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by her waist Into tho left ^oat, whoro
lie- held her with her head bent over
forward. Her feet wero hanging out
on tho left aide, so that he stepped on
her clothes In getting In tho car.
"If your wife fell as you have de?
scribed," h0 was asked, "can you ex
Plain why there Is vory little blood
In tho bottom of the car, and why most
of U Is under your seat? Why Is It
that the pool of blood didn't show In
l 'c bottom, but only In the seat?"
"I suppose It was while I was hold?
ing her. I don't know how icng she i
fell over."
"Can you glvo any explanation of j
the Pool of blood In the road?"
"I didn't know it was there until
they showed It to me."
"Why didn't you arouse some neigh?
bor? There were closer houses than
the Owen place."
"I knew I could get back to the'
bouse In less time th;ui I could wake
up some one. There Is a house about
lop yards from the place, and the man:
says ho heard me holler nnd heard tho
shot."
"Did you talk to any one on the
road?"
"No."
"Nobody spoke to you?"
"No "
"Nobody spoke to you when you
were standing still and your wife
otandlng on the running board ""
"No."
"You deny that?" |
"Yes." I
"You deny that anybody asked If
they could give you help?"
"Yea."
"Didn't your machine stop somewhere j
else- on the. road than where yon have'
described?" I
"No" I
"You deny any one asking whether
th?-y could help you?"
' Yes. sir."
The blood-stained clothes were crit?
ically examined und discussed. Beat
tie did not know how be got no much
blood on the seat of his trousers.
Calla Gregory Down.
Judge Gregory look up another l'nei
of questioning as to the position of
the woman's body. Mr Smith protest?
ed that it had been gone over three
times. Judge Gregory Insisted on the;
etuestlon.
"I am presiding at this Inquest." re-j
marked Dr. Loving, "not Judge
Gregory. Judge Gregory will come to
order or be put under arrest."
Judge Gregory Insisted that his ques-j
tlon must go on record.
"Sit down." thundered Dr. Loving.
"I lake my seat under protest," an-|
awered the Commonwealth's attorney.
"Any way so long as you take lt." I
snapped the coroner.
For a time thereafter Mr. Wenden
burg conducted the examination.
The witness could not explain defi?
nitely how tho blood got on his coat,
especially in the middle of the back.
Jle didn't know whether he had the
coat on or not. He thought It prob?
able that the blood came from his
hands wh,en he went to get the
matches.
"Why Isn't that little match pocket
and those matches In It blood stained?"
asked Mr. Wender.burg.
The witness did not know, hut
thought he had wiped his hands on the
coal In handling It.
"Do you mean to offer the explana?
tion that this clot of blood on the back i
of the coat came from your hands?.
Isn't It & fact that you threw the
body across both seats and sat on the
body on the way; home?"
"I don't want to answer any one
thinking such a thing." answered Bent
tie. "No sir" *
"Didn't you put tho body across both
? seats and you &it on the edge of your
Peat with the body behind you?"
"No, sir."
The witness said he owned several
guns, but none of single barrel since
be was a school boy.
"Were you living hapr.llv with your
wife?"
"Yes. -s happily as any one. I
guess."
"That's uncertain," said Mr. Wen?
denburg. ?
"Well, no oce can say I ever spoke j
n cross word to her or she to me In
her life."
"That's more than I can say." re- |
marked Mr. Smith aside.
"Have you placed your affections on
some other woman?"
"No, sir."
Mr. Smith protested against this line
of examination, saving he had urged a
free statement as to the killing of
Mrs. Beattle, but that further ques- ;
tlons Of this sort he would advise the'
witness to decline to answer.
"It is an attempt to humiliate and '
an endeavor to Incriminate him." he]
said "He hns given the Incidents of,
his life to Mr. Schcrer. and that should
be enough "
"Mr. Beattle does not have to an
ewer," ruled the coroner.
There was prolonged discussion of I
the question. Mr. Smith finally say-I
jng "If you v? nt to have htm arrested
do It. and we will meet you. but as to
going into his outside life and humil?
iating him here In this effort to In?
criminate him. I protest Is out of or?
der. He has been patient fcr hours
and has answered every question I
advise him now not to answer."
Mr. Wendenburg argued that It was
admissible t prove a possible motive
for crime before a coroner's inquest.
"Haven't you within the past ten
days given some other woman to be?
lieve that she had your affectloits?" he
asked Beattle.
"No."
"Do you know Beulah Blnford?"
"Tea" i
"How long have you known her?'
"Now. I think you are going out?
side." protested Mr. Smith. "You can
get her here "
"Haven't you In the last month con- j
vcyed to h*r written Indication of your
affection?'! continued the cross-exami?
ner.
"We decline to answer." declared Mr.
Um Ith.
Here a recess was taken until 4
o'clock, after Beattle had been under
close firn for more than three hours.
Afternoon Hearing.
After the exciting Incidents sur?
rounding the arrest of Beattle and the
dramatic collapse of his cousin, and
while Paul Beattie was still In hys?
terics, the hearing war, resumed on
the grass under the trees He-nry Beat
i tie returned to the stand, with Detec?
tive Sergeant Bailey beside him.
"Did you buy or take any part re
eently in the purchase of a gun with
Paul Beattie?" asked Mr. Wendenburg.
"No, sir."
"Do you know Paul Beattle?"
"Yes. He is my cousin."
"Did you not have a meeting with
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your cousin to meet you at Short an?'
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"No "
"Did you meet htm lajst Friday with
u motor car. and <lld you ask him to
buy a gun for you?"
"No. I have had no conversation
with him about a gun."
"Didn't you two go together to a
pawnbroker's office to huv ? gun'"
"No."
"Did he buy three cartridges?"
"Not for me."
"For whom?"
"I don't know."
"Do you deny that he' did anything ;
toward aiding you to get a gun""
"Yes.
"Previous to thi, killing, when was
?he last time you saw Paul Beattle*
"I took him Saturday night from our
store to his home In my car. He was
In the store In the early part of the
evening. I left tho store at 1 o'clock
on Saturday night ami reached his
home in fifteen minutes. [fe lives dt
'-?'?1 Randolph Street."
"Suppose he were to come here and
ray he delivered to you a (run. or a
; hardware man were to come here and
; S1" he had sold a gun to .you two last
-Saturday, what would you say?"
"I would say it was not so."
"What would you say if your cousin
were to say he were with you?"
Mr. Smith protested thit it was an
I improper question.
The witness repeated thai! he knew
I nothing about the (tun.
"Are you and your cousin on friendly
terms?"
[, "Yes. In the main. We had a fuss
about Davis Beattle, for whom I wa =
! appointed guardian. I took him on*
j to the navy, hut that had nothing to
I do with it. There is no reason I know
of why he should be ag.ilnst mc."
"Were you not out Monday night
with Beutah Blnford until :?. o'clock?" !
"We decline to answer " said Mr.
Smith
Then came a series of questions. '
with the same refusal to answer from
counsel. Mr. Wendenburg asked In
each case whether the reason for de?
clining was because It might iricrlm
Ir.ate the witness, and again Beattle
refused to answer
"Have you sent any communication
to Beulah Binford In the last ten day!
rending your love and oceans Of
ki>.-eK'>" Mr. Wcndenburg asked.
? "I object." said Mr Smith
"Haven't you in the past ten davs
mnde preparations with Beulah Bln?
ford to furnish a home for her?"
"No." I
"Haven't you furnished her monev ,
for that purpose?"
"We decline to answer." cut In Mr.
Smith.
"Haven't you asked her to get Item- !
D.ed bills of furniture? Haven't you j
told her than you would be good?
Wheit did you last see this woman 7 |
Were you with her on Monday nigh'
in a disreputable house?"
The rain of questions went on. but
the witness remained silent.
"Didn't you meet her In Norfolk
after her child died In 1910? Didn't
yon pay the funeral expenses?"
No answer.
"Didn't vou on last Monday pro to
the Blnford girl's home on West Main
Street, in Richmond? Didn't you once
send this young womap to school and
aid In her education?"
Still the refusal to reply to any
questions of this sort.
"Haven't you stated that this was
the gun that did the killing?"
"I said that was the gun they found. |
and we took it for granted It did the
killing. It was a single-barreled gun
i and In general looked like that."
"When you were married did your
; wife know- of your patt relations with
this Blnford woman?"
"She knew all about it. Everybody
knew of it."
"Did your wife know your relation?
! with this woman were being contin
1 tied?"
The witness declined to answer.
Iltnlord W"miin on Mond.
"Call Beulah Blnford." raid Mr. Wen
denhurg, suddenly, and Beattle moved
back between the detective-sergeant
and his father.
The girl came out. wearing a white
veil end hat with a light striped cloth
suit. She was sworn nr.d gave her age
as seventeen on the 25th of this month.
She said she first met Beattle on Au
gust 3, four years ago. or when she
was Just thirteen years of age.
"Did he aid In your education?" she
was asked.
"He did. He sent me to St. Mary s
THE WEATHER
ForeciiHt: For Virginia?Showers, fol?
lowed by clearing Saturday! probably I
fulr Sunday; moderate, variable winds.!
becoming mmI,
For ."North Carolina?Local nhower* )
Saturday nod Sunday; moderate south
and southwest wluds.
CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.
Friday midnight temperature .... 30,
S A. M. temperature . 751
Humidity . TS,
\\ lud, direction .S. W.
Wind, velocity . I ;
Weather.Pt. cloudy,
Rainfall .Trace |
12 noon temperature . S4 {
:i P. M. temperature . 00 I
Maximum temperature up to f>
P. M. M
Minimum temperature up to 5
P. M. 1.8
Mean temperature . SO
Normal temperature . So
Excess in temperature .None:
Deficiency in temperature since
March 1 . 105 i
Accum, excess in temperature
since January 1 . 14
Deficiency in rainfall since March
1 . 7.39
Accum, deficiency in rainfall since
January 1 . 7.66
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT OITIE?.
(At S P. M Eastern Standard Time.)
Place. Ther. H. T. Weather.
Abilene . So 96 Rain
Augusta . TS. x& Cloudy
Asheville . 74 TS Clear
Atlanta . 70 SO Ruin
Atlantic City.... 74 SO P. cloudy
?Boston. Tj 7S Cloudy
Buffalo . TO 70 Clear
Charleston . Si 94 Cloudy
Calgary . 12 T4 P. cloudy !
! Chicago . 68 7; Clear
' Denver . 7S 80 Cloudy
Dulllth" . 70 74 Clear "
Galvcston . 82 86 Cloudy
H.ivre . 88 90 Cloudy
Huron . 80 82 Clear
Jacksonville .... 92 100 Clear
Kansas City. 88 92 Clear
IKnoxville . 76 78 Cloudy
! Louisville . 81 SS P. cloudy i
! Memphis . 74' 82 Cloudy
Mobile . 82 90 Clear
j Montreal . 62 7S Cloudy
New Orleans.... 84 92 Cloudy
I New York . 70 TS Cloudy
I Norfolk . 7S S I P. cloudy I
i North Platte_ 82 SI Clear
I Oklahoma City.. 7S 84 Cloudy
j Plttsburg . 70 86 Clear
Raleigh . 84 88 P. cloudy
Savannah . 80 92 Cloudy
San Francisco... 5S Clear
Spoknne . 84 86 Cloudy
St. Paul 76 76 Clear
Tnmpa . 82 90 P. cloudy
Washington .... 76 88 Cloudy
Wilmington _ S2 90 P. cloudy
Wythevllle . 71 "82 Cloudy
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
July 22, 1911.
HIGH TIDE.
[Sun rises.... 6:06 Morning. .. .12:47
'?un sets.7:26 Evening....
Academy, at Alexandria, In October,
after 1 bud known bun a year. I was
at school a month, and got lonesome
and came back home."
The witness told of the birth of the
child In Raleigh, N. C. in July, 190?. The
ehild dl? d the following year. She was
not hero at the time, but understood
that Beattie had paid the funeral <-k
penses. The witness said that her re?
lations wltn Beattie had been entirely
broken olt before his marriage ami that
she had not seen him lor two years
until she accidentally met him at a ball ,
game lib Norfolk two months ago. and
tobt him she was coming to Richmond,
He advised her not to come, and later
wrote her to the tunic effect. She de?
stroyed the letter and came two
months ago. telephoning him twice thai
she was'in Richmond. Slid met Seat?
tle the night she got here at Eighth
and Grace Streets, and drove in his j
car to Idiewood and then to a house at
Fourteenth and Broad Streut*. She j
ask^d him to take her there. Beattie
gradually came to see more and more
of her.
"When did you set him last;"
On Monday night at a:30 o'clock,
he camo to my house on West Mai.n
Street, and we went out. and 1 was '
with him from 9130 until a little after!
1- o'clock."
Has he in the last ten days given
you any money for furniture to go j
to housekeeping'.'"
"Yes, my sister was to move, and I
he said ho would send it to me. , That
was about three weeks ago. He' gave
nie money for furniture once before. ;
and I spent It, so he asked for item?
ized bills this time. 1 did not buy |
any furniture, but told him I had been
to see it, and he said he would mail
me the money. He mailed mu 110. I
have the money."
"Is there any doubt about his con?
tributing to your buying furniture?"
"No. I have his letter hero."
"Jias he tried to create the Impres?
sion that he has transferred his af- ,
feotlons to you?"
' He has not."
Mr. Wehdenburg read a letter dated
Manchester Station. 10:30 A. M.. July
li. written on stationery of H. C.
beanie's dry goods store and ad?
dressed t i Mrs R. T. Fisher on the 800
nlock of West Main Street. The letter
said: "Dear Kid,?Pay this ten on the
furniture and make him give you an
itemized bill, and what you are to pay
each week. Don't get Irena to call me
any more. home one will get wise.
With oceans of love brimming with
kitses. Your*. HUN."
"Didn you know it was written by
Mr. Beattle: the wltnesse was asked.
"Yes." she replied.
"If you thought your evidence would
convict him and send him to the elec?
tric chair, didn't you say you would
confess that you killed his wife your?
self?"
"1 d'd say so."
Miss Bin ford asked for the return
of the letteV hut was Informed that It
would be retained by the Common?
wealth for the present.
Cross-examined by Mr. Smith, she
Stated that after she had broken off
with Beattle she understood that he
was to be married, and that she had
met him two months ago In Norfolk
by accident. She said she had no
reason to believe that Beattle was
"dead in love with ner."
She had also gone out with other
men while going with Bevitie. and
had no reason to believe he had any
desire to desert his wife for her. She
had never heard him refer to his wife
disrespectfully.
Miss Blnford was excused, but or?
dered kept under surveillance by tho
oflleers. After Saving the stand sho
became hysterical, and could be heard
crying and lsjughing She soon recov?
ered and was taken away.
Physician on Sinnd.
Dr. Herbert Mann told of being called
on the telephone by Douglas Beattle.
who had heard of some shooting affair.
He hurried to the Owen home, where
he found Mrs. Beattle already dead.
He saw Henry with his nose swollen
and bleeding, and examined It. but
discovered that it was not broken and
needed no attention. While he wast
waiting for an automobile Dr. Loving
a?ked him into the parlor to assist in
examining the wound. His party came
for him before the examination was
completed, and he left the Instruments
with the others. He found a clean cut
hole about the size of a half-dollar
on the left side of the face between the
eye and the nose, slightly below the
level of the eye, almost perfectly
round, and with the tissue's apparently
normal. He could see Into the, opening
three or four Inches. Dr. Mann Illus?
trated his view of the probable posi?
tion of ihe woman and of the assail?
ant by sitting In the car. Mr. Wenden?
burg holding the gun at an angle
which would produce such a wound.
He had noticed no powder marks, and
could not say how long such a body
would bleed after death. There was
no evidence of any scattered shot
May Stuart, of 221? Mayo Street, was
called, and told of knowing Beattle
and the Blnford girl.
B. L Lane told of his experience
with bloodhounds as the keeper of the
pack at the State Farm, and of bring?
ing down four dogs which failed to
And any trail, though conrldered very
reliable animals. He had known the
hounds to trail when the scent had laid
longer
W. M. Burton. Of the State Farm,
was also called, and told of efforts to
trail by dogs, the dogs finding noth?
ing. He had seen the dogs trail over
roads, woods, swamp antl field, but
thought a trail In a d?sty road might
be lost If many machines ran over It
Police Sergeant Thomas J. Wren
told - of his connection with the case
and of his visit to the Owen house on
the night of the crime. He had tulked
with Mr. Schercr and asked his aid
In securing dogs from the State Farm
nt the suggestion of Ben P. Owen He1
told of roping off the spot on the road
to protefH It until the dogs came, and
ot the dogs circling about and doing
nothing "I said this looks bad," he
declared, '"and the others agreed with
me."
Mr Wren recounted in detail the
unsuccessful efforts maele in the neigh?
borhood to place the gun. He didn't
believe much in dogs, but as far as the
dogs were concerned there seemed no
trail to take.
Detective Sergeant Wiltshire follow?
ed and told of going out. and confer?
ring with Officers Ja.roll and Wren.
Mr. Beattle came In his car to the
scene of tho killing. Mr. Owen was
there and others, and they went to
where the pool of blood had been found
and examined the car Inside and out?
side. He placed it over the spot or
blood, a space two feet by eighteen
inches.
"I got down underneath tho car
and could find no blood stains," he
testified. "I was satisfied the ''blood
did not leak from the car. and I stat?
ed there that the blood die! not run
out of that car. and Mr. Benttio aald
nothing."
"Co'wld the blood have- run through,
the car?" he was asked. >
"No. sir. There Ib no indication of
It and very little blood on the outsido
of the car Possljply some, blood ran
elown to the step, but thcro was no
blood on the underneath side of tho
car that 1 could see. There was a
dustpan under the car."
Wiltshire said ho did not try to
work tho dogs, but wont with Mr.
luricll to see the woman who had first]
lound the ? !
The woman showed them a etil as!
marking ?"??? spot on the railway track.I
where shir discovered it. j
"Wo measured the distance from the'
right-hand side ot the road. ..nj made i
it twenty-live tuet down the railway)
tracks.'' the witness said.
' c'o if that gun full out of the car
it had to be thrown twenty-live feet'.'"
lie wau asked.
"Yen, sir. Then we sot the colored
man. Reynolds, who later brought in
the gun trom where he said It lay. The
measurement was twenty feet. Thy
woman said that when She jjv. it n
was broiU'H, and .-he left it there/'
Dr. Wilbur Mercer was sworn and
told of being at the OwOII place when
Heattie came back witii the body, cry?
ing. "O my God. We've been held up
and bhotl" M;s. Beattle was lying]
down between the front t-eat and the I
dashboard. He carried her into the
house and found her dead. Beatue
wanted to call ambulances und taue her
to a hospital, but the physician told
him she wua dead. Beuttle's coat was
On the Moor of the car, between the
tronl seat and the dashboard when
l/r. Mercer noticed It. lie was nut pos
j Itlve whether Beattle had the coat on
when be drove In or not.
"Then that would account for blood
on.It'.'" asked Mr. .Smith.
' Yes."
Dr. More?, described the wound In
some technical detail, telling ot prob?
ing for and removing from tho back
of Mrs. Beattlo'a head the gun-wad of
the charge. There were no marks ot
powder or scattered shot. He thought
the gun was not more than a few
Inches from the woman's face when
tired.
Scherer Testifies.
L,. L, Scherer, claim agent of ttio
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, said he
was called about 1:80 A. M. Wednes?
day by Ben P. Owen at his home, 2717
Qrove Avenue, and told of the murder
and asked whether he could get tho
.State farm bloodhounds. ' The tele?
phone line had closed, but he got the
Chesapeake and Onlo dispatcher to at
range to cut off an engine and caboosu
from a freight train ar.d bring tho
hounds down. Major Button, of the!
Prison Board, and John Aisop met thej
hounds at the station at 6:15 o'clock, j
and Scherer was at the scene of thej
murder nine minutes later. John Al- j
sop, standing near, smiled.
The hounds circled for half a mile !
but got no scent. Where the car hud'
stood the pary tried again and ugaln
to get the dogs to take scent. They I
led to the fence und buck to the cur. I
hut not over Into the field beyond, j
Beattie und others came, up, und some*!
one said the gun had been found. ;
Beattle explained that In crossing the I
railway tracks the gun must have
jolted out, as there were no rear doors I
on the cur. Scherer told of many ex- j
.imlnatlons Of Beattle and others and
of placing the. car over the spot of
blood. The spot had been carefully
measured, und Scherer had notes of all
figures, which were read into the rec-1
ord.
'Did you see whether this pool of
blood could have come from this car".'" |
lie was asked.
"Taking the statement of Mr.
Beattle." ne declared. "1 would sav It
would have been Impossible. There was !
no Indication on the car to show that I
blood hud flowed through."" The wit
ness said he had examined the cur
minutely and found that blood could!
not get between the floors as de?
scribed. Beattie agreed that there j
w.is no sign of blood on the dust pan. I
"Did Beattie make any explanation
after you showed him that the blood i
'?ould n >t have come from the car?"
"He was there and heard what was
said, and did not make any further
explanation."
Mr. Scherer said he had known
bloodhounds to take the trail after
fifteen hours. Asked as to the ex?
amination of the clothes Mrs. Beattle
wore, he said he had gone to the ;
house to inspect them, but found the
women who undressed the body had
burned them at once oa account of
their bloody condition.
"?If she had been shot in the road
instead of in the car. and fell there,,
wouldn't there have been dust all over
her?"
"I think not. There would be some,
and from her coming that distance at
his speed, but there would be much
blood on the clothes to obliterate dust
stains. I don't think wo could have
told from her clothes whether she was
shot in the car or in the road."
There was prolonged discussion
among Ihe authorities as to the form
of commitment papers, Beattle hav?
ing been arrested In the city by Cap?
tain McMahon without a warrant. A
warrant was duly sworn out by County
Officer Jarrell, who said he had asked
to be allowed to do it the day before
and had been stopped.
Captain McMahon took the gun in
charge and the Inquest adiourned
until 12:30 P. M. to-day. The late
hour was named to suit the attorneys
who had other cases in court.
There seemed somo feeling between
the county and city ofllcers over the
arrest. Magistrate Jacob remarking
?"We aren't in it over here."
Mr. Scherer smoothed the thing
over by explaining that both Mr. Jacob
and Officer Jarrell had wished to arrest
the evening before, as he had himself.
He .?ald he had argued the. case with
\V. Q. Baldwin for hours and only de?
ferred the arrest on his advice.
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*vhero he remained at the store of H~ I
C. Beattie, Sr. for more than two'
hours.
Went to Pawnshop.
"There he met Henry Beattle. Jr..
and brought him to Bichmond. That
must have been about 11 o'clock. They
went to the pawnshop and got the sun.
My husband was then driven home In
the uutomo'nlle. In which the gun had
been placed, but I did not see It.
though 1 saw the car drive up and my.
husband get out. 'I hat's all I know of
the weapon's purchase.
"Wednesday night we went to tho
Beattie home in South Richmond.
With other relatives and friends of
the family we remained, for some time
?n tin- porch. Paul and Henry talked
freely, but so far as I know they had
no private conversation. I recall dis?
tinctly that Henry maintained his In?
nocence.
"We returned home late, and I had
no opportunity to further talk with
Paul until last night. It was then
that he told me of Henry's request
t.i buy the gun. He was utterly mis?
erable.
Advised to Tell Everything.
"I was horrified, and told lilm to tell
everything. He told my mother iMrs.
A. B. Houchous). who lives with us.
the same story. We were at a loss to
know what to do. and so completely
shocked that we did nothing.
"That was last night. This morn?
ing Paul visited his grandmother and
related the story to her. She told him
to tell the truth, no matter what hap?
pened. He returned home shortly after
noon with the determination to notify
the police of what ho knew.
"About 2 o'clock this afternoon Cap?
tain McMahon and Captain Wright
called to interview my husband, and
he told them the same story as I have
related. He readily agreod to accom?
pany t'.tem to the inquest, and left tho
hon?? In their company. That was the
last I saw of him."
Mrs. Beattle was under the Impres?
sion that her husband was under ar?
rest until Informed differently by re?
porters. In fact, when newspaper men
called at her home in Randolph Street
she refused to be seen, but sent her
mother, Mrs. Hnuchens.
Relieved by Newa,
The latter conveyed the news that
her husband was 111 as a result of the
strain under which he has been labor?
ing, and was at tho City Home Hospi?
tal for medical attention. This news
proved such a relief that she quickly
recovered from the shock of tho
thought of her husband In prison, and
she readily appeared to be Interviewed.
Mrs. Beattle snld that her husband
is twonty-onc years old. and until re?
cently had been employed as a con?
ductor by the Virginia Railway and
Power Company, but gave up this posi?
tion to become watchman for I. J.
Smith it Company, contractors.
In response to a question. Mrs. Beat
tie said that Paul and Henry 'had
never been Intimate, and saw very lit?
tle of each other. She was at a loss
to understand why the latter had
called upon her husband to buy the
gun.
Henry Stayed In Car.
"Was Henry Beattle with your hus?
band when he took the gun from the
pawnshop?" Mrs. Beattle was asked.
"I don't think to. I bcllova he re?
mained with the automobile In Broad
Street while Paul got thc weapon."
The parents of Paut Beattle died
about four years ago. He has two
younger hrothers. David Douglas Beat
tie, seventeen years old. and McGregor
Beattle. nine years old. Henry C.
Beattie Sr.. Is guardian of these chil?
dren.
He was married Juno 9 1910. to Miss
Ruth Houchena. and is the father of
an Infant son. Robert Edwa^jl Beattfa
He will be the chief witness for tho
prosecution when Henry Beattle is
placed on trial for murder.
RECALLS EVENTS
OF H'CUE TRIAL
(Continued From First- Page.l
enough, gave not thc sltghtest hint
that any such suspicion lurked between
the printed lines. Discerning readers
set about to Judge for themselves,
however, and did It promptly. Wheth?
er they are right or wrong Is another
matter.
The McCUe, Cnnc
Nearly seven years ago Fannie Craw?
ford McCue, wife of a former Mayor
of Charlottesvllle, a man prominent
In hoth the business and the social
life of the city. Was brutally murdered
l.i the Park Street home of the family.
In the heart of one of the most at?
tractive ([residential sections of tho
university town. ?JhP day was Sep?
tember -1. 19^4, an(> the time ihe early
evening soon after the- Sunday night
congregations bad turned homeward
from the churches. Rumors, fed By
wild excitement, spread and rapidly
grew Into many fantastic shapes, but
for the moment none had time or
thought to question the simple ex?
planation that a burglar, frustrated
by the unexpected return of the couple j
to the house, attacked them both and |
escaped, leaving the woman dead In a
bathtub and the ex-Mayor senseless j
upon the floor. H was not until later j
that discrepancies <n the stories told ,
by the husband were noted, that re- ]
ports of domestic Infelicities began to I
bp whispered abroad, and that finally |
a circumstantial net began to gather I
about the ex-Mayor In the meantime 1
McCue complained loudly of his own
injuries, wept copiously, and offered
a rewarel of a 'housand dollar? for the
capture of the murderer, whom he de
icrlhed as "a kll'.d of dirty white man.
with his beard out a little."
But, as In the Beattle case the pub?
lic was concerned with another picture,
and that was the picture of the hus?
band himself. The first shock of the
horror over, the attention of all whs
turned to the story of the murder and
MeCue's Inconsistent and somewhat
Incoherent accounts were dissected
with relentless zeal. Once set in t-elng.
thc sn^picjon was speedily reinforced
hy circumstances not directly con
neeted with the actual events of that
Sunday night. For instance, -it was
now remembered that MeCue's rela?
tion? with certain women were a mat?
ter of common I.Otorlety, and It was
also declared that these relations had
caused more than , one violent scene?
In his own housoho'd. From this if
was easy to imagine 'u scene somewhat
more violent than usu/;l, In which an
accusing wife was strAbk, beaten and
killed by her husband' admittedly
man of overpowering [jassions. In
day or two the accusing finger wi
being pointed openly at ,.he ex-Mayor,
nnel pretty soon, as remarked by
writer at thc time, the r\utterlngs of
the people, at first vagus \.nd inden?
ts, ^nd
/en Vw
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7,000 $7,000
Stock Shoes
$6.00 Shoes.$3.50
5.00 Shoes .-._...... 3.25
4.00 Shoes ._. 2.60
3.50 Shoes._2.25
3.00 Felt Hats _. 1.00
3.00 Derbies. 1.25
All Shirts Half Price.
Fine Winter Underwear. 50c
WILTSHIRE'S
1009 East Main St.
BIG SALE SATURDAY.
nlto, swelled In volume ur.t.11 they be?
came a veritable roar that now began
to echo throughout the entire State,
SlcCue Arreated.
Tho authorities lost no tlmo. but the
public mind leaped ahead of them,
and close behind it came the heavy
hand of the police, who, on Wednesday,
-September 7. the day after the mur?
dered woman was hurled, marched Me?
dic Into Jail, while the coroner's jury
was still sifting evidence. The next
morning the Jury submitted Its verdict,
declaring McCue to be the murderer. 1
Feeling in and about Charlottesville
was Intense. The Jail was heavily
guarded and stocked with a sufficiency
of firearms to repel an army. But
there was absolutely no violence,
though much talk of It. To the people
of the town, familiar with faots not
a;, yet generally known, expectation
bad robbed the arrest of surprise, but
throughout the State at large, less
prepared, the imprisonment of the ex
Mayor caused a profound sensation
Preliminary examination was walv>d,
and on September 13 McCue was for- I
mally Indicted. On September 27 he
was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty,
and on October IS tho case was called
to trial before Judge Oeorge W\ Mor?
ris. The extreme difficulty of securing
a Jury reflected tho widespread sen?
timent against McCue. Venires were
chosen successively from Petersburg,
Richmond, Fredorlcksburg and War
renton. and "Foxy" Rogers, sergeant,
traveled many a weary mile man-hunt?
ing. It was not until Ocribcr 2.S that
the court, with a panel complete, was
ready to proceed. There was u l.ril
liunt array of counsel, th? i.tte Captain
MtcaJah Woods leading the prosecu?
tion and the mainstay "of the defense
being John I<ee. of Lynchburg.
Mnny Sensations.
From beginning to end the trial
bristled with sensations, and the daily
court record was read with absorbing
interest throughout tho State. The
i-ommonwealth built up _a powerful
circumstantial case, every point of
which was contested bitterly by the
defense. In one respect the scandal
loving public was cheated. The "wo?
man In the case" hovered ever In the
background, but was not once brought
directly into court, and was as much
a mystery at the end of tho trial as
at the beginning. Indeed, toward the
close, the prisoner's attorneys boldly
declared that McCue's chnractor was
"spotless and Immaculate." But tho'
Jury thought otherwise, and on No?
vember S, after one of the most bril?
liant arguments ever heard In a court
room, brought In a verdict of murder
in the first degree. It took the twelve
men Just twenty minutes to decide the
fate of the prisoner.
The prominence of McCue and of his
wife's family made the case one of un?
usual importance Tho story of the
actual occurrences In the Park Street
home on the night of the murder has
never been told, and is known In detail
to but a few. Suffice It to say that
after attending church and partici?
pating In a Sunday night service. Mc?
Cue went home as rapidly as possible
and murdered his wife with cold?
blooded brutality. She had accompan?
ied him from the ehiir.-h. and they
were In their hed room when the crime
was committed. A baseball bat anil a'
Fhotttun were tho weapons used. Mrs.
McCue was struck over the right ear,
which was nearly torn off. There were
superficial flesh wounds on the left
side of the nose and the hark of the
head. In her breast. Just tinder the
collarbone. was a g.iplni; gun.'hot
wound F!n=rer marks were also dis?
covered on her throat. Indicating that
she had been choked In addition to
being bludgeoned and shot McCue
then dragged the dyintr woman into
the bathroom, placed the body In the
tun, and turned on the hot water
spigot, which was still running when
the body was found.
The Execution,
Throughout the trial McCue was In?
different, scriptural or lachrymose ac?
cording to his mood. Ho did not take
the stand. The case endod. hs went
back to jail and waited, still stoical,
thoush .if limes yielding many tears,
and often rpjotlrig verseif from t Rtblo
which he constantly carried. Motions
to set aside the verdict of the Jury
and grant a new trial worn promptly
overruled. An appeal to the Supreme j
Court of Virginia for a writ of error
was of no avail, and the Governor da- j
nled an application for a pardon. The
Pnlted State? Supreme Co-irt refused
to Interfere. Sympathy was strong
for the relatives and the young chil?
dren of the condemned num. hut for
McCue himself there ,-ould ho no oletn
ency in such a case, Stoutly protest?
ing his Innocence to the end. the ex
Mayor went to th* gallows on Febru?
ary 10. It?n%. and gave his life for the
one he had taken Of all the thrlllinc
scenes that attended this trial, none
could equal that of the last morning,
when. In th,? gray Ilitht of dawn. Mc?
Cue. with wonderful fortitude and t
cnlmner.- shared hy none. In the court
yard but Hlmsolf, stride without a
falter to his doom, disdaining an as?
sisting hand from any side At once
his spiritual advisers Issued his ccn
feislon. In which he r.drr.lttcd the mur?
der, reconciling this admission with
his oft-repeated declaration of Inno
cepse by atatlnt\ that It was ? demon
wltnln him and not his true self which
turned his hand against his wife The
eonfesslori contained no details. M >
Cue simply admitted the murder, nnd
said no more. In the words of his pas?
tors, he did not wish to go from the
world and leave fven tho bare possi?
bility fhnt a suspicion might by any
one he harbored against an innocent
person.
\ wild Story,
Thon occurred a strange : lot
Morbid curiosity was groat, and '.in
dfeda of people begg' fl f.ir permission
to witness the execution. All w. re
donled. The attendance was rigorous?
ly limited, and the hour sot for the
hanging was kept t> profound serret.
Porhaua thes* facts wer? at the bot
torn of what followed. Throughout
tho State and country there promptly
flow a wild rumor that a dummy had
I e<in used; that McCuo had been al?
lowed to escape, and that the coffin
was filled with lead. Newspapers here
and there snatched up the story, and
It was published In several places.
Men even claimed to have seen McCun
In Canada on his way to Australia,
where he was bolng hurried by those
who had connived at h's escape. To
this day many who followed tho caso
believe that McCue Is allve and at
large. The story |j, of course, a hoax.
The execution was legally carried out
on the day fixed for It, and was wit?
nessed by a numbur of people, one of
whom was a representative of this
paper.
PAUL BEATTIE IN
LIMELIGHT NOW
(Continued From First Page.)
where except to the Seattle household
Itself, received scant attention. Ex?
tras went shrieking along the strets
at. many odd hours and never failed of
?eager purchasers only to bo quickly
tossed asldo. The expected headllno
came at last. but sensations piled
higher thnn even tho most profound
olagnostlclon had promised. Tho cli?
max brought n?>t an end of mystery
and speculation, but simply a turn In?
to another line. To-day the question
no longer is "Where will Beattlo bo
arrested," but "who is Paul Beattle?
What connection, if any, did ho have
With the actuul killing, and is it truo
that he has confessed all to the po?
lice?" There Is no answer. Tho
young man :s under closo survelUanco
at the City Home Hospital, and re?
porters canot reach him. The dbtec
tlves are mum. And the public can
now start guessing again.
Paul's Turn To-Diiy.
Although the public assumed that
, Paul had forged the last link in tflw
chain which held his cousin, it becanm
known early in the evening that ho
would be put through a more gruelling
examination at the Inquest than that
which characterized the session yes?
terday. To break down his damaging
confession was looked upon us tho
sole hope of his one-time Mend. But
he could not be roached. Nobody wa3
permitted to see him. Those officers
sat near In silence, and through tho
night be tossed, worn out by the strain
h 'hlch had been breaking his nervo
from ihu moment he heard uf the,
crime.
Some of the rumors which wero
whirled back and forth by an excited
multitude were sensational?even morn
sensational than the developments of
the day. There was open talk of other
confessions; there were bold state?
ments that Henry Beattle himself had
Confessed; but not once has he deviated
from his firm stand of innocence.
The town Itself could not have stood
the strain much longer. With tho
first publication of the killing on tho
Midlothian Turnpike in this newspaper
last Wednesday, the community formed
its own opinion?an oplnon that even
Henry Beattle himself realized was
not in his favor.
Sale Ordered to Stay.
At no time, however, was there any
talk of violence. Truo, Governor Mann
had ordt red Adjutant-General Sale to
remain, In Richmond to lake charge of
any emergency that might arise, but
he might as well have gone away.
Tho feeling in South Richmond waa
far more intense than In Richmond,
but that waa easily understood. Over
there tho victim was highly honored
and loved. The brutal shot that stilted
her heart brought grief to every ho>,io
and a wild shriek for vengeance.
Turning baek to Paul Beattlo, after
racing wildly after rumors, tho pubHo
wanted to shift his confession and seo
It It rang true. But whatever anglo
the madness took it did not lift that
burden which hangs over the head of
the prisoner In the City Jail.
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