Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-21
Pleads Not Guilty When
Arraigned on Wife
Murder Charge.
PRISONER COOL AND
COLLECTED IN COURT
.Judqe Watson Will Not Allow
Any postponement Despite
Requests of Lawyers.

CHESTERFIELD COURT Otsth
Va. Aug. standing by the side .
his ~e1ay-haired father. Henry CLAY
Eeattie. jr.. al Richmond, entered 4
lea Of mt guilty here today when ar
raiened in the circuit Court on IA IN
aictment charging Lin with the muf-
der Of his Young Wife. Louisa Wellfor''
Rcatte. He did not ilinch { the clor$
read the Indictment. but TODD with
eNes lowered. III, father beside H.
sat with lowed head.
Counsel lcrs the defense arg e 10
have the arraisnment postponed til
Monday next. but the court denied he
n|1oilou. together with II PERU, Glory
motion 10 quash the Indictment.
shortly after II o'eloe1 q Venire j.
talesmen WIS %cmranelled a he
tedious task ii selecting a jury vas
feguu.
y. ". Farley. a farmer, Was found
acttptabte to both siGes. and w he
first juror 10 take his seat i'll the box.
Al > o'clock this afternoon nine jurors
had been selected.
ba%Iehcad,a. %,heWinS gam II
smiling. Henry clay Beattie jr.-
swept up 10 the chesterfield coun
~ Court liol,se in an automobile AT 10
- clock Ibis morning to answer the
harge thu, hr killed his vine III a
motorcar IN Midlothian turnpike. near
Richmond. q month ago. Judge Wal
lei 4. Watson arrived shortly before
the prisoner Ia convene court.
Beattie's aged father had reached
Chesterfield half an huu earlier. In
court father and son sat side by side
and EXCHANGED whispers. Judge Wat
son spent several minutes talking with
the army of special newspaper cor
RESPONDENTS and arranging seats.
Reattie leaned over the old walnut
railing and talked lightly with those
near him, The old father sat silent,
strokins his gray hair. Dark circles
showed }uti,r the prisoners eNes, hut
etherNis - looked triiu aud cool.
counsei Tor both sides took taeit
seats AT ll:l5 and the prisoner entere>
into an earnest con Ntisauon with ii.
NJ. smith. jf., his CHEZ lawyer. At
l0:9O the sheriff opened court.
The tiny room was iammed As the
proceeding. began and to discourage
tile curious and idle the court ordered
that all disinterested spectators stand
up and remain standing. Two women
per writer's We're The only white
representatives Of the feminine sex in
the yard or court building.
The clerk formally called the case
for the commonwealth and the prose-
. a. I .4l-4 III ,,fua,Aat4 la. r.
raigned. Hill Garter. for the defense,
then asked for further delay, on the
ground that the defense was not
ready 10 20 to trial. His plea was
that the case go over until a week
from next Monday. sept. 4
The court denied the argument for
postponement INC instructed that the
trial proceed. In denying the requests
If the defense for 4 p-ostponement OF
the case until next Monday. August
s$. Judge Watson said that the matter
Of continuance might be considered
after the trial proper had begun,
Beattie did not seem to realize wheI
ihe reading Of the indictment had haet
concluded. 1t was necessary for his
lawyer to prompt him. Then in = clea,
voice he said:
Not guilty.
Eeulah Binford did not appear ri to-
days proceedings. She may he called
as a witness during the trial, but to.
day the pretty girl in the case re-
manned in \ cell in Richmond. sur
rounded by pictures of Beattle-she hal
no less than fortY-ive in the jail
reading the newspaper events and pro
Tossing confidence AT his acquittaI.