The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-06
TESTIMONY
 IS CLOSED
ONLY ARGUMENTS AND VERDICT OF JURY NEEDED TO CON-
 PLETE BEATTlE CASE.
Last Day of Testimony Given over to corroborstion of Witnesses Beulah Binford is Not
 Called.

Chesterfield Courthouse. Va, Sept. 5.-With unexpected suddenness, both the commonwealth and the de- fense in the trial of Henry Clay Beat tie, Jr., indicted for the murder of his wife, closed the evidences in the case shortly after 6 o'clock tonight.
 Judge Watson stretched his arms wearlly. yawned audibly and with a sigh of relief. announced that court would adjourn until Thursday morn. ing, tomorrow, to be devoted by the court to discussion with counsel as to the instructions to be given the jury before the argument proper IS begun Thursday.
 When court adjourned tonight, Beulah Binford the so-called girl in the ease,' leged by the prescott ton to have been the motive for the murder by Beattie of his young wife, still was in jail without having been given opportunity to testify. Scarce ly an nour had passed in. the eleven days of testimony when her name was not on the lips of the witnesses or counsel for each side. Admittedly fearing that she would scrupulously avoid injuring the case of her former companion at any cost, the commoR wealth did not put her on the stand
 We have proved that she was the motive for the crime" said Prosecu- tor Wendenburk tonHghti without nearing her testimony. Our witnesses and the admissions of the prisoner himself have tosd the jury enough. v
 Another figure. Paul Beattie, the counsin of the accused, whose con- fession concerning the purchase or shotgun for Henry four days before inc homicide. leu to the building Of the case for inc rrosecut'on, likewise was kept in jail. out both he and the Binford girl are likely to be released tomorrow. Jadlc Watson explained his at.ituGc toward Ter continued lm- prisoament by saving in the court room yesterday that unless the girl was. to be put on the witness stand, be wished to "turn her loose"
 Tae closing CT the case was sud dep. Attorney Harry NJ. Smith, Jr' and IIin Carter for the ddfense, first announced that they had few wit- nssses for tue sur-rebuttal, but if tho commonwealth would agree 10 rest it's case. they would do likewise. The agreement was accepted and Judge watson arranged to meet counsel for h tn sides in Richmond tomorrow, Tn a conference concerning instructions to be given to the jury. The prisoner will be kept in confinement Tn the jail at Chesterfield and tho jury al- 50 will remain here.
 The taking of evidence today was along no well connected line, the pros ecution, after completing lts snort cioss examination of she prisoner, taking up scattered points in the evidence. From one feature of the case to another. the prosecution skim med !n it's efforts to corroborate cer- tain roints in the case it had built up previously, but most conspicuous was Inc direct attack on the testi- mony of the prisoner.
 The single question of importance that the prosecution put to the ac cused in it's brief cross examination early today, was the one on which the commonwealth has been baslne it's whole case against him.
 The prosecution wanted to kno" how it happened that gun, admit tedy bought by cousin of Henry ciav Beattie Jr., and corroboratee bv witnesses for the defense, as nav. ;pu been purchased on the Saturday before the murder. came to be in th' hands of the very highwayman mh' Killed Mrs. BeaStie on ahe Mldlo- than turnpike four days later.
 Tne prisoner answered simply tha he knew nothing of the purchase Q any gun by Paul and did not see th' weapon till it was ralsdd by the loA' hiahwayman. The prosecution her rested the cross examination an' therupon began the introduction o witnesses to discredit | estimony O the accused.
 The attack, 1t was evident, wa conducted by the prosecution on tn theory that if one or two importan