The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-04
GUARDS TO CAMP
IN CHESTERFIELD
Tents Will Be Pitched on Court
house Green During Beattie
Trial.
NO PLACE THERE FOR CROWDS
Mr.. Smith Denies Sensational
Report From York as to Line
Of Defense.

owing to limited accommodation
ABOUT Chesterfield Courthouse. plans
are being made, for an encampmcnt of
guards and officers on the courthouse
green The State militia Will fur.
nish the necessary tents and camping
outfit, and in the space surroundine
the jail will be pitched the homes of
the guards. Chesterfield county and
Richmond police and the detectives
who have worked on the case
Ihere has been no suggestion OF
calling out militia. for Chesterfield
citizens are content to allow the law
to take its course. But the officers have
no idea of allowing any Interference
with witness-prisoners. and propose to
take every precaution against rescue
or escape.
When Henry Reattie, Lr. and the
witnesses. Beulah Binford and Paul
Beattie. are moved from the Henrico
county. Jail to the little Jail ut Ches-
terfield Courthouse. they will hnd 1t
surrounded with tentel city laid out
In military order.
Sheriff GIL in ChnrEe.
The detectives and special officers.
who have been unceasing in their
vigilance. will sleep on the courthouse
green. so rs to be handy nigh, and
day. Sheriff Gill and his deputies will
have charge OF the Jail. and the little
building is now receiving a coat Of
paint in preparation for the coming
OF the distinguished prisoners. Outside
VIII be the guards. to prevent escape
from within or any demonstration
from without.
Report had it yesterday that orders
had already been issued from the Adj
1utant-Generals office for the shin
ment OF tents to Chesterfield Court
mousse. No one would confirm or deny
It, but 1t is known that the detectives.
county. city and special. who have
worked on the case are preparing TO
live under canvas, with the Jail all
ways in sight. while the trial is in
progress.
Not to E1humc Body.
No reason exists. according to Of
hcials of the Commonwealth. for en-
huming the body OF Mrs Beattie Coun
" Coroner j. G. Loving made a
thorough mination of the body be-
lore permission was given for It's in
terment He did not appear as a wit
ness a the inquest. which he conduct
ed and has since made no public state
ment. Dr. Wilbur Mercer and DR.. Her
bert Mann, who assisted at the post
mortem. were called as witnesses The
theory has been advanced that Mrs.
4"So'tAS " as bN q dow on tho
head before the shot was fired IT is
believed that the testimony to be
given by the coroner as TO his exami
nation of the body will settle the point.
The defense has made no reques: that
the body be exhumed
Claimed to Know II All.
Some correspondent in York. Pa.
notified nearly every newspaper in the
world last night that he would have
the line Of Beatties defense before
midnight, adding thar 1T was the first
word Yet. Nobody hereabout paid any
attention 10 il. but when the demand
for information from this end be-
came so insistent. Harry NJ Smith. Jr..
chief counsel for Beattie, set the thing
at rest by declaring that any state
ment from York purporting to tell
what the defense would claim was alb
solutely without foundation and a pure
fabrication. When the big newspapers
got this statement they were satisfied
realizing that Mr.. Smith alone was the
man TO speak. Exactly what the York
man had up his writing sleeve was not
known here. and as The Times Dis
patch declined to nibblc at his sensa
ton, few bit.