The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-06
LAWYERS ARGUE
!. ABOUT CHARGE.
Testimony In Beattie Case
Il Is All In.
REBUTTAL IS DAMAGING

Prosecution Hsa Witnesses to Dis
prove Nearly Every Statement
Made by Prisoner on the Stand.
Was Unable TO Account Fer Pres
cnce In Alleged Highwsyman's
Asnds Of Gun Purchased by Cousin.
story Of Auto Ride Confirmed.
Chesterfield c. H., Va, Sept. e.
MI evidence in the case for and
against Henry Clay Beattie, Jrp is
now in. Tomorrow morning at 0
O'Clock the lawyers will begin the
summing up and before adjournment
of court the jury will have retired
to determine the final issue of life or
death.
There is no court session at Ches-
terheld crossroads today. Instead the
lawyers for the commonwealth and
the defense met with Judge Watson
In the chambers of the supreme court
In Richmond to argue the matter of
the judges charge to the jury. I'm
der the Virginia practice, before the
court charges the pury in capital
chses. both sides are given an oppor-
tunity TO urge upon him certain
clauses, in his instructions, tho argu-
Inent in no sense being binding upon
the court, but merely advisory
The completion of testimony came
suddenly when Henry owen, broth
ed of the woman who was murdered,
the last witness for the prosecution
In rebuttal, was on the stand. His
taking the stand was the final sur
prise launched at Beatties defense by
louis Wendenburg. the common
wealths prosecutor. After he lad de-
MED the story of Henry Beattie, that
10 the END his wife and he had never
exchanged a cross word, Wendenburg
announced that the prosecution rest.
ed its rebuttal. The defense lad no
serious rebuttal to make and the ten
days of evidencetaking were t1us
brought abruptly to an end.
Day of Disasters.
This final day in the rrcsccrtion's
effort to bring Henry Bcattie 70 pun
ishment for the crime Of watch he is
accused was quite the most disastrous
OF all that had passed over his head.
No great sensation was sprung, but
bit by bit the story that the prisoner
had himself told on the stand and
that favorable witnesses had sought
20 substantiate for him, was torn
down by an Overwhelming weight or
evidence in rebuttal. The final qucs-
ton that had been propounded to
Beattie when he resumed the stand
for few minutes TO have his cross
examination completed remains unan-
swered and, above all other questions
ut issue, the most frought with sig
nificance.
How did the gun bought ny Paul
Beattie three days before the murder
happen to be in the hands of the man
who shot your wife. and how do you
account for the fact that in every de-
tail OF shooting II always was the gun
bought by Paul Beattie that Is in evil
dence?" was the last question that
Wendenburg shot at Henry Beattie
before he left the stand.
II can not account for that" was
Beattie's answer; nor did his counsel
account for 1t, except to put on wit.
nesses to say that Paul Beattle's rep
utation for truth and veracity is bad.
BY constant iteration Henry Beat
tie sought to establish the fact both
In his direct and cross-examination
that -on the certain Thursday night,
when Paul says Henry met him with
a secondhand shotgun, he had not
seen his cousin Paul, and did not go
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