The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09

not ina s!ne why the stump and the
i tracks leading TO the stump have not
! been put in evidence. This young man
has been proved 10 be an inteIIigen,
young man with the benefit of u good
! education. He is graduate of Nc
TrTuireTs University school, than which
there is no better. and certainly none
| stands higher. Al his early ago he
| has taken charge OF and control of
the mems furnishing and shoe depart
ments TWO of the largest departments
OF his fathers store lie has been the
buyer and manager and has conduct
/ ed the business successfully. You saw
| detail of this ease under rigid,
mcrciless, and may say. heartless
| cross examination. He stood 1t all
He must have impressed you as man
| of great Intelligence. Yet the theory
| OF the Commonwealth would make this
young man out Ounce, an idiot in
, his preparations for this crme-this
| brutal scheme OF murder. 1t would
make him the greatest brute that has
ever disgraced the annals of history.
NO FouIcr Fiend In He'll.
/ If the charge be true that he did this
thing. no fouler Gend exists in hell
They want you TO believe tina, tins
kind hearted, intelligent, aifectlonate
young man conceived SO dasrardly q
| murder-it staggers human belief.
We have challenged an invostiga-
zion of his character along these lines.
We throw down the gauntlet so to
speak when we put his character in
issue. We told them to bring any man
of Chesterfield county here to say
what manner of man he Is With all
the array of detectives at their dis
! posal no attack could be made on the
character and integrity OF Henry Beat
tie
What manner OF man it it that is
charged with this crime? The judge
has told you that evidence OF good
character may in itself raise a reason
able doubt of guilt We claim acquit-
tai on that instruction
This crime was not done in anger
Many good men have lost their tenn
pers Many men who have proved good
regulations have done soma act in
haste which they have lived to regret.
They charge that Henry Beattie, sue
cessiul and intelligent man, affection
ate son and loyal brother, has con-
ceived and executed u crime tina
outciasses all the BorSias of ancient
Rome; that he slept over it, thought
over 1t, kissed his sister. embraced his
| lather with that thought in his brain
that with a determination to carry
out that dastardly crime, he for three
Guys or maybe week, lived in that
uod-iearing home with that crime in
his brain. 1t is Uncomfortable. abso.
i"tely inconceivable and you know it
we brought out his home life, his
character, his disposition here Can
! you believe he planned with hendish
ueHperation and executed with brutal.
| Ivy worthy only of an American In
dlah FROM all the facts you can't
hasten this crime on this boy, face to
race with your God. unless you areE
convinced TO moral certainty that he
poth conceived and executed this
ctilne-1 not SO fully convinced your
Nerdict must be not guilty
Only by nm Idiot.
NO one but an idiot could have
conceived this crime. He goes on,
mere at sunset and hides gun behind
stump on the Midlothian Road, tn.
most popular drive out of South Rich
mona. The man who conceived the
crime they portray was no more nor
less than an idiot Leading from this
! turnpike are many lonely and unfre-
Puehteu roads: roads not travelled and
uhhihe through an uninhabitcd sec
ton, accessible and convenient for tbe
purposes OF designing murderer
on are asked to believe that he nick
Cd out this popular. much-traveled
PIKE as the scene of his crime--thar he
"ouFted spectators, planned TO have
| Witnesses
According TO the theory they will
present. ne goes out to plant this gun.
! sFeeps oy man in the road. the
""'FEman Sydnor. let's Mr. Sydnor ger
" COCO look at him. goes beyond him
"'oohd and comes back by him
ana sINes Mr.. Sydnor three good look.
at him He hides gun behind
stump. If ne had conceived This NAV,
'houSnt IL over for Week.-Mrs.
! S"'uid ne nave used a shotgun when
! d pistol could have been more easily
procured and more easily concealed.
is Is the par, OF common sense /,
put Yourself in the power of anothe,
ma" ana not even ask him to saw any
,"'"s ABOUT II? There seems To have
been " sort OF feud on Paurs mar,
. against the Beattie family Ne is
Weakling' easily lead easily influenc
/ ca. In room with a crowd OF dctec
! uNes he would probably sign any
H'd'eineh; YOU wanted It is absurd
mat Henry Bcatt!e should have cor.
ee'Ved TINS crime and then nut himself
IN inc power Of a man with whom he
''N u" 'eIdtons except that OF second
N'us'h Ihere was feeling of s,,.
refioritN on Henry's part paul was
poor There has been TOO much barnN
!HE on that 1t shows something was
! wrong mere. He puts himself in tn,
( power OF another man when uhere waa
no need for it,
HidicuIes Thought of II.
henry II he planned this crime is
/ responsible for having paved the way
i"r me police 10 follow Think of
D'Eihe gun in pewnshop and leav.
inR y there halt day with the name
on tan old second hand gun. EASILY
identified lie goes out ON this populaI
/ 'ho!"uShfare and hid it behind O
stump The chances are they measur.
ed those tracks Mr. Carter told YOU
aoout, and found that they were not
Henry Beattie's, That's the danger OIL
private detectives. not under the re-
representatives. Of official life. II /.