The Detroit times., 1911-08-25
DIRECTS HIS
OWN DEFENSE



I'll he passed out OF sight around the
corner OF the building. Il was the
fixed on his cousin during the cor
oner's inquest Not once did Paul
Defense overruled.
Proceedings were delayed by Paul's
late arrival. The automobile In
which was conveyed broke down,
causing the delay.
Judge Watson today overruled a
point raised by the defense regarding
the indictment. Attorney Smith
argued that all evidence as to the
wound that killed Mrs. Beattie extend
ing back into the head, was inadmis-
sible, because the indictment declared
that a wound in the face" caused her
death.
When court convened, Smith made
another legal objection. He moved TO
exclude all testimony relating to the
letter written by Beattie to Beaulah
Binford, because Beattie's admission
at the coroner's inquest, that he had
written the letter, was privileged by
him. He argued that Beattie was leg
ally under examination at that time,
although he volunteered the informa-
ton. Judge Watson refused to strike
out the testimony.
Wendenburg declared that the state
would show that Beattie volunteered
the testimony TO prevent Beulah Bin
ford evading the question to shield
him.
Despite these set-backs, Beattie
smiled and chatted earnestly with
Smith, keeping his pencil busy jotting
down notes. The jury was brought in
and George FARRELL, Chesterfield
county deputy and policeman, who as
sisted Coroner Loving In the inquest,
was called as the first witness of the
day.
Among the witnesses, Thursday az
ternoon, was May Stuart, a stout mid
dle-aged woman, who told OF Beattie's
association with Beulah Binford. She
swore to being the proprietor Of a
questionable resort In Richmond and
that Beattie had appeared there with
the Binford girl four times within the
two months preceding the murder and
for the last time Oh July II, the night
before the crime. Beulah Binford, she
testified, she had known for several
years.
After having the witness describe
how Beattie and his 17-vear-old com
panion had visited her place. the COM
monwealth introduced In evidence a
letter written by the defendant to the
Binford girl and identified as such at
the inquest. Penned on his fathers
business stationery, Beattie wrote In
part:
Dear Kid-Pay this on the furni-
ture and make him give you an item
lied account Of what you must pay
each week. Well, be good, with
oceans Of love brimming with kisses.
Yours,
fsigned) HON"
"Yassah, yassah, dat's de gun"
Witness said the gun was lyins
along the Belt Line tracks, some dis
tance from the road.
"You lef. the gun where you found
it?" asked Smith on cross-examina
tion.
"Ah suah did," said Mandy.
Her testimony ended the first ses-
sion of tho day.
FARRELL related the story Of the
'beared man." as told to him by Beat
tie at the Owen home on the night
OF the murder. He said the prisoner
told him that he thought the man in
tended to shoot over his head TO
frighten him and the assailant ran
into the woods after he had taken the
gun from him. Several other wit
nesses have declared that Beattie said
the man ran down the road.
FARRELL described his midnight Eisit
TO view the blood spots on Midlothian
turnpike and told of the detective
work that preceded the calling In of
the bloodhounds. He related Beattie's
driving the blood-soaked automobile
back to the scene OF the crime and
placing II on the exact spot where
he believed his wife was killed.
During the cross-examination OF
farrell. Beattie grew excited and
talked volubly, and at times audibly.
10 his attorneys. Jarrell's testimony
was corroborated by Major James Pat
ton, another Chesterfield county of
ficer.
Then came a new sensation. w. W..