Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
UNMOvEO, BEATT|E
SEES AUTO WIFE
WAS MURDERED IN
Unmoved by Sight Of Blood on
Auto in Which Wife
Met Death.
CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,

CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,
Va, Aug. 24.-The blood-stained auto
mobile in which Louise owen Beatfie
met her death was driven into the
yard of Chesterfield Court House early
today just before the trial OF Henry
Clay Beattie. jr., indicted for wife
murder was resumed. The prisoner
WAS on the lawn when the machine
arrived and he calmly inspected it.
His father raised the cushion OF the
front seat, revealing mass OF Co
agulated blood on the wooden work.
The court convened at 1890 o'clock
and the prisoner took his seat prompt
ly. Today was the first anniversary of
his marriage to the woman he is ac-
cused of numbering
More than sixty witnesses, sub
poenaed by the Commonwealth were
called from the lawn sworn In and I'M
structed to remain outside near the
court room, but not near enough to
hear testimony through the open win
dows With a few exceptions both
sides agreed to exclude all witnesses
from the room while not testifying'
Thomas owen, uncle OF Mrs. Beattie,
to whose home the prisoner brought
the body after the tragedy, took the
witness stand at 11;20.
While the prisoner gazed fixedly at
him, Mr.. owen told how Beattie drove
up to the house on the night of the
murder took his young wife into the
car and returned an hour later with the
dead body beside him. He said Beattie
cried. my God, My God!" as he drove
up, and that Beattie shouted: They
have killed Louise"
Briefly and simply Mr.. Owen told
how the body was lifted from the car,
but said he did not examine the body
at the time. When it was prepared for
burial, however, he saw the wound in
the left cheek, which he described as
being as "big as a half dollar" AS
the witness said this Beattie mumbled
half dollar" loud enough for those
near to him to hear.
Beattie's blood soaked clothes were
unrolled before the jury and the wit
ness identified them. The single bar
relied shotgun, with which the Com
monwealth says the shot was fired. was
then exhibited.
one shown at the coroners inquest, al
which time Paul Beattie swore that he
had purchased It for his cousin Then
the witness described the scene of the
crime on the night OF the murder
Beattie watched his uncle-in-law like
a hawk as the testimony proceeded
and now and then shook his head as
II In contradiction.
"Did you observe the conduct of the
accused at the house after the muir
der?" Owen was asked.
"He seemed to be grieved and I tried
to keep him out of the room where tn,
body was" said the witness He
asked me for some whiskey and ] sent
out for some, and several times he in
qured II his wife was dead. He also
requested several times that l phone tt
his father"
ITO what extent did Beattie use the
whiskey?" asked counsel for the com
monwealth
II am pretty certain / saw him take
a drink" said owen, land later found
a half pint bottle empty" He could
not swear, however, that the prisoner
had drunk it all.
The witness described the bearded
highwayman' picture to him by Beat
tie as his wife's murderer, repeated
Beattie's story Of the alleged encoun-
ter and told of a scratch on Beattie's
face which the prisoner had said the
man in the road inflicted.
did the accused render you any aid
in an attempt to Identify the assas-
SIM" Owen was asked
His description of the man was the
only aid," replied the witness.
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