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-6&M0USL ALOCPTl v? i ? ? : TCOrtONC ?ILLY CALOWKLL. I "Th? Bwiiatth" ?M his Indian tula. He was better known to r?d and whit# men alike aa "Oapt Billy Caldwell." h? waa half P&Uwnt? mie, half white. Hla immediate na tionality ?u ?vm mora mixed than hie ancestry. On hie mother's aide ha came of the blueet Pottawatomie ln> dlan stock. His father wae an Irish offloer. He was brought up a French man, received a oeptaJnoy from the British government, and wae a civic official In the United Statea. rirat and last, however, by hla own ehotoe. he regained an Indian ohla/. Caldwell waa bom In XTiO la Can ada. As a child he fell under the wise, kindly Influence of the Detroit Jesuits, From tbera he received an excellent education and became maa* tor of both the Frenoh and Knglleb languages lu addition to his knowl edge of many native Indian dlalecta. When only a lad be met the great recumseh aud Instantly enrolled him He'f ?b that Shawnee spellbinder's ad mirer and disciple. The two wero dear friends until Tecumseh's death. But the Shawnee could never Imbue. Cald well with hli* bitter haired against the white men. Although Caldwell pro claimed himself a loyal Indian he could never wholly forget that he was I half Kngllsh. He fought for the Brit- 1 Ish against the United States In the war of 1812. Rising rapidly In rank he became captain In Groat Britain's "Indian department" Though he lived In the United States after the war was over, he never renounced bis allegiance to tho British orown. He held office under our government; but wan proudest of his rank of captain In England's army. Apart from this cap taincy, he whh also a chief of the Ot tawim and tho Pottawatoraies. The Chloago Msssaore. Caldwell Is said by somo historians to have been florcost of the Indian as sallants at the "Chicago maBsacro" In 1812. Others say ho refusod to take Part In the conflict. When tho prisoners there who had escaped the hatchots and rifles of tho attacking Indians wore dragged to an open squaro for torture and death, Caldwell hurled himself between them nnd their bloodthirsty captors. By pleas, throats and cajolery he saved many of tho holpleos prisoners from ? ho fate that usually overtook such unfortunates as foil Into hostile In dian hands. ,( Henceforth, Caldwell was known as tho white man's friend." This fact umd9 some of his Indian comrades hnto him; and inoro than one plot was formed for his assassination. Yet. undisturbed by pralno or hate, ho con tinued to befriond the Bottlers and to administer wisely tho affairs of - his own people. ? By 1820 Chicago had becomo a thriving settlement for what was thon known as "the far west." And, leav ing tho wild life of his people, Cald well weijt to Chicago to llvo ua tho white man did. This caused otlll further ill-feeling among tjio Pottai wntomies and Ottawr.s. But tho man's !r?n will dominated tho situation, hven as ho was half white and half Indian by birth, so ho lived among the white townsfolk and at tho same tlmo held liis rank among the savages. So readily did Caldwell take to the ways of his adopted people and so quickly did he demand the 'respect and trust of tho western pioneers that in 1826 ho waa sworn In as a Juatioe ?f peaco. Ho sat In Judgment on countless Involved frontier cases where his ehrewd common sense and Ideas of right more than counterbal acted hla partial lgnoranoe of law. Tho End of a Career. 8o many clashoa between settler* and Indiana did he avert that the gov ernment decided to reward him Ac cordingly, in 1838, the Indian depart ment built for him the first frame house evor erected In Chicago. It waa situated near the corner of Chloago avenue and North State street. There Caldwell lived until 1886. Then he went back to the Indians of hla own tribes and settled with them at Coun cil Bluffs, la. In tho meantime the government had presented him with a 1.240-acro tract of land on the north branch of the Chicago river. He sold this for a trifling sum before he turn ed hi* back on civilisation. Aftor a 16-yoar sojourn wtth white men. the old Sauganaah found rough Indian life less to his taste than he had hoped. Yot he stayod with hie tilbcBmen at Council Bluffe until hla death on Sept. 28, 1841. Billy Caldwell, the Saug*nash. had a less melodramatic career than did niaity other famous Indiana. Yet ha d d more than most of them to help a ong tho cause of progress and civil ization in the far west. To him. In groat measure, waa due the usually peaceful relations between settlers and savages In the semi-lawless sec tion whore ho waa so feared and hon ored. ^ Heavy Weights Transported. At Swlnton, near Manchester, Kng laiid, many years afro, during a deluge of rain, lightning suddenly filled a brick building, in which coal was stored, full of pestilential, sulphurous vapor. Suddenly the building, the walls Of which measured nearly a foot In thickness, was torn out of the ground, the foundation being noarly two feet deep, and transported in an upright position to a distance of near ly 33 feet. The weight moved vm ? I.*. nui tod at more than eleren tons. H. C. BEATT1E PUT TO DEATH LEFT WRITTEN CONFESSION ? .. !?. t MAN'H IlKMAIUiAULI NKKV1G UK NAINKU WITH HIM TI LL THE KND. ? HI;rIK!> IN MAUKIQY (JKMKTKIiy HI NIIAV MOWN I KG AT DUNKIlUh-FKW 1'HKMKNT. Richmond, Va., Nov. 14. ? Henry Clay BoattJe. Jr., wont t4 ble death at 4?wn today the eeif-?on (Mied murderer of hie young wife. ?he confession wee not made PV*> o until- tour hour* #. luut paid the toll exacted by the lew. He maintained to the end the re markable nerre he had eahlblted since first he was aceueed of kill ing till wife on the lone Midlothian turnpike on the night of July 18. Hid last expression wee a eneer as he observed tho chair that wae to lauuch blm Into eternity. The confession wae made public lu the rotunda of a down-town ho tel by the Hev. BenJ. Dennis, one of tho ministers who had labored with Beattle to repent. As a mat ter of faot, It wus acknowledged by the minister that Beattte first ad mitted his guilt November 9, the day after he entered the death cell and before the fruitless appeal for a commutation of the sentence was made to Gov. Mann. It was not until yesterday that he would ^gree to Its being put In (writing for his signature. Then all hope with Oov. Mann waB gone. The extraordina ry document follows: "I, Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., de sirous of standing right before God and man, do on this, the 23rd day of November, 1911, confess my guilt of tho crime against me. MUch that was published concern ing the detf*yis was not tru^, but the awful fact, without the har rowing circumstances, remains. For this action I am truly sorry, and belj^vlug that 1 am at peace with Uod and am soon to pass Into His presence, this stutement Is made." Beattlo's confession was followed by this statement by the attending ministers:1 "ThlH statomont was signed in the presence of tho two attending ministers and Is the only statement that can and will bei mndo publlo by them. "Mr. Beattio deslrod to thank tho many frlendB for kind lotters aiul expressions of Interest and the public for whatever sympathy was felt or expressed." Seattle's attitude throughout tho trial and tho Imprisonment that was ended only- on his death was u stu dy for a psychologist. Ho read the newspapers avidly. Every refer ence to Mb cubo and to tho fact t?iat ho was going to the chair with out acknowledging his crime in the hope of saving his) aged father fur tlio.* sorrow, according to those wto were with' him to tho end, seemed to afford him supreme sat isfaction. Apparently he gloated over the notoriety his crime had brought him. Even after his confession he maintained his air of bravado. What had since November 9th been considered stoicism now is recognised as cynicism. His re markable nerve seems to have had its basin and support in the know ledge that he was being applauded tve a man of Spartan courags and Inflexible will. The secret of his confession was held inviolate by tho ministers un til today. Not even the broken hearted father knew of Its exist ence, friends of the family declare. Not until four hours after he had beer> pronounced dead in the death chamber of the state's prison were the murderer's attorneys cognisant that he had made a clean breast of his guilt. With the Intrepidity that had marked his conduct from the be ginning, Beattle wont to the chair and brought the sordid story to a dramatic end. The shock that killed was given at oxactly 7:19 o'clock. Three tlmeB the current wus turned on and at 7:23 It was shut off. Doc tors W. T. and St. Jullen Oppenhel mor a minute later announced that death had been Instantaneous. The 2 2 person b fa the dpath chambor thereupon filed out and tho end of a lengthy and costly bat tle* for Justice had ended. In addition to the two physi cians thero were gathered in the death house when Beattle appear ed tho 12 witnesses to the execu tion ad roqulred by law, the Rev. John J. Fix, tho Rev. BenJ. Den nis, MaJ. James B. Woods, superin tendent of the penitentiary, tho electrician and four deputy ward-j nns. The room was flooded with light from a group of incandeecent lamptf set in the low ceiling and a light that ewung on its cord Imme diately above the chair. There was no conversation. The witnesses labored under too grsst a strata and all, even the prison at tendants, seemed 111 at mum and anxloua to toe dona. Tha electrician f brought) a board atuddad w|tb eiao trlc bulb* add laid It a?roaa tba arm A of tba chair. Tha lamps bias ad brightly. Then lu other wa ys tha instrument of daath waa taatad and finally at a algnal attandanta want over the apparatus, attaching tha deadly eleetrodea and teatlng tvary strap and olamp. Wluu the preUuiiuarlee were ov er, Maj. Wood*, accompanied by tvo deputlee, threw back an Iron atuddad door and atarted for the death oell. Instantly the death chamber waa plunged in blackneea with the aft cefrftion of a vivid circle of light from the hooded and powerful lamps above the chair, The chair, au oaken bit of furniture, which, except for atrapa aud ateel bands, might grace any library, waa on a rubber mat, All but it waa obscur ad, the daullng raya from the low awlnging lamp throwing everything else Into darkness ho dense as al most to be felt. The little party in tho chamber (heard the superintendent a few feet away droning out the death warrant. Deattle listened to It with Intensity, but did not flinch. He stood during tho reading as is the oustom, and when it was ended he swayed just a trifle but quickly recovered. ** Then, without assistance, he took his place between the guards and began his march to tho unknown. His entrance to tho death oham ber was as flramatlc as anything he ha'd done sincei first he commanded tho public eyo. He halted for a moment on tho threshold, looked on tho chair with an inscrutable Hmile that had in it' the hint of a sneer, and then walked briskly for <ward. Not once did he deign to Btrlvo to pierce the blackness out side his circle of glowing light. It had been feared that the pris oner would flinch when the moment Icamo to seat himself in the chair. There was* no trepidition and not a hint of hesitation in Beattle's atti tude. Still wearing his peculiar smile, half amused and half cynical, he stepped lightly into tho seat, ?Mtled himself M though he had Mn looking forward to the raat, end drifted the attendant* in ad Justing th? strap* and clampe by placing hla i.rma and hand* in the proper position*. The only Indica tion that he wai undar a ttarvoua ?train waa dlacloeed by bia tightly! clenched taatb. purine tha faw aa oonds praoedlng tha turning on of tha currant BaatUa moved once. ? While tha attendant* wara etep plng back, ha equeeaed hla feet back aa though to aaak a ?till mora comfortable position. At tha aaina tlma ha raiaed hla haad. now al most completely bidden by tha iaathar halmat that covered tha up par part of hia head and faoe. The bant aacond tha shock cam*. Whan tha lavt waa avenged and tha wltnaaaaa wara gona tha prison attendants removed tha body to tha toaortuary room which adjoins tha 'death chamber. There it lay for; four hours until an undertaker, au thoilced by tha Baattia family to prepare it for burial, removed it to hla morgue. Later It waa taken to the Seattle home. Events moved so rapidly during the day that Richmond still la gaap ing. The sudden production of the murderer's* confession caused a profound sensation. There had been rumors of the existence of touch u document, but the rumors were based on nothing tangible. ?arly and persistently they were de nied, the family of the slayer, by the attorneys who had taken part to the caae and by the prison au morltles. The ministers refused to discuss the reports, putting off all Interrogators with the simple 'statement that they hoped for a confession. The acknowledgement of his crime by Beattle was nowhere ra celved with more satisfaction than In the executive mansion. Governor Mann, who resisted all pressure brought to bear upon him to com (raute the sentence or to issue a reprieve has worried himself Into a state bordering on a nervous break down, thi*u entertaining the fear that b,o might be permitting an In nocent man; to go to his doom. , The same deep satisfaction is fehared by! the Jurors who convicted Beattle, the attorneys who prosecu ted him and by the witnesses whose evidence 'sent bftn to the chair. Beattle was convicted solely on circumstantial evidence. There was no one found wlio had seen the fa tal shot fired nor any person who could d eay e?fhMM?y the Illog ical ?tory of the tall, bearded MjB( the mythical pereon whom Seattle (chatrjtod with the warder. tfklu <U*ibt, Ip. the fa oe of dfemnlag ctr eamstentlsr evidence, so linked, m to bo practically conclusive, thus Is sleared away by the >layer? pothu Sus acknowledgement of a mur ? tbat baa held the interest 0 f whole country. , Bsuied at HooiIm, I Richmond, Va., Not. SC. ? By the fltrt of tka wfffc wbom ha murder ed on July It, tUo body of Henry Clay Beatlla, J9, waa burled la Maury oemetery gMU? attar eon rise today. Theiw ?as a brief mp lift at the Neitfii^ attended ou ly by members of the family and el*ht friend* who aerved as pall bearer*. aful then the Pfoeesslon 1 adored through the ellent etreete of SOtith Richmond. Rev. John J, rox, who prayed with Beattle Just be fore . ho waa lad , 1a the dtath chamber on Friday inernlng, read tho servloe of tha Presbyterian church, his voice being, broken at tlmee by sobs, * To' guard against possible an noyanoe, the exact hour of J:he fu neral was kept secret until mid night last night, and consequently there were no morbid crowds at the Beattle home or cemetery. Two police officers In plain clothes, were on duty, but the hearse and seven carriages had reached the grave be fore the cRy waa astir. When the burial waa concluded, Henry Clay Beattle, Sr., left with Douglas, his ton, and Haxel, his daughter, and two aunts of the murderer. The aged father's grief was Intense. The pallbearers, boyhood friends of Beattle, were asked by him to derve. Several of them had testi fied In his defeuhe at the trial and one was his best' man when he and Louise Wellford Owen were married exactly one year from the date he pleaded not guilty; of her murder In court. A florists' wagon, com pletely filled with flowers, entered the cemetery gates Just after day light, and today the mound of earth waB hidden beneath chrysan themums and Immortelles. | After It beoame known that the , funeral had already been held, a tremendous crowd visited Maury cemetery, t Double ropes were plac ed around the Beattle section, and two mounted policemen, In addition to officers afoot, kept the crowds back. 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