The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-25

has heard or seen an eyewitness. rr
any man should come to me now ana
declare himself an eyewitness Of the
crime. / should be inclined to believe
he was mentally unbalanced or pre-
lvaricating for amusement"
At this point in the interrogation
of the detective q taxicab was an
nounced and he excused himself. With
Mr.. Scherer went Attorney l.. o.
Wendenburg. Before the taxicab
started a reporter stepped TO the
side Of the machine and asked Mr..
Scherer IL he intended continuing
his investigation through the even
ing. He replied:
Mr.. Wendenburg and l are start
ing out now to sift through this new
II 1t liz necessary we will continue
our inquiry until midnight and prob
ably later. 1t may be necessary to
follow out this part of the investi-
CATION for several days, but the re-
suits we anticipate are easily worth
any amount of labor and time" With
these words the taxicab started and
the detective and lawyer disappeared
in Main street. riding west.
/ Girl Tells 1ncktenG
To reporter for The Richmond
virginian IN an interview yesterday
shortly before noon Bulah Binford
impaired feature Of the case which
has been among her secrets hereto
fore and gains Importance through
the supposition that it may be
revelation of Beatties Inspiration for
the murder OF which he is accused.
That part Of the interview showing.
/ it is believed, how Beattie conceived
the method of staying his wife was
! as follows About a week before
the murder Mr.. Beattie took me auto
MODELLING and he drove out on the
nine-mile loop. The night was dark
and we could not see far ahead. Sud-
denly form appeared just in the
glare of the lights on the front of
the machine and Mr.. Beattie threw
on the brakes and turned the ma
chine around.
| Il had seen the form In the dark
ness but did not understand why Mr..
Beattie turned around SO suddenly and
started back to Richmond. l asked
him why and he said: That fellow
| looked like he would like to hold us up
and | didn't want to take chance
with him. He might have had a gun
and / have nothing but my hands TO
fight with
/ The girls recital instantly recalled
to mind Beattie's own narrative OF the
, tragic events shortly before midnight
a week ago, when Mrs. Beattie was
| murdered on Midlothian turnpike. Bu-
lab Binford was asked: Don't you
| think 1t probable that Mr.. Beattie
might have seen by that incident how
a highwayman lurking in the shadows
Of a road might hold-up n couple
! automohiling and isn't 1t likely that
the incident furnished him the basis
for his story in explation OF the kill
ing OF his wife," The girl deliberated
for several minutes but did not hazard
reply, skillfully diverting the trend
by saying that anything was possible
and referring to several offers she said
had been made to furnish bond for
| her release.
| Associated with the incident on the
nine-mile-loop Is his reply to a ques-
! ton asked him during the progress of
/ the coroners inquest. Bcattie had just
concluded his tale Of a highwayman
| firiny charge OF shot into Mrs Beat
ties brain when Attorney wendenburg
asked
"Beattie. for what reason did the
man shoot your wife,
| "Oh. don't know" replied the wit
ness, such things have happened be-
fore
Single Harrslsd" Gun.
1t Will also be recalled that when
Beattie requested his cousin Paul D.
| Beattie to purchase q second hand
| shotgun, the accused murderer specifi-
cally asked for "a single bsrreled shot
gum" Had there been two barrels to
the gun Beattie would have found 1t
difficult to explain why he was not sho,
after his wife was murdered and 1t
would have been likely that the prose
cuuon would have asked why didn't
you pursue the assassin and kill him
with the charge in the other barreI7"
One OF the most exciting develop
naents yesterday occurred almost ST.
| mnltaneously with Bulah Binford.s
mysterious request that Detective
Scherer call to see her. Mr.. Scherer
was In his office. discussing the latest
| developments with several Of his aides
| when he was informed that the efforts
TO prevent the girl communicating with
Henry Clay Beattie might be futile IL
the man and girl were allowed to re-
| main in the same JAIL
Visitors had been interviewing both
Beattie and Bulah Binford all the
morning and some of them saw both
prisoners. Mr.. Scherer saw that II
visitors are allowed to continue see
ing the prisoners that Beattie may
prevail upon some one to convey a
/ message to the girl. II was decided
after a brief conference to call Conn
monwealth's Attorney Gregory, OF
Chesterfield. into consultation and esk
II he deemed it advisable to remove
all OF the prisoners or one or two
OF them .ts. shs, Ghss1ertaeAd county
jail. which is about three miles from
Centralia and about twelve miles from
Richmond.
Judge Gregory, over a telephone
announced that he would come to
Mr.. Scherers Office without delay,
but while the detective was waiting
for him the request was received from
Bulah Binford and the detective went
| to the Henrtco jail. When he re-
turned he held private conference
with Judge Gregory. Attorney Wen
denburg. Detective Wiltshire and Act
Ing Detective Jarreli. Th4s secret
session was held behind closed doors
in Mr.. Scherers private ONCE. 1t
. lasted for nearly an hour.
At the conclusion of the conference
Mr.. Scherer announced that strict
orders had been given to Sheriff
Kemp. of Henrico county. to refuse
| everyone admission to the jail for
the purpose OF seeing or interviewing
the prisoners except by the order of
Judge Gregory. 1t was also said that
in future even detectives working on
| the case as well as relatives OF. the
prisoners must first obtain an order
from Judge Gregory before being ad-
mitted to the presence OF Henry Clay
Beattie. Jr., Paul D. Beattie or Bulah
{! Binford.
!. May Remove Girl
In the event that Judge Gregory's
ri