The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-01

ent persons to the scene. He said that
blood from the car was still on his
/ hands when he handled the gun which
he found some distance from the
I scene.
/ on cross examination the witness
I said when he had ordered the bloody
/ car washed the left hand cushion was
washed but not the right hand one be-
cause. the. witness said. I'VE did not
'sWhat was the object of getting rid
of the blood on the left hand seat and
not the right hand seat which had
more blood on it?" asked Prosecutor
Wendenburg.
Did not want to sit in it,
The left hand seat was the one in
which the accused alleged that Mrs
Il did not know the machine was to
have been seized later or / would have
had it washed at once" said Douglas
Beattie. land furthermore the car
would not have made any more trips
that night"
Explain what YOU mean by that
well, I would not have given the
detectives and others the opportunity
to ride around in it and place the car
and say what they have about to here
why would you deprive them of
the opportunity ?"
We'll had I known that they were
going to work up a case against my
brother, I would have deprived them
of it.
DO you IIlluk IndI was T1SnL as a
citizen, not as a brother, to destroy
evidence ?"
s'Wen, what man would not"
would you destroy that evidence?"
it has been, falsely against my
brother"
But you were not there"
And vet you would have deprived
the Jury Of that evidence ~
Yes"
Carried Message to Henry.
Did not you at the coroner's inquest
to Henry?''
Not then but later
THE message was that she would
not give up to the detectives except
what was absolutely true
YES"
You have stated that if you had
known what you know now you would
have destroyed evidence on the ma
chine. Did you have the same idea
with respect to the Beulah Binford ev-
idence?'
NO, Henry's relations with Beulah
Binford were well known to everybody
in Manchester. tsouth Richmond.l
How about recent relations, did you
know of them?"
Were they discussed in the family?''
Yes. My brother came to me and
said Don't you know that damn girl
is back in Richmond =
Here Prosecutor Wendenburg sudden
ly asked the witness if he knew his
brothers handwriting. He said he did
ad the prosecution brought forth the
dear kid letter signed by the prison
er with reference to Beulah Binford's
money for furniture
Were you present at the coroner's
inquest VIXEN Beulah Binford was on
the stand2"
We
Did You ever discuss this letter with
your brother
No
Mr., smith in redirect examination
asked him If he had ever objected to a
fair examination of the machine
Court ruled this out as a leading
question
regard to giving impartial evidence?"
The witness said he gave all the in
formation possible and helped the de-
tectives as much as ne could
What did you refer to about help
ing detectives if you had known what
they were going to do
I'm laying the crime on my brother
A sensation was created by news that
in the examination of the Beattie car
by the prosecutions witnesses, follow
ing a similar examination by witnesses
for the defense, an expert discovered
few hairs thought to be from the head
of Mrs. Louise owen Beattle-
in the lower front part of the car De-
tectives for the prosecution went to con-
firm the find.
Detective Scherer said the finding Of
the hair under a seat cushion indlca-
ted the cushion was up and was IN
line with the prosecutions theory that
the womar's head was concealed un
der the seat on the prisoners trip to
the owen home Immediately after the
tragedy.
Home Life of the Beatties.
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.. sobbed like
a child late yesterday when his gray
haired father, in a low, tremulous voice,
told of the domestic felicity of his son
and the slain woman Louise owen
Beattie. 1t was the first time that the
stoical calm of the prisoners counten-
ance had given way during the trlal:
The testimony OF the father in behalr
of his son came as the dramatic close
of a long days battle by the defense
against the evidence heaped up by the
prosecution.
Henry Clay Beattie, Sr.. was interro-
gated for an hour just before court ad-
journed for the day. rs he stepped 10
the witness stand the prisoner t@ace @
flushed The white haired ma n, his lace
deeply wrinlzled and pale. spoke IN
voice scarcely above whisper. Coun-
sci leaned forward over the bench TO
listen to him.
He talked with great effort, repress-
ing an ever recurrent emotion lie told
of how his life had been saddened by
the death of some OF his chlldfen' now
Henry. in his infancy, had been neglect |
ed because twins came into the family
during his boyhood and described now
ON this account, and the death OF ms
own wife, he had grown closeIy d1laSI-
ed to his son. He described strong
love that had existed between Henry
ana the Inflated wife, testifyfng that
he himself grew to love his daughter
In-law as one of his own children:
When her baby was born sala