The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10

Doth coroner y. G.. Loving, of
Chesterfield, who held the inouj-
sitiOn into the death of the yonnp
vile, and by Luther l.. Schercr
VINO Is directing the dctcctiye
work connected with the case.
The exhuInatiOn, IL was report
eel, would be for the purDoS., of
ascePtaining the physical cOndI-
uon OF Mrs: Beattie at the time
/ of her death.
People living in the vicinity Of Ches-
terheld Courthouse are all astir owe,
the coming Beattie trial. They ar,
! trying to figure out how the case Ga.
be heard in the little courthouse with
/ its limited supply Of benches and its
narrow aisles, and with the few seats
, TO be reserved for lawvers. iurors
: court officials and prisoners.
/ IA tie rear OF the tv..rthOuse is tn,
Jail: Jailer y. II. CoSDil is busy pre-
pairing welcoming tor what he|
/ chooses TO term "Beattie &, Co who
/ are expected to be guests of honor
/ Ihe 1ailer realizes he has a hard task
ahead OF him, and he is making hav
I While the sun shines. Yesterday af
ternoon the jailer invited a
reporter to inspect the neat little
prison and the invitation was accepted.
| me Jail, like the courthouse. is
quite small. Downstairs there are
TWO rooms, one Of these being the
! jailer's store room, and in tho reer
of this is a cell. Upstairs is a stool
cage with two cells, and two indi-
vidual cells.
| In the upper northeast corner ~
the prison is the future cell Of Henry
! Beattie-held in reserve
Jailer Cogbin is plying the paint
/ brush freely to all three of his hest
rooms. The cell reserved for Henry
Beattie is lined with heavy sheet iron.
with double barred window facing
the courthouse yard and the office Of
the county court clerk.
Beulan Binford's Room
Beulah Binford Will be confined in
the special apartment OF the taller
which will be fitted up suitably for
the small bit OF a woman who is TO
occupy ii. Paul Beattie will have the
lower floor cell in the rear OF that
occupied by Beulah Binford.
Jailer Cogbill is preparing cots for
MS roomers: Special bed-clothing
VIII be provided and the usual iail
accommodations supplemented with
piled. '''' &c 'e''SO"ao'y sup
Taking it all IN all. the Chester
field accommodations will likely no
pleasant, from a Jail standpoint. as
the large courthouse yard is filled
with trees which afford GOODNESS and
shade
In the court room where the trial
~ ~ hNiG litlt Is small space Tor I
the crowd that may we'll be expected. |
In fact, the court will likely issue
special passes TO newspaper CORE
spondents. Others will be excluded. !
excepting, of course. the court Off
clals, jurors, witnesses and ATTORNEYS
To the left OF the courthouse en-
trance is small room reserved for
the attorney for the Commonwealth
To the right of the entrance is a !
IKE room, which will be given 70 the !
attorneys for the defense.
Applications for permits for tele-
graph wires TO be run into the court |
house for the benefit OF newspapers
were yesterday refused by Judge Wal |
ter watson, who is to preside at the |
Beattie hearing.
No Benches TO Spare.
Ihere are just three benches in the |
court room for visitors. These are |
perhaps ten feet in length In addi- ]
lon 10 these however. are four short |
placed in convenient spots between /
the bar and the pillars upholding the |
ceiling. This will be the seating ca
pacity for those other than jurors and |
court officers.
The attorneys and the prisoners
will occupy small railed-in apart /
ment about three feet wide by per
maps twelve feet long. The attorneys |
taole consists of dropped plank /
much like school desk
The jurors will occupy twelve /
chairs 10 the right of the presiding /,
judge, while the Judge and court /
clerk are to be seated on n raised /
platform, which serves as the bench /
ana as place for the clerk to keep I
ms records during court
Judge Watson yesterday afternoon /
paid visit to Chesterfield county 4
courthouse. While there he discussed /
with Clerk Richard Cogbin what will I
be done for the newspaper men.
fold q T. 10
tatiVe that there would be a large
number OF reporters at the trial. the /
Judge admitted the situation was a .
hard one to handle, but expressed the I
nope that he could get at least part
of the news writer's into the court
house during the trial
Judge Watson is a quiet. courteous
man. having natural disposition to
make himself agreea BILE. However.
he is working out Chinese puzzle
with his little court room proposi-
uon. and it will give him some trou-
hlc to solve il.
Jailcr Cogbin Ovcrpowcred.
I'm the year 1904. during n cold Jan
UarN spell. Jailer COgbil was held up
bv his own prisoners. and though he
Dut mp a. fight that brought him the
rommcndaton of the grand jury that
investigated the case. he was over
powered 10y the deceit of trusty and
his guns were taken from him.
ty-Cight years Of age held on two or
three capital Chargcs. instigated the
insurrecton in the little Jail.
The trusN stepped from behind the
jailer, and threw open the door Of
the main corridor to the cage upstairs
As he did SO Ross grabbed the iailer ]
by both arms and another inmate
quickly disarmed COgbin
Thrown 10 the floor Of the cell. the
brave official made every effort to
prevent the escape of the prisoners
hut his efforts were useless. Ross
succeeded i'm getting away. though
some Of the others were captured
Expect POStpOnCmCnt. 81
ON AUGUST 18th the Chesterfield g
county grand jury viii convene. 1t is
certain that an Indictment will he
brought against Henry Beattie. Jr, for'I Z
the murder OF his wife.
Opinion differs among Chesterfield ,
people as TO whether q local jury can y
be secured. though il is believed that .
such a thing viii he easy.
It is the common talk Of the county.
however. that a trial will not take y
place this month. That a postpone :