The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, September 06, 1911, Page PAGE 8, Image 8

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SHE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1011.
BEATTIEON STAND
Defendant Tells Version ot
Wife's Murder.
DENIES STORY OF COUSIN.
Great Crowd, Attruted by Sensation
of Famous Trial, Travels Miles In
Hope of Seeing Young Defend
ant on Witness Jtand.
Chesterfield Court House, Vn., Sept.
5. The definite report that Beuttle
would take the stand brought a grunt
jam to the courthouse. By farm wag
ons. automobiles and on foot fully SlXI
came to the little green In the midst of
the wilderness and soon the court
room was jammed from wall to wnll.
People built scaffolds of benches out
side of every window, climbed the
sycamore trees to vantage points,
whence they could see the witness
chair, and banked themselves about
the doors.
A few minutes before Judge Watson
rapped for order, the prisoner follow
ed his counsel out of the Jail doors.
He was very pale. The Jailer had
stood by him while he shaved. lie
wore a blue serge suit carefully, creas
ed and a white necktie, pinned with
a pearl. They wanted to recall Kas
telberg, the butcher, to the stand for
a question. Ho was not to be found.
Then Henry C. Beattie, Sr., took the
stand to say that on the Thursday
night following the murder he bad
not received an Intimation of his son's
Impending arrest until a Richmond re
porter told him of it over the phone.
"Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.," Smith
announced, and the prisoner pushed
his way to the stand. He took a
drink of water Sheriff Gill handed
him before the first question was ask
ed him. With a handkerchief crushed
into a hard ball ho continually dabbled
at his nose. The muscles of his cheek
twitched as regularly as his pulse. He
constantly swallowed. Nervous strain
was written large all over his face.
In answer to Smith's quory ho stated
that he was employed as a clerk In his
father's store In South Richmond.
"Have you ever had Intimate asso
ciation or relation with your cousin
Paul Beattie?" Smith asked, driving
directly at a refutation of the most
damaging evidence that had been given
against Beuttle through the lips of his
cousin.
' "Positively none," the prisoner an
swered. "The only times I have had
dealings with him have been when he
came to the store to got money to bos
money." "You never told him a secret never
trusted him with any close informn
tiou of your affairs?"
"I should say not: even when he wns
In the store he was closely watched."
The young man's eyes narrowed
when he said this. He took another
drink of water. Smith then launched
ills witness directly into a narration of
his relations with Beulah Binford.
Beattie said he had first seen the
girl In August, 1007, when he was rid
ing In an automobile with a friend
She had called from the sidewalk and
asked to he taken for a ride. One of
his companions had told him at the
time that the twelve-year-old girl hod
a bad reputation.
"Hdw long did your relations witli
this girl continue at that time?"
"Until she went to Washington with
her mother," Beattie answered roolly
"What was her action toward you in
reference to the child that was boinV"
"Why, she said I was the father of
It," Beattie said. "She thought she
could get more money from me than
anybody else. I refused to pay up and
i;he got a lawyer after me. Then I
paid. After that I was the laughing
stock of the whole town."
Once, more Beattie alluded to the
blackmailing lie had undergone by
paying he was so soft he Just "forked
It up" when demands were made upon
him. Then he exhibited the first hull
cations of a nervous deslro to help
himself by volunteer statements.
"What were the relations between
yourself nnd your wife up to the time
of her death?"
"She never spoke n cross word to me
or I to her." Beattie answered. "We
were both of an affectionate nature
1 defy anybody to say we were not
completely happy."
"Did your wlfo know of the rela
tlons that had previously existed be
tween you and Beulah Bluford?"
"She certainly did. 1 mude n clean
breast of it about the child nnd nil."
"Did she know of your trip to Nor
folk last April, where you met Beulah
Binford?"
Beuttle was silent for an Instant and
then replied In a low voice:
"She knew 1 was going to Norfolk
but she did not know I met Beulah
there." Ho quickly volunteered thnt
ho had not gone to Norfolk with the
express purpose of seeing the girl; his
meeting had been purely accidental.
The lawyer then led Beattie to a
comprehensive denial of overy detail
given by his cousin Paul of the alleged
purchuslug of the shotgun at Henry'i
lniitnnco nnd of the ride together to
tho pawnshop to get the gun on the
Saturday night before tho murder.
"If I had wanted a gun for the pur
pose Qf murder I would never have
commissioned such a one as Paul te
get It," Beattie snapped. But he did
admit thnt he had taken the despised
cousin in his machine with htm on the
Saturday night in question.
Ah tho examination proceeded tho
DETECTIVE SCHERER.
Man Who "Worked Up" the
Case Against Young Beattie. J
1 . -iL.
young man under tho focus of so many
eyes grew more and more fidgety. His
eyes Bhlfted nervously from face to
face of the Jurymen before him. ne
could not see his counsel without turn
ing his hend painfully, but more nnd
more often ho sought to catch Smith's
eye before answering, like n fighter
looking through tho ropes for n tip
from his trainers.
The prisoner's counsel hurried
through to the end from this line of
questioning, anticipating the attack of
the commonwealth's prosecutor. Smith
had his client say that on the night
following tho murder, when his cousin
Paul was at the Owen home, ho had
Instructed Paul to carry a message to
the Binford girl.
"Paul told me Beulah was sorry for
me," Beattie said, "nnd I tout mm to
tell her not to bother me to leave me
alone."
Did you tell Paul to warn Beulah
that If she told what she knew you
would kill her if it took 100 yeurs?"
"I surely did not."
Beattie also was led td"say that on
the second night after the murder he
had received an intimation that his
arrest was imminent ho phoned to his
cousin Pnul to learn if the police had
yet arrested her as a witness.
At the end of six hours on the wit
ness stand ueattio touna uimseir
snared by the relentless cross exami
nation. Ho was sitting clad in a coat
hespnttored with the blood of the wife
whom he is charged with having mur
dered. The examiner had insisted thnt
he put it on. By him wns a shirt, also
bloodstained. Before him stood Louis
Wendenburg, commonwealth's prose
cutor, driving at him question after
question relating to those blood stains.
Young Beattie faltered for tho first
time. Ills nerve had been unusual,
his answers up to that time ready al
most to tho point ofgllbness. But at
this critical point ho could not lift his
eyes to meet those of the questioner,
his tongue clicked against dry lips.
And Just when the prisoner wns
floundering nt his worst Judge Wat
son announced that court stood nd-
Journed, tho cross examination of tho
witness to be continued. Had there
been any sports present they would
have said that Benttio was saved by
the gong.
The climax came unexpectedly. In
the little closed space not more than
three feet wide, where the dense Jnm
that had filled tho courtroom parted
to give the witness room to place his
feet, bits of grewsomo drama were
spilled while all in tho courtroom held
their breath.
Beattie had endeavored to indicate
to the prosecutor Just how he had held
the body of his wife after she had been
shot by the highwayman who ho says
was her nssnssln. Ho spread out his
left hand and indlcnted with his right
hand the motion of manipulating tho
steering -wheel of an automobile.
'There, take that little boy," com
manded Wendenburg, "nnd show tho
Jury by using his body how you sup
ported your wife after she had been
shot"
A barefooted little farmer's boy, who
had been actlng'as copy runner for the
reporters, drew hastily away from the
young man in tho chair as ho stretched
out his hand to seize him. Then the
Impulse to be tho center of all eyes
overcame the lad's Umldlty and he al
lowed Beattie to enclrclo his waist
with his arm. Seattle's left hand
spread out across his back Just 'above
the buttons on his cut down trousers.
"So that is how you supported your
wife's body after she was shot I nsk
you now to look nt tho left sleeve of
this shirt, which you wore on tho night
of tho murder, and tell me if you see
nny blood on It."
Wendenburg passed tho shirt up to
Beattie. Tho witness touched tho gar
ment gingerly, and as hq turned it over
nnd over tho muscles of his cheeks
kept pulsing, pulsing. Ho found no
blood on tho left sleeve.
"Now look on the left breast and the
left shoulder of that Jacket," tho prose
cutor commanded, "and point out to
the Jury tho blood spots that wore
made when your wife's head fell
ngalnst you as you have Indicated."
Beattie craned his nock to look at the
shoulder and sleeve. Thero were no
dark stains there, although ono could
be seen in the middle of his back and
anottwr on the tall of the coat at the
back. '
STILL CHAMPION.
Gotch Easily Defeats Hack
enschmidt at Chicago.
WINS IN STRAIGHT FALLS.
Russian Challenger For World'
Wrestling Honors Outgeneraled and
Outclassed by American In
Quick Time.
Chicago, Sept. 5. Outgeneraled and
outfought, George Hackenschmldt, "tho
Russian Hon," laid down his hope ot
the world's wrestling championship to
Frank Gotch, world's champion. The
first fall came in 14 minutes 18 1-5
seconds on n reverse body hold and
wrist lock. The second fall came in
5 minutes 32 1-5 seconds, Gotch, using
his fatal toe hold that won him tho
championship three years ago.
Hackenschmldt, untrained, was hog
fat. He had no chance whatever. Ho
was a beaten man when ho entered
the ring.
Gotch, trained to the minuto and
seeming the acme of physical pcrfec
tlon, beat Hack at every stage of the
game. The masterful strength which
Hack was supposed to possess did not
show to advnntage when Gotch clasp
ea tne Hon. The Iowa farmer was
simply too good for tho Russian. He
pitted physical strength against a man
who had practically no strength. The
result was inevitable.
Hackenschmldt is guaranteed $11,000
and a largo percentage of the picture
privileges.
Gotch won the world's title from
Hackenschmldt three years ago.
Two hundred policemen were at tho
ringside today to see that no foul tac
tics were resorted to.
Tho promoters expect that the gate
receipts will reach 100,000.
The out of town visitors filled all the
hotels, and many who could not pay
tho price at the select hotels had to
walk the streets.
In boxes near the ringside were sev'
oral hundred women. Prominent
among them were Gotch's mother, his
wife nnd mother-in-lnw. The latter
three occupied a box directly in front
of the arena, and with them sat Jack
Curley, manager of Gotch's training
camp, nnd Emil Klnnk, Gotch's man
nger. It is safe to say that the femi
nine relatives of tho champion were
the most Interested in all tho vast
crowd of spectators.
There was little betting. The df
rectors of the Empire Athletic club
ruled that "all bets are off," thus re
moving the club from nny responsi
bility which might afterward arise. It
was merely a technicality for the pro
tection of the club which promoted
the contest Ono bet of 5-100 to 200
wns made, and the' prevailing odds
were 2 to 1 on Gotch.
KILLS GIRL, THEN HIMSELF.
Daughter of Retired Brooklyn Lawyer
victim of Rejected Suitor.
New York, Sept. 0. Miss Catherino
Van Wyck, the twenty-year-old daugh
ter of Albert Van Wyck, a retired
lawyer of 107 Joralomon street, Brook
lyn. wns shot and killed tonight at
Quoque, N. Y., by William A. Childs,
Jr., formerly of Englcwood, whose
family have occupied a cottage at
Quoque for some years. Childs then
turned the revolver on himself and
committed suicide.
The tragedy occurred in Beach lane,
where Miss Van Wyck's father has a
cottage. Childs had been visiting
more or less at tho cottage belonging
to Alice W. Howell, which is rented
by ills brother, Alfred D. Childs, but
has been staying nt the Cooper House
for the summer. Childs was about tho
same age as Miss Van Wyck and had
been attentive to her.
Miss Van Wyck, ChUds and another
young man were together, when sud
denly Childs drew behind tho young
womnn nnd fired twice into Miss Van
Wyck's back. As she fell to tho
ground ho gave one glance and Jumped
over tho fence. He ran a short distance
through a cornfield and .when found
was dying.
KEENE UNDER KNIFE AGAIN.
American Financier Rallies From Op
eration In London.
London, Sept. 5. James It. ICeeno,
the financier, was successfully operated
on for stomach trouble nt n nursing
homo here.
The patient rallied well, according to
a statement Issued by his physician,
and his condition Is encouraging. It
was announced that Mr. Kcene was
resting quite comfortably.
Thero were no signs of complica
tions, his condition promises well, and
he is making good progress toward
convalescence.
TALE OF THE WEATHER.
Observations of the United
States weather bureau taken at
8 p. m. yesterday follow:
Temp. Weather.
New York 05 Clear
Albany 08 Clear
Atlantic City... 03 Clear
Boston CO Clear
Buffalo 04 Clear
Chicago 74 Cloudy
St. Louis 74 Rain
New Orleans. . . 78 Rain
Washington .... 70 Cloudy
5 5SZ! 3 s
3 x I 2- ? H
t I t 3- - 3 H
I s s ? - ? 3 5
l is a ? 8 J & SS
S- a o 3 5 S
) a. o o J j S C
) I B - 51 f g
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AMERICAN BOAT WINS.
Dixie IV. Outdistances British Entries
For International Cup.
Huntington, N. Y.. Sept. 5. The
American boat, Dixie IV., owned by
II. II. Melville. August Hccksher and
Frederick Burnbaui. defeated the Brit
ish challengers in tho first race for
the international niotorboat cup here.
Tho English challengers, Pioneer II.,
owned by the Dulse of Westminster,
and tho Maple Loaf III., owned by E.
Mnckay Edgar, wore second and third,
respectively. The other boats -were
distanced. No time was announced.
The Dixie IV. won the race by a
hnlf mile over tho thirty mile course.
The second race will bo contested this
afternoon.
Clear skies nnd n fresh breeze from
the eastward that made quite a rough
sea .on tho sound nre tho conditions
which greeted tho fleet of high speed
motorboats a few hours before the
start of the first race for the inter
national cup. Tho Dixie, tho Viva
and the Disturber II. were tho Ameri
can boats.
Tho harbor was filled with yachts of
every description, flying flags of all
clubs, the scene being n most pictur
esque one.
Tho Dixie IV. was in prime condi
tion. Her helmsman, Fred K. Burn-
ham, had with him tho same crew as
on the elimination race.
NEW SALAMANDER FOUND.
Costa Rica Specimen, Centuries Old,
Just Discovered.
Washington, Sept. C A brand new
salamander, new at least to students,
though perhaps centuries old, has
been discovered In Costa Rica, accord
ing to Dr. Leonhard Stejneger of the
Smithsouinn Institution.
This specimen is little more than
two and a half inches long, has a
smooth brown skin somewhat striped,
a wide flat head and a long cylindrical
tall.
Two ancient schools of naturalists
disputed in vain whether the salaman
der was fireproof until Pliny the elder
In tho first century of tho Christian
era put a salamander in the fire.
MAKES NEW ALTITUDE RECORD
Garros Reaches Height of 13,778 Feet
at St. Malo.
Paris, Sept. D. Roland G. Garros
broke the world's altitude record in n
monoplane nt St Malo. Ho reached
a height of 4,200 metres, or nbout
13,770 feet.
On Aug. 5 Captain Felix made a
record of 11,330 feet at Etampes. On
Aug. 20 Beachey at Chicago ascended
11,578 feet, but there was somo ques
tion aa to whether or not according
to tho French way of reckoning in
round numbers, ho had broken the
record or simply tied that of Captain
FeUx, both being figured at approxi
mately ll.COO feet.
Weather Probabilities.
Increasing cloudiness today, prob
ably followed by showers tonight or
Wednesday; no change In temperature;
moderate winds.
AFTER JMIEBS.
Grand Jury Begins Probe
at West Chester.
29 WITNESSES TO BE HEARD.
Arrests Are Expected to Follow Report
of Investigation to the Court, and
Many Are Apprehensive Ovor
Result of Jury Findings.
West Chester, Pa., Sept. C The
grand Jury of Chester county has be
gun its forninl probe into the lynching
nt Coatesvillo of Zack Walker, who
;vas burned to death by a mob ou
Aug. 13 for the killing of Edward Rice,
a special policeman.
Tho Inquiry began behind closed
doors, and it is the apparent intention
of the district attorney, Robert S.
Unwturop, to keep tho findings of the
body a secret until its report Is made
to the court.
The attorney general, John C. Bell,
'and Assistant Attorney General Jesse
B. Cunningham were present at the
opening of the session, nctlng for the
state. The only others present, besides
the grand jury of twenty-two, were
tho district attorney and the court
stenographer.
In the meantime, twenty-nine resi
dents of Parkesburg and Coatesvillo,
who had been summoned to appear,
gathered in the corridor near thi'
grand Jury room and spoke In whis
pers of tho probe. The general feellnj.,
wns that arrests would bo made fol
lowing the session. The trepidation of
witnesses was visible.
A rumor was circulated among the
witnesses that one arrest would sure
ly be made in the person of Richard
Tucker, at one time an orderly at the
Coatesvillo hospital and n representa
tive of a life insurance company.
Tucker himself was evidently muter
the strain of suspense, for he hastened
to correct" a misstatement made at the
time of the lynching, that he was onci'
u member of the police force. Ho also
declared to the group surrounding hliu
thnt ho was a peaceable citizen and
had nlways tried his hardest to obey
the law.
"I never was a member of tho
Coatesvllle police force," he said, "but
was a member of the fire police.
whose duty is to keep back the crowd
at fires. I am a member of the
Brandywiue Fire company."
District Attorney Gawthrop refused
to divulge the method of examluhij;
the witnesses before tho grand jury.
"I can only add to my previous
statements that the officials of Chcste
ounty nre doing everything in their
power to bring, tho guilty ones to
Justice," ho declared. "We will not
divulge the outcome of the probe un
til it hns gone through regular court
channels. I cannot tell anything
present. I don't know whether there
will be nny more arrests or not. 1
there are, wo will give it out when wc
lire ready to. That's all."
The attorney general, Mr. Bell, de
slared that both he and Mr. Cunning
ham, as representatives of tho state,
wero thero to see that Justice wns
meted out ns It should be and that the
Inquiry would be carried out through
every phase of the question, no said
that the state purposed to see that the
laws wero obeyed and that tho Inquiry
would not take on any half hearted
system, but would get to the very
depths of the matter.
ATTEMPTS BOLD THEFT.
Man Caught After Long Chase by
Clerk.
Philadelphia, Sept. 5. Under the pre
text of examining the articles on dls
play In the Crown Trading Stamp com
pany. Tenth and Arch streets, a man
who gnvo the name of Sam Coylan
and an address on Twelfth street, Jsow
York, is alleged to have snatched a
rattan valise and n voile skirt and run
away. Robert Kornugnt, a sixteen
year-old boy employed as a clerk,
sounded the alarm and together wltn
Christian Brown, the manager of the
store, gave chase.
Coylan was captured at Eleventh and
Market streets by Gleason, a reservi
policeman. He was held under $400
bail by Magistrate Scott, charged with
larceny.
BREAKS LAW TO SAVE LIFE,
Philadelphia Physician's Effort to Re
vive Boy Fails.
Philadelphia, Sept. 5. While tulkln
with friends at Fifty-ninth nnd San
som streets Valentino Iser, slxtcc
years old, suddenly sank to tho side
walk unconscious. After trying In vnln
to arouse him his friends hulled
passing motorist and asked htm to
tnko the boy to n hospital. Tho owupr
of tho car happened to bo Dr. Gcorg
L, Wernet.
A glance told him that the boy wa
In n serious condition nnd, placing him
in tho car, tho physician broke th"e
speed limit getting to tho hospital. But
young Iser hnd passed away during the
rldo. Death is believed to havo been
duo to a sudden attack of heart dl
case.
Motor Crushes Driver's Head.
Easton, Pa., Sept. G. Michael Gold
stein of Easton, a chauffeur, was
killed in an automobile accident near
Mllford, N. J, The machine became
manageable and .turned turtle.
Ostein's head wAas crushed. I
LOCALS WHIP
WHITE MILLS
Murphy Knocked Out of
Box in Second Inning
WIHTU MILLS NKVEtt DANGER
OUS; COULD NOT CUT DOWN
HONKSDALE'S BIG LEAD.
Tho County Seaters defeated the
White Mills nine in a listless game
at the silk mill grounds, Saturday
afternoon, by the one-sided score of
3.
At no stage of the game were the
Dorfilngerltes dangerous. Leon
Ross' little boys knocked Murphy
out of tho box in the second in
ning, and J. Smith who used to be
the regular pitcher the year White
Mills had the championship of the
county, went in and held the locals
down to four scattered hits.
The County Seaters made a geta
way start In tho first. Mangan
started off with a single to left gar
den, and promptly stole second.
Captain Leslie Brader rolled to
Muruhy, Mangan advancing to third.
Ross doubled to right, scoring Man
gan. Sandercock doubled to left,
Ross taking third. " Duffer ' Weav
er hit to right for two bases, scor
ing Ross and Sandercock. Jacobs
and Bader fanned. Four runs.
Leon Ross' little boys added two
more runs In the second. Schilling
rolled to Wonders, who fumbled
the ball, and threw wild to first.
Male sacrificed to Murphy, advanc
ing Schilling. Mangan singled to
centre. Schilling scoring. Brader
singled to right advancing Mangan.
Mangan and Brader advanced a base
apieco on a passed ball. Ross hit
to first, who made a bad throw
home, Mangan scoring. Sandercock
rolled to Wonders. Brader scored
on the throw down to catch Ross
who stole second, Ross taking third.
Weaver filed to Boyle. Two runs.
At the opening of the third can
to, J. Smith came in from centre
and twirled the remainder of the
game, Mallet taking his place In the
outfield.
Honesdale scored another In the
fourth, when Brader singled to cen
tre. Ross walked, and Werner
muffed Sandercock's fly, allowing
Brader to tally.
The County Seaters made their
eighth run In the eighth inning.
With -two down, Captain Brader,
who had a clean slate, and connect
ing safely with the ball every time
he went to bat, doubled to centre
and took third, on Wender's fumble
of Ross' infield bounder. Gutheil
fumbled 'Polt's hit, and Brader scor
ed. In an attempt to steal second,
Polt was thrown out, Lilly to Gill.
White Mills made their first run in
the fourth. Wenders was hit. San
dercock threw wild to Brader, and
Wenders took third. Dudley muffed
Lilly's fly and Wenders scored.
'White Mills made two more In the
seventh. Mangan fumbled Mallet's
grounder. Smith filed to Dudley.
Gill hit to Brader. Brader threw
wild to Bader, and the runners were
safe. The score:
WHITE MILLS.
R. H
O.
1
3
7
0
7
4
0
1
1
0
A. E.
3 0
Smith, cf, p 0
Gill, ss 1
Gutheil, lb 0
Wenders, 3b 1
Lilly, c 0
Werner, If 0
Wenders, 2b
Boyle, rf
Murphy, p
Mallet, cf
Totals 3 5 24 10 4
HONESDALE.
R. H. O. A. E.
Mangan, 3b 2
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
2
Brader, ss J
Ross, lb
. . .1
. . .1
. . .0
. . .0
... .0
. . .0
.. :o
Sandercock, (
Weaver, If .
Dudley, If .
Jacobs, cf, c
J. Polt, cf .
Bader, 2b
Schilling, rf 1
Male, p 0
Totals 8 10 27 11 6
White Mills 00010020 03
Honesdalo ..3 3010001 x 8
Two-base hits Gill, Brader,
Weaver, Ross, Sandercock. Hits
Off Male, 5; off Murphy In two In
nings, 5; off J. Smith in six Innings,
4. Struck out By Male 3; by
Murphy 2; by J. Smith 3. Baso on
balls Off Male 1; off J. Smith 2.
Left on bases White Mills 10;
Honesdale 8. Hit by pitcher
Wenders, Jacobs. Umpire H.
Dallas.
Time 1:31. Attendance
400..
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NOTICE BRIDGE BUILDERS.
Bids will bo received at the Com
missioners' office In Honesdalo and
Montrose until 5 p. m Thursday,
Sept. 14, 1911, for the construction
of a concrete arch brldgo over the
Lackawanna river at Forest City,
bids to be opened In the Council
rooms, Forest City, at 10 a. m., Fri
day, Sept. 15, 1911. Plans and
specifications may be seen at the
Commissioners' office, Honesdale and
Montrose, also at tho office of W. J.
Maxey, Forest City. All bids must
be accompanied by a certified chock
of at least 10 -per cent, of the
amount ot the bid. The right la re
served to reject any or all bids. Tho
contractor will give bonds to com
plete the work in 60 days.
W. H, Tlngley, A. J. Cosgrlff. J. E.
Hawloy, commissioners Susquehanna
county.
J. E. Mandevllle, J. K. Hornbeck,
T. C. Madden, commissioners Wayne
county. 3 tool