Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-24
BEATTIE CALM
HAS TRIAL BEGINS
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the examination. He led owen
through a recital of the events of the
night of the murder It was even
said that Beattie called at the owen
home for his wife with his automobile
and that the two left together in the
machine.
did she return" asked Gregory.
"She did" said owen. she was
dead
owen declared he was seated in
window when the automobile re-
turned
Il heard a voice shouting from way
down the road" he said. 81 recognized
IL as Henry Beattie's. He was shout
ing My God, oh, my God. They have
killed Louisei' / ran down and was
surprised because I did not see
Louise. When l reached the car
found her body in a heap on the
floor at the bottom of the front seat
Il was so badly cramped that we
had trouble getting it out of the car.
A CHASTITY recital of the condition
of the murdered woman's body fol-
lowed. Through it all Beattie gazed
steadily at his witness.
When Beattie started with his wife
on the fatal ride, owen said he was
bound for a drug store to secure some
medicine for Mrs. Owen
"He insisted on going, although the
doctor said the medicine was not
needed until the next day." Owen
declared.
Gregory led the witness through a
lengthy description of Beattie's ap-
pearance when he brought his wife's
body home
Would you recognize the clothing
she wore" asked Gregory.
Eyes"
Bloody Clothes on Exhibit.
A big bundle was brought in and
| spectators and jurors craned their
necks as Gregory produced the blood
soaked clothing worn by Beattie on
/ the night of the murder. Owen identi-
| fed the coat with its blood stains,
the trousers. the seat Of which was
stiff with blood and the shirt, collar
and tie worn by Beattie.
He then identified the pair of slip
pers as those worn by the murdered
woman.
owen likewise identified the shot
gun as the one which Paul Beattie
said he purchased for his cousin. and
with which Henry Beattie said the
murder was done
As the gruesome relics of the awful
! crime were paved over by the law
yer and the witness. Beattie sat with
a glazing stare fixed on Owen. He
! did not glance at the blood clotted
clothing or the gun, but leaned his
| elbows on the desk before him. gaz-
ing straight into the eyes OF the wit
ness. No emotion moved the tense
muscles of his face even when Detec-
| tive Scherer sitting within a few feet
/ Of his snapped the trigger Of the
shot gun that killed his wife
] Going back to the scene at the Owen
/ house, when Beattie brought his wifes
body, Gregory asked:
Did you notice the conduct of the
accused"
He was not very excited" declared
Owen. But he was kept away from the
room where we had placed his wife's
body He wanted to get in but we did
not let him. He asked me for some
whiskey. and I gave him some"
owen declared that a half pint bot.
tie which he gave Beattie disappeared
entirely, although he saw him take bui
a single small drink.
owen reviewed the story of the kill
ing as told by Beattie outlining al
length, Beattie's explanation of the
tall, dark bearded man." who hello
him up in the road He described the
wound across Beatties nose which ths
latter declared was the result of the
highwayman's striking him with tn,
butt of the gun.
Beattie Didn't Search for Assassin.
owen declared that Beattie took M
part in the search for the assassin in
stituted by the Owen family, beyond
describing the "highwayman"
Gregory questioned Owen regarding
the relations existing between Beat
tie and his wife prior to the killing N,
material testimony along that line wal
secured. The State did establish tina
Beattie was somewhere on the roaI
from his fathers home to the Over
home on the night of the murder tina
cannot be accounted for. Beattie ex