm.
4 strange feature of the case is that two
nools Of blood some distance apart were
found I'm the road at the spot where the
shooting took place. Beattie Is unable 10
explain how they came there, as he de-
ciares that any blood that might have
soaked through the floor of the automo-
bile would have been caught in the drip
pan underneath the motor
Beattie was closely questioned again to-
night at the home Of Coroner Loving.
I'm Chesterfield County. The examina-
ton was conducted in the presence
Of detectives and other officials, but the
line of questioning was not disclosed. After
the examination Beattie and the officials
returned to their homes here.
II had been intimated that an arrest in
the case would be made to-day. but the
detectives took no action.