The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-26
PHYSICIAN WILL
GIVE MOTIVE Of
BEATT|E MURDER
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for the bill. He has told me to obey
your orders and / promise faithfully
that l Will" The physician then called
Beattie over the telephone, and Beat
tie, the detectives declare, verified
! what the girl had said. DIR. Franklin
/ then consented to treat Bulah Bin
ford.
In the last month the girl has y.s-
TIED his office eight times for treat
/ ment, and about ten days ago he in
. formed her that If she continued to
carry out his instructions she would
experience no more trouble. BuIah
| Binford told DR.. Franklin to send the
bill to Henry Beattie, saying 1t would
be paid promptly. According to the
statement given tho detectives. the
/ nih was Tor 500 and was paid by
Beattie.
Bill Not Paid.
Or. Franklin last night denied a
part OF this information. He said that
eiier Sulah Binford was DISCHARGED a
btil was sent to Henry Beattie for
. s-s enclosed with letter stating that
Il check for s25 promptly RENTED
would be acceptable. The money was
not forwarded to the physician ac-
! cording to his statement. but Beat.ie
called the doctor on the telephone
I said curing this conversation will n y,
be revealed until the trial but a part
: "f the verbal intercourse has been
disclosed.
Besttie declared that he would
stand fer the hils, that hi. was riad
| Bulah Blnford was all right and that
he hoped 10 see the doctor in few
| days, promising to remit the S2s by
mall the next morning, II the check
I a.tf a IL /,
ceVed by the physician. he says
Detectives say that the physician
who attended Mrs. Beattie at the
| time OF her Illness, five weeks previ-
Gus to her death viii be able to tea-
tify as to why the young mother
wished TO expose her husband
BY the testimony OF Or. Franklin
tire prosecution, through detectives,
expects to prove that Beattie sent
! Bulah Binford o DIR. Franklin for
treatment that Beattie agreed to pay
all expenses for the girl and that
/ Bulah Binford to DR.. Franklin for
TO disclose what part he (Beattie)
played In the case. Or. Franklin's
/ testimony will prove these facts II is
stated. and the physician will also
diyulge more information to prove
Beattie's motive for the alleged muir
der.
Diary l. Not Material
The girls diary contains referen es
to her future happiness and hints at
day in the near future when he
could visit her In the fiat which Beat
tie was to furnish for her. 1t also
contains mention of Henry. Dear
Kid" and lists of various pieces OF
furniture purchased by the girl.
In Danville Society.
| DANVIILE. ILL. July 25.--.Beulah
| connection with the murder OF Mrs
|. EeAry Clay. Baattiap Jr.~ posed, hers
last year as the wife of Robert g.
Fisher shortstop on the Danville
baseball team
| She came here as a bride, supposed
~. in the spring OF 1910 and because
of her engaging manners and her
Southern charm, soon Won her way
into Danviile's best society When she
left here last September. she told her
friends she would return with her
husband at the opening OF the bail
season last spring. ShA did not and
/ Fisher said that she would join him
later.
Her arrest in connection with the
.Beattie murder has caused sensation
here because Of the admissions re-
Earding her life previous to the mar
riage which she els alleged 20 have
made.
Fisher was sold TO the Newark club
recently.