The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-03
To REVEAL
PAST LIFE
OF BEiTTIE
Awful Tale Of Crime VIII Ba
GlVsn to Public When
Woman ToStIiIes
tBy Leased Wire)

tBy Leased Wire)
Richmond, Va, Aug. Beulah Bin.
iord, The woman in the case. VIII
be a stale witness against Henry Clay
beattie. Jre when he is placed on
Trial for the murder of his wife. This
Was learned today, though Captain
lMcMahon, chief of detectives of Rieh-
lmond, declared that he would be able
no convict the young husband without
a-e girls testimony There have
,lbeen few more brilliant pieces Of de-
Elective work than Captain McAiahon
lhas displayed in solving the murder
.lof the young wife who Was mysteri-
lonsly slain on the Midlothian pike on
IJnly 10
The case was an abnormal ones full
lof battling contradictions. yet within.
a dozen hours OF the time that the
lbloodhounds gave the first clew Cap
tain McMahon had the chief Witness.
lthe woman IN the case, the accused
man, all under arrest, had located the
lpaWnbroker who sold The gun with
(which the woman was Shot ana had
him identify the gun and the man 10
whom he sold it, Other detectives
have silNse been brought into the
lease, but All they have done has been
Imerely to tie up the loose threads OF
the evidence. That case was practic-
Tally completed when Mcmahon finish
led his first days work.
Strange Human Drama
Captain McMahon knows his Grim
inal Richmond as a good housekeeper
. knows the dark corners OF her cellar
and when ii became practically cer-
tain that Henry Beattie had Killed his
young wife, Captain Mcmahon didn't
have to look for possible motives or
strange women lie had watched
Henry Beattie sowing his wild oats
crop for years.
Re had seen silb. pretty iiuIe Beu
I lah Binford chuclied on the street
when she was child, leading what
she called the gay lie, ana he knew
Of her relationship With l3eattie. the
poor relation, who was accustomed to
do his rich cousins errands, aad so
al he had To do was to stretch ent
his hands and gather the dramatis
nersOnae In one Of the strangest hui
man dramas ever enacted
Il consider the fact that the blood |
hounds, when taken to the spot where |
Mrs Beattie was killed, refused 70
take up any trial but just ran from
the spot of blood 10 the stump he
hind which Beattie is believed to
have hidden the gun and back again, !
rs proof positive that no third pare
ty was on tho scene, and the reason |
the dogs could not follow the trial /
away from the place Is because Beat /
tie left IL ON the rubber wheels @f hiSl
said Captain McAlahoneI
Planned an Elopement as4
When Beulah Biuford isbput,apoud
the stand she Will not 0nlA tell All
about her relationship with Beattie,
but of how he told her lac would have
to live with his wife until his father
died in order not to be disinherited,
hut that when the "Old man died
they would so away somewhere TO-
gether. The girl viii not spare him
She Is utterly hard and calious and
and she Is looking OUT TO
save herself
Henw Beattic, with plenty Of mon
ay and an automobile. was one thing
good thing Henry Beatlie In nriS'
an. accused OF murder, with no money
Ia spcnd, rs another pair Of sleeves
rhe life women OF Beulah Blnfow's i,
Slnd lead does not cultivate the nner /
ceiling. She has known no other
,noe she was q littie child. u there
VAS every ANY sympathy or tender
less In her lt has been blasted by the
.irocco of passion that ls all that sho III
las ever known OF love She has no s
antinient toward him that would d
,ronut her to sacrifice single hair q
If her golden head for him Ip
Fate puts strange weapons in Ia
TRANCE hands but YOU may depend &
mon 1t that when Beulah binlofd s
oes upon the witness stand she wili II
verge her wrong against Henry d
,ostue to the last ounce of ilesh'
)ther Crimes Barred
.e. facing chiyalrous southern iur4. 4
he arlstocratic, proud owens VIII ue 3,
,rred 10 raise the veil of secrecy "a
hat they hung before the door ol
sei. daughters marriage to Boauie
ma tell the story OF a bride smlpeh
own of suqerings int0lerahle. of
ounding health wrecked, aud a youhs S
lie going home 90 her people "l'"
heir i've wCeks' old babe. Ic,
Also. ltIN VIII NttA VT IAl
.ct of his wife of hts Heudish iemper Nh
,at coWed hor and made hcr irem- sd
ID hafora hlm-thmgs that make t-e GO
IAN who listens 20 them KIP his ts
srds hard and tight ug
Ther. Paul Beaiiie. Che poor cons
an enileptic. weak and pi.aoie Hl :
ina. win be nut on tho stand to tes
~ to having been ln The haul on
,nniue crrands for Beury- he WIN
IN fbat Henry asked him to buy hlin
recondha Shotgun on the hl7',
Tslv i0. and that he did 50. ana
III after he boueht the gun be toiu
eurv about ct ana Hmr( same ~,
.m in Inc automobile. and they Men-
.ro+her to the paVnslop and GOT ir
errr remaining in the auio "nllt
aud went into the store for tne sg-
f...ttts sfIeres be wrenchea We
,- awav from the assassin in tle
srt on tie pike. He also denies
"a bc was with Paul af ah iAal
.ehf. but tle prosecution mas wv
illnesses Who will testify lo hatl.-
~ fhc cousins together fhat nirnt
fbat part of the town. And lAe
v-,broter recalls having seen ~
ito standing near his sh0n "ni-e "S
lid the gun TO Paul