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BEATTIE'S LAST HOPE IAN.SHES.
Governor Deelines Even to Grant Brief
Respite--ust Die in Electrie
Chair November 24.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 15.-With the
frank and emphatic statement that he
believed in the prisoner's guilt, Gov
ernor Mann today d.eclined to grant
a respite to Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.,
convicted in Chesterfield county, Sep
tember 8, of wife murdeL. The refusal]
of the governor to interfere with t
sentence, which the supreme court de
clared on Monday to be plainly right,
means that Beattie will die in the
electric chair at the State penitentiary
on Friday, November 24.
Being aware that a final decision
would be reached in his case today,
Beattie, in the death cell, waited ex
pectantly for some word from the gov
ernor's office. His gray-haired father,
utterly broken in spirit and strength,
who notified him on Monday that an
appeal had been denied, was spared
the ordeal of conveying a second mes
sage that all hope was lost.
Hears Fate in Silence.
The Rev. Benjamin Dennis, an Epis
copal minister, who had interceded in I
the young man's behalf, went quickly
and quietly to the prison to inform
him that every possible effort to save
him had failed. Beattie heard the an
nouncement in silence, though he was
visibly affected. Later in the afternoon
his father, brother and young sister
called to see blin.
Unlike the supreme court, which fil
ed no written opinion in refusing a
writ of error, Governor Mann gave
out a statement, in which he said that
Beattie's appeal was made with "the
purpose, if possible, of avoiding the
consequences of a crime of which he
knows he is guilty."
Not - Worth Considering.
Tie governor also stated that the
so-called affidavit of Paul Beattie was
aot worthy of consideration as evi
dence. ,
In a signed statement to Beattie's
lawyers and the public, Governor
Mann said:
"While I sympathize very profound
ly with the father of H. C. Beattie, Jr.,
and would ibe glad to help .him if .1
could do so with proper regard for the
public interests, I cannot with any
consideration for those interests in
terfere with the due execution or
sentence of the court in the Beattie
Followed Trial Closely.
"I followed that case during the
trial, and as Its horrile facts we:
developed regretted that a crime so
cruel and malicious should have occur
r'ed within the confines of this State.
In the decision of every questic
which was presented to the able and
3mpartial judge who presided at the
trial, he was careful to give the bene'
fit of every reasonable doubt to the
prisoner;,.his instructions were as fa
vorable as counsel for the prisoner
err- in the admission or exclusion of
evidence or in his Instructions given
to the jury, is shown in the refusal of
the supreme court of appeals to grant
a writ of error.
Defendant's Rights rotected.
"There is no question of the honesty
and fairness of the jurors trying the
case, nor is there any question tilat
the defence made by lawyers of char
acter and ability obtained for H. C.
Beattie, Jr., every advantage guiaran
teed by law to persons charged with
crime.
"That Beattie is guilty of the wilful,
deliberate and cruel murder of his
young wife I have not the slightest
doubt, nor is it insisted that there
shall be any greater relief offered than
the commutation of his sentence to
imprisonment for life.
"I do not think the affidavits of Paul
Beattie, prir.ted in the papers, or any
other evidence, or consideration
brought to my attention, sufficient for
that purpose, nor do I question the
wisdom, I might add, the necessity of
capital punishment in cases where hu
man life has been quickly and deliber
at.ely taken.
"Life For Life."
"On the contrary, I believe that this
punishment is necessary for the pro
tection of soci-ety, and if on a jury I
would not hesitate, in a proper case,
to agree to a v'erdict requiring life for
life.
"To grant a respite in so plain a
case would be tq set a precedent;
would be to temporize with the law
and to encourage appe.als to the su
preme court, with the sole purpose of
gaining time. I believe the best way
to prevent such crimes as this is to
punish them adequately; certainly,
speedily. Therefore, the judgment of
the circuit court of Chesterfield will
b1e carried into effect without inter
ference from me.",
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ORNB, BEATTIE'S ONLY HOPE
ppeal Denied-Grief-stricken Father
Informs Condemned Man.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 1.-By refusing
tday to grant an appeal in the case 9!
eg y- '-Beattie, 'Jr., convicted 'In
Oesterfield county, on September 8,
fthe murder of his 'wife, the Virginia"
spreme court took away from the
cndemned man his last 'hope of es
ping execution on November 24, un
lss Governor Mann should interfere.
hile declining tonight to comment on
te court's ruling, Governor Mann an
nunced that he would issue a state
en tomorrow. There is a bare pos
bility that the governor will grant a
rief respite..
In the presence of the entire court,
Cief Justice James Keith made this'
offcial statement to the clerk: "In the
eattie case,. the court, being of the
>ini%n that the judgment of the lower
curt is plainly right, does refuse the
ptition for a writ of error."
Early this afternoon, H. C. Beattie,
r., went to the penitentiary, and was
corted to the death chamber, where
, in a faltering voice, notified his
n that the appeal had been denied.
Te prisoner's iron nerve did not de
rt him. He did not seem to feel or
cmprehend ,its meaning, but endeav-,
-ed manfully to comfort his old fath
r, whose grief was intense.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR XAYOR chestei
AND ALDERUENi OF THE TOWN Ichidr
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OF NEWBEBIRY, S. C* 'wrote,
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Notice is hereby given that the reg-w a
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dl(l~en,. O'fif A1e'rmanorj thra
each of. the five-wards,, to sei-in far a sands .
tern.f one year, and a trustee of thehafe
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Wards 4 and 5, respectively, 'will be Pelhian
held at the Council Chamber, in the___
opera house, in tihe Town of
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second Tuesday in December, tis wit
1911, being the 12th day of said New I.
month, the polls to be opened at 8 Theyb
o'clock in the forenoon, and to c]ose at tha bc
6 o'clock in the afternoon. D. F. Pif- stipati<
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By order' of the Town Council of
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September, 1911' dersigi
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