Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-30
Defense Has Now Taken Up
Task to Prove That Young
Husband Did Not Shoot His
Wife in Lonely Spot.
BLOOD SPOTS ARE
POINT AT ISSUE NOW
State Maintains That Woman
Was Not Killed While Seat.
ed in Machine But That She
Was Standing in the Road.
On, E,rnisE Herald A. g. Leased wire,

CBy EVraisE uersid A, q. Leased Wire,
Chesterfield Court House, We. Avg.
ju The prosecution rested ts case
at noon today against Henry Clay
Hcattir. b.. under indictment Tor the
murder of his wife. and the defense
began the Introduction OF It's wit.
nosscs
Before any witnesses for the defense
were summoned court recessed Tor q
few minutes 10 permit the defendants
couns'! to argue point with Judge
Watson IN the absence OF the Jury
concerning the striking ont of certain
evidence introduced by the prosecu.
lion The commonwealth had occn.
pied week IN placing its case before
thc jury To-day the prosecution pro.
duced fourteen witnesses. mostly
county detectives tu ronttOyeft the
testimony of Young Alexander Robert.
son as "a the presence ol more than
one blood SPOT on the Midlothian turn.
pike. where Mrs. l}cattie vas killed
The state had contender tnat tho
hig blood spots whore the murder oc.
CURED were not caused bV drippinE
irom the machine In which the hus-
band alleged his wife was seated when
shot Declaring that no blood what.
ever could have oo2cd through the
bottom ut the ear and the grease drip
pan beneath u was a detail in the
case. hui by concentrating attention
on the siagle spot of blood. the com
monwealth intended TO show that the
woman was murdered In different
manner from that described by the
husband
The defense announced early in the
lay that Il would call Paul Bcattie TO
The stand again
When court opened today Harry VI.
Smith. Ir.. counsel Tor the defense.
asked that q canvass of Witnesses Tor
he defense hc made. Several were
excused with he statement hy Nj.
Smith thar certain phases OF the case
anticipated had not hoen touched on
hy the prosecution
Miss Louise Reams maid of honor
ut the ieattio wedding. was the nrst
witness called aud identified the kind
OF hair pins worn by the murdered
woman Detective larrcil was then
called ana testified that the night W
The murder and the dav following no
searched the turnpike carefully hut
iouud only one blood spot Detective
Scheror corruhurated this testimony
which was offered 10 conirOyert the
statement of Alexander Robinson yes
tcrday thar he saw several blood
spots on he road Further corrobora.
tive testimony was giysa by Detective
Whrcn, Major James H. Patten and
Ben T. owen, another uncle of Mrs.
Bcattic
AFTER brief argument Judge Watson
informed the iury that he had ruled
uut the testimony relating 10 the
hair pins aud the blood hounds ar the
scene of the crime
Paul y. Beattie was then called as
the FIRST witness for The defense lle
admitted hc had a conversation win
Booth concerning the murder and
when confronted with his previous
statement that he had not ConyerscG
with Mr. Buoth he stated that he knew
he man Dos sight hui not by name
G " Booth called testified that
lin his conversation with Paul u
Bcattic. said
don think ucnr, killed his wife
llr always spoke well of her 10 me
lusl before court recessed n NJ
smith D.. counsel for the defense,
was shown report that one Of iha
ulo.s was q iriend of thr prisoner
Iis all 70 liv, said MI Smith and
'Ho prisoner hinsolf leaned forward
and denied tho report emphatically
Paul Boa,iie was again called 90 the
stand when court recOnyened ~ +.
Baker, chauffeur, was called az the
same time
want 10 ask Won. said Nir smith
io Paul Bcatiio, "it on SATURDAY ait
en- the coroners Inquiry Won aid not
GET into an automobile"
+ did"
Was This man ,Rascrl In the ma
chinp'"
Yes
Did Won state then that you were
goins Io tpll all about the casc h,.
cause y0ur luclo Henry had held your
gDndmothor in q room once ana made
her sign away cycrN thing'
made no such statement"
Paul was excused and Baker was
asked what Beaitie said In the ma
chime, Paul said. replied Baker.
that b, intended 10 tell everything
hc knew about The ease because his
mole Henry had made his mulher.in-
law or grandmother I don't know
which, sisn some papers
10 was the second tiMe that the
defense had used a witness 10 i'm.
peach the voucity of Paul Beattle
liahcr a minute later in crOss.ex.
animation denied that be- had men.
toned "m0thcrin.law
W r. llowland Quarryman said
on the witness stand TODAY that ne
saw "a boarded man with shotgun
ON the afternoon before the murder.
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