The Washington times., 1911-09-06
RICHMOND DOES
NOTHING BUT TALK
ABOUT THE TRIAL
Whole City Is Discussing
Beattie Case To Exclu-
sion Of All Else.
By JULIA MURDOCH.

RICHMOND, Sept 6.-"The eyes OF
the world are on Richmond"
Judge Watson said this IN his speech
at the opening of the trial Of young
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., for the murder
of his wife.
Some doubling souls laughed at this
remark of Judge Watsons, but since
the case has opened they have changed
their minds. Today, and, intact, every
dav since the opening Of the famous Be-
attic trial, "all roads have led to Rich
mond. literally as well as metaprorically
sneaking. The tragedy that stirred at
first only this community, now astonish-
60 the entire country. The trial Is
watched more than any trial has been
watched before for many years. ana
the Reattie trial Is the only thing that
people here in Richmond take ACCOUNT
of. The world renowned story Oh TINS
tragedy. this three-cornered oomesuc
tangle that has been brought to hght
by the murder on July Is, Is on every
body's tongue. ~,
well. what do you suppose they Will
do with Beattie?" a girl said 10 me
while she packed box Of candy hao
bo,,ght to take out to Chesterfield court
house for Mrs. Paul Beattie's baby the
other day. Another girl-this one was
black-who was making my bed, asked
me What do you guess they all Is goin
to do with that awful manr
Boys Eagerly Discuss Case.
The boy who brings ice water &c
ones room is willing and anxious tc
linger. even to overlook the fact that ne
is not tipped a dime, If one Will only
talk to him about the Beattie case. Ou'
on the aristocratic Monument avenue
than which there is no more beauutu
street anywhere either In the united
States or abroad, mistress and maic
vie with each other in buying the al
ternoon extras with "an about the
Reattie case in its pages, croWdint
ont all other news. The asistocratit
Southern dame, dressed in cracking Sill
and table cut diamonds, the white-cap
ped maid, with apron store strings ny
ing almost eat up the papers In theu
eaRerness to know all that may be reac
about the Beattie case, showing tina
Kiplfng was discerning person wher
he declared that
The Coloners lady and Bridget O'Grad!
Are sisters under the skin.
cerned, all social barriers have beer
removed, for every man, woman, anc
| child in Richmond NETS on one com
mon ground-discussion Of the Beattit
case.
Patrick McDonough, Broad stree
liquor dealer, received onl yyesterday 6
| letter from an uncle who is visiting IL
ireland, from his home in Richmond
You need not send me the paper!
about the Beattie case" he wrote, "be
cause our Dublin paper is printing two
columns of cable news about 1t ever!
morning. Save the Richmond paper
| for me and j will read them when
Grimy handed, hawkeyed little curb
stone merchants are reaping coppel
harycsts by the sale of extras, whtcl
are printed hourly. at the rate 9
would almost seem for each witness.
Theirs is a crop that is gathered daily
nothing interferes with their work
The circulation of one Richmond at
ternoon paper jumped 5000 In one day
Outside Papers Watched.
Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore
end New York papers containing tn
news of the trial are eagerly scanned
10 see whether the indefatigable cor
respondents on the job at Chesterfiel'
have found some little wisp OF new
that the local papers have overlooked
ON the day that Henry Clay BATH
took the stand in his own defense
business in Richmond was at a stand
still.
Girls in the stores and tobacco fac
tories loafed on their jobs, and dis
cussed the case to their hearts con
tent They knew the boss would nev
er know It. and wouldn't care II b
v q sa