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VENING WORLD, TH RSDAY, JULY 27, 1911. OF BEATTIE CASE "Third Woman” Ruse Works| and Beulah Binford Will Reveal All She Knows, JUDGE HALTS ORDEAL. Goes to Jail to Stop Third De-| gree—Detectives Hired to Aid Prisoner. RICHMOND, Va., July %1.—Two de- teetives were put to work to-day by the Gefense in the hope of discovering Bomething to offset the damaging evidence against Henry Clay Beattie dr, the wealthy young scion of a prom. tment family, accused of murdering his young wife as he was taking her for an automobile ride. Thus the battle for information that | will last until Aug. 14, at which time the case will go to the Grand Jury of Chesterfield County, began in earnest. County detectives declare their be- Nef that Beulah Binford, the “other Woman" in the case, knows more about the killing than she has admitted, and they have pressed her so hard for a confession that Judge R. Carter Scott, @f the Henrico County Court, visited SS Sati to voice hic Glepiesenre at the third decree methods being used. “If they are pbothert you too much,” he told the jailer, “we will ‘Bave tho fair prisoner moved to an- Other jail.” “This action followed a three hours sation the detectives tmd with irl yesterday, and after the visit @f the judge none of the newspaper feporters were permitted to interview ‘Tt ts reported, however, that the de- teetives wrung from the girl admis sioms that bring out additional motiy laying of the young wife and “According to these reports the girl Was told that there was “still another in young Benttie's Iife. She flew into @ jealous rage and replied that if he had been going with other Women she would tell all she knew. The detectives then adroitly drew from her, according to report, much Material to strengthen the chain of/ gvidence they have forged against the ner. YS WIFE THREATENED TO EXPOSE BEATTIE. @he 1s alleged .. have admitted that young Mrs. Beattle had threatened to expose her husband to his father and to show that sho had statutory grounds for @ divorce. Young Beattie has been ® pampered son of a rich man and 414 not want to risk having his allow- pce cut off, according to the police theory. He had an aversion to work @s strong as was his fondness for ‘women. Paul Beattie was also put through another session of questioning by de- tectives, but Uttle was obtained trom him He expects to be released to- day on bail as friends have come to hile ald. ‘A statement bearing directly upon the alleged motive for the murder is said 40 have been made by Dr. A. G. Frank- lin of West Grace street, but what it is has not been disclosed. Henry Beattie 1s not see any one except members of his! ‘family. He remains the same cool, eonfident, self-polsed prisoner that he was on the stand during the Coroner's investigation. “Phe police way the letter of Mra, R. ¥./ Owen, mother of the murdered Woman, from Newport News, indicates Beattie’s deliberate intention to slay his wife. He planned to have no one ac- company them on the fate! automobile permitted to! Mrs. Beattie had a premonition of @anger. When her husband arrived ir the actomobile to take her for @h the Midlothian turnpike, Mrs, Beat- We invited others to go, but her bus- band sullenly refu to peract It, A delay of half an Was caused by fhe fretfulness of their baby eat insisted, according to his her-in- , that he did not want the baby along, a8 he wanted to have an undis turbed talk with his wife. Mrs, Beattie is reported to have said “It Henry wants to talc business with | Mme the lawn is large enough, and there is mo necessity for the auto ride.” The girl's mother, however, thinking the couple would make up their differ ences, insisted that young wife go GIR. IN LIARY TOLD OF HER) LOVE FOR BEATTIE, De Part of the strang Binford, which is ex) important part in Ue public to-day. The diary of Beu pref notes, some dressed directly to “Dar Others merely recorded Tt ts written in a roun fm @ cheap memo: shows how deeply shor how deeply she after her first infatuation ) It began in May this inscription: "Tam 401 to note every night in this little book for my dariing Henry." Phe first nove reads “May is—My darling Henry—Just Mine to let you Know that J still love you with all my heart.” “May 1%-My darling baby—Please be & Good boy and don't flirt with otner Birls. Your own baby, BRULAH.” | Be June the tone of the more endearing, For in ¢ wrote Henry write a ame by Bwfully swert to me _ Henry Clay Beattie tr. went to Nor- folk on June 2, and wrote Beulah that it. The diary of June 21 says 1% 60t & dear, eweet note trom my ALOUSY DUCES BR TOTELL MORE GIRI. WHO ADMITS HUGGING BOY IN BROOKLYN PARK. baby in Norfolk to-day, Henry, please don't stay all night in Norfolk.” ‘Then the next day thie: “My baby is coming back to-day and T must be around the houre to see him.” CALLED HIM HFR “DARLING BABY HENRY.” June %; “I am going to get a flat for myself, and Henry can come and see me as often ay he likes and nobody will have anything to do with it.” ‘This one bears no date; “My Darling | Baby Henry: I went out with P. to- » but I won't do it any more, for I don't care anything for P. About the M, ie Henry: I wish you would see B and| talk with him as you have more influ- | ence and he will pay more attention to what you say. M. L. ts going to move re think they will iet me go ‘My Henry calied me up to- day and we talked about getting rooms. Went down town to look for rooms to- day.” June 3%; “My Henry called me up to- day and we had a@ long talk and it mi me feel #0 much June 30: “My Henry ca y to-night 4 took me for # ride. Came home and went to bed.” July "My darling Henry hoy came by to-night and we went down to May's and stayed there till nearly midnight, Then came down and drsamed about the fine time I had with asenry at May's.” HARVESTER TRUST {INQUIRY MAY CALL QUT ROOSEVELT The Stanley Investigating Committee having !n hand the scrutiny of the al- 1 criminal alliances of the Har vester Company and the Steel Trust, moved (o New York to-day and as- sembled In the ante room of the Alder- mante Cham The committee at once went into executive session for the remainder of the day, adjourning until toemorrow at 10.30 A, M, Chairman A. Owsley sald that the committee wished to discuss informally a plan of campaign. ‘The probe will be directed against th loged —"“"malefactors who — esea prosecution during the term of Pres- ident Roosevelt when the Attorney- Genoral’s Office was occupied by Charles J, Bonaparte, despite the presentation of the report of Bur ©. Townsend, which was filed away in the office archives then, only to be dragged to Ught by y Committer M mittee, # would take which 1 probably fro one of the the 1 tive twelve to ten ¢ to during witnense under subpoena Hd be called a two mgressmen ann en decided first of the commit After tive nced that train the the one of t it haa batter HUGGED AND KISSED “QWAPARK BENG BT WAT FI jo Crime, Magistrate, and Lets Boy and Girl Go. COP DIDN'T LIKE_IT.) Watched Their Love-Making for an Hour, Then Ar- | rested Them, | Why certainiy'! Marton Spoerer pm| put her arma around Joe Garrison as they sat together In Saratoga Park. | Yes, and maybe she kissed him too, but= | “What of it, Your Honor,” she de- manded of Magistrate Reynolds, before whom she waa arraigned in the Gates | Avenue Police Court, Brooklyn, to-day, aftr spending the night in @ cell, “T can't see any crime in that, oan you?’ and she looked so archly at the judge who had been trying his hardest to look atern, that the smile he had been struggling to restrain broke tte bounds and became a full-grown grin. And the courtroom full of girl and boy friends of Marion Spoerer, who lives at No, 108 Gates avenue, and sever teen-year-old Joseph Garrison of No, 1012 Putnam avenuo, when the judge grinned while Policeman Hoffmeister, who was responsible for the young folks’ presenco in court, glared. “No, I must say I cannot see any crime in that,” the Judge admitted. ‘Then he turned on the policeman, a tall, solemn visnged individual, who looked his sourest as he thumbed the legal paper on which the complaint he had sworn to was written and pointed his thumb at the words “in that they sat on a bench hugging each other.” THEY HUGGED FOR AN HOUR, POLICEMAN GROWLS, “That's what I charge them with,” he growled. “Ugh, grow! some more," enapped iit- tle Marion, shaking her head 80 the quills on her hat almost pierced the Policeman's eyes. “I watched them for an hour yester- day afternoon—from 6 to 6 o'clock. He had his arm around her waist and she had her arm around his neok. I couldn't stand it any longer, so I juet @alkod over and arrested them.” Joseph Garrison's brother ame around to the station house after a while and had the youngster released to his custody, but no one came for- ward for the girl, whose paren: thought she might be spending the night with friends. But the cell had had no effect on her fluMnesw when she came into court, pre- senting @ dainty picture of youthful- neas in her black and white coat and skirt, her gray walst, and suede shoes. All the young folks of the neighvor- hood were there to greet her, and when Joe came in with his mother both were called up before the Magistrate by the grim master of the little park at @ara- toga avenue and Halsey street, who has forgotten what it {s to be young in summer time. JOE SHEEPISH IN ADMITTING ACTION. Joseph was rather sheepish in his at- titude, although he was not s0 ungnl- Jant as to deny: the soft impeachment after Marion had admitted it, Joe's mother made @ try at sternnens, too, but Uke the Magistrate she failed and broke Into a laugh as she Iistened to Marion's indignant dental that her act was culpable, 4 I guess I'll have to lot these two Kiddies go thelr way," said Magis- trate Reynolds, after puckering his brow In a vain effort to regain the mag- isterial demeanor. Marion walked out of the court tr- | umphant, surrounded by a host of ad-| miring boys and girls. Joe walked duti fully home with mamma > WOMAN'S BODY, HEAD AND LIMBS f Ge Ww. kefeller intere combinations engineered by that ter Although unw the witnesse handiwork rkins 0 the Morgan-f max st trusts, he former Chatrmaa, Was asked of all Whomever we think ts 1 © replied, evastvely. nm the highest to the lowest, like to «ive before esaman, “If the ied, 1 have no to appear and ile may be invited, testimony nyhow,"* The committee sight seeing mer A, Ows will spend the day ers of t A. Ste ner, Massach | guday, Maine: Henry G, Danforth, New ork; Olin Young, Michigan, and Jack Brace, Texan ‘ pie n the | GONE, ISFOUND Bete eae body of a woman with missing off the at lege, Was found } West Weehawken ver Shore eke last ly was taken to Volk's morgue ken. Whether the legs, arms |and head had been severed by a katte, by the action of the water or by tne paddle wheels of boats it was impos J sible to say The morgue n tha severa \in How keeper ndy expressed the had been in the months, He said the to have been well at five feet five incher n helght and weighed 145 pounde, nounced left arm rs last night that the rij and left foot which were found floating in the river last week are parta of three bodies whioh Were struck by steamship propellers. The arm came from the body of a woman, Tho other parts belonged to male bodies, No one came forward yesterday to {dentity the mutilated body which wags found float- ing off the Statue of Liberty last Friday, ais FOR TO-DAY het TU Moon eeta,, @.00 Says Brooklyn | |party to a pol WANTED—A FINGER; RICH WIDOW WILL PAY WELL FOR IT. |] (A new right forefinger ts wanted by Mrs. Reginald Waldorf, & wealthy young Philadelphia widow now in Los Angeles, who lost her own by amputation, following @ cut with a rusty knife. She ts willing ¢o pay liberally for FEW EARLY HITS BATTING ORDER. the new digit, as she is » musician New York. Bt. Louis. |] of great ability and will never bef] Daniels, of. Shotten, cf. able to play again unless she gets} | Wolter, rf. Austia, 3. |} tt She has set tio price, but Dr. J | Chase, tb. Schweitzer, rf. Fred West, who 1s advertising | | Cree, Laporte, 2b |] for a finger for her, says Hartzell, 9. Hogan, It. willing to pay several Knight, ss. Stephens, c. |] dotiars. Johnson 2b, 1b. A plaster cast was taken of the | | Sweeney, o. -. amputated finger, and ie the || Fisher, p N ». kind Mrs. Waldorf want Umpires—Mullen and Perrine; at Index finger of right hand; tendance 4,000, length, 3 inches, distance from finger tip to palm; thumb joint, 27-16 inches; proximal joint, 28-8 inches in circumference; middle joint, 26-16 inches in cir- distal joint, 11-10 DER DEMAND | FARE TOTAKE RH DYING MAN HOE “Tom” Schreve Fell Out of Auto While Greeting Man at Patchogue. (Special to The Evening World.) AMPRICAN LAGUE PARK, July 27.—The chance to donate a litte money to the playground association brought & crowd to the Hilltop this afternoon, and before the regular game with St. Louis, the spectators were entertained by a game between two teams of fit- teen-year-old boys. .ere was a kide’ brass band on hand to keep up the noise and the whole affair went with @ whoop. Fisher was given the pitching asstgn- ment for New York and Nelson dta the work for St. Louis. In the first inning botu teame were blanked; St. Louis managed to get & man to first in their haif, but he died on the sacks. ‘The Hightanders 44 not reach first. GIANTS WIND UP IN CINCINNATI BATTING ORDER. The death of Thomas yesterday W. Schreve in the home of Miss Rose t Cincinnati. New York. bpd edi bed tenis digo ANY) Devore, rf. street ac the result of a fall from an! Bates of. Doyle, ab, automobile has brought about consid- erable of a flurry in the Coroners’ Office. It was discovered to-day that Hoblitzel, 1b. Mitchell, rf. Almotda, %b. Snodgrass, cf. Murray, If. Merkle,” 1b. Grant, Herzog, 3b. the death certificate in the case of| Hgan, 2b. Fleteher, # Schreve, which was signed by Dr. J.| McLean, c. Wilson, c. rua Keefe, p. Drucke, p. Seees ae ee ene Ragas Umpires—Johnstone and Bason, At- enth street, gave the name of the vic-| sengunne 8,00 ‘ i | tim of the accident as “Thomas W. i ——— Evans." Special to The Evening World.) Dr. Grant says he assumed the name| CINCINNATI, O., July 27.—The red- of the dead man was Evans. Mlss| jot battie sen during the first thres Evane and others in the housoho!d| games served as an elegant advertise- called the patient “Tom.” Without! mont for the final encounter between making inquiries the doctor took it for the Re of by s and Giants, all with their Large bunch senses of dire tion turned just one . thronged the cars enroute to the ball yar body was hoping for some more scraps between McGraw and the umpires and almost everybody was hoping t the sword of suspension would not fall on John J.'# neck on this particular after- noon. Keefe and Frank Smith did the pre- Iminary hurling for the Reds and the Giants confessed to being somewhat worrled as they saw hte wirk Keefe sending them over. True, they drove him off the hill tn the first game of the series, but he did not get in any way Evans’ Evans. husband and that his name wi The mistake will be corrected. Schreve was the son of “Honest Tom" Schreve, @ millionaire Chicago banker, and was fifty-two years old. He came to New York about ten years ago and oooupled himself chiefly in spending the Income of $1,000,000 left him by his father. Recently he lived at the Great Northern Hotel, in West Fifty-seventh street, but Igo had @ room at home of Miss Evans, who lives at the West Elghty-fourth street address with her brother and eieter, vans is about thirty-three years old. She said to-day that Schreve had| fatigued and declared that ail been a friend of her fumily for several| wented was to get back on the gang years, and had a room in her apart-| ™ 1 he has come to regard as his ment, which he occupied whenever he| legitimate mutton. mith, too, looked lonesome. well, and said he thought he could du- had a farm at Holtsville, L.| plicate his last Saturday's feat in Brooklyn if given the chance. PIRATES SLAM RUCKER’ CURES BATTING ORDER. Patchogue, where he raised On Tuesday evening he chart- ered an automobile for $30 to take Miss Evans, Lawrence Fletcher and himself out to the farm, At Patchogue Schreve had several drinks of whisky. Miss Cassie Carrie of Patchogue, was picked up by the party and taken out to the farm, where Schreve invited everybody to have a drink. It was discovered that there was nothing to drink on the place white wine, As there was no Ice at hand and the wine was warm Schreve's guests refused It, but he got away with three quarts. In consequence he was) prooKiyn. Pittsburg, not quite stable when the party re-| moaioy, ae Byrne, 3b turned to Patchogue late Tuesday night pouuert, 1b. Leach, ct. to drop Miss Carrie at her home Wheat, it. Carey, If. route to New York Gunmel, sb Wagner, ss, Tho automobile was tn front of Mrs. yaviduory, cf. Miller, Carrie's home when an acquaintance o! .Goulson, rf. MeKechnie, 1b, Schreve, Howell Adams, happened along. ‘Zimmerman, a. Wilson, rf. Schreve called to him and arose in the forgen, « Simon, c, automobile, As he reached out his Rucker, p Lieeld, p. hand toward Adains he fell backward " out of the tonneau end landed on his | head. When pickee up he was uncon-| PETTSBURG, Pa, July Z—lt was a ous. pretty badly broken up bunch of Su- Misa Evans and Fletcher decided to, perbas tat faved the Pirates at Forbes bring the Injured man to New York.) Field ternoon for the last game this On the way back the chauffeur got lost . on the Long Island roads and it was . Rucker, was daylight when he found his way to tne| Liefield was Queensboro Bridge. Then, fearful that| left: handers Schreve would die on his hands before 1 to go against each he wanted to drive the ce station, } one wilt, vans hailed a policeman on aj gure thing. he got his $30, if Ruel ays Eat er does not win no ) Which is a dead other y post in Fifth avenue and ex- | —— —»—_—— plained the situation to him. The po-| iceman ditected the chauffeur to hustle _ JOHN W. MOSER DEAD. Sohreve to Miss Kiva: home right| John W. Moser, who started out as a away, As soon as Schreve was put to| Newsboy and rose to the position of bed M vans summoned Dr, Grant| President of the Frank Brewing Com- ¥ at Far Rockaw; was caused by general de- and Dr. Porter of No. 128 West Highty- rday at his fourth street. Schreve was beyond hu- man ald and died of concussion of th brain at 1 o'clock. pany of Brooklyn, summer home His death JAMES McCREERY & CO. 23rd Street 34th Street MISSES’ SUIT DEP’TS. 1m Both Stores. On Friday and Saturday Morning Misses' Gingham, Lawn and Dimity Dresses, trimmed with embroidery. Sizes 14 and 16 years. 2.75 former price 3.50 to 5.50 Misses’ Linen and Repp Suits. Sizes 14 and 16 years, 4.50 former price 5.50 to 8,50 Misses’ Foulard, Linen and Lingerie | Dresses at greatly reduced prices. | 23rd strect 34th Street ee Bt 1) WWHILTOPGANE y LL BOS NUMBER ON CAB USED BY -—TNIROBBER | Police Have Traced Practically Every One With Figures 5, 7 and 9 in License Plate. | | The police are as much at & lose to- (ay over the identity of the men who led =Adolph Stern last Saturday night at Thirteenth street and Sizth avenue and robbed the jewelry store jot Stern's uncle, Jacob Jacoby, of | fifteen diamond ri as they were just after the crime was committed. | Every clue in possession of the off- cers has been run down and has amounted to every taxicay bearing @ license pli with the numbers, 6, 7 and 9 in it has been eliminated, and the police have al. moet concluded that the cab in which the men esaped did not show a genuine license plate. The taxi of the United States Motor ib Company in its Far Rockaway je, which % was believed yester- day might have been the one used by | the aesassina, it has been learned by | the police, was in the repair shop Sat- | urday, #0 it 19 no longer considered. Commissioner Waldo is considering | Testoring to rank as detectives sever: men who made good records in the bu- reau in the past, but who were ri assigned as patrolmen, in the ho; one of them might be mystery. ‘The police discovered another wit- ‘ness who may be of use to them. He denies Knowing the fugitives, but ad- mits he might recognize them if he saw them again. | fect control, with the engine beating FOUREOURSIVAR IHNSTONEBREAS AMERICAN RECORD Flyer Travels 190 Miles on Hempstead Course, Then Gets Hungry. St. Croix Johnstone, the Chicago youth who made a@ rapid jump from motor- cycling into the high altitude of avia- tion within @ year, set a new endurance record for America to-<lay when he re- mained aloft at the Hempstead Plains Aviation Fie 4 hours, 1 minute and 634-6 seconds. The best previous Amer- loan record, £89.49 1-2, was made at San Francisco by P. O. Parmelee in o ‘Wright machine, Young Johnstone tiew a Moisant mon- oplane, an atrcraft of «~ vely Amer {can make He fa purfect wing weather at 14.11 flew around the five-mfle pylon taked oo. :e thirty-nine Japs with the precision of a perfect ma- ohine until his ‘uel began to feed badly and of sprayed into his mouth, ¢: and nose. Unable to correct the trouble Re was forced to descend. ‘The Chicago birman had made elabor- ate preparations in the hope of achieving & new world’s endurance reeord, beat ing the 11 hour and 4 minute record of M. Loridon. He carried fifty gallons of gasoline, which he estimated was suf- fictent to last twelve hours. Rising in a long, gilding sweep, Johnstone reached an altitude of about 900 feet. His monoplane was in pet as a healthy putse. There waa scarcely enough wind to sway the pylon flags and the aviator kept an évén keel so firmly that tits aeroplane appeared ‘stationary exeep: for the occasional puffs whtoh alightly deviated the machine from ite ‘The Aero Club of America hag 1 supérvision. The officials were Augustus Post, Baron L. D’Orcy, Lacien Blount of the Aero Club of America, pylon ob- servers; G. F. Campbell Wood and citer scorer Edward L. Mahnken. At A2 A. M. Johnetone had broken all Amertean records and on his thirty-eighth lap bad made 190 miles and was otill fiyine strongly. Ag his 20 pounds of gasetine diminiehed, his speed increased percspt- ioly. With Johnston’s own weight of 190 pounds and excess weight in acses- sorties he carried over 600 pounds, Although his engine hed aiigged badly, Johnstone said he coud Gave remained aloft much longer, “T hed taken some sandwiches @ with me” he eaid, “but when I come to eat them I found them soaked with oll. I was very hungry and pame down to get something to eat.’ pesca ene hon WANTS PROBERS PROBED, Roberts of Nevada Aske Lighten House Investigators. ‘WASHINGTON, July 91.—Tnvestiqute the investigating committees,” this eum- marizes a resolution introduced by Representative Roberts of Nevada, Mr. Roberts wants the House to fing eut “the mumber of junketing trips’ the various investigating committees of the House have taken. Further, the “committee of investign- tion of investigations’ is to find out how much these committees have spent nd how they spent it and what salaries they are paying to the people on their ind others formation the committees di CASTORIA For Infants and Children. 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