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places. Two court attendants followed them with Paul Geldel between them. Students of criminology, who have fol- lowed the ten days’ trial, say that his queer dase is self-hypnotism, caused | by fear, One who watched him could well believe it. He moved Uke a me: chanical toy, changing his direction, | {acing towards the Court as the touch of the officers on his elbows directed ni | “The foreman will rise,” said Clerk | Wolf. Foreman Marluk stood up. Nicholas Volckman, Juryman No. 4 ror also @nd then sat down embar- rassed, “Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?” asked the Clerk. / "Yes," sald Mr, Marluk, “we hav 116 paused a moment and then added “Guilty. Guilty of murder in the second degree.” YOUNG PRISONER UNMOVED BY THE JURY'S VERDICT. Not one eyelash of the boy's lide fickered. Ti was as though he had been | Painted Into the scene with his fixed, | unhealthy smile, his staring, wide ey: his head tilted on one side, his broad bow blue tle emphasizing the sallow | pallor of his skin, Janes A, Gray, who, with James C. | Cleary, had conducted the defense, rose, | & little shaky, cleared his throat id ofendant, if the Court plea waives his right to a call of the ju Judge Crain nodded, and Gray went on to ask that sentence bo de- until next Tuesday, and gave that any notice of appeals he | to make would be presented that time. Capt. Wheelock went to the rail in front of the boy and asked the statutor questions as to his age, bis birthple the nativity of his parents and the In reply to the question: “I any trade?” Geldel murmured, “car-| penter, ¥ “What is your present occupation? asked the officer. “Carpenter,” replie! the boy, thus repudiating his occupation of bell boy which he has followed for most of the last two years. As Whee kk turned away Mr. Gray walked to the boy's side, reached out | and took both his hands and leaned down and whi to him. eareat Under sts life is saved, boy you and your moth Then and not until then {t was ap- parent that the y 5 murderer knew | what had been going on, The queer coss by which he seemed to to cut himself off from all| his situation and surroundings for a moment. His eyes bin I'am very giad for SPFAKS IN VOICE 80 LOW HE CANNOT BE HEARD. His lips worked, His knees tembtod under him fo that his head wobbied. He said something, but In #0 Io a it is doubtful whether even er heard it, Mr. Gray stood desl ov for a moment or two, strok- ing hands and patting them and then turned back. The jury was dismissed and pansed out; Mr. Gray dnd Mr. Cleary shaking hands silently with each one ai iy left the box. Assistant District-Attorney Nott was Absent from court. It was understood that he was completely worn out with the strain of the doubly complex fight he had been making throughout the triai—firat to have justice meted out tot boy who atole into a hotel from which he was discharged, armed with a four-ounce bottle of chloroform with the expressed intention of taking money from his aged patron, and second to protect the fool naine of Mr, Jackson from the charges brought againat it by criminals and others who testified for the defense. Well,” said District-Attorney Whit- re with his wife and Iittle child ocynted the room in the Iroquols next to thet in which Geldel choked out the life of Mr, Jackson, “it is more satis- factory than a disagreeme “Under all the circumstances and aif- floullies of our defense,” said Lawyers Qray and Cleary, “It is the best we could expect.’ @OY CRIES IN TOM WHILE WAITING FOR HIS MOTHER, Paul Geidel in the Tombs did not share their feelings. He cried continually while waiting for hia mother to come for him. His fixed pose was broken at “If the people of New York City, etd, “knew half of the temptations of @ ebil boy: tf they knew all I felt and everything there was in this case, they ‘would feel differently.” ‘What do you mean by that?" asked ‘The Evening World reporter, The boy with hia head between hic hands, merely bowed and sobbed. ‘The keepers in the Tombs sald that efter the jury took the case last night Geldel sat on tho side of his cot in his cell staring at the wall for several hours and then rose, shed his clothes and lay in his bed staring at the ceiling with half-closed eyes thro’ the night. They thought he was in a trance as indeed he probably was, On Tuesday under tho law Judge Crain must sentence the boy to a term fn prison not less than twenty years or for life. The Prison Parole Board is the judge of how long he shall remain fn prison after the fi nty years of his sentence are complet Tt was learned from jurymen by of- ficers of the court that on the frst Dallot seven were for conviction for murder in the first deeree, four for murder in the second degree and one |@ ‘undecided. Thej were innumerable allots later in which the jury divided stz to six between murder in the first or second degree. It was 4 o'clock A. M. when the advocates of a verdict carrying a death sentence were won over to the second degree verdict. —_———.— CECELIA MINDED BABY; MOTHER DIDN’T RETURN. Little Cecelia Siegel of No. % Hast Ninety-seventh street, like all other little girls, hax often wished she had a baby to care for and coddle. The time came to-day, Cecelia had a baby wished on her in Central Park and, tn direct contrast to her previous longings: she turned the baby over to the police ‘ecelin was sitting on a bench in the k when a plainly dressed woman about forty-five years old carrying a baby approached her. The interest of fa in the baby was undiswulsed, "Would you lke to hold my baby for me while I run across to see @ friend of mine?” asked the woman, Cecella was in transports of delight The woman jeft not only the baby, but & bottle of milk. Fora ng tine Cecelia sat and held the baby, Then the baby began to ery Nor would Ceoelia's amatour ef forts to stop the crying avall, The | baby would not drink the milk At last the woman, having apparently | disappeared, Cecella started out for herself to look for a policeman. She feund Pollceman Patrick Green of the Arsenal station and he took charge of the child. The y is a girl, two months old, Gwin durk, with blue eyes, and wore ® white dross, white cap, white bootees | Gad & biue and white jacket, | If found gullty she Judge Kirkpatrick MISSDEWITHELD $5,000,000 ASTOR BRIDE- TO-BE| IN “POISONED PEN” CASE; BAL $500, The Rev. Mr. Snyder Tells of } the Scurrilous Letters Re- ceived by Him, HAD SUSPECT D OTHERS Post Office Expert Admits Case Rests on Similarity f Pen Printing. Speeta 0 Evening Worl!) EASTON, Pa., Sept. 1.—-Miss Harriet De Witt was held for trial to-day on the charge of being the letters written by the “Polsoned ot Easton.” Ball was fixed at The caso will come up in Phil Sept. 18 Mise De Witt appeared to be the leant concerned of all w United States Commissioner Turner's office to- day when the charge 1 to her. | enced to| five years in prison el $5,000, Mise DeWitt was represented by ex Judge William S Kirkpatrick of Baston, and Marshall Miller of Phillipsburg The case against Miss DoWitt prenented by Assistant United Dintrict-Attorney John ©. Philadelphia, assisted spector Schoenber ti ithor of the were in was re ay be sey was States Swartley of Post-OMee In- worked up | + who Snyder, pastor of eal Lutheran Church, who haa | many of the anonymous let fden- June which be- the other letters, few lines," and recelved ters, was the chief witness. He tiled a letter he got gan, as do many « “] write you these ended with the assertion that the writer wan sending out slx hundred | letters containing sta nts reflecting | wim, He told of hls marriage | ago to the girl who had been more | bitterly attacked tn the anonymous let- | ters ‘than himself. For nine years, he! sald, such letters had been coming to him at the rate of three or four @ month, | Dr. Snyder sald that In the De Witt home, he never was| that he never had more than a speaking acquaintance with Miss De Witt, and that ceased five years ago, After that, he said, Miss De Wit: threw up her head whenever they met on the street, and one day she hissed at him. ow you so tt all,” he sald he heaml her say to ner mother one day as she passed him and his wife. Hoe said he was never engaged, and he had not paid epectal attention to any girl | before ‘he’ won his bride, ASKED ABOUT HIS ATTENTIONS TO MISS FLORENCE WILLAUER. Dr. Snyder was asked particularly whether he was devoted to Miss Flor- ence Willauer, whose parents rented his parsonage for nine years before this marriage, and ho replied that his friendship with her was hardly more than casual, You patd her no atte 7" insisted | © — = — Soe THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911, Official Voting Coupon ‘This Coupon Entities the Holder te Cast One Vote for the Most Popular Man in Greater New York, who, on Sept, 11, 1911, at the MARDI GRAS will be crowned KING Week of Sept. 11. 1 yote for. eat Executive Com VoTrs iit ma ate | have been seized later or T would have had the machthe washed at once,” said Douglas Beattie, “and, furgherfore, the car would not have made any more tripe | jthat night.” Explaia what you mean by that." | “Well I wouldn't have given the de- | tectives and others the opportunity to jride around in it and place the car | and say what they have about it here.” “Why would you deprive of the ops portunity?" "Well had IT known that | ey were going to work up @ care against my brother I would have de- m of It." think that w t as as a brother, to destr “Well, what man wouldn't * vidence? “Would you destroy that evidence "Yes, if it was going to be used a: tt has been falsely against my broth “But you weren't there?” “No. | “And yet you have deprived the jury) of evidence?” Has. | CARRIED MESSAGE FROM BIN- | FORD GIRL TO BEATTIE. “pidn't you at the Coroner's re- carry. @ message from Beulah rd to Henry? ‘ot then, but later.” { “That message was that she shouldn't give up to, the Ives except what that if you had you know row yon wonld a the same iden an B! ttons with everybody in Manchester (South Rich- mond).” “How abow recent zelations? Dia yon know of them?” «¥. ‘Were they discussed in the family ‘My brother came to me and/ ‘Don't you know that damn girl is back in Richmond.’ ” “DEAR KID" LETTER SHOWN TO WITNESS. Here Prosecutor Wendenburs sud- donty asked the witness if he knew his brother's handwriting, He sald he and the prosec brought forth 1a" lett nd by the prisoner “Dear h with reference fn fin ) Binford's ob- nt of some n money t “Were you present at the coroner's tn- quest when Beulah Binford was on the " “Did you ever tah Binford letter with examination, had any n redirect fnation of the chine." out as a lead- ing question, “Well t was your position with regard to giving !mpartlal evidence ness sald Le gave all the in- The wh the dee “Took her to college playa two or soe on! SMEARS HE MOULD DESTROY EVIDENCE “Have you told people she was after you? Mr, Snyder cried out, “1 know what you are driving at and IQdemand to know the names of the peSple you re- fer to.” After a consultation with Miss De Witt this Ine of questionng was ab- ruptly dropped by her counsel, Mr. Snyder admitted that five years Ago he suspected other neighbors raiher than Miss De Witt. Mrs, David White, a gray-hatred ma- tron, told of having recetved ten letters written by the “Polsoned Pen,” the last | with and keep the name aecret, You'll one beginning, “A few lines to leave you ° s know What they aro saying tn Beeig [Nave no trouble finding him. Any po- ¥ mn Meeman ja Richmond can tell you w about Snyder.” In another letter he was ee eferred "Te 3 * Teometine Thapseter Bence, NEW WITNESS WIL!. TELL OF of his efforts for six SEEING AUTO STOP ON ROAD. down the author of the tee 4s learned that the witness ae lettorg, ‘culminating in the arrest of | for wilt corroborate « story of retin 188 itt. He produced the paper 7 ‘ aa in which at his dictation Miss Do Witt | Mond man, that he knew of a man and had written and printed phrases similar [gO Who traveled the Midlothian to those in the anonymous letters sai | turnpike on the night of the murder (Continued From First Page.) # name on the piece of paper, he handed it tu the offlcer and said mysteriously: “Have this witness summoned forth- ‘Ker told months to run “Poisoned Pen’? dmitted that the case against hor rested | and that the machine stopped once and on the stmilarity in her ac-|the woman stood on the running board, >wied writing and printing and| This fact, 1f established, will be used | that of the "Polsoned Pen" letters, by the defense to controvert the testl- | mony of several boy witnesses of the ution that they saw a man and woman in @ car similar to Henry Clay Beattie Jr.'s, on the road and that the Man Was not in the machine. By the testimony of the PAINTERS’ STRIKE MAY DELAY NEW SCHOOLS. Eleven Buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn Unprepared for Opening Sept. 41. trike of house boys the prosecution has cused was not in his seat in the when the murder occurred, Mr, 8 returned to the court-room at 12 0° Uniess a painte’ 0 | contended that the ac-| |clear me, Despite the great prejudice | jand ill-feeling that has been aroused against me since the tragedy, X believe |X cam gonvince the jury of my inno- | cenc Over the muddy roads, slightly bet- rain and w crowd al caine to | terfield Court House in the expe; |tatton of seeing Beattle take the stand when the prisoner's f counsel, | |. M. Smith, a it seemed posstbio | that the prisoner would not be reached More of the cha: witnesses ed to give Henry Beattle a good reputation in the mindy of the Jury were to be called, | Smith planned to place his client in the best light possible before the twel men who will decide his fate before | {he sut him to the cross-exa mination | Jof the Prosecutor. too, & sick | delay, Mrs. . C. Steger, another woman who claims to have seen a mysterious | the scene of the crime, ys ill at her |home, and Smith wanted to take prisoner, Judge and jury to her beds! in order that her testimony might be heard. ‘The woman lives fifteen miles from the court-houss : | Another event wiich Was still on the programme is the scheduled visit of the jury to the scene of the crime. Just when this Wil pe taken was sull un- determined, An attempt Was made to reach an agreement that the testimony | of Mra, Steger might be taken without | requiring the presence of the prisoner | and the Jury From his litte cell in th the court-hou. with the uged testified for | The sorrowing |his boy for @ Jail behind | Henry Clay Beatti father, who yesterday | » Waa brought into court old man had been with two hours planning the shape and continued his examination of Dous-| few Cotnas moves tn hls battle for oo ran @ oie “ hye is to: laa Beattlc, who was on the stand be-| life, H. M. Sinith Hi Carter, | ae ot DV oe aaah fore the half hour's interruption ] Beattie lawyers, Joined the conferen nine public schools In that borough and} hen iho Sherift lett Court Lawyer| Which lasted until co onvened te ich edUle Ge eoote eee MeCONIBE |mmith returned to Dougiae Beattie and| Smith declared that many of his wit. o achedule on Beptember 11. Highteon!ica nim through hie story of the trag- |. uv and he de undred members of District Co: “4 halt an nour. | ». ® National Srotherhood of |"4Y* | character wit Painters, struck to-day tor $a day,| Th@ MYaterioun meseage and Its mor Wright of the an increase of fifty cents, and the ¢ mene x = pae » oft who w wea on ployers have rejec thelr demands, {Plane for the day, and it seemed pos-| ¥ ave Ernest Conferences of workmen and mas ible that Henry Clay Beattie vt gl ame ked ers Lave been held since April If Would hardly be able to hmond merchant, & Week ago the painters told their « and this afternoon as expected | risoner and Ne = t they would strike on Sept_1| Heattle to-day prepared for the su Jones testiti 1 2 of pay was given, |Preme final ef in his struggle ard Saunders, avert the trie « o ¢ | cit tchmond, alse emp nted to raise the vert t on the y a also xo of wife murda Trimiy | Praised Neblitt ate to $3.7 d the strike was s sialy ' Aer feed . sed, calm-eyed, tense, but cole | PRISONER'S BROTHER DouG. Mie GKS iba ceubllo aahealbcon eben he faced the ordeal with | LAS TAKES THE CTAND, the painters were working th \ t composure, The priso. eM! Douglas Beattie, ano! er of the opportunity to accept the! tt will seriously inconvenience the Judges unity a ne er, then took and snd officers of the Brooklyn Court of ‘@ responsibility for his conviction) |W ‘ou explain the relations of MRaIn\ Gomeinna whieh Oplid oot lor ace for the murder of his wife | Henry and wife?” queried Lawyer en were. palating . with ful willingness, There was | @mith the defense, “from the tim: per aankeh oh the aa ust © trace of anxiety In his face as) they Were married since they Vin Spey gsi he entered court your home fectly happy." "How are In Latayette, Ind., and {te membe laid he greet when he met he # member~ | eit vo gind to take the stand ana do|(i_Ne greet her when he met her or In said to be 80,000. ‘TH to-day of calling out all the mem) something in my own defens n Greater New York in @ eympathetic | clareé earnestly, oriee, was talk he de- “E shall tell the truth, and I am cortain that the truth will} departed from lie! her the few tim “Why few time: “E went away earlier “Me always kt I saw him greet her, + out. | | The witness corroborated bis father's testimony of yesterday as to Henry | manifestations of grief the night of the) | murder. | make a big spot on my trouser: | Beattic sa what they were gong x i later usually than Henry, but the times! “In laying the crime on brother." gr EXPERT SAYS BLOOD DRIPPED » them they ki Ww ¢ , ‘. FROM AUTO. Mercer say you gave directions to wash | up and! ore the left neat. Did you do 8o about | I told shot and my fa ne house, | the right, toc Smith went tole the defe was in) ow nye at T kn “Do you know eked Attorne sister and a It was 80 bloody w We would not have tim ything about a gau' of the nly and my f was Henry ie can't re er. vt in the machine can't remem bing, and ian and fondling his & yhat BO Uta after et-| “We would have gotien bloody again.” knew then that was dead, 1 couldn't stand it any longer, so 1 went | FOUND BLOOD ON SEAT OF THE! AUTOMOBILE, “Did you exashine the car?" "W) 1 got Into it to go up tie road I found| blood on the left seat; covered up and I got full of blood on the “Why was the was told it covered blood. that’ this be strt roxecutor Wen: ‘ourt sustained the motion, 3 said he drove the car n the time Henry brougnt | INDISTRESS OF CPE ATER Ratlroad Company's which salled from day for Colon, reported enough to| by wireless early to-day that she had | broken down off Cape Hatteras, The mowsage added that the Alllanca in tow of th revenue cutter Yamacraw and would put in at Norfolk, Va, The The witne practically fre the dead woman to the Owen home Un-| geamer Al Panama ‘The til the next day, “How bloody was the seat?” Mr. Smith, It was bloody asked | here “Did you lift the seat up?” "Yes, and blood ran In every direction after I had | ridden about two hours. “How much was that ne murder charge by the co’ The witness said he had Midlothian turnplice several times for miles. He declared the blood under the driver's seat still was soft the noxt lounse! for the defense asked per n for its witnesses to Make an ine dependent examination of the automo | ar used after if taken in thorities?" up the Kone bile, A deputy eriff conducted th Vitnesses to the machine In @ barn seve | ‘8 Srar’hundred yards from. the Courts Special for Friday, the ist Houre. | TOASTED SAN BLAS PRUIT BONBONS -A fruit boubon of w little different Le atte Oe HAD LEFT HAND SEAT OF THE MOTOR CAR WASHED. Dougtas » described his visit to the scene of t hours after tt ery of the big how he motored ht, dking Frei previous -BOUND BOX first pened vod spot. 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