The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-09
Marvellous Nerve of Uxorcide
Continues Unbroken and
the Condemned Youth Still
Retains Hope.
EXECUTION DATE is
SET FOR NOV. PATH
Spirit of His Relatives Who
See No Hope in Future, Is
Crushed-Guard Prisoner
Against Suicide.
tNational News Association,

tNational News Association
CHESTERFIELD COURTHOUSE,
Va, Sept. 9.-His iron nerve unbroken
by the verdict of guilty returned
against him last evening and his sub
sequent sentence to die in the electric
chair on November "a, Henry Clay
Beattie. Jr., slayer OF his young wife.
Louise Owen Beattie today declared
that he still had hopes that 1T 10 not
over yet he asserted.
Nevertheless, even the closest
friends of the young man and his fami-
ly admit that he has scarcely the
slightest ground for hope He has
been granted ninety day stay in exc
cution. but his lawyers have no con-
fidence that the fight for new trial
will be successful.
There is only one sure way out for
him and that is by ending his own
life. Sheriff Gill and his deputies
watch him constantly to frustrate. Il
they can, any attempt he may make
to cheat the law of its bitter ven
geance. He himself has declared that
he would never go to the chair and
he has boasted openly that there were
many ways by which he could render
his life by his own hands to the COM
monwealth of Virginia which demands
1t. II is the belief OF nine out OF every
ten Virginians that he will kill him
self.
Little Hope IN Appeal.
ss HeattjA e6sNenocA. Is - olactro.
|cusea on se0v1nbex q, nsxt q ths
state penftentiaSy. Oregon Hill. Rich
mond. His counsel formally served
notice Of an appeal and Judge Watson
granted stay of ninety days. The ap-
court in November.
But the Virginia higher court stands
for no quibbling over mis-spelled
words or infinitesimal errors or pro-
ceeding during trial, and the states
lawyers and jurists firmly believe
that Beattie will expiate his crime.
Few criminals of Henry Beattie's
type have shown the remarkable self
possession and mastery Of feeling that
he has shown.
Family Name Besmlrchsd.
His fathers heart and spirit are
broken. his two brothers are crushed
under the shame Of the spoiled boy of
the family being condemned to the
death of felon; his sisters social life
is blasted forever and the Beattte
name has become a byword OF the
streets Of Richmond.
Yet Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.. the con.
demned wife murderer, has not yet ut
tered a cry of fear or OF agony OF
soul.
Beattie will be taken back in . few
days to the Nenrico County Jail.
where he was confined while waiting
for his trial. He will be closely
watched every moment Of the time.
One of the points on which the de-
Tense will base their appeal 10 that
the jury failed to Indicate the degree
of murder of which Beattie was guilty
when it returned its verdict. The At
torneys for Beattie will contend that.
under the preccdents Of Virginia juris-
| prudence, verdict OF just guilty
such as the jury returned before 1t
was sent back must be Interpreted as
murder in the second degree. They
will claim that this irregularity en-
titles Beattie to another hearing.
! Henry Clay Beattie, Sr., the wealthy
father of the young prisoner. declared
today that he would spend every dol
II lar he has to save his son from the
electric chair. The elder Beattie WAS
prostrated at the verdict and the SEN
tence of death which quickly followed.