The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-24
BEATTIE BRAVE
UP TO THE LAST
ne owen home.

accused Of the shooting For three
days detectives worked with all their
energy without definite result but
gathered mass of circumstances
that seemed to point to Beattie. The
history Of the young son of the veal
thy merchant, as a Lotharlo Of South
Richmond, and his relations with the
beautiful seventeen year old Beulah
Binford, were discovered. The detec.
tives unearthed the story of Henry
lay Beattie Trout, the child born to
Beulah Binford and Henry Clay Beat
tie in 1909.
Meanwhile the body Of the murder
Cd girI.wife was buried from the
church where short year before she
had been married to Henry Clay Beat
tie.
On the Friday following, Coroner
Loving began the inquest into the
death Of Mrs. Beattle. On the stand,
Beattie. under instructions from his
lawyer, Harry NJ. Smith, Jr., declined
to answer any question relating to
his intimacy with Beulah Binford.
But during the morning Paul Beattie,
Henry's cousin had confessed to the
Richmond police that on the satur-
day prior to the killing he had bought
single barrel shotgun Of his cous-
In and had nrned It over to him. with
three cartridges Paul later identi-
fled the gun found on the Midlothian
turnpike as the gun he gave his
cousin.
The inquest adjourned at noon
with Beatte stlll on the stand and
while he was eating lunch at his
home, officers accompanied by Pau,
Beattie entered the house and arrest
ed him. At the afternoon session OF
the inquest Beulah Bsafora took tn,
stand and told OF her relations wit.
Beattie. She tol1 Of the renewal CT
these relations shortly after Beatlle's
son, Henry Clay Beattie III was born,
and her return to Richmond from
Norfolk where she met Beatue.
The Coronor's jury after br.sf con.
sideration held Beattie for .hs action
ofthe grand jury.
On August IA, the grand jury re-.
turned an indictment against Beattie
for murder IN the first degree. and
on Angus. a. he was placed on trial
Then ensued one Of the strongest, bit
tcrest legal battles that virglnia has
ever known.
Out in the little Chesterfield eoun.
ty court house. fourteen miles from
Richmond, five miles from a railroad,
a courteous, kindly southern gentle
man, Judge Watson. took charge Of
tho trial District Attorney Gregory
sisted By Louis O Wendenbug, one
OF Richmonds leading criminsi law
yers conducted the prosecution and
Harry NJ. Smith and Hill Carter made
\ the fight for Beatties life.
The physical facts surrounding the
crime, and contradictory nature o.
the stories told BY Beattle. his un
faithlulness to MS wife, and the story
OF his cousin Paul were the founda
ton upon which the state rested Ii
case. The father, sister and friends
Of Beattie took the stand in a vaiT
effort to establish for him a reputa
ton that would convince the twelvI
Chesterfield county farmers whit
made up the jury. that he was in
capable Of the crime charged agains
him
Throughout the trial Paul Beattie
the star witness for the prosecution
and little seventeen year old Beulal
Bintord, sweetheart of the prisoner
we're kept locked in Henrieo count
; Jail. Paul was on the stand for tw
( DAYS but the seventeen year old giI
was never taken to Chesterfield couI
house to tell her story. She ha
been summoned as a witness by tn
prosecution but tie shrewd lawyer
+, believed that her attachment for Hei
J ry Beattie would make her an und.
+ sirable witness. and she was neye
j. placed on the stand
a In her stead, her mother, ha
t m.ddle-aged woman, told the stry I
!. her daughters relations with Hem
It Beattie; his love for the girl and h
). renewal of their intimacy after h
: marriage. After three weeks OF ia
E. ing testimony. and argument Il
e twelve Chesterfield county farme
o retired one evening to the jury ROOF
d knelt down and prayed for Divli
d guidance, discussed the evidenC
4, knelt and prayed again, and th'
" filed into the court room with "
ID dict OF guilsy Judge Watson INN