The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-09-05
CALLS PAUL
A LIAR
RECITES, STORY OF THE CRIME
KNEW NOTHING ABOUT PAUL'S
GUN
MADE GOOD IMPRESSION

Chesterfield Courthouse, Va, Sept
81 am willing to stake my life
on the story that I shall tell the
iury when | take the stand today"
said Henry G. Beattie, Jr., shortly
before the court was called to order
Z am confident my story will con-
vince the jury that Paul is liar"
Aside from what he has said there
has not been a word Of direct evi-
dence adduced against me. l had a
long talk with my attorney, Harry
Smith, Jr., and he is as confident as
/ am that when the last word is said
I will be free"
After Beattie, Sr., Lee Haschall
and Charles H. Kastleburg testified
about unimportant matters. Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr., took the stand al
10.41.
Beattie said he was running 20
miles per hour when he saw a man
on the left side of road. l applied
brakes to the car and he said what
in the Hi are you trying to do,
run over me. | reached over to fix
the brake and he pointed the gun
at me. He fired and Louise fell over
toward me. On the spur of the mo-
ment I jumped out Of the car and
grappled with the man. He raised
the gun and I broke the blow, but
it cut my nose. After wrestling the
gun from the man, 1 threw it back
into the car.
The first person I said anything to
as to where the man went was to
Mr.. Owen to whom I said the man
went up the road and got into the
woods.
The witness said the detectives
told many conflicting details of the
crime "Tom Owens he said," told
an accurate story.
His next thought was his wife and
placing left arm around her drove
with his right" The state made a
strong point insisting that Beattie
could not drive the car with one
hand round over the . turn in
the pike He described the man as
large and dark.
Beattie gave no signs of perter-
baton when asked the usual prelim-
mary questions by his counsel.
How long have you known Beu-
lah Binford?" Beattie answered
Since Aug. 1907 as woman about
the town. Il never had intimate re-
lations or trusted Cousin Paul MY
relations with Beulah continued un-
til the fall of 1908 when he said
her folks tried to blame him with
the child that was born but he was
not it's father. He broke with Beulah
in March 1903 the year before he
was married. He had known his
wife 15 years, had always loved her
and never exchanged cross words.
She knew his relations with Beu-
lah. He said he wanted to help Beu-
lah and that's the reason he offered
to furnish her a f1at.He told his story
without quiver of the voice direct
to the jury. Did you have any real
love for Beulah? mo, couldn't
love woman I could not respect or
trust''
Did you meet Paul the night be
fore the murder and commission him
to buy a gun?"
NO, I wouldn't have gone to him
if I wanted one.'
Did you know anything about
Paul going to the pawn brokers to
buy a gun and did he deliver it to
your"
'I never saw him with gun, no1
did I see any gun on Saturday night
before the murder
Henry then detailed tie route tax
en- by Paul and he the same night
and told Of meeting a policeman and
asked him to take a ride, saying II
there had been a gun in the auto
mobile the policeman would have
seen it.
He said he took Beu1ah out that
night, and had two punctures. Beu
lah got the pump and would have
seen the gun had one been in the
car. The statement by his mother
1n-law that Louises life was unhap
py is not true. The story made q
strong impression on the jury.
Another Man on Lark.
1t transfers. that the man wno was
seen fixing his car and the woman
was standing on the running board
were not Henry Beattie and his wife
at all but Charles H. Kese1berg, a
Wholesale meat merchant of Rich
mond, who Saturday gave an ac
count of the motor ride he had taken
on the Midlothian turnpike on the
night of the murder and presented
Information contradicting a theory OF
the prosecution that Mrs. Beattie
was standing either on the running
BOARD of the machine or in the road
Wnen she was killed. He testified
that the woman with him occupied
Such position on the running board