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CHARLOTTE ' N. C., FRIDAY feVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 191 I
012X^171111 Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Dafly—B Canta Sunday.
I Outside Charlotte' s Cents a Copy Dally and Sun^y.
!n Eleventh Hour Statement Henry
Qay Beattie, Jr. Confessed His Guilt
— _ _ _ _ — »ii
KILLED IN
EXPLOSIOI
Died In Electric Chair At 7:24
For Murder Of His Young Wife
Noith Carolina
Confetence Session
He
“Wanted
Be Right
To
With
God And Man”
InSlntement Made Public at
Late Morning Hour Henry
Clay Eeattu, Jt. Conjessed
mat He Killed His Wije.
Etsttated loConjtss Because
ot Feeling For His father-
talked Bravely to Chaa
Without a Quiver.
^ r, '-'Sooiated Press.
♦
fv • uraond. Va.,
♦ lenr; Clay Beattie, Jr.. was
# •icctrocuted th»s raorning at
♦ T .4 0 ' lock.
# "ne minute after th« current
♦ a it turned on he was pro-
# t‘d dead.
Nov. 24.—
the 12 witnesses to the execution toil
ed through the murky dawn up the
hill from which the penitentiary looks
down upon the city. They were quick
ly marshalled and conducted single file
through gates of steel bars to the
chamber where Beattie was to offer
his atonement. There was no con
fession.
In Death Chamber.
Within the chamber all was in readi
ness. The chair, a solid structure of
oak, would ordinarily have appeared
like the chairs seen in scores of ^libra
ries throughout the land. In the’ som
berly bare chamber, however, the chair
was naught but sinister. Straps dan
gled from its arms and back and shin
ing steel clamps appeared in the light
of the electrics like tentacles out
stretched to clasp a victim.
The witnesses were seated, six
abreast in an angle of the room. They
shuffled their feet uneasily and when
one leaned forward to speak to an-
with
> R.^.inond. Va., Nov. 24.—
. .r' ' la-' Beattie, Jr., before
^ draih in the elecuic chair *
♦ - ' : { a. m today confei»©d •
♦ ' ! murder of hia wife. The *
♦ -atement which was given out
♦ III he rniunda of a downtown ho ♦
♦ ipi f.,;:ows; ^
o : Vfenry Clay Beattie, Jr., ♦
V i- ^ ds of standing right before ♦
♦ I' d and man, do, on this, the ♦
f' "d day of November, 1911, ♦
♦ >rifes8 my guilt of the crime ♦
♦ against me. Much that was pub- ♦
♦ ' .t'd concerning the details ♦
♦ ''as not true, but the awful fact, ♦
♦ 'M.. • the harrowing clrcum- ♦
V s. incps, remains. For this ac-
♦ ’ on I ^as truly sorr>*, and be- ♦
♦ iieving that I was at peace with ♦
♦ ' 'd and am aooa to pass into #
♦ Hi8 presence, this statement is ♦
♦ made.’ ♦
♦ Beattie s confession was fol- ♦
♦ lowed by this Matement by at- ^
♦ ’.ending ministers: ^
♦ The Btatement was signed in ^
^ presence of the two attend- ^
♦ Inj! ministerg and is the only ^
♦ itaic’nent that can be and will ^
O be made public by them.
♦ Mr. Reattie desired to thank 4
♦ the many friends for kind let-
♦ lers and expresMons of interest
♦ and the public for whatever sym ^
♦ paihy nag felt or expressed.”
course until 4^ expiration of a
full minute ^rrent was shut off.
Beattie’s ^ A was instantaneous,
according^ /e prison surgeon. The
utmost ^ iiad been taken in the
“setlin V ^ the electrodes and in
prep? Jhe straps and clamps to
withsv ^.wany strain.
Therfe was no slip. The murderer’s
exit was as painless as modern sci
ence could provide
The witnesses filed out. One or two
were ghastly pale as they stepped into
the early morning light.
Carriages were waiting for the wit
nesses and they were driven rapidly
away. The Identity of but few was
known.
After the legal formalities had b^n
complied with and the witnesses had
gone, the body of Beattie was removed
from the chair and taken to the mor
tuary room adjoining. Here it was
laid to await the coming of the coro
ner who arrived shortly afterwai-ds.
Rev. Dr. Fix remained as the sole
watcher.
All the preparations had been made
for the removal of the body. The elder church
Beattie last night sent to the under*
taker the brown suit which his son had
worn in court when the jury declared
his guilt. In this the body was clad
for burial.
Mr. OwsK Talks
Dover, Del., Nov, 24.—“Is that so?
I am glad he made a olean breast
of it,” declared Mr. Owen when told
that Beattie had confessed the crime
and asked forgiveness. ,
“He was convicted on circumstan
tial evidence and this fact left a
doubt in the minds of some people.
PIUS
FDR!
WITH HIS IIF[
THE WEATHER.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 24.—Pore-
CEBt:
North Carolina, rain this after
noon, fair and much colder to-
' night, cold wave in east and
central portions; Saturday fair,
• colder in east portion; brisk
> and high n,orthwest winds.
Special to The News.
Kinston, N. €., Nov. 24.—During the
morning session of the North Carolina
Conference here four candidates were
admitted on trial, and flee were receiv
ed Into full connection.
The name of L. N. Booth was drop
ped froA the conference roll, he hav
ing written a confessioi^. that he had
misappropriated church funds. A con
fession to that efllect was received
from him, with the other statement
that he did so with the hope of re
placing the &ame.
1
♦ TEN WORKMEN KILLED.
his grandson and convey the remains
to the Cherokee home in "tJwain
county to be buried in the family
burying ground. The leave-taking be
ty' wtrdsps,*addressed the witnesses, and clears up the case and-to that, tween the old man and h^s
other his.action was received
frowns. Major Wood, with two depu- His confession satisfies our mlnda
^ South Carolina, fair and much -
♦ colder with a cold wave tonight ■
♦ Saturday fair, colder on the'
♦ coast; brisk and high northwest ■
^ winds.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Nov. 24.—Sending greet
ings and messages to his fellow In
dians in Swain county, entreating
that none of them follow his example j
and declaring he , fully deserved the
punishment he was receiving, Kossf
l^rench the young Cherokee, went
to the death chamber this morning
in the state’s prison and paid the
death penalty for the brutal murder
of Miss Ethel Shuler, a crime com
mitted October 8, in Swain county.
The prisoner was attended by Rev.
J. E. King, of Negro Episcopal
church here, French having three
weeks ago accepted the Episcopal
faith. He was remarkably self pos
sessed as he went to the death chair
at 10:30 o’clock. The electric cur-
turaed“on Wee ™WardOT'aSee”"OibsM Pat-
fore the physicians pronounced IWe jterson, who today resumed tlie witness
extiiKit. The old ^andfather of the.gtau^ in her trial on the charge of
prisoner, John Talala, 82 years murdering her husband, was unfit for
was waitmg Sut side the ^ath oha^
ber with a casket m which to pia^ Taking up the subject of Patterson’s
iO
►
CHIIS. W. MORSE
MkY SEGORE
HIS RELEt
By Associated Press.
Liverpool, Nov. 24.—Ten work
er& were killed and fifty others
injured In an explosion at J.
Bibby & Sons’ oil cake mills
here today.
The Patterson
Mutdet Trial
By Associated Press.
Denver, Col., Nov. 24.—Much of the
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 24‘
nouncement of the transfer wag
in the following statement giVMk out
at the white house today: \
“Application has been mi|4e to
president on behalf of Oi!iU^le•
Morse for a commutation/ot his
tence, based on hi» preipnit at|^- ot
health, which is represesM
serious. By the presld^iffc-^ (Mt'liclipii
the attorney general haft tlie
warden of the Atlanta pwRWttfatry to
transfer Mr. Mon^.. ,Jto tjWP liBWted
States army hospUoi Mc
Pherson, Atlanta, ,wfl have
Thirty-
kUled
in
going through some small formalities extent I feel a sense of relief
demanded by the law.
Then with his two men trooping be- ATTITUDE OF THE
hind, he passed out into the building, VIRGINIA NEWSPAPEBl.
where Beattie awaited the summons -
in his cell adjoining. By Asocialed Press.
In the DeatTi criamber.
In the death chamber the voice of
fated grandson had taken place last
evening and" was most touching, the
young Indian at the same time dis-
Irt^g great fortitude iwieed. om-
cers wiio had '^tiei^^ ^m
has dfsplayetf' typftal IflSdiaa siot-
Ri^mond,'‘\V.~-Nov. 24.—One feat- cism tempered by Ghristiati P«W^
the .warden could be plainly heard
reading to the doomed man the final
summons. The warden’s voice droned
on, it seemed to the witnesses intermi
nably. In reality the compliance with
the law occupied only a brief moment.
Then with Beattie between them the
deputy wardens began their progress
toward the chair oniy a few feet away.
Prisoner Sees Ch^ir.
When the procession, followed by
Superintendent Wood, started, a signal
was given which plunged the death
chamber into blackness save for a
single light immediately over the chair.
This was so hooded that it outlined
the chair in a circle of blazing ra
diance so Intense that the remainder
of the room seemed In utter dark
ness. The witnesses scarce could see
each other. The prisoner saw noth
ing but the, chair.
Took His Place Like a Man.
Th«re was no delay in preparing for
the end. Beattie took his place, the
prison surgeon and the electricians ad
justing the straps, a half dozen clamps
were quickly thrown into place and
gnapped. The cap, resembling a leath
er football head harness, was adjusted
and the men stepped back
Meets Death.
J. Cummins
Gits Prison Term
ure of the Beattie execution thatftence.
aroused a great deal ofHriterefit and
speculation .was the attitude assumed
toward it by the Virginia newspapers
which are fort>idden by a state stat
ute to print the details of an electro
cution.
As a part of the law which sub
stituted the electric chair for thei^ Associated Press,
hangman’s noose, the Virginia legisj 24.-William J.
lature wrote this paragraph into the] lurn,
statute. “No newspaper or person j Cummins, the Nashville Tenn., oans-
shall print or publish the details 1^^ the head of the suspended
of the execution of criminals carnegie Trust Company, of this
this act. Only the fact that the crim- recently convicted of the thelt
inal was executed shall be printed ^j40,000 from a trust fund held
or published.” by the Carnegie Company, was today
The legislature, however, failed tol justice Davis in the
provide a penalty for a violation ©M supreme court to an indetermediate
the section. Hitherto the law ha» 1 state prison of four
been complied with out of respect to nionths to eight
state authority but the Beattie case
years and eight months.
has so enthralled the state during 1 immediately after sentence was pro-
the past several months that I jounced counsel for Cummins moved
were indications today that many]an
illness—it is said he was nearly dead
from tuberculosis of the -lungs when
he was killed—Mrs. Patterson spd
she had nursed him until a physician
ordered her to take a rest.
She continued to visit him, however,
i^nd one day she testified, he exclaim
ed: “If you don’t come back and
nurse me I’m going to sue that'
' “He #ated his pillow,*’ continiied the
witness, “and said, ‘I have the thing
here that will fix you.’ ” ;
“He drew a razor and said, ‘I’ll kin;
you as sure as t live.’ ”
In July 1910 witness said she filed
puit in Chicago for divorce and went
to live with her parents in Sandoval,
Ills..
“My husband kept after me for mon
ey, saying he wanted to go west for
his health,” narrated Mrs. Patterson.
When I told him I had ncme he said
‘Get it.’” /
This was a reference to the Chicago
millionaire whose name has been
brought into the case. Mrs. Patter
son said she refused this request and
her husband beat her. Later she said
she wrote to Emil Strouss of Chicago,
and he sent her $500 with which she
and her husband came to Denver.
CARRYING OUT THE
DISSOLUTION PLAN
the best possibt*
treatment whi
of the federal'
The presi
case, it was
ed by the 0/
sicians.
Washii
dent T
of
Charlii
er to
at Fort
where he wil
own
An outburst
lowed on the instant.
..Nearly 400 workers were engaged
t# the building at the time. The bodies
bf these in or near the boiler room
were horribly mingled,' some of themi
being thrown into the streets together
with bricks and debris.
Men could be seen at every window 1
with fire raging behind them, fran
tically appealing for rescue. Fire
ladders were quickly at the scene andl
many of the men were saved.
The scorched clothing and burned!
hair of these brought down told of thej
terrible ordeal through which theyj
had gone.
Many of those who were taken to
the army phy the hospital iare suffering from shock
ing Injuries. Some of them have losti
34.—Presi- legs or arms and others are fearfullyi
ImIp medical
M. custody
ipetion in the
be determin-
ted the warden
ary to transfer
S^ew York bank-
ate» army hospital
on, near Atlanta,
'emain under federal
'burned.
By Associated Press.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 24.-As a part of
many
newspapers would feel compelled to motion was denied. Coun- , - - , _ dissolution of the so-
disregard the _«tatute_ on^this CnmmmB then went before Jus-^^t,ed TobLS TruTa^^^^^^^ ^ere fil
ed with the secretary of state today
tar the incorporation of the P. Loril-
[prd Company, capital $26,463,200 and
lar the Uggett & Myers Tobacco Com-
Ipny, capital $36,800,200.
casion and give as
as could be obtained
The warden raised his hand. In-
♦ ♦Istantly Beattie’s body stiffened with
such violence that the straps creaked
with the strain, the clamps rattled as
Many Rumors Afloat. I though they were castanets in tM
Throoghour the forenoon the clty had hands of death Md then that which
f... A . IJr., relaxed.
.hese were denied at the penl- Died *t 7:24.
'’iPO', where, in connection with ^^s Just 7:23 when the‘shock
' uinnunrement of the death, it was j was applied. One minute later Beat
ii that the condemned man had tie was de^- •
tna 1- - . * I The surgeon had gone lorwara
'I'aue no statement. ^ stethoscope had listened for
ne attendlnK ministers would not beating of the heart that
ir,... .u, .. seconds before had
the r-aae in any way until they
M vtEitert Beattie’s parents In South stepped back,
'‘^hmond and had secured their per-f“''®®'
-iOn to make the confession pub-
‘^He Is Dead.”
••He is dead.” ^ ^
Young Beattie’s death chamber
was below ground. It has no windows.
and the
Eleventh-Hour Confession.
7evidently was made 1 of its isolation and me
-iiv L I*’’’death cells adjoining, the chamber
ay^. am^ convinced that all hope . .j ^ ^n abandoned tomb.
nto one comer ot the chamber a
^»ed. 1 > 0 dayg ago Rev. Dr. Fix an. Jr ^ mhle drooped. It wa« the
main wire leading from the
f»ct tT.* n . ascribed to the dynamos of the city lighting plant
t that Rpattle desired to spare his ^1# -.11^ »way. The prison author-
Ms ities do not depend on their own
pa?enr'^°‘'“ innocence tol";^^^ the Sital ih^c’^^
-J*'mind there was a st _ .
w '^een filial devotion and a desire I}'/ There was no purring
" JO go to his deaUi with a lie on Iindicate its fatal
details J seabury, of the supreme co,urt
obtained an order directing-^ 1®**
trict attorney to show cause why i»t»
of reasonable doubt should
The order is returnable next
Continued on Pa«e Three.
NEWS EXTRA SELLS
LIKE HOT CAKES. I IIP VfAS A BIG BLOW
r J ^..r. OUT AT SOUTHPOfiT.
The News’ extra Issued this mom-'
ing and containing the account oti Wilmington, Nov. 24.—SbutJi^rt
the death and crime of Henry Clay celebrated yesterday and most Ai^,
Beattie wa« a record, breaker. There orately the runniiiB of the
. - J w I senEer tram into that beautifttl
were issued 2,500 papers an ^ tie city, the county seat of old "
one of them were sold in the first 1
half hour. The forms were sent ton ^ marked also the birth of a
nress three times as the previous port, and ,severa.l thousands JoiM.
X 1.1 vvnrnr news- heartily in the celebration,
editions were »old out. Every “e™ was made at i .
boy in the city was selling them 1 occasion will evep he
like hot cakes and calling for more, memoriable one to the citizens of
This was a record breaking issue j Bmnswick county, and to the^^J*
for any Charloue extra.
Southport
a
[for that md-tter, for the band of twitt
steel rails that now stretches fiom,
Tft iKirBCTARP LKOATiON GUARD.I Navassa almost to the very watwt
TO INCREASE LEGATION in the harbor of Soutiip^
At a „eiun*k^r«j:ct“"o;Mrthrv^
ronnh’‘nu*‘%o-,
WlcMust’issuwi orders Bheng moat ot the nation's richest terrlto*
Yimg, the new governor of the prov-jri^.
Trial qf Dr. Hyde.
By Associated Press. •
Kansas City, Nov. 24.—The death
in the bedroom of Colonel
TlMVias H. Swope and the circum-
of the fatal day were retailed
TtVliily to the jurors in the second trial
of 'fiI.'B. Clark Hyde by Miss Pearl
VtfCbia Kellar, nurse who took up
tStBtimony begun yesterday.
told the jury of the capsule
Dr. Hyde took from a pink box
Ld tsAd her to give to Colonel Swope,
elate alleges the capsule contained
14% and strychnine.
WSB largely on Miss Kellar’s testi-
y tkat the accused physician was
teU^ of murder in the first de
pn his first trial.
authority and will be given medical
treatment. The transfer of Morse is
to be made because of poor health.
Washington, Nov. 24.—If there is
no legal pbjection, C. W. Morse, the
New York banker, now in the At
lanta prison, will be removed from
that institution within a few days to
a point near Atlanta and placed un
der observation by physicians to de
termine whether his physical condi
tion is such that he should be par
doned by President Taft.
District Attorney Wise, of New
York, and H. P. Doughtery, one ot
Morse’s attorneys, were called in
consultation at the White House sev
eral days ago. The attorney general
told the president that Morse was
in a bad condition. Mr. Wickers ham
recently made a hurried and unan-
uounced trip to Atlanta. It develops
now that it was to see Morse per
sonally. The present negotiations
looking to Morse’s release bepn
day before yesterday. President Taft
had previously announced that he
would not consider another applica
tion for pardon before January l,
1913.
Attorney-General Wickersham is
busily looking into the legal a^ects of
such a removal. It was said the matter
would be taken up at the cabinet meet
ing today. Morse is not eligible for pa-
ole, but if his health is ft)und to be
as bad as Mr. V^ickersham himself
understands it to be, the banker will
probably be given a pardon.
Atlanta, Nov. 24.—Warden Wil
liam H. Moyer, of the United States
prison in this city, where Charies
W. Morse, the New York banker, is
confined is in the east and- no state
ment relative to Mr. Morse’s transfer
or release could b.e obtained. It is
understood, however, that the New
York banker is suffering from kidney
trouble and that while his condition
is not at present critical it is claimed
that he cannot live in the close
confinement of a prison;
THREE
OETIlfiPyTy
ftRE SENTENCED
'S lips
He n
of dynamos to indicate
power. When the executioner tu^d
Kl confess by his splr-|^"the fuTr volUge and the body
advisor.s and at last broke down.'. . . ...
Left Statement.
responded to the fearful shock the
witnesses gasped. There was
I WflilTlllHh
imeniaiely after the death of Beat- Pora full minute the current ra^
the penitentiary ed through the body cells of tne
ad rmri condemned man condemned youth.. For ;five seconds;
It developed it was kept at its
'ief *®ft a and then was diminiihed slowly dur-
ovn ing about twelve MCondB. When the
"PJritual advisers. Up needle on the Indicator pointed to
ro this statemtnt had not 200 volts it remained stationary
to n
bMds Of outUws and protect. ^ enthusiastic yisltors.
* wScv on’the west river is so ram- dfew into the city of Soutiiport this
*• 'RHtiah steamboat 1 moming shortly after 11 o clock to
pant have b^n be grelted with the frenzied’ cheers
to siisnend their services, of several thousand citizens of Brun-
thX^lmere havY be^^^ county and the city-cheers
irX oS^re were given willingly and from
looted a^ soi^ Th^ British torpe- the heart, tor did not the arrivftl ot
S’w-iv. Vrtt H^tSfs'train signify Soattporfs emw-
do bo^ w*»iit river cipation from years of isolation and
Kong to patrol the West river. ^o the town a future which
WILL DECIDE ON herietofBre has exists Only in its
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
)RTY.FIVE OF
CREW DROWNEp
A4|Bociated Press.
Nqv. 24.—The Japa-
jtrcyer Harusame foun-
Shima province in a
lay and forty-five of
of sixty perished.
PR wrecked;
" SIXTY L iOWNED.
sd Press.
lov
Mount Clemens, Mich., Nov. 24.~The
Fowfef Reeumes Flight.
time and place for hoHioS the Demo-j By . Associated Press,
mad^ ,v,.KiV” naa noi 1 200 volts 11 rem»n«~ r-ratJc national conventidh wiH be de*! Abilene, Tex., Nov. 24.—After being
ren^^ and there were con- there three seconds and I Ky the democratic nation^ com- delayed ^wo days, by wind. Aviator
•treets, both through another twelve Powler reimmed his flight to
and wa. not a confession. J moved around again to maximum f/^ee in Wi^in^ ^ork. He planned to make ^is
made today by NonMii E. Mack, chair- [first stop at Bastiand, 58 miles from
- —- —t**—. there. . * ^
i. .T.'?.!, both|,hrou*h mJSm
Story of Execution. I where it remained
Iti a ,, three seconds. Then back to
rrential downpour ot rain I maximum twice again .it took
tor
tne
it!
24.—The Aus-
r Romania was
inear Rovigno. It
it sixty persons
A Sirocco has
of the Adriatic
caused much
Mng.
Southern Ijain
Repot ted m Wreck
By Associated Press.
Scotland, Ga., Nov. 24.-Two men
were killed, another fatally injured
and several pasengers badly shaken up
when Southern railway passenger train
No. 14, bound from Macon to Jackson
ville, collided with an extra north
bound train. Engineer Hugh Brantley,
of Macon, in charge of the extra train,
and an unidentified express messenger,
are dead, while another unknown ex
press messenger isr fatally injured. The
cause of the collision has not been
ascertained.
MRS. QUINN IS
'CHARGED WITH MURDER
XBy Associated Press,
Chicago, ni-v Nov. 24.—Mrs. Jane
Quinn, whose husband was found
shot to death In his bed recently, wa»
charged with his murder in an indict
ment returned by the grand jurytodv,
By Associated Press.
Lincoln Center, Kas., Nov. 24. ■
Three members of the mob who con
fessed to participation in the tarriug
of Mary Chamberlain, the Shady
Bend schopl teacher, were sentenceii
to terms of a year each in jail today.
The three are Everett Clark, wealthy
mill owner. Jay Fitzwater and
Watson Scranton.
The jury trying tliree men lor
conmplicity in the tarring had not
agreed at noon.
The testimony of witnesses Ches
ter Anderson and E. G. Clarli, whicn.
the jury requested near midnight
last night be read to them again,
was gone over many times.
On every hand today were heard
predictions that the jury woud
“hung.”
Two of the defendants spent prac
tically all of last night in the court
room, sleeping on benches, riiey
were Sherrill Clark and John
Schmidt. After Judge Grover lett
about 1 o’clock Schmidt departed to
meet Clark, who had preceded hiir.
to their hotel. But the suspense
was too great and a few hours later
they returned to the scene o ftheir
trial.
It was said that the cases of t-*?^''
defendants who pleaded guilty migU't
be disposed of today. It was knov/n
their attorneys desired sentence de
ferred until the next term of court
but Judge Grover made no definite
promise that he would do this.
The three men sentenced today
were told they would be given ample
time to arrange their affairs before
being committed to jail.
None of the men seemed surprised
at the action of the court. They think
paroles will be exercised after they
have served a short time. It is said.
Have you any reason to give why
sentence should not be pas&ad?” the
court asked each man.
“No,” answered each.
Constructively, explained the court,
the -prisdners would be henceforth it^
the sheriff’s charge. All, however, are
free on bonds.
COMMERCE THRATENED
BY BLOCKADE.
By Associated Press.
Constantinople, Nov. 24.—Neutral
commerce is seriously .threatened
by the proposed blockade of the Dar
danelles by Italy, and Turkey s con
sequent defensive measures.
The ambassadors of the foreign
powers here are conferring on the
subject as it is believed that Italian
action will not be delayed much
longer. It is thought that Italy may
even try to force the Dardanelles
and dictate her terms of peace at
Constantinople.
man of the commtttee.