The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 24, 1911, Page 1

CITY EDITION’ ort The Seattle Star fev “ ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE Perey FOS 9 nt? Look on page 5 ie ook on page 4 today and rea tomathais “VOL. 13, NO. 230 SEATTLE, WASH,, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1911 ONE CENT. giei"ttuae news D ARROW P IHENEY HERE T0 CONVICTED | PRINCIPALS IN BEATTIE TRAGEDY Then Goes to FOUR OUT OF BOX Tic | AMG) Death Gamely _ Another, Retired Manufacturer, Shocked Because He's Got to Stay in Box—Exciting Morning Session. ee AR RR RR eR HH oach oiher and showed by their at * ® | titude that the strain was telling : “I, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., desi f standing right be- (By United Press Len 4 y y OF hed ors tdgrecllag a ee ® Permanent Jurors Sworn to w/on them | | fore God and man, do on this 24th day of November, 1911, confess my guilt of the crime charged against me. “Much has been published concerning the details which was not true, but the awful fact, without the harrowing cir- Try Jas, B. McNamara *| James B. McNamara, the one tn for Murder. */ dividual more vitally interested Robert F. Bain, carpenter, #| than any one else, sat at the side F. D. Green, rancher, */of the room, bis hands folded and / Byron Lisk, mill president. ®) his legs crossed, | J. B. Sexton, orange grower Finally, when Capt. Fredericks | | 24.—-One year tlary was the here today to Everett G. Clark, @ * and real estate broker * M J. Andre, carpenter, ®| permeate all present. P. A. Brode, retired bard. & As the prosecutor sank Into his ware merchant and lumber w seat, Judge Bordwell sat bolt up- * and in sharp, crisp, judic 8. Bisbee, rancher, ® accents, sud H. Coke, rancher, * * tlemen Seeteeeeeetenes entered, a aigh of relief seemed to} Whenever you are ready, gen:| eee ee eee ee RAR, The state passes,” snapped out! jay Fitzwater, . ‘ cumstances, remains. For this action I am truly sorry. | Shady Bend, who pleaded gullty last week to the charge of “assault and battery” brought against them for tarring and feathering Miss Mary in, school teache claimed they did it be- leaves they alleged Mise Chamber [lain had a bad character. | lieving that I am at peace with God and am soon to pass into his presence, this statement is made. (Signed) “HENRY CLAY BEATTIE, JR.” SECOND STATEMENT. A second statement was issued by Rev. Mr. Fix and signed by the two attending ministers as follows "Mr, Beattie desires to thank his many friends for the kind letters expressing interest and the public for whatever sym- (By United Press Leased Wire) | PTe*ericks. in sharp, incistve CEDAR RIVER WATER 27% \ \ pathy it felt or expr and then tur : , ath of expressed WALL OF RECORDS, Les An. Yira‘ine detense table. ‘There was fe | ‘an WANTED WIFE OUT OF WAY gules, Nov. 24.—As the climax of! 15 aimost imperceptible pause, and] | , ) Beattie admitted to the ministers that he had decided that his wife ne of the most tense situstions in| hl S!mom: imp 1 ars | 10 N TOMOR was in the way and that he wanted to live with Beulah Binford, or some & noted criminal ease, four men) DAW excuse Messrs. Marshall,| | other such girl He said he did not intend to marry Beulah. were peremptorily challenged by | uicHurney, Stevens and Olcott. Retween 12,000,000 and 15,000, pak say 1 Rcerat gpa nbchar pe Se esa } \ The murder was deliberately p ned, according to Beattie. He ar 090 qailoms ot waler ote. Tees ’ ] ; ged in ance to tell the story of the mysterious highwayman whe pumped into the city maine daily i ranged in advance to te he ory of t mysterious highwayman the defense in the McNamara mur- der case today, when District At- Brode Agitated. t John D. Fre four x ar to ih . senanae at the sind shile he ané 1 were ta . ; fol proved fa oO th mo" d e 2. take, follow ig the bapenteg: St : ‘ FATHER DESIRED TRUTH KNOWN inscrutab jie on his ° box, there was a sharp “stood pat” on all of the men in the Interruption. His white and Beattie confessed that he was glad bis wife was dead, because he thought he was free. Then he signed his brief statement box and reserved al! of his five re-| his’ form trembling, F. A. Brode, maining peremptories. retired lumberman and hardware Th afession was a final blow to Beattie’s father, who, remem» bering his duty to soctety, said The men eliminated were F. A.| merchant, was on bis feet “It is right this should be known. It is my wish to publish it.” operations at the latter piace iast night. Word from Cedar river to day ts to the effect that the main will be repaired some time to lolaht, wo that Cedar river water will again be available tomorrow, McBurney, builder and archi “Your honor,” he began, and he) A. D. Stevens, retired cattle man: was plainly on the verge of total & P. Olcott, rancher, all of whom collapse, “there are absolute rea- HENRY CLAY BEATTIE, JR. had said they believed McNamara sons why | cannot serve. [—* Union bay water han been dis ————— guilty, and J. H. Marshall, a retired) “Wait a moment,” sharply inte: | 0 | centtnned tompenerat and sn lth hardware clerk and neat neighbor ruptéd Judge Bordwell. “1 will health department is preparing to j / of Capt. Fredericks. listen to you in private.” nae & eee send a chloride of jime solution By having to utilize ite pre) A recess was ordered, and for fit. Francis J. Heney, noted national through the mains to purge them cious peremptories, the defense teen minutes the juror and judge|!y 88 an advocate of and a fighter of disease germ was put to a decided disadvantage, were closeted together. ‘Then | for pure democracy, arrived in Se-| onaeapeasiinmemen —_ . F ° ef their original 20, agitated, and as he sank into his|At the Y. M. C. A. tonight, wuder/ Two Indicted | Like a Caged Lion. |seat big tears were welling down | the Star lecture course, j Darrow, with bis hands thrust | his cheeks | Mr. Heney has covered numerou ere | deep into his pockets, paced back| A moment later Judge Bordwell | states on the: p M M 8 | | ‘f€nd forth in front of the bench like | came out, and, taking bis seat, sald | 80d Nba re : - en 1 sing Picture above shows two poses of & caged fon, while his associates | impassively | people are aroused to the necessity) of somal # ‘ e * ir go Two of the defendants named in| Beviah Binford. Lower picture of | Toe “forors wwhtepered aaty wit Rane olen te hs. Cane feveces ring control of (heir BOY") 46 indictment charging # conepir-|Mra Beattie, the murdered woman.) RELWOOD CITY Cal, Now. 24, RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 24.;had to awaken bim to prepare for Ps his death tod: He show Pennayivanla people are tnsur-| 9¢Y between employes of the Byl- —Sobbing like ® broken-hearted |—Calmly and smilingly, almost ¢°' preva 9 — pe Ripettag California, and so are other East | chants 7 od tuated the story of his matrimonial | ie 7, walked to his death in of the day for him. The devilanaye ern people, Wherever the people | $15,000 worth of stock has been experiences with ¢ dramatic inter. |‘, Jt» Wé {i howed | pilfered from the company’s ware-| the electric chair at the state care spirit which he si RRR RARER hh BEULAH MAKES MERRY NEW YORK, Nov. 24—After a night of jollity, Reulah Bin- ford, for whose sake Henry Clay Beattie died today, sept soundly this morning while the execution oceurred. She attended a “ghost play” at a theatre and made merry until 2 o'clock this morning. “That was a terrible play. 1 am afraid of ghosts. My God, I Nope the ghost of Beattie won't follow me,” she sald to Leon Reubenstein, with whose family she is staying. mow havin nly seven remaining Brode emerged, plainly greatly | Attle this morning and will lecture seeeeeeeeee® ooeoeE Eee ESe » * * * * * * * = » * » 2 * » * * » * * * * » » * » » » Jare given the opportunity, they a |ruption here today when he prac- | the a 7 thentielione his tral |declaring for the new order of| house during the last three years, tically collapsed on the stand and| prison here this morning and |{?roushout his «ial and after sem Fix the responsibility. |things.” sald Mr, Heney are still missing. No arrests were tence was passed was subdued ag ow be sty voleed by: th . 0 was assisted from the court room. | paid the penalty for the mur- ine hour of death drew near and ble ning Remand now Deing ¥ lgorously yolced by the agents of |" "California is to have the prest-{ made after the sixth man, G. Fuji, | It was his third public display of |B f nk y tfc: He|the omile foc. which be was Sanne big business in connection with the accident to the Cedar river pipe | otal Timary, ‘and every other| the Japanese truck driver, was the “amotional natere" Mre, Lillian [Gee Of his young wife: He/the smile for which he was salam me / | take Aliian | bmi. | he wbx ‘The petiple, tec, wank the respedbibility fixed. jstate will have it, too, just as soon| taken Into custody. Only elght Moore, his divorce-secking wife, | Showed no indication of physi-| (00), CHIPRRATEd ae ee ution The people want to know whether og not the pipe line was |#* the people can put thelr de) Were ingietes,, shana the. powers Preece f told of in her testimony. The|cal or mental weakness. |solemnly, but was dressed with ; j t wna Y, washed ont BECAUSE THE MILWAUKEE RAILROAD CHANGED | ands Into effect ptt lhe aS inland: break in the proceeding came when! 4 Took Just Three Minutes. [scrupulous care. Four months of THE COURSE OF THE RIVER. : And if that is the case, the people want to place the blame where it belongs: Who allowed the Milwaukee to change the river's course? | The answer ix a former city council, which listened to the cry of some of the big business lackles who are now yelling the loudest } in an effort to throw the people off the true scent The franchise of the Milwaukee in the Cedar river watershed | The third suit within thr was fathered, was urged upon the city council, was practically fore- | ed through the elty council by the old Seattle Chamber of Commerce, |Week# hae been started in the ou- It was popularly known at the city hail as a Chamber of Commerce |Petlor court where the issue is the franchise. It was bitterly opposed at all times by City Engineer | attempt of wholesalers and jobbers Thomson and by Mayor Moore, because it threatened the integrity | to fix the retail price at which food Of the city water supply stuffs are to be sold. The responsibility, therefore, traces directly back to the Chamber | Suits for $50,000 damages have of Commerce and the agents in that body of franchise-grabbing and | been started by Jobst & Hibler of big business exploitation | Seattle and A. J. Oliver of Bremer. Now those agents are complaining that municipal ownership ie a (ton against the Pacific Coast Con-| failure. They are trying to saddle on municipal ownership a crime |densed Milk company, the onal committed by franchise-grabbing private ownership. Grocery company, Schwabacher Leased Wire) Moore described a ecene in which] ‘The execution required just three | prison life had noticeably changed my Uaines | iy SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24—/he declared his wife had come to} minutes from the time Beattie | him, his face showing an ashy pris Reet ee eee eeteteteseeeeeetenee 3 Locating the inevitable woman in/him on her kneen and begged that | stepped into the death chamber. |on pallor. the case, detectives today claim /he seek a divorce from her. He de-|The two guards entered side by —_— — PRETTY POOR JOKE Wi they have irrefutable evi clared she told him she was a vic: | side with the doomed man, Rev. J. J.| Wil ©. Phinney, wealthy *| john Rogers murdered tim of a babit that had killed her} Pix and Rev. Benj. Dennis, the two. young man of Seattle. who is ®/a Goodman, the young jewelry | mother—liquor. clergymen who have been attending to marry Mids McHugh of Te ® gsiesman whose body was found! jrefore his collapse Moore testi-| Joomed man in his cell, and Dr. | ’ coma, # few days ago sent out #/ under a pile of refuse in a gutter tod that he had ordered Frederick |W. T. Oppenheimer, the prison phy-| telegrams announcing bis mar ®\here, robbed of 96,000 worth of Fenwick, the milijonaire |sictan following | Hage. Through ® mistake in # | jewelry. Hazel Smith, Rogers’ COM! man, from his office C Nerve Unshaken. | transmission on the telegra sort, betrayed him. She led the curred following a scene in Moore's! pp he ordeal Beattie re-| State Food Commissioner L. Da wires, his “departure from ¢ officers to a vault in which half of/cun mMoteo mansion the night b ene oo nahaken, His |¥ies, declaring the fish unfit for land of Bohemia” told a tragic #lthe loot was hidden. Rogers has|ror, during which Mra, Moore, he| maimed with nerve unshaken, tra food, yesterday condemned 320,000 tale of intended suicide, and *] given a partial confession, but he 4) aleep tast night was untrowsien pounds of frozen halibut in the stor ‘ yl declares, confessed to him that|4 gloomy, rainy morning failed to |P val 2 T. 8. McHugh of Olathe Maintains that he is innocent of pi wick had acted familiarly with |. he silent steadi- 88¢ plant of the United Warehouse Kan. father of his flances, #1 murder. lie tee Us tuk tele ee company, Virginia st. and Railroad hurriedly notified the authori Que of the diamond rings tobin |i to a ion Chatea ft Be Dearine: lav, It was shipped during the sum ties, who communicated here. ®] trom Goodman, the property of | "°° 4 5 | The Death March. mer, and some of it is a year old. A Local newspaper men discov Benj. T. Brilliant, the murdered ered the joke. ny . FIREMEN HELPING | He knelt for a brief prayer, and consignment of calves’ brains and man's employer, worn by the i ee ot lthen began his march to the death feet more than a year old was ike = = ct OS pei egg) Se on gh om Smith w , led to ber arrest} The fire Mepartment is aiding | chamber. Rev. Mr. Fix handed the | wise condemned. Chickens and tur D D b Mil k ord and Fisher Bros. Milling com. * Re ee ek ee Lond confession, The rest of the re os ty ieee a ae prisoner a Bible as the death — keys in cold storage will be gone . | Covered jewelry was found in a/@heines du J oe AMING. | Hoga’ The windowless death over next in the anndal Thanksgiv- AMALE VONE DY WUMWAUKECE [Pris srr are oranges wie com) FALLS TO DEATH |sutour vos i's xentve stv as St Hulard an engine yas evn on | ge Que gir feaile eh i eles. spiring to maintain fixed prices ia} * niet soon nected. with the.old Ballard ‘well the incandescent globes| ‘The fish was shipped by the Taka jViclstion of pabile policy, . and naasines slulan, aceidentally] Rogers declared the jewels were | throwing about wee Sees fort the polishéd oak chair sud-| Canning and Packing Co. of Alaska. us egun ays omson antes He aie She Kate awn) oe ott aikere Bros’ bittieg ¢ given him by young Manuel Frut-|@a@y. At the White building this! qoniy pursting into light as he The Standard Fish Co. in Seattle ? against unlawful restraint of trade. |” t rare fini, also employed where Rogers | morning an engine was being used|Chicteq the threshold. The rest of |and the Seattle Oyster and Fish Co. Oliver's Ca | pler at 2 o'clock this morning, and he to pump water to the tanks at the Oliver, the Bremerton grocer,|¥4* drowned, Although several | Worke lasks for $25,000, alleging that he|@eckhands saw him trip and fall, seteetseeeeetess "The damage caused to the city’s|safe now. But another flood will water system by the Milwaukee shift the river out of its bed again, ne room remained. in darkness,| owned the consignments. Fruttini, confronting Rogers, told|top of the building = -or flushing | throw ing the instrument of death; Deputy Commissioners Adams railroad has just begun. due to the velocity of the water as 4 toad efforts to rescue the man proved{>im ho lied. Rogers b ke down | Purposes jinto startling relief. Beattie sur | and Bowman wili continue their in- The bridge now being built will a result of the switching of tha] oreere Pad "he Ww. hgh phe vain, as all trace of his body was/campletely today and cried hys veyed the chair calmly and without | spections, and Thanksgiving day Jere ‘om the West Coast Gro-|¥4!n, y wa x, — ° | ‘ . . : not be safe arter this winter. river by the Milwaukee railroad.” lost. Cant: Bi sth ook Gat terically that he is @ victim of po- R h f K d flinching. meats and fish will be “Gh Celah vier Wil cemtinee te Cost Will Be $160,000. jcery company. He was sent a con. |! apt,” Bennett sent out lifel re persecution. ichest o His In Seated in Chair. they say. | c « ed ¢ | preservers and boats, bat Corte’s | y y change its course for the next 25| It will cost about $160,000 to| {Tact to sian which dictated the| toi tiie’ teen recovered up to ee years, rendering the water reains lay the pipes under a tunnel, he| Price at which he was to sell the) oon cgay ecg, aaee cream, He refused to iign, and he} The only solution is a tunnel to| “When that is done the system|ba# been unable to get cream from — | carry the mains underground. will supply the city for ten years.|®"¥ Of the wholesalers on ; WOMEN ON TRIAL CORNER ON JOB This is the opinion expressed by Plans are made for a second diver.|count. He alleges t Several of the .men and women | | A dozen men, official witnesses, sat in the darkened corners of the DIVIDING CITY « per. Beattie shook hands with ae tae at pri murmured a/| The city will be divided into 28% prayer and advanced coolly the | precincts, according to plans sub chair, accepting his fate calmly. He | mitted by Chief Registration Clerk seated himself, moying his limbs | Courtney to the city council this with calculating deliberation to ac-| morning, A s there are tiff, heavy straps. many a8 ck cap was pulled over the »gistered from some condemned man’s head. There was |0f them, while the law places a tremor of the body as Super-|™maximum vote for each precinet ndent Wood lifted his hand in al which sent the prisoner into former City Engineer Thomson |sion of water at Cedar Falls, to|*derable business when he could|arrested in the big raid on the|’ (By United Press Leased Wire) this morning, on his return from | convey about 250,000,000 gallons at|"ot supply the navy department | Archibald hotel a week ago, wer: GRANTS PASS, Or., Nov. 24. Swan lake. the end of that time with cream put on trial before Judge Gordon| “—An unusual situation exis Mr. Thomson stated that the fis he 3 Jobst & Hibler, commission mer-| this afternoon. The raid, which] here as a result of a mass con- Cedar river has changed its bed * * * & & & & & & & & & & & wi chants on Western av., allege that| took place at 4 a. my resulted in| vention last night at which entirely as a result of the flood, * Occasional rain tonight and #/|they have been unable to get Car-|the arrest of Manager Savage of} three men named Smith were “The old channel is filled with * Saturday; moderate southerly #|nation cream from the wholesalers | the hotel and 22 of his guests. nominated as candidates for sand. Piles were driven there | * winds. Temperature at noon, #| because they sold some to a retail-| SoS nn — the mayoralty at the city elec easily. A 75-foot span is being! ® 52 *\er who sold under the agreed and tion December 4. They are R. 7 built over the new channel. It int & Rw & ee hh ee ke & | fixed price, G. Smith, attorney, J. C. Smith, Then He Died. me = a — > - oe - 7 physician, and E. V. Smith, The switch was thrown. A tiny| MISSE merehant and socialist. It is white thread of smoke curled up: HATFIELD A VICTIM OF RELENTLESS FATE Re Mane enema eee ess Se ea eee) ATALORED oN |the lay of the land on Washington |and then crumpled as the current The Time to Buy: latreet, And as bis eyes grew heavy | wa reduced and cut off. Re aah Here is the story of D. A. Het-;convicted, and was then sentenced | field's chances for acquittal seemed Now KILLS GIRL AND) the approach of midnight and|” Dr. Oppenheimer stepped for. SPECIAL field, a victim of Fate to a term in the penitentiary, He | brighter The Place to Buy: the unceasing confiscation of “wet"| ward, tested the heart and pulse Hatfield, possessed of a brilliant |t°* #™ appeal. | But the ray of hope which kin poss ofa ig Jail Break Attempt. | dled in the man of 50 in the county tle goods, Henry located himself at/and raised his hand, announe.ng mind and keen originality, might Pending the disposition of his/fail, and his trusting wife at home, Location: be foot Of SRS. street, “nd toads kas extinct. 1 2. ‘ have been one of Wall atreet’s|appeal in the supreme court, a jail|was shattered yesterday, when the |} Between Lake and Sound, North (Ry United Press Leased Wire) [sky overhead for a blanket and a} A morbid crowd awaited outside Sreatest finauciers had bis path|break was attempted. Hatfield was |supreme court handed down an of University STOCKTON, Cal., Nov, 24—In-| couple of empty bottles for pillows,|the prison walls for hours in a Jed in that direction. In Seattle, {accused of being the master mind |other decision Because: sane with jealousy, Grover Harris| But Patrolman C. J. Clark blew | drizzling rain, At 280 o'clock Hatfield became a real estate man. |that coneelved the plot. Only the| It affirmed Hatfleld’s conviction Development fs just taking {/today shot and seriously wounded |#long and made a noise like a 6/Supt. Wood appeared and said oe He used his brains, his intellect,|overconfidence of one of the con-\on the charge of attempting to|{ piac New Boulevard just be- }| Myrtle Motz, a dancing girl at a/o’clock factory whistle. Clark} “It is all over. It was very much These handsome garments his keen eye, his powerful imagina-|spirators gave the scheme away | break jail. ing completed. No car line at $] igen theatre, and then killed him-|Volced a disapproval of free lodg-| like other executions. It was over | tion in his business. He lived here |after one of the bolis in the cell| So while Hatfield today stands|{ prosent. Car line probable }|yeit, Harris followed the girl from |iN& Places in street alleys since| at 7:23 o'clock.” | lo for some . respected by neigh-|had been completely sawed away. \unconvicted of forgery, the charge!) within two years. lthe dance hall ta 8 o'clock this | ¢ clty Jail is in that business. “Better Move On.” j§men. The materials are the hors, beloved by his family. Then | Hatfield and three others were put|which brought him originally to|? a orey for ening and shot her as she was|. “AW, git off yer foot,” Myers in-] A big policeman shouted to the!) \ cto: rough mixtures’ im he overstepped the bounds. on trial for jail breaking, and were jail, he will nevertheless have to ortine a. restaurant. Turning tereupied. “I kin sleep in the|expeetant crowd pepe 8 bs Tried for Forgery. convicted and sentenced to the|go to the pe commit: | oo enter! ng oes Raat _ Vashington if J want to ‘Well, he’s gone, so you had |{ grays, browns and dark He was arrested and tried for|penitentiary. Hatfield was given|ting another the Met t 4 Po ve p a ° “But not on Washington street,” | better move on out of here, now. Sian forgery. The deed which he trang-|a sentence of from two to ten 3 g10 hb, balance’ 97.504 acti The glth tell store wane, |tartly remarked the cop. Beattie’s father is bowed in sor- 2) Ue ferred to a certain buyer of land, | years. Hatfield was arrested a year} yoeniy OO} ) etantly. “e: t rib phe | And, sure enough, when Myers|row and is being cared for by other Bienen did not bear the original owner's Gets New Trial. ago last summer and has been in ee ening te leat lee couple came here from San Fran-| vi. searched. in police headquar-|members of the family. None of Correct signature, was the charge.| And here is where the trony of|tho county jail ever since. For ee ll olgeo about 10 days ago. ters, the jailer nearly fell over|the family came near the peniten Sh fi B Hatfield protested he was not to it all appears. Last week, the su-|months after his arrest and until SNE pRB oe backward when he pulled out gold,|tiary at the time of the execution. arer ros blame, for the deed was sent to|preme court reversed Hatfield's |the jail break attempt. was dincov OLE HANSON @ CO. A New York girl is wearing |currency and silver, a total. of Slept Sound Last Time. him from Oregon, and it bore a|conviction for forgery, and held | ered, Hatfield was book keeper for ’ her appendix, mounted in gold, | $827.65, . Myers was the richest] Beattie’s sleep was childlike last|? Arcade and Arcade Annex Rotary’s seal, Hatfield was tried|that he was improperly convicted, |Sheriff Hodge and worked In the|? Third Floor New York Block - {/on a chain, “Carbuneles” will be| street lodger picked tip in some|night. So sound were his slumbers, | by @ superior court jury and was the next fad, time. He ts a laborer, are tailored throughout by according totie guards, that they |S