The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-11-29

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was picked up later by a negress.
/. This gun, whichs Beattie alleged had
belonged to the mysterious high
wayman, proved the means of send
ing the young man to the electric
lchair.
At theCoroner's inquest the weap-
on was identified by Paul Beattie,
second cousin of young Henry, as
the weapon he had purchased for
Henry with the money furnished by
the latter. Beattie was arrested
immediately after the inquest. This
was on July 81, and on August 10,
one month and a day from the time
of the murder, the trial was begun
before Judge Walter A. Watson, in
the picturesque little Chesterfield
County Courthouse. sixteen miles
from here.
of farmers, and on this fact Beattie
based his claim that he. had been
convicted, not for the murder of his
wife, but because of his relations
with Beulah Binford, a notorious
young woman. He insisted to the
last that a jury of city men would
have freed him.
The trial moved swiftly, though
many witnesses testified, and on
September 8. after fifty-eight min
utes of consideration and prayer.
the jury in chorus, Instead OF
through its foreman, declared Beat
tie to be guilty of the murder OF his
wife. Motion for a new trial was
denied and November "a set as the
day for the execution.
On November 10 the Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals refused
to grant an appeal on a writ OF err
ror, and two days later Gov. Mann,
who had been appealed to for a
Communication or reprieve, issued a
statement declaring that the inter-
ests OF the people of Virginia de-
manded that Beattle should die in
the electric chair.
BeuIah Slept.
New York. Nov. 24.-When, at
1923 this morning. Henry Clay Beat
tie, Jr., stepped into the electric
chair and was executed, Beulah
Binford, the woman for whom he
killed his wife. was sound asleep in
the home of Leon J. Rubinstein, a
moving picture man, who brought
her to New York from Richmond
after she had been released from
jail She had decided not to work
to-day, and at $50 was still sleep
ing soundly.
Buried Beside Grave of Murdered
Wife.
Richmond, Va, Nov. 26.-By
the grave of the wife whom he MUIR
dered July IS, the body OF Henry
Clay Beattie. Jr., was buried in
Maury Cemetery shortly after sun
rise to-day.
There was a brief service at the
residence, attended only by men,
bers of the family and eight friends
who served as pallbearers, and then
the procession moved through the 81
lent streets of South Richmond.
Rev. John j. Fix, who prayed
with Beattie just before he was led
into the death chamber at the pen
itentiary Friday morning, read the
service of the Presbyterian church.
When the burial was concluded,
H. c. Beattie. Sr., left with Doug
las, his son, and Hazel, his daugh-
ter, and two aunts of the murderer.
The aged fathers grief was intense,
The pallbearers, boyhood friends
of Beattie, were asked by him to
serve. Several of them had testified
in his defense at the trial, and one
was his best man when he and Lou
Use Wexford owen were married,
exactly one year from the date he
pleaded not guilty of her murder in
court.
A florists wagon, completely fill
ed with flowers, entered the ceme-
terry gates just after daylight, and
to-day the mound of earth was hid
den beneath chrysanthemums and
immortelles.
After 1t became Known to-day
that the funeral had already been
held, tremendous crowd visited
the cemetery.
Double ropes were stretched |
around the Beattie section. and two
mounted policemen. in addition to
officers afoot, kept the crowds back.
There was no disorder. however,
and no attempt to take away the
flowers.