Arizona republican., 1911-09-08
THE STATE, ALSO,
 HAS AN INNING
Prosecutor Gregory Declar- ed Beattie an Enemy to Society and Recited Re volting Details of His Double Life.

CHESTERFIELD COURTHOUSE Sept. 7.-Attorney Hin Carter sought for five hours today, with pathetic pleas and arguments, to convince twelve sweltering jurors that Henry Clay Beattie Jr., is not guilty Of the murder of his wife At sunset Carter concluded, and tomorrow the great battle of the trial will come in a clash between Henry NJ. Smith, Jr., for the defense, and l.. O. Weden- berg for the prosecution. The case probably will reach the jury tomorrow afternoon late. In unspairing de- nunciation of Paul Beattie. cousin of the accused as a weakling and falsi- fer, Carter at times fairly shouted to the jury as he leaned over the bar, but when the day was drawing to a close his voice sank to a whisper of impassioned appeal
 If the gentlemen of this jury" he said, can. within the sanctity of an oath prevent the pressing of the poisoned chalice to the lips of this aged father, his heart already bleed ing from the stab Of a dagger if you can. l say. spare him his son whom
 
 name of mercy to bring in a verdict of not guilty"
 The lean man of wrinkled brow and Sunkcn cheeks, who sat beside his accused son. dropped his eyes and raised a large fan to conceal the trembling of his lips. Young Beattie stared hard at the jurors faces. his own face white and set. For a mo ment there was silence, then Judge Watson looked at his watch, glanced through the windows at the long shadows on the green and adjourned court to o'clock tomorrow.
 The day began with the reading of Judge Watson's instructions to the jury Attention was drawn to the frailty of the alleged confession of Henry to Paul, and the manner in which it came. namely, in jail from. an incarcerated witness to the com monwealth's attorney. Other points in the story of Paul, relating to meet ing his two cousins alone, unsup ported by other testimony, was held up as requiring careful scrutiny.
 J. NJ Gregory, who opened the ar gument for the prosecution. laid par ticular stress upon the horror of the crime and the admissions of the ac- cused himself on the witness stand as to his relations with Beulah Bin ford and their continuance nOtwith- standing his marriage. The prosecutor appealed to the moral and religious sense Of the jurors and bespoke in bitter terms the aversion of society to the life of dissipation depicted by Beattie, his chum Simpson and numerous other witness. Quoting from scripture and pointing out wherein the character of Beattie has been most revolting in its immortality, Gregory reviewed the loathsome de tails of the double life admitted by the accused and held up Beulah IT. Rinford. a girl of the under world. as the motive for the crime. The argument of Carter followed. He pointed out many inconsistencies in the testimony of Paul He asked, If we are to believe Paurs story, why did the accused have someone else buy a big. bunglesome shotgun for him. when he could have used plstoi which is much smaller and much easier to conceal. Why did he have anyone buy a gun" the lawyer asked Wouldn't you buy your own gun II you used a gun?' He chung stead fastly to Beattie's story of a hlgh- wayman's committing the crime.