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THE WANTS ARE OF SERVICE IN INNUMERABLE WAYS - SEE IF THEY CAN’T SERVE YOU :st Edition E CHARLOTTE NI ft Latest Edition L. 45. NO. 8024 CHARLOTTE N. C., MONDAY feVENINC, SEPTEMBER 4„ 191 1 P'D'T/^'P'j In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aJDily—€ Cents Sunflay. Outside Charlotte 6 Cents a Copy Dally and gundat my Clay Beattie, Jr., Tells Of The Murdei of His Wife And Stuck to His Fiist Stoiy led Any Knowledge Of ^ui chase of a Gun By Paul -Contradicts Confe ssion Contradicted Most oj iixony Given by Paul— ^ers-were Quick And De- ,d—Admitted More oj Relations With Beulah, was asked by Mr. Smith: “Please state your age.” “Twenty-six.” “Your business?” tr. “Mercantile business with my fatV public life Meeting With Beulah. The prisoner frankly admitted the several rides with the girl there and visits to various places. “Did you expect to see her again after you left Norfolk?” “No. In fact she said her husband was going to call for her.” “Wher ■’id you hear about her next?” “W’ O Billy Sampson ’phoned me that j was in town on her way to D?^ .le, Va.” ^ id j'ou know what she was go- ^ ^ to do?” “Beattie said the girl was to lead a Give Demonstration to Jury on Lawn as to Ex- j How the Murder Oc- Tid-'Prosecution Prepares strenuous Cross-Exam, •-U Press ■ .j Court House, Va.. Sept. . . .:i denial was made to* 'v;tness stand by Henry Jr., ihai he took part ■ :uiything of the purchase Paul Beartie, of the . which his wife was kill- ... vi-e flatly contradicted -'ntire testimony of his 'uiarly with regDid to the - ^'.'5ion in which Henry is .'..ive said to Paul; “I . t done it.” • n- hing a handkerchif nervou?iy r;..^bed his : 'iCiiPr re?f?d his head hand and ha if recMn- : 1 r'.'.air faced the ju'v life Hi.-^ ans^'eis r-Q ‘decisive, lie shoN'ed ■,r r. lanng the detui s i r ’.*i'h th‘=> allep*.'l i'oa« ■■.■■:d h:.- machine .1; to shoot at the ac- ,t'., ut^side hiiii- the ^tory. iden- / hra ie(’'!o;i\ witii . ,1. told fo the, a.‘i.o ^iiiruitted ie'.ations 'Mth Bpu- r-; ligio'-i3ly followed defense throughout :'* .r.g h# r out as a for whom he had .'\ ann I'or 'Vhom murdered his *'\o a’^d a half ■'» wi liess I hair and -sed for "uncheon -tlon or' The priscn- : - for ti'-' d-''frn?e ■ • .pt tor tae demou- ■' . iv counsel for the ary be shown by lawn outside the eriiCt manner in ■ .’curred while he ■ car. Indications - . i i)e on the stand . evening as the ! ared a lengthy House Va., Sept. ' 'ipeful, Henrj" Clay ■ .1 '-r the murder ’ ■itn''8s stand at T iv to testify in his .^e the case for the : , 'viod to pour in at - . ; . on^tant stream of ■ i*vonP and rigs of ’.'ringing loads of peo- . .. ni aad vicinity with : L arine the prisoners --.••i, jr, and Hill Carter, ... d®t'endaiit, arrived at i i- 'mediately were clos- -• pr’soner in his cell- Pros- f'- 'Vendenburg reached .ic-e a few moments later, : h -.'.e «'ther attorney for ■ -iifh, L. M. Gregqr>'. .' "veued at 10; 26. - .\lng of court at 10:30 a. • r *;.e d^’'enjf‘ recalled cr., the father of the -• r uestlon I omitted to a were on the stand * -'ii'h "Paul Beattie u, your house on the > t of the alleged confes- • ed about a half hpur , ;ar*er of eight to a ri:ht Did you make any a i\ bea'Me concerning the f n ii^^nry?' I had no idea in the world rhe arrest Ten o’clock ill' va.c the first intima- of the arrest.” I 5aid he and Henry were What kind of a porch was all ■ > on three sides and is f -: Tne whole house and porch j ! people.” ” as excused. Ccurt Room Jammed. ‘ ..‘r, evp^ctant crowd jammed rniiri room to overflowing. nri.->oner s name was . a ^u.^Me behind the ■ rtlniug of necks through ^ - from the oxitside where had been Improvised by cHtrh a glimpse of the ■ r cf fj and hear hls testimony. T .If* a nea> blue suit and h:’*- cravat. Hip face colored as ■ from the seat bes.-ide his fath- ‘uira, then walked calmly to - chair faring the 12 men t>‘tore the we=k is ended are to ' j id.-ment on his story. Begin* Hie Story. • i-Gr being iworn by the sheriff he “What do you do?” “I do all the buying of shoeb Jid men’s furnishings.” “Do you open the stor©?” “Yes. I carry the keys to the store.” “How long have you been doing It?” "About a year.” “What relation to you is Paul Beat tie?” "A second cousin.” Roasts Cousin Paul. “Have you ever had any confidential relations with him or has he been your intimate?” “No. sir,” he said with emphasis. “Has he ever run around -^dth you?” “No. The only time I ever saw him was when he came to the store to get money or something and he was never left a minute without being watched.” “You had no confidence in him?” “None in the world.” “Did you ever trust him with any secret ?’ “None in the world.” “How long have you known Beulah Binford?’ ’ “I met her in August, 1907.” “How did you meet her?” “I was coming down Broad street in a machine with four or five fel lows. Some one attracted my attention to two girls. I stopped the car and one of the girls asked me if she could take a ride. Beulah and the girl then :: in.” Had you ever been introduced to h€r before?” “No.” “Was the other girl Henrietta Pitt man?” ■ Yes.” V hen did your improper relations with Beulah Binford break off?’ • In the fall of 1908.” “What was the cause?’ “Well,'she went to Washington.” •‘What was Beulah Binford’s repu tation?” •'That afternoon the rest of the boys with the exception of one fellow told me not to have a thing to do with her.” “^\'as she In a delicate condition when Fhe went away?” “I knew she was sick and I didn’t go with her.” “When Beulah’s child was bom what did she do?” “Her mother wrote to me.” “Did they think you were responsi ble?” “I suppose so as they thought I had more money than any one else. Next thing I knew I was called to her law yers’ office and as a consequence I saw nothing to do but fork up the money and was the laughing stock of the town. 1 never for one minute thcu.eht I was the father of the child and Beulah Binford swore at the coro ner's inquest that she was not its mother.” An effort was made by counsel for the defense to interrupt the prisoner’s testimony for a few minutes to have Charles H. Kestleberg testify as to the number of his car but the prosecution objected saying it “did not want the examination of the prisoner inter rupted.” “How long before your marriage,” continued Mr. Smith, “was the meet ing in the lawyers’ oflSce?” “About February 1909.” “Well, when were your relations with her broken off?” “In the fall of 1908 and I was mar ried nearly two years afterwards in August 1910.” “How long had you known your wife?” “Nearly all my life.” bid Not Love Beulah. “How long had you been in love with her?” “I reckon about 12 to 14 months. “How did you regard Beulah Binford during the time you ran with her? “As every one else did—as a woman of the town.” , “Did you have any love for her. “No.” “Did any other men run with her? Y 6S.** “What were the relations between you and your wife up to the time of her death?” I never spoke a cross word to her or she to me. We always were affec tionate and I don’t see how^^ any one could have been any happier.” “Was there any reason for her to be unhappy?” “Not that I know of.” “WTien you were married did she know about Beulah Binford?” Everv one in town did. I told her all about the effort to blame the child on me too. I made a clean breast of it.” . , “Did you tell her of your trip to Norfolk "and the resumption of your relations with Beulah?” “No.” Trip to Norfolk. “Was Beulah the controlling motive of vour going to Norfolk?” “No.” ^ _ “Tell how you came to go to rsor- The prisoner here corroborated the story of William H. Sampson, his chum, of how he and not the accused had first heard that the girl Norfolk. “Did you do anything to dissuade her?” “She called me up sometime after that and I went over to see her and she asked me if I would help her if she stayed in Richmond. I told her I would try to help her out. That isiVt the first time I’ve helped a girl out.” “You have helped others and that was no indication that you cared for one more than another?” “Yes.” Letter to Beulah Binford. Beattie’s letter to Beulah promising to “help her out” was produced. “There is one word I’d like to cor rect,” said the prisoner. “That word “will’ should be ‘well be good.’ It s thing you’d put in any letter to any one and doesn't mean that I said would be good.” “With oceans of love, brimming with kisses,” the letter concluded. Thep risoner several times stopped to drink some water but demeaned himself very calmly and collectedly. “How about that,’’ he was asked. Continued on Page Two. / Hackenschmidt And Gotch Meet on Mat This Ajtemoon at 3 Mr Dip PC Both Men Impatient jor Time L UIU U u' to Start Desperate Struggle For Premier Wrestling Hon ors OJ the World—Eath Man IS Confident, Scene of Gieat Battle mil he White Sox Ball Grounds in Chicago-Largest Crowd that Ever Saw Match isExpecicd Jo Be Present, By Associated Press. Special to The News. Durham, Sept. 4.—Judge J. Craw ford Biggs, formerly professor in the University of North Carolina and for the last five years one of the most dis tinguished judges of the superior court in the state, has resigned his judge* ship and accepted a professorship of law in Trinity College. Judge Biggs has behind him a brilliant record as student, teacher, attorney, supreme court reporter and judge. The ’sring- ing to the school of so learned and ac complished a lawyer is regarded as a most valuable acquisition. With Dean Samuel F. Mordecai, L.LD., Judge Biggs, and R. P. Reade, L.LB., the» school is equipped with a faculty that w'ill enable it to carry forward the great objects for which it was seven years ago established. This was the first southern law school to maintain adequate admission require ments, the first to introduce the case- system, and the first to write its own text books. Under the brilliant lead ership of Dean Mordecai the school continues to hold this primacy. THE BEATTIE JURY. ^ The Beattie Jury» fed by Sheriff Gill, going to court. HI III Ti im IF AMERICAN LEAGUE. Morning Game: At Philadelphia: Washington 8 Philadelphia 8 Batteries: Gray, Cashion Ainsmith; Coomb& and Lapp, pires, Perrine ^nd Dineen. R. H. E. 8 2 1 8 10 1 and Um- was in Special to The News. Raleigh, Sept. 4.—There is much in terest here in the remarkable case of W. J. Murphy, the well-known extra freight conductor of the Seaboard Air Line, who is accused in Albany, Ga., of having been there August 12 and participated in a “badger” game at Hotel Nicholas in which F. M. Bass, a prominent turpentine operator, was held up for all the money he had on his person—$90. Murphy is resisting extradition to Georgia on the ground | that he was in Raleigh on the very day and night that the badger game was pulled off in Albany. The hear ing of writ of habeas corpus Saturday evening numbers of reputable wit nesses, including six railroad conduc tors and a number of other railroad men and others testified positively to having seen and been with Murphy here on the afternoon and night of August 12, that being the nig^t of the noted Bissitt murder. Associate Jus tice W. A. Hoke, of the supreme court, is hearing the case and has given counsel until this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock to bring from Albany persons Vho it is claimed, will identify Murphy as having been in Albany, and to bring a suit case and clothing that they pledge to prove were left their by Mur phy and are in reality his clothes. A big crowd attended the hearing Sat urday afternoon and a still alrger one Is probable this afternoon. Hs nuDt ron mi Ti PSMEII Baltimore, sept. 4.—The visiting rowing crews and the local contesting oarsmen were astir early today mak ing ready for the Middle Atlantic Association champion tests to be de cided over the one mile Spring Gar den course which were scheduled to begin at 10 a. m. Altogether there were 43 entries representing all the prominent rowing and boat clubs in the East, includwg crews from New York and the Metropolitan Cistrict, Philadelphia, Washington. Troy, N. Y. and Richmond, Va. W^eather and water conditions were ideal. The last event of the mort-Vg Pro gram was expected to be completed by noon when a respite of an hour and a half for luncheon was to be called, racing to resume at 1:30 and continue until 6 o’clock. The first race of the morning, a four oared senior shell affair between the international championship crew of the Arundel boat club of Baltimore and the Vesper boat club of Philadel phia, was confidently expected to be one of the feature events of the day. At 6 p. m. the grand finale will be witnessed when senior eights will line up for their ordeal. The New York Athletic Club crew of New York city, the Vesper boat club aggregation of Philadelphia and possibly the Poto mac club of Washington, will oppose the crack eights of the Ariel and Arundel clubs of this citJ^ Fifteen events were on the pro gram. At Cleveland, Ohio. Morning game: Chicago 8 11 2 Cleveland 914 3 Batteries: Mogridge, 'Baker, White and Bloci: Falkenberg, i Krapp and Smith and Fisher, m- pires, Mullen and Evens. At Boston. M(5ming game: New York 6 7 1 Boston 3 8 5 Batteries: Ford and Blair; Wood and Carrigan. Umpires, Connolly and Sheridan, and Sheridan. Commissioners Aie In Ses ton County Commissioners Are in Monthly Session Joday^A Committee From the Far mers Union Asks Appropria tion, ■V FLOODS At Chicago. R. H. E. 7 13 5 6 Morning game: St. Louis Chicago Batteries; Golden, Geyer, Har mon and Bliss; Smith, McIntyre, Richter, Toney, Brown and Need ham. Umpires, Rigler and Finneran. NATIONAL LEAGUE. MornTng Game. At Brooklyn: R. H. E. Philadelphia 2 6 3 Brooklyn 6 9 0 Batteries: Alexander, Moore and Madden, Kleinow; Kuetzer and Bergen and Erwin. Umpires, Eason and Johnstone. At New York: Boston J 4 10 2 New York 6 81 Batteries: Tyler and Kling and Rariden; Ames and Meyers. Um pires, Klem and Brennan. By Associated Press. Hankow, China, Sept. 4.—The Amer ican mission at Wuhu has received a report that one hundred thousand per- , sons have been drowned by the floods The commissioners of Mecklenburg | caused by the water flowing over the county met in regular monthly sessioa I banks of the Yang-Tse-Kiang river tMs morntas at court hou.e, wUh L the full membership in attendance. estimated that over-95 per Jsothing but routine business came up jcent of the crops have been destroyed for consideration by the board this morning and there is only one matter of unusual interest to occupy the at tention of the commissioners at this session. This matter is the hearing of a com mittee this afternoon, who ask that LARNED AGAIN CHAMP. By Associated Press. Newport, R. I., Sept. 4.—For the fifth successive year, and the eightn time in his career, William A. Larn- the na the commissioners supplement -hejed, of Summit, J., won fund offered by the Rockefeller foun-, tional lawn tennis championship by dation for the advancement of agi’icul-j successfully defending his titie tural education in the county. This against Maurice E. McLoughlm of committee is appointed fiy the Meek--San Francisco^ m of the North Caro- match, in straigt sets 6-4, 6-4, SOUTHERN LEAGUE. At Chattanooga. Homing game: R. Nashville . • - • • • 4 Chattanooga 5 At Chattanooga. Morning game: R. H. E. Nash'ville 310 0 Chattanooga 4 8 0 Batteries: Atchi&on and Sea- baugh; Chappelle and Higgins. Umpire, Fitzsimmons. lenburg division lina Farmers’ Union and consists of Mr. W. S. Pharr. B. N. Price, W. C. Crosby and James E. Walker and T. M. McConnell. The amount available from the Rockefeller Foundation for the county of Mecklenburg this year is $300. This is not a sufficient sum to keep a man in the field as a demonstrator and the object of the Farmers’ Union in ask ing for an appropriation, through the above named committee, is to provide a sum ample to keep a demonstrator at work all the time, with the county as his field. The Rockefeller appro priation for the county was first av?iil- able three years ago and has been re duced $300 yearly since, the object be ing to give the movement a start in each county and then allow the coun ty to foster the movement by ippro- priation of its own. Mecklenburg county has never taken advantage of the opportunity and it is the purpose of the county Farmers’ Union tg make a start in the right direction roght now and to foster agricultural educa tion in this manner. Several counties of the state have taken the matter up, experimented with it with most gratifying results. The most conspicuous example is Pobeson county, which, pays an expert agricultural demonstrator a salary of $1 800 a year and makes other liberal provision for teaching the most ap proved agricultural methods oy actual demonstration. NEGRO KILLED TWO ALABAMA FARMERS McLoughlin was outplayed on departments of the game. 6-2. ail Morning game: R. H. E. 11 15 3 , 9 11 0 By Associated Press. Selma, Ala., Sept. 4.—Tom Moton, a negro shot and killed Lee Davis and Tom Ivev, farmers, early today in a quarrel over a debt of Moton’s. Mo ton was arrested, but escaped, running away with a chain about his neck. By Associated Press. Parame, France, Sept. 4.—Roland G. Garros, the French aviator, today broke the world’s record for altitude in an aeroplane. He ascended 4,250 metres (13,943 feet.) County Boaid of Education Meets The county board of education meeting in monthly session today at the court house in Prof. R. J. Cochran’s office. The business is largely rou tine and consists mostly of matters relating to the opening of the county schools, which wil begin in different parts of the county in the next few weeks. —Two ball teams stopped at the Central Hoted o’er Sunday: Greens boro and Greenville. They left last night for Wilmington. —The rainfall during today’s do'wn pouf amounted to 1.03 inches. Mobile Birmingham (Ten innings.) Batteries: Beasley, Rohe and Mitchell; Maxwell and Elliott. Um pire, Prenninger. VIRGINIA STATE LEAGUE. At Norfolk. Morning game: R. H. E. Norfolk 6 2 Danville 1 1 ^ At Roanoke. Morning game: R. Roanoke ^ Lynchburg 3 Ex-Piesident Roosevelt Invited to Speak Here Thmsday Of Fair Week The Mecklenburg fFair Association is aiming high for its chief attraction at the on-coming fair season. No less a personage than ex-Pres- ident Theodore Roosevelt is to be in vited to come and speak to the peo ple of Mecklenburg. An invitation, most cordial pressing, will be extended that tinguished American through United States Senator Simmons. As the latter seldom fails m at- fairs of state which he undertakes, it may be safely stated now that the ex president will be heard in Charlotte in October. and dis- The formal invitation to be ex tended him by the fair association, requests him to hep resent on Thurs day of fair week. Mr. Roosevelt will bring thous ands of people to the city, if he ac cepts. All this section of the state, and all upper South Carolina, will come to hf/ir him. It is very likely that a committee of prominent citi zens will go on to ask and urge his acceptance of the invitation ex tended by the fair association. One of the greatest of great Americans,, ho will be accorded a great demonstra tion if he comes to Charlotte. Chicago, Sept. 4.—Gotch and Hack enschmidt this forenoon impatiently awaited the desperate struggle for the premier wrestling honors of the world. Each man declared himself to be in the finest possible condition and each declared that the contest must go to a finish. Hackenschmidt, the challenger, insisted that the match was a continuation of the one he abandoned unfinished with Gotch three years ago. Gotch, the champion, said he would pin the shoulders oi the Russian to the mat. In Chicago on the night of April 3, 1908, Gotch and Hackenschmidt wrestled for the championship of the world. After two hours and three minutes of despe»'ate defense, Hack enschmidt admitted himself defeat ed. Drawn by the promise of a finish' ed struggle this afternoon, thous ands of wrestling enthusiasts gath ered from all corners of America: Hundreds of visitors were turned away from hotels unable to secure accommodation and many of them spent the night near the baaebail park standing in line to obtain gen eral admission tickets. Prom the east came many, and the Pacific con tributed a quota, but it remainedi for Iowa, the home state of Gitch, to send the largest delegation. Hum boldt, where Gotch has lived since boyhood, was represented by nearly its entire male population. Late last night the line began to form for the ticket sale this morning. Scores stood in line awaiting their opportunity to sell their places or dispose of their tickets at a premi um. Early sales indicated by far the largest crowd that ever witnessed a wrestling match would be in the park when the men entered the ring at S o’clock. Reserved seats were snapped up in large’quantities by late arrivals. A conservative estimate places the throng which will jam the park at 30,000. It was estimated early today that $50,000 already reached the box ofl!ice. This amount, it was believed, would be swelled to $75,000, while some predicted that the gate receipts would reach $100,000. There was a different spirit in the camps of the rivals at breakfast. Gotch was all confidence. He an nounced that he would take a brisk walk and then rest until time to go to the arena. He spent much of his time greeting his Iowa admirers and smilingly telling them that he would be the victor. Hackenschmidt on the other hand, was a prey to unrest. The nervous ness he has been showing for some time was evident. “Hack is nervous, but his nervous ness does not come from fear but eagerness,” said Dr. B. F. Roller, the foreign invader’s chief trainer. “His worry is not because of Gotch, but to get into the ring and have it over with. If he loses, he will lose honorably to a better man; but he won.’t give up or hold out.” “Gotch is in the best condition of his career,” said Emil Klank, Qotch’s manager. “I believe he will win but it will be a long desperate struggle.' Nobody can tell what will happen immediately after time is called and it will be useless to speculate upon it, so far as making our plan is con cerned. I will say, however, Frank will be guided solely by what ‘Hack’ does.” It was predicted in Gotch’s camp that the champion would enter the ring at 1 to 2 favorite, while the odds would be 7 to 5 against Hack enschmidt. Gotch Makes Statement. I am going to wrestle Hacken schmidt this afternoon with as much confidence as I ever went about any thing in my life. Should defeat come I shall admit that I was defeated at my best, for I have done all within my power to make me fit and ready for the hardest kind of a match. As I have said before, I expect tc win; but it will be the hardest strug. gle of my career, for in Hacken schmidt I am meeting one of the strongest men in the world. I hope the contest will be a clean one, for I do not want a technical victory such as my first and only meeting with ‘Hack’ was called.” Hackenschmidt Talks. “It is true that I have been ner vous and fretful but I have no fear of Gotch. It is part of my nature to be nervous; the continual waiting and the eagerness to get in the battle makes me that -way. “I never did boast about what I have done, and I shall not attempt to say what I will do. All I can say is that I ain prepared for a desperate match. I will try to show today that I am Gotch’s master and do all with in my power to make the match a [clean one.”
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