Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-06
B0TH SIDES REST
IN bEATT|E TRIAL
CASE COMES TO UNEXPECTED
CLOSE YESTERDAY EVENING.
ARGUMENTS ON THURSDAY
BinfOrd Girl l. Stlll In Jail-Dcfcnd-
ant Knew Nothing of Gun Pur-
chasc-Plaintifi's Confederation

| By Associated Press
Chesterfield Court House, Va, Sept
with unexpected breyity, both the
commonwealth and the defense in the
trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr, in
dicted for the murder of his wife,
closed the evidence in the case shortly
after o'clock tonight. Judge wat
son stretched his arms YEARLY,
yawned audibly and with sigh Of
relief, announced that court would
adjourn until Thursday morning. To-
morrow will be devoted to arguments
of counsel with the court as to the
! instructions to be given the jury be-
fore the argument proper is begun on
| Thursday.
When court adjourned tonight, Beu-
lah Binford, II years old, said by the
prosecution to have been the motive
for the alleged murder by Beattie of
his young wife, still was in jail with
out having testified Scarcely an
hour has passed in the eleven days of
testimony when her name was not
on the lips of the witnesses or coun-
sell Admittedly fearing she would
| scrupulousy avoid inJuring the case
of her former companion at any cost,
though statements and interviews ga
lore had fortified the prosecution with
what is regarded as all the necessary
information, the commonwealth did
not put her on the stand.
I'VE have proved that she was the
motive for the crime" said Prose-
cutor Wendenberg tonight, without
hearing her testimony as our wit
nesses and the admission Of the pris-
oner himself have told the jury
enough"
Another figure, Paul Beattie, cous-
in of the accused, whose confession,
concerning the purchase Of the shot
gun for Henry four days before the
homicide, led to the building Of the
case for the prosecution, likewise was
kept in Jail, but both he and Miss
Binford are likely to be released to-
morrow. Judge Watson explained
his attitude toward her continued i'm
prisonment by saying in the court
room yesterday that unless the girl
was to be put on the witness stand
| he wished to "turn her loose"
The closing of the case was sudden.
Attorney Harry NJ. Smith and Hill
Carter for the defense, first answered
that they had few witnesses for the
sur-rebuttal, but If the commonwealth
would agree to rest its case they
would do likewise. The agreement
was accepted and Judge Watson ar
ranged to meet counsel for both sides
in Richmond tomorrow in a confer
ence concerning the instructions to
the jury. The prisoner will be kept
in Jail at Chesterfield and the jury
will also remain there.
The taking OF evidence today was
along no well connected line. The
prosecution, after completing its short
cross examination Of the prisoner
took up scattered points brought out
in evidence. From one feature OF
the case to another, the prosecution
skinned in an effort to cOrroborate
certain points in the case 1t had built
up previously, but most conspicuous
was the direct attack on the testimony
of the prisoner. The single question
of importance the prosecution put to
the accused in Its brief cross examin-
alton early today. was the one on
which the commonwealth has been
basing practically its whole case
against him. The prosecution wanted
to know how It happened that a gun,
admittedly purchased by a cousin OF
Henry Clay Beattle. Jr., and corrob-
Grated by witnesses for the defense
as having been purchased on the Sat
urday before the murder, came to be
| in the hands of the very highwayman
who killed Mrs. Beattie on the Mid
/ lothian Turnpike four days later.
The prisoner answered simply that
he knew nothing of the purchase OF
any gun by Paul. and did not see
the weapon until it was raised by the
highwayman.
The prosecution here rested the
cross examination, and thereupon be-
gan its introduction of witnesses to
discredit the testimony Of the ac-
cused.
The commonwealth introduced sew
eral witnesses, including members of
Paul Beattie's family, to prove that
the two cousins. Henry and Paul,
were together on Thursday night, as
well as on Saturday night. preceding
the murder. which contention was de-
MED by the prisoner on the stand
It was on Thursday night. Paul re-
cited. his cousin first asked him to
buy a shotgun. Not only were wit
nesses brought to the stand who tes-
tilted that Paul called by telephone
his cousin Henry that night and re-