The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-09-08
LAWYERS ARGUE
ABOUT CHARGE
Testimony In Beattie Case
Is All In.
IS DAMAGING

Was Unable to Account Fer Pres
ence In Alleged Highwayman's
Hands of Gun Purchased by Cousin.
Story OF Auto Ride Confirmed.
Chesterfield c. H., Va, Sept. G.
AL evidence in the case for and
against Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., is
now in. Tomorrow morning ct 9
o'clock the lawyers will begin the
summing up and before adjournment
Of court the jury will have retired
to determine the final issue Of life Or
death.
There is no court session at Ches-
terfeId crossroads today. Instead the
lawyers for the commonwealth and
the defense met with Judge Watson
in the chambers Of the supreme court
in Richmond to argue the matter Of
the judges charge to the jury. Tn
der the Virginia practice, before the
court charges TIE pury in capital
tunity TO urge Upon him certain
clauses in his instructions, the argu-
ment in no sense Being binding upon
the court, but merely advisory.
The completion Of testimony came
suddenly when Henry owen, g broth
ed Of the woman who was murdered,
the last witness for the prosecution
in rebuttaI. was on the stand. His
taking the stand WIS the final sur
prise launched at Hcattfe's defense bv
Louis WenCenbuTg. the common
wca7tl's prosecutor After he lad de-
MED the story Of Henry Pa9rtfe. that
to the end his wife and he had never
EXCHANGED Q cross word. Eeudenburg
announced that the vr0eecr-t9n rest
ed IT'S rab7rtaJ. The defense had 70
serious rebuttal to make and the ten
davs OF evidence taking were thus
brought abru0jlv to an end.
ray oe Tie-etars
rbie f,o1 Ia,, IN tho rrogacrtion,s
effort ~ b-ipo uonrv nea+tio tn nur.
ielr,,,or+ for tho o,i,,1o ~, which no i
oco,,cod voc o,,i+o tho Moot 7isae+ro,e
of oil tbo+ had noecod over his head
No oroot sensation r-as cnrung hut
! bit NV hi+ +bo etorv thot tho rrisona,
had himself told IN the stand and
/ +bo+ Fo,,orob1o witnesses hoo couob+
~ e,,bo+on+io+o for hin, u,oc torn
! down NV an ovarvbeImino woiobt of
! evidence in robr+toI Tho iro1 o,as-
ton +ho+ bod boor nronoupdod m
/ Roa++ie whom ba resumed tho stand
for . few minutes To have his cross.
ovo,,,i,o+io,, comrIo+od ro,,,ainc imam.
/ cworo6 ond obova oil other question
Of iseue Tho most frouoht with SIG.
nifoonoo
| Glow, did tho o,n bouobt NV PorI
Reattia three DAVIS before tho murder
hannen to he in the hands Of the man
who shot vour wife and how do Won
account for the fact that in every de-
| tail of shooting it always was the gun
! bought by Paul Beattie that is in evil
dence?" was the last question that
! Wendenburg shot at Henry Beattie
before he left the stand.
] 81 can not account for that" was
Beattie's answer; nor did his counsel
account for it, except to put on wit
nesses to saw that Paul Beattie's RED
utation for truth and veracity is bad.
By constant iteration Henry Beat
tie sought to establish the fact both
I in his direct and ross-examination
| that on the certain Thursday night,
when Paul SAYS Henry met him with
his machine and requested him to buy
a secondhand shotgun, he mad not
seen his cousin Paul. and did not go
to the several places where Paul in
his evidence had said they went. Hen
ry Beattie made a fiat and positive
| denial of his cousins story in this re-
spect, even though Wendenburg gave
him the hint that there would be
plenty of witnesses to rebut him.
Prosecution Makes Good
The nrosecutor made good his hint
with tho ononiro of court nv, nIoo;no