The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 30, 1911, Page 3, Image 3
IEATTIE CONFESSES CRIME I
REFUSED TO THE LAST TO MAKE \
STATEMENT TO THE PASTORS. x
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Composure Kept Through the Ordeal. I
Quietly Marches to Death ^
Chair and Sits for Death. \
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Richmond, Va., Nov. 24.?Henry *
Qv Roottio Tr? hofArc hie /iooth in I '
\ o i . j uvivi t uig uvubu
the e'ectric chair at 7:23 a. m. to- J
day, confessed to the murder of his t
wife. The statement which was giv- s
en out in the rotunda of a downtown J
hotel follows: "I Henry Clay Beattie,
Jr., desirous of standing right before c
f God and man, do on this, the 23d day
of November, 1911, confess my guilt
of the crime against me. Much that s
* . was published concerning the details c
was not true, but the awful fact, t
without the harrowing circum- t
stances, remains. For Yhis action I c
am truly sorry, and, believing that I
I am at peace with God and am soon t
- to pass into His presence, this state- s
. ment is made." t
, , Beattie's confession was followed c
by this statement by the attending i
| ministers: "This statement was j
signed in the presence of the two a
attending ministers, and is the only r
statement that can and will be made i
public by them. Mr. Beattie desired r
to thank the many friends for kind t
letters and expressions of interest
and the public for whatever sympa- \
thy was felt or expressed." c
* Throughout the forenoon the city t
had rung with rumors that Beattie e
had confessed. These were denied at t
the penitentiary where, in connection t
with the announcement of the death, t
it was said the condemned man had c
made no statement. The attending t
v ministers would not discuss the case t
' in any way until they had visited i
Beattie's parents in South Richmond, t
and had secured their permission to t
make the confession public. c
The confession evidently was made d
at the eleventh hour, when Beattie \
finally became convinced that all f
hope of escaping the electric chair t
had passed. ' Two days ago Rev. g
Dr. Fix announced that Beattie had
said that he would not confess. This
was ascribed to the fact that Beattie
desired to spare his father the blow* e
of admitting guilt after his many c
" protestations of innocence to the *
aged parent. In Beattie's mind there *
was a struggle between filial devo- 8
L tion and a desire not to go to his 1
I death with a lie on his lips. He was 2
? J Ktt Viir. nnimfiiol oH_ t
I UIgtJU IU CUI11CS9 uy Ills opit'ibuai aui
yisers and at last broke down. t
B , Electrocuted at 7*23. J
B In a torrential downpour of rain ?]
? the 12 witnesses to the execution a
I toiled up the hill from which the e
f penitentiary looks down upon the f
city. They were quickly marshalled
and conducted, single file, through a
gates of steel bars to the chamber r
Where Beattie was to offer his atone- ?
ment. There was no conversation. j
Within the chamber all was in ^
readiness. The chair a solid struc- s
ture of oak, would ordinarily have i,
appeared like the chairs seen in
scores of libraries throughout the
land. In the somberly bare chamber,
however, the chair was naught but t
* sinister. Straps dangled from its b
arms and back and shining steel t
lamps appeared in the light of the g
electrics like tenacles outstretched d
to clasp a victim. d
> Beattie Hears Final Summons. ^
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
K another his action was received with t
^ frowns. Major Wood, with two deputy
wardens, addressed the witnesses, e
going through some small formali- e
ties demanded by the law. Then,
with his two men trooping behind,
|f he passed out into the building where
* / Beattie awaited the summons in his b
cell adjoining. g
' - In-the death chamber the voice of g
fthe warden coula be plainly heard, p
reading to the doomed man the final {!
* summons. The warden's voice dron- B
ed on, it seemed to tne witnesses, in- ~
terminably. In reality the compli- a
^ ance with the law occupied only a 0
*P brief moment. Then with Beattie between
them the deputy wardens be- a
gan their progress toward the chair e
only a few feet away. c
When the procession followed by ^
Superintendent Wood started a sig- ^
, nal was given which plunged the
death chamber into blackness save
sr for a single light immediately over
the chair. This was hooded that it t
outlined the chair in a circle of blaz- "V
ing radiance so intense that the re- e
mainder of the room seemed in utter i:
darkness. The witnesses scarce t
could see each other. The prisoner ^
I saw nothing but the chair. 8
Dead. [
There was no delay in preparing
for the end. Beattie took his place,
\ * the prison surgeon and the electrici>
ans adjusted the straps, a half dozen '
clamps were quickly thrown into e
place and snapped. The cap resem- j!
bling a leather football "head harness, r
was adjusted and the men stepped
back. 1
The warden raised his hand. In- J
stantly Beattie's body stiffened with *
cn/?v? vinionpp that thp ctrans creak
Ied with the strain, the clamps rattled
as though they were castanets in the s
hands of death and then that which 2
once had been Henry Clay Beattie,
Jr., relaxed. ?
It was just 7:23 a. m. when the
shock was applied. One minute later r
Beattie was dead. The surgeons had *
gone forward and with a stethoscape :
had listened for another faint beat- I
? ing of the heart that less than 60 y
seconds before had lived. He step- .
ped back. "He is dead." 1
The witnesses filed out. One or r
two were ghastly pale as they step- s
ped into the early morning light. *
Carriages were waiting for the wit- 5
nesses, and they were driven rapidly
jt . away. The identity of but few was
known. g
Made Ready for Burial. s
&& After the legal formalities had 1
been complied with and the witnesses r
had gone, the body of Beattie was
removed from the chair and taken \
to the mortuary room adjoining, t
Here it was laid to await the coming r
j,* of the coroner who arrived shortly t
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ifterward. Rev. Dr. Fix remained
is the sole watcher.
All the preparations had been
nade for the removal of the body.
The elder Beattie sent last night to
he undertaker the brown suit his
ion had worn in court when the
ury declared his guilt. In this the
)ody was clad for burial.
There is some doubt as to just
vhere Beattie will be buried. It
vas thought by the Beattie family
hat way had been made clear to ener
the body in the family plot in
daury cemetery, South Richmond.
The family, it is said, had planned
o place the husband as near as pos>ible
to the body of his murdered
vife. But no permit for the burial
las yet been issued by the trustees
>f the cemetery.
The Rule Suspended.
This may or may not be an overight
but none of the officials of the
emetery association would discuss it
o-day The city ordinances forbid
he interment of the bodies of exe:uted
criminals in city cemeteries,
n anticipation of the enforcement of
his rule Councilman L. C. Patteron,
of South Richmond, a friend of
he Beattie family, put through the
ity council a special permit suspend ?
ai. . _ e
ng tHe ordinance m tne case ui
roung Beattie. That the cemetery
issociation does not recognize the
ight of council to take this action
s presaged by the fact that so far
to steps have been taken to prepare
he grave.
Young Beattie's death chamber
vas below ground. It has no win- ,
lows. Because of its isolation and
he death cells adjoining, the
:hamber is silent as an abandoned
omb. Into one corner of the cham>er
a black cable drooped. It was
he heavy main wire leading from the
lynamos of the city lighting plant a
lalf mile away. The prison authoriies
do not depend on their own dylamos
for the fatal shock. Over
his cable poured 2,200 volts of elecricity.
It was as silent as it was
leadly. There was no purring of
lynamos to indicate its fatal power.
Vheh the executioner turned on th$
ull voltage and the body responded
o the fearful shock the witnesses
;asped. There was no warning.
Current for One Minute.
For a full minute the current racd
through the body cells of the conlemned
youth. For five seconds it
ras kept at is maximum power, and
hen was diminished slowly during
ibout twelve seconds. When the
teedle on the indicator pointed to
!,000 volts it remained stationary
here three seconds and then slowly
hrough another 12 seconds moved
.round again to maximum where it
emained vibratory for three seconds.
?hen back to the maximum twice
.gain it took its course until at the
xpiration of a full minute, the curent
was shut off.
Beattie's death was instantaneous,
ccording to the prison surgeon. The
itmost care had been taken in the
'setting" of the electrodes and in
ireparing the straps and elamps to
withstand any strain. There was no
lip. The murderer's exit was as painess
as modern science could provide.
Newspapers Disregard Law.
One feature of the Beattie execuion
that aroused a great deal of inerest
and speculation was the attiude
assumed toward it by the Vir;inia
newspapers, which are forbidien
by a State statute to print the
letails of an electrocution.
As a part of the law which substiuted
the electric chair for the hangaan's
noose, the Virginia legislature
rrote this paragraph into the statute:
No newspaper or person shall print
r publish the details of the execuion
of criminals under this act.
)nlv the fact that the criminal was
xecuted shall be printed or publishd."
The legislature, however, failed to
rovide a penalty for a violation of
he section. Hitherto the law has
ieen complied with out of respect to
Itate authority, but the Beattie case
o enthralled the State during the
ast several months that there were
ndications to-day that many newsapers
would feel compelled to dis- '
egard the statute on this occasion,
nd give as many details as could be
btained.
The Richmond afternoon papers
ppeared on the street soon after the
xecution with full details, and it beame
evident that the statute was to
ie entirely disregarded or at least
adly stretched throughout the State.
Declines to Confess.
Beattie pased a fairly peaceful
tight although his sleep was broken.
Vhen he arose this morning he dressd
with his usual care and ate sparugly.
He did not appear either nerous
or apprehensive, although he
sras incessantly under the eyes of his
;uards, who had doubled their vigi"
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iXLLCe 111 I>11C uaai uiviuvuuj ou i,uuv
he law might not be cheated.
"I Am Ready, Gentlemen."
During the reading of the death
warrant, the doomed man maintaind
his composure. He stood without
, tremor. As the superintendent
inished he swayed, but so impercepibly
that he might have been shiftng
his weight from one foot to the
ither. When the deputy wardens
ell in on each side of him, he bowed
lis head a moment.
"I am ready, gentlemen," he said,
imply, and the death march was be;un.
Just before Superintendent Wood
md his men appeared Rev. Dr. Fix
melt in prayer with the condemned
nan. He prayed for divine forgiveLess
for him. Beattie appeared afected,
but when the rrr.yer was finshed
he was as emphatic in his reusal
to confess as at any time since
lis arrest. To all repeated requests
or a confession, he made the same
notion of his head, a slow negative
;hake which showed how firmly his
nind was made up to maintain his
iilence.
There existed a deep affection
)etweon the elder Beattie and his
vayward son. The father to-day is
l broken man as the result of his
on's crime, although he clung to the
ast to the belief that his son was inlocent.
No member of the Beattie family
vas present at the execution nor at
he penitentiary when the. death
narch was begun. Preparations for
he reception of Douglas Beattie,
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brother of the doomed man, had been i
made in the superintendent's office,
but Douglas did not appear.
The failure of any member of the
family to be present was welcomed
by the prison authorities, for they (
feared their charge might break down
at the last moment.
Nearly Breaks Down.
For a few brief moments yester- v
day, Beattie broke down and it was
feared his remarkable nerve and stoicism
were about to desert him. This
was when he took leave of his father
and brother, Douglas. When the
parting came, the son laid his head
on his father's breast and sobbed convulsively.
One arm was flung across
his father's shoulders, the other hand
gripped that of his brother. But he
recovered quickly.
The fortitude of the elder Beattie
had more to do with the recovery
than the soothing words of the Rev.
Benjamin Dennis, who has labored
with the doomed prisoner. With
Spartan self-control, the father tried
to keep his son's emotions in check,
although the tears raced down his
nhoabe anrt Mc Una twitohed natheti
cally. No words were spoken, but the
young wife-murderer must have felt
the stern repression of his father, for |
his sobs were strangled and straightened.
"Good-bye."
"Good-bye," he said, and turned
away. Neither father nor brother
trusted to make reply, but made their
way from the penitentiary. When
they entered it again, it was claim
the body of their kinsman.
Hazel, the 18-year-old sister of the :
prisoner, and his two aunts, drove ?
to the prison in a closed carriage in 1
the middle of the afternoon. They I
were in the death chamber a trifle J
more than an hour. When they
emerged, Hazel was on the verge of
collapse while all three were muclj
agitated and weeping. \
Their entrance and departure were 4
observed by a morbid crowd of several
hundred persons, gathered to e
witness .the rumored visit of Beulah e
Binford to the prison. The report
proved to be untrue, the girl whose \
subtle power over young Beattie is i
said to have driven him to the kill- p
ing of his wife, having been discov
ered in New York. e
Expiates for Terrible Crime. 1
The crime for which Henry Clay jj
Beattie, Jr., was executed to-day was ,
one of the most sensational in the
criminal history of "Virginia. Interest
in the murder was country-wide ow- ?
ing to its unusual features and the
swift movement of justice. On the
night of July 18 last, Beattie drove
his automobile into Richmond, carry- g
ing with him the body of his wife
which had a gaping shotgun wound
in the head. He declared that a tall
bearded man had accosted him on t
the Midlothian turnpike, five miles g
from Richmond, and when he re- t
quested the man to make room for
him in the road, the stranger with- e
out warning had fired the shot which t
killed Mrs. Beattie. He added that E
he had grappled with the man, but
was overpowered and that the mur- e
derer had fled, leaving the gun be- d
hind. This story of the crime was a
maintained by Beattie to the end. g
For a brief time Beattie's story
was given some decree of credenoe, c
but within a day or two suspicion be- r
gan to point to him and he was kept a
under the closest surveillance. Blood- ^
hounds, taken to the scene of the
crime, -refused to leave the place, c
circling around the bloodspot on the a
road. 0
Gun Leads to Conviction.
Beattie, it eventually transpired, c
had'thrown the shotgun into the ton- b
neau of his automobile after the s
shooting, but in passing over some
railroad tracks not far from the c
scene it had been jolted out and was b
picked up later by a negress. This a
?1-?-V. T? 1.4.:- ~ 11 A
gun, W LilUil Dt;dlUC aucgcu nau uc- VI
longed to the mysterious highway- v
man, proved the means of sending,
the yo^ng man to the electric chair, e
At the coroner's inquest the weap- s
on was identified by Paul Beattie, a
second cousin of young Henry, as the e
weapon he had purchased for Henry s
with money furnished by the latter.
Beattie was arrested immediately af- 1<
ter the inquest. This was \ra July t
21, and on August 19, one month and *
a day from the time of the murder, h
the trial was begun before Walter A.
Watson in the picturesque little Ches- o
terfield county courthouse, 16 miles h
from here. A
The jury was made up almost entirely
of farmers, and on this fact
Beattie based his claim th^t he had
been convicted, not for the murder of P
his wife but because of his relations v
with Beulah Binford, a notorious
young woman. He insisted to the
last that a jury composed of city men
would have freed him. Beattie was S
defended by H. H. Smith, Jr., and J
Hill Carter. The prosecution was F
conducted by L. O. Wendenberg and
L. M. Gregory.
Jurors Quick to Decide.
The trial moved swiftly, though c
mUnAOBAo an/1 />n Qon. 3
iiJ <UL1 V WUUCOOCO tlAAVU} uuu vu. k/v|/
tember 8, after 58 minutes of consid- '
eration and prayer, the jury in chorus
instead of through its foreman,
declared Beattie to be guilty of the c
murder of his wife. Motion for a
new trial was denied and November
24 set as the day for the execution.
On November 13, the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals refused to I
grant an appeal on a writ of error,
and two days later Gov. Mann, who =
had been appealed to for commuta- ?
tion or reprieve, issued a statement
declaring that the interests of the
people of Virginia demanded that #
Beattie should die in the electric
chair.
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Farmers* Union Meeting. ^
Fihrhnrrit s. P.. November 20. t
1911. . g
Editor The Bamberg Herald?Dear
Sir:?Please state that the next C
meeting of the Bamberg County Farmers'
Union will be held in Bamberg
on Friday, December 1st, at 11 i
o'clock. All local unions are request- ^
ed to send delegates.
Yours truly, 4
J. E. MCMILLAN, ^
Secretary. ^
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BAMBERG COUNTY. an
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miles east of Midway. cl(
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balance well timbered; 6-room cl
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353 acres, 200 open; balance in all
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No. 15. 165 acres, a good timber sei
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Stat? of South Carolina?County of
amberg?In Court of Common
leas. '
Carrie E. Simmons, plaintiff,
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efendants.
By virtue of a decretal order of his
onor, S. W. G. Shipp, Circuit Judge,
will sell to the highest bidder for
ish on Monday, the 4th day of Dejmber,
next, at the court house in
le Town of Bamberg, between the
gal hours of sale, the following deiribed
property:
All that certain piece, parcel or
it of land situate, lying and being ^
l the Town of Bamberg, County and
tate aforesaid, containing and measring
five acres, more or less, and
Dunded as follows: North by lot of
ick Rowe; East by New Bridge St,; ^ :
outh by lot of R. L. Risher and F.
7. Free; and West by C. R. Brabam,
Sr.
ALSO
Those certain lots of land situate,
ring and being in the Town of Bamerg,
County and State aforesaid, deiribed
as follows: Lots 7, 8, 9, and *
0, in block 1, in Brabham Court;
Iso, lots 15 and 16 in block 4, and ,
its 34 and 35 in block 1 of the said
rabham Court. Purchaser
to comply with bid withi
nno hftiir offpr caIp nr the said
coperty will be resold at the puraaser's
risk, and so on from time to
me until a purchaser is found who
ill comply. Purchaser to pay for
1 r H. C. FOLK, r
Master Bamberg County.
[AYFIELD & FREE,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
Bamberg, S. C., November 6, 1911.
MASTER'S SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the Court ^il
f Common Pleas for Bamberg Coun- ijj
7 made in the case of F. M. Roach,
dministratrix of the estate of S. C.
:oach, vs. O. J. Bond et al., I will :-|
ell at the Court House door, Bamerg,
S. C., during the legal hours of M
ale, on Monday, December 5, 1911,
) the highest bidder for cash:
All that piece, parcel or lot of *
ind, situate and being in the conn- ; ^
7 of Bamberg, formerly Barnwell, /'
i the State of South Carolim.;
oun^ed on the North by lands of |
lie estate of W. F. Roach; East by ,
inds formerly of Free; South by
iinds of F. M. Roach, formerly M. |
r. Roach; and West by run of Little
altkeahatchie; the said tract orig- ;
lally containing two hundred and
Wrty-four (234) acres according to M
aid plat but since reduced by sale
a one hundred and eighty .(180) *
H. C. FOLK, .
Master for Bamberg County. ^
t. C. BELLINGER,
Plaintiff's Attorney. . ?
NOTICE OF SALE.
State of South Carolina?County p
f Bamberg.
By virtue of a power of attorney to *4
le directed by the heirs-at-law of CL -M
toozer Copeland and Theacia Copemd,
I will offer for sale to the high- iM
st bidder for cash at the Coujrt
louse In the Town of Bamberg on.
londay, the 4th day of December .
ext, being salesday in December, all v
tiat certain piece, parcel or tract of
ind, situate in the County of Bam* :
erg, State aforesaid, containing 164 ? v ,
cres, more or less, and bounded as .oVitj
allows: North by lands of J. L. > l
nnoianh and T.ittlft Saltkeahatchie:
last by Mrs. Martin Smith; South by %3ifl
saac W. Rentz; and West by J. Las
opeland.
A title to the said purchaser at said ;f
ale will be executed and delivered
nto the purchaser on the delivery $
f the purchase money.
J. C. COPELAND, 1
Attorney in fact for the heirs-at- ?
iw of C. Boozer Copeland and Theala
Copeland.
Bamberg, S. C., November 6, 19X1. ' /
FARMERS' UNION MEETINGS.
The local Bamberg Farmers' Union
leets at the court house in Bamberg .
n the first and third Friday morn- '
lgs in every month. Meeting at
1 o'clock. Applications for mem/-.T-oVii-n
ropoivpH at evprv meeting.
ViiOUiy *. WV* ? ??V ? . _ w __
<et all member be present.
J. W. STEWART, \'rm
. P. O'QUINN, ' President
Secretary. ^?1
D. J. DELKI
/ CAMHAiE WOBIS ;?'3|f|
When in need of anything in ' v j|
my line, don't forget the place,
No. 24 Main street Bamberg,
S. 0M in front of the cotton mill.
We ran a first-class repair ?^|
and wheel wright shop, build
one and two-horse wagons, sewing
machine and delivery wagons,
log carts, and any special
wagon; paint buggies and automobiles
in factory style.
We are agent for the Deeding
harvesting machinery, disc
harrows, compost spreaders,
gasoline engines, etc.
Wo rsrrv a stock of the best
grain drills on the market.
Call and see us before you buy.
Anything sent us will have the
same attention as if yon were
to bring it yourself. * v
D. J. DELK
BAMBERG S. C.
y
BRICKWORK
I am an experienced brickmason
ad do all kinds of brick and con*
ete work, plastering, kalsomining, . % .
:c. Satisfaction guaranteed.
' * * ;g!SS
JOHN DAYS
BAMBERG, S. C.
An ad. in The Herald will bring re- (
ilts. Try one and see.
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