The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-01
YOUNG BEATIIE
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accused man, was called.
What Douglass Saws.

merry OldH bedttlt, JTs, anu nus WIG
and himself.
what were the relations between
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., and his
wifeT'
"They were both apparently hap
py." said the witness. They usually
kissed when they met or parted"
Did you ever see any lack of har-
'mony between them"
Never"
Now. the night of the murder,
what was your first intimatlon of the
tragedy"
II received telephone call from
Or. Mercer at the owen home. My
father sister and / went to the owen
house. We had a bottle of whisky.
When we got there. father went In
first saw Henry in my fathers
arms, sobbing and fondling the little
slipper. II was one of Louise's shoes
knew then that Louise was dead. I
couldn't stand II any longer so | went
out"
Douglass told of smearing his
clothes with blood In driving the
blood soaked automobile the night of
the crime. He described the blood
stains in the car. He told OF driving
the car from the time Henry brought
his wife's body until o'clock the
next afternoon. The roads were dry
and dusty, he said.
Experts EXAMINE Automobile.
At this point Smith interrupted to
ask permission to have experts ex-
anime the automobile. The defense
evidently expected to make a great ef-
fort to show that the blood stains In
the Midlothian turnpike might have
leaked through the car.
w. #. Gordon and Carroll Mon
tague were given permission to look
over the car in the presence of an
officer Here a mysterious message
caused a delay.
Rising, Smith declared that he had
| Just received a message conveying In
| formation of great Importance.
Il will have to go to the telephone"
he said. 1--WE may have to call an
| other witness"
"A movement of surprise and eX-
pectancy swept the courtroom as
Smith worked his way out to "a tele-
phone.
While Smith was at the telephone,
| Henry Clay Beattie. Jr, visibly af-
| fected, talked in excited whispers
with his father. He grasped the old
man by the arm and read the message
to him with eyes ablaze with excite
nent. Hill Carter declared that he
could make public no intimation OF
the new discovery at this time. 1T
| is If intense Importance" he declared,
| and we are doing our best to verify
| Il. But to even intimate its purpose
/
Meantime. the courtroom sat tense
| with expectancy.
| After nearly an hour of bustllng
about, Smith returned to the court
i house.
II haven't been able to complete my
| investigation" he said. II was un-
| able to obtain any satisfaction over
| the telephone so l have sent tele-
| gram"
| The direct examination of Douglass
| Beattie was then resumed
| Douglass told of various trips to
| the scene of the crime In the Beattie
automobile after the tragedy
j. c. Talley was caiied after the
| character witnesses had been quickly
| disposed of. He was questioned as
to conversations in which he was al
legged to have declared that he was
i asleep at the time of the tragedy. on
the stand Talley reiterated that he
heard woman's scream on the night
of the murder.
Thereupon, f. Il. Lutz was called.
II lie said that on the morning after
the killing he had talked with Talley
and Talley had told him that ne
knew nothing about the crime because
le was asleep at the time.
III During the recess II. M. Smith
chief counsel for the defense. de-
clared that his client would take the
stand at the opening of the court
today.
1--WE have witnesses who will oc-
cupy the remainder or Ioday's session
and will put Mr.. Beatlie on the first
thing In the morning"
III Story Impcaciied.
Before Wondenburg got through
with the boy, his entire story had
been impeached. He told the story
of the purchase as occurring on three
different days.
While Wendenburs pounded thu
boy, Henry Beattie, Jr.. sat with bow
ed head resting on his folded armi
on the desk before him. The prisoner
Il has totally lost the debonair demean
or that marked his appearance at thu
early days of the trial The heavS
circles beneath his eyes grow steadil,
darker, the convulsiye working of hi
nervous Jaw muscles becomes ,mor'
apparent. His whols appearance ha'
changed.
Job Weinsten. the fourteen-year
old brother of David Welnste.n, wai
next called He corroborated hi
brothers testimony regarding Paul'
familiarity with the pawnshop. Th'
boy differed from his brother anC
agreed with Paul on several points o
the story of the purchase OF the gun
but he contradlcted Paurs statemen
that the boy took the gun apart anC
" raped 1t up. The little fellow de
monsrated before the Jury that III
was unable to take the gun apart.