Evening star., 1911-08-22
DEFENSE OF BEATT|E
Names of TWenty-Nine Wit
nesses Are Given Out.
FIVE OF NUMBER WOMEN
Effort Will Be Made to Break Down
Paul's Story Of Buying Gun.
TO DENY REPORT OF QUARRELS
Testimony Will Be Offered to Show
That Young Couple Lived
Happily.
FIVE OF NUMBER WOMEN
TO DENY REPORT OF QUARREL

CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,
Va, August 22.-For the first time since
his arrest. more than a month ago on a
charge Of wife murder, there was made
public today the list Of witnesses who
will be called in the defense of Henry c.
Beattie. jr., who pleaded not guilty when
arraigned yesterday. 1t had long been
known that the prosecution had sum-
moned more than sixty witnesses. but not
until today was there given any inkling
Of the plans OF the defense.
The list as now made public. shows
that Beattie's lawyers have summoned
twenty-nine witnesses. five Of them wo-
men. A majority OF those summoned
are former associates, or former fellow
employees. Of Paul Beattie. held as a ma
terial witness in the case, and. through
them. the defense will try to break down
Paurs story Of having purchased the
single-barrel shotgun for Henry three
days before the murder.
Several persons who live near the
scene Of the crime will be called to tes-
tify to hearing calls for help and the
sounding Of a motor horn. The story Of
the prisoner is that his wife was shot by
his side by a mysterious bearded man in
the road and that he, Beattie, called for
aid.
Others to be called In the defendants
behalf are young women who lived near
Beattie and his wife during their short
married life. They will be asked to sup
port Henrys statements that their home
life was all that it should be and that
quarrels between them were unknown.
Prisoner Sleeps Well.
Beattie slept we'll last night and began
the day in the Richmond Jail by reading
the newspapers. In a cell not far away
Beulah Binford, the pretty girl in the
case" maintains her care-free serenity.
The entire session tomorrow will be
given over to jury selection, and all wit
nesses have been excused until Thurs
day. The twelve jurors chosen yester-
day were placed in the custody of the
sheriff.
Sheriff Gill was busy today summon
ing an additional venire of thirty resi-
dents of the county for possible jury duty.
When court adjourned last night until
filled, but four of the twelve jurymen
were subject to peremptory challenge by
the defense, and 1t was said that all of
these challenges would be exercised. This
would require the selection of four trial
jurors from the panel of thirty to report
tomorrow.
List Of the Jurymen.
I The jurors, all but two OF them, are
farmers from the county. The two ex-
ceptions are a ouarryman and - con-
tractor. The names Of the jurors are:
N. w. Farley. Quarryman, thirty-seven
|yeArg old: n. H Covington. thirty three
years old: John d. Dance. lorty-eigh.
years old: e. l.. Wilson, thirty-eight years
old; A. L. Fetterolf, contractor, thirty
four years old; Irving NJ. Bass, jr., thirty
years old; v. w. Fuqua, twenty-seven
years old: w. L. Burgess. fifty-two years
old; NJ. B. Purdie. twenty-seven years old ;
|J. c. Condrey, fifty-three years old; w.
Y. Lundy. fifty-nine years old. and NJ. c.
Robinson, forty-four years old.