The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-08
ARGUE THE
 BEATT|E CASE
ENTIRE DAY TAKEN UP WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND ARGu-
 MENTS OF ATTORNEYS.
Judges Instructions Call for Close Scrutiny of the Testimony of Paul Beattie in Several
 Instances.

CheSteffleld Courthouse, Va, Sept. For five hours, in a not and murky courtroom, Attorney Hill Car ter, with a plea of both pathos ana argument today sought the hearts of twelve jnrymen in an effort to secure the acqulttaf of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.. indicted for the murder of ms wife on the Midlothian Turnpike last July.
 At sunset MT CarteF concluded and tomorrow the great battle of the trial. the clash, is scheduled between Harry M smith Jf. of the defense, and l.. O. Wendenburg of the com monwdalth, close friends and notable lawyers. A verdict is expected some time during the night.
 Prom the depth of an argument in wnich he unsparingly denounced Paul Beattie. cousin of the accused and principal witness against him as a weakling and falsifler. MT Carter at times fairly shouted to the jury as he leaned over the bar. but when tne day was drawing to a close his voice sank to a whisper of impassioned ap- peal.
 If you, gantleme4 of the jury" he said in measured tones, can, within the cacity of your oath prevent the pressing of the poisoned chaliee to the lips of this aged father, his heart already bleeding from the stab of the dagger which cook away a life, if you can say, spare him the son whom he loves so dearly, ask you within mercy 10 bring in a verdict of not guilty.
 The lean man of wrinkled brow and sunken cheeks who sat beside his accused son dropped his eyes and raised his fan to conceal the trem- bling of his lips and the quick gulp of emot'kn that followed Young Beat.ie stared hard at the iurymen his face wax-like and still. For a moment there was sI ence in the court room Then Judge Watson looked at his watch and without comment adjourned court until 9 o'clock to- morrow morning, when the final lap of the race for the life of Beattie Will be run.
 The day began with the reading by Judge Watson of the instructions to the jury. More vital than usual were they particularly as attention was drawn 10 the frailty of the aieg- ed confession of Henry to Paul and the morning on which it came, the points in thd story of Paul which re- lhted their conversatipns, meetings of the two cousins alone, unsupport- ed by witnesses, were held up as re- quiring careful scrutiny.
 J. M Gregory, who opdned the ar gumnt for the prosecution. laid par aicular stress on the awfulness Of the crime, the admissions of the ae- cused himself on the witness stand as TO his relations with Beulah Bin- ford and his continuance of them af, ger his marriage and the birth or \ child The prosecutor appea ed 70, the moral and religious senses of tha jurymen and bespoke in bitter terms' the aversion of society and the na- lion to the life of dissipation depict ed by young Beattie, his chum, Samp- son and numerous other witnesss.
 Quoting from the scriptures and pointing out wherein thd character of Beatie had been most reyolting in it's departure from the accepted stan- ldards of morality MT. Gregory re viewed the loathsome ddtails of the double life led by the accused and held forth Beulah Binford the girl of the underworld, as the motive for the crime. He concluded with the question of how the gun bought by Paul Beattie on one day last July for his cousin. happened to be the identical weapon by the prisoners own admission, that was used in the Killing of Mrs. Beattie. His speech occupied barely an hour and half, but the one that followed by MT. Carter. of the defense. was many i;taes as long. A man of. girth ana treat statue, Mir. Carter overtowered the bar. occasionally emphasizing hls remarks with wide. sweeping gestures and roaring voice.
 lie referred often to me dfectness