The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-26
NO BIG CROWD At
BEATT|E FUNERAL
Brief Service Will Be Held in
NIaury Cemetery at 7 O'clock
This Morning.
NO FRIENDS ARE INVITED
Only the Family ana Pallbearcrs
Will Attend the Last
Sad Rites

Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., who paid
the death penalty III the electric chair
on Friday. will he buried ut o'clock
, this morning In Maury Cemetery, closs
BY :the grave OF the wife lie Killed
Only the members OF the family and
the l-bearers VIII be present. While
Il had been generally known that the
funeral services would be held to day,
no hour was announced. The ceremony
is astir and tho family will be spared
possible annoyance from morbid
, crowds.
The burial service customary 10 the
PRESBYTERIAN Church will he conducted
at tho residence, on Porter Street. early
tor OF the church in which III. G. Beat
tic, Sr., Is ii ruling cluer, and lnlch
Henry Clny Rcattlc, Jr., joined wnen
a boy
Surrounded by Flowers.
Following the rlcctrocutlon Friday
morning tnc bod" was removed to the
! undertaking roomg Of Is. II. MorrA set
x son. 4; West seventh Street, south
Ricnmond. After being prepared tor
home. aud has since been aacredly
guarded by those who are stricken
With grief.
y great. many floral offerings were
sent yesterday TO the home, but they
came from frend3 and expressed tho
hecn feeling Of sympathy when has
been expressed for the rather 81 the
boy. There were flowers, too from
! rcnry tscattie's fricnds. There was 10
mau.in display from strangers.
itcst3. Near Murdered wife.
The formal permit having been ia
suco by the COMMITTEE on Cemeteries
Tor the intcrmtnt ana the burial per-
OF Health late ycntcruay. Superintenu-
ent Jones had the grave opened our
ing the afternoon. ana all MADE ready
tor the last rites. In tho centre OF
the mother OF Henry Clay ana Douglas
Bcattie--hcsidc arc the graves OF twin
sisters VINO Gied III infancy. some otn-
CIR collateral relatives arc buried N
the section, tho newest grave being
that of Louise owen BeattIe. the muir
uertd wife. space has been left be-
slue the mother for the grave of the
elder pcattie
eral of his men In plan clothes. will
aid Keeper Jones in keeping back any
curious ones, ana cameras will not be
permitted within the cemetery en-
No one save the palbearers, outside
Of the family, has been asked to at
| tend the funeral service at the house
or the interment service in the GENE.
terry. The funeral will be private but
IN al other respects II will be as other
| funerals. A few officers of tho Pres
byterian Church of South Richmond a
Few neighbors and close friends, will
see the body committed TO the ground
Friends Arc PnIlbcarcrs,
The family did not make public la ST
night the list OF pallbearers, but ii ~
stated that among the number will
h" some OF the faithful friends who
waited on Henry Beattie mt his wed
ding. who bore the body Of his muir.
dercd wife to Maury Cemetery last
summer, aud who, faithful TO his quail
ties Of friendship, despite all that has
occurred arc willing to render this
last tribute of respect.
ter OF tragedy that has shaken VIZ
stnte as seldom before. When II is
written the public excitement In the
case In Richmond and elsewhere will
uie away. Members OF the family have
told their friends that, they intend 10
remain In Richmond-to live out their
ives among their own friends and Kin :
people. When the fuperal is over, thew
VIII resume the burdens of their daily
occupations, and the. book OF life OF
Henry Clay Beattle. Jr.. Will have been