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THE SUNDAY QREGONIAy. rOItTXAXP. AUGUST 37, 1911 . I 4 I 1 FATE OF BEATTIE RESTS WITH NEGRD Final Link Against Young Vir ginian May Be Supplied by Dark-Skinned Toiler. Iz bora brought out the fact that one of their number. F. B. Adam, who went alone to the dance at Bonalr. from which the lads were returning-, aw a. man unaccompanied, standing; br a machine near the scene where the murder was three hours later com mitted. This was In line with the Idea of the commonwealth that Beattle placed a gun In the bushes near by, so that It would be available when he was ready for the deed of which he stands accused. TREACHERY IS CHARGED ir-nntlnu1 From rlrt Pit".) . NEW WITNESS IS FOUND IX-tcctle TelU of Flndlns IHood stalns In Road and Confusion of Unbound, and lUsh School TcMifj. CHEiTEKHLI.I) COI KTHOCSE. Va.. JVu- -i- The testimony of a black man. a nesra laborer, member of a race long- held In ilsdaln by defendants of the first families of the Old Dominion, by a grim trlrk of circumstance may supply the link In ti;e evidence neces sary to xend lnry 'ly Beattle. Jr.. the younic son u( a proud Virginia fam ily, on trial for :'ue murder vt bis wife, to the electric rhalr. This drJmatlc situation developed In the course tf ounjc IatU-'s trial to day, when at the luncheon recess It became known that the proe utlon will aoon p'.ace on the stand a new snH Im portant witness. negro named 'Wilkes. This negro Is expected by the prose cution to dispel the last slimmer of hope that trie dffense now has of prov ing that a mysterious highwayman, who held up their automobile at a lonely pot In the roa.l. and not her husband. " fired the snot that killed Mrs. Beattle. It was said today that the negro will testify that he walked along the turn . pike tnat nlpht and saw Beattle and bis wife pass In their car; that he was Close at hand when the shot was fired. nd that he saw no pedestrian. fro Verifies Boys. He will also testify. It was declared, that he. too. saw tl.e automobile car rying the young boys who attended the dance a'. Bonalr. whose testimony that they passed Beattle and his wife 1n the rad at the spot where the mur .Jer was later committed, and that the car was stopped there, the defense has been endeavoring to show false. lietecttve Scherer and the boys In this second automobile were on the stand t-dav. Scherer described in de tail his work on the day after the mur der. -We had been at the scene of the rrlme but a short time." he said, "when ome one came tip with a single-barrelled gun. It was Identified by Henry C. Beattle. Jr.. as the gun. I am not positive whether he said It was the gun used in killing his wife. We took the gun to different persons to see If It could be Identified. "I discussed tie esse with Beattle and asked htm to give me as near as possible all the facts concerning the shotgun. We had only spoken a few words when reporters Interrupted us A walked to the blood spot. I and others who. gathered asked Beattle to place tl.e car In the position it was at the time of the shooting. Dclevtlvr TrIU Mtrj. Mr. Beattl th'n placed the car. my recollection is. iu Tie letthand side f the blood spot going toward Rich mond, about C or 31 liulies from It with the front sent about opposite the blood spot. He had already told me that the bearded man was In front of the car. and that It was necessary for him to nop f kl from running over Mm. and had !" said that the man had shot from In front of the cir." Scherer said som-otie In the crowd got In the irft s-at of the car and that he placed hinis- if In front of the ma rhlne where tn mn was supposed to be standing. Il continued: -Mr. Beattle.- I said at the time, vour wife could not have ben shot from this point." II- th'-n said the man must have been to the left, about six feet from the car There was blood on the footbowrd In the front end of the tar. Tills blood spot was about II Inches long. There also was a great d-al of blood on the right seat of the car. We were trying to find how the blood haj got on the road. I raised the plank- at the bottom rf the car and there was no Indication cf blo-ds going below the footboards, llood Not In fan. "I rouWl nt see any stsns of blood tinder the car and iv-rgcaiit Wiltshire crawled unuerreatli an I observed the grease pan. No blood had got out there. Mr. B-nttle was with us. and answered that no blood had got out or been In the pan. After looking over the car. I asked Mr. Beattie If lie couM give me an explanation of how the blood g'-t In the road. He said lie could not. "At about this time Beattle. or ome tine e!e. sugKcsted that the Mood might hnve got In the road when Mrs. Beattle fell from the car. But on the side on w'.ilcb the blood waa Mrs. Seattle could not have fallen, us an .extra tire and the brakes would have restrained her." -Was there anything said." asked Prosecutor Wentlenburg, "In any of your conversations with Beattle about BetiUh BinfordT- "Yes. I ayked Beattle If he had written B-ulali Htnford before he had got back from Norfolk. I asked htm If he was not assisting Betilalt Binforrt or giving her money toward buying furniture. He said no. He admitted he was oat with Beulah. the night be fore the murder. I think, until between 12 and I o 1 k. I askml him about being out with her at other times, and he said that he had been." Krlatlons Willi t-trl Told. Counsel for tie defense mored to strike out any testimony about rela tions between Beulah Binford and Beattle before the latter's marriage, but was or-rruled. "I asked." continued Scherer. "If It waa tot a fact that Beulah HI jj ford had made Beattle bury the child mip posed to be his. In fact. I asked him if he was not the father of Beulah Btnford's child. He admitted It and said. too. that his wife knew he had p-j.l the expenses of the child's funeral. . All the women were ordered from the courtroom as Scherer reached a st.nce In his testimony where he In tended to tell what Beattie related to him of bis phyrlcal condition at the time of the murder. Judge Watson then asked the prose cution If they would not defer until another time in the trial testimony pertin-nt to Brattle's physical condi tion, as the court frankly admitted the desire "to reflect on the point." tils high school boys gave tstlmony Indicating that a woman, presumably Mrs. Beattle. was standing on the left running board of a machine mhlch . they passed on the night of the mur j der. and that man crouched In front I of the car. ; Incidentally, Lbe testimony of tbe not Included In the last to be pre- cuted. The law under which the prosecution will be brought provides a maximum penalty of two years" Imprisonment and a fine of 110.000. The action of the District Attorney Is bssed on the fact that the Injunction against which the meeting was called to protest Is only temporary. Mr. Todd says that, pend ing; final bearing of the Injunction, such an outburst constitutes a clear case of conspiracy to defeat Justice. TACOM.VS EX-MAYOR ARRESTED Fawcett Declamt He Va laboring I'nder Misapprehension. TACOMa7 Wash.. Aug. IS.-A. V. Faw cett. ex-Mayor of Tacoma. who was one of the speakers at the mass meeting at J V i' r y tin 1,-ni iiissi in -i-ii - t Jadge Charles II. Ilaaford, tVko Was Raraed la F.ffljry at Se attle by Ills Critic. Seattle last night, was arrested today by leputy United Etates Marshal Cros by. He gave bond In the sum or Xoww to appear Monday. Mr. Kawcett ex plains his connection with the meeting by saying he was Induced by the editor of a Tacoma paper, which Is owned by the same Interests as the Seattle star, to go to Seattle and attend the meet ing. Mr. Kawcett says he was laboring under the misapprehension that the rail road Involved In the fight belonged to the tone . Webster interests, with whom he has clashed frequently In Ta coma controversies. Mr. Fawcett was arrested as he was walking along the street and tHken be fore the Federal Court Clerk, where he gave tondx. Ex-Counrllmen W. ft. Glb- lett and Fred A. Johnson were his bondsmen. "I am not guilty of advocating Ignor ing Judge Hanford's injunction." said Fawcett after his release "1 did not know there waa such an order until I heard of It at the meeting. I didn't know anything' about the affair at all until Hock hi! I. of the Tacoma Tlmee. called me up and asked me to go and take part in a Seattle mass meeting. I told Rockhlll I had a lame hack and didn't want to go. but be said he'd go along and look after me. so I went with him. I thought the people over there were fighting the Stone te Webster cor poration. I never mentioned Judge Han ford's name In my speech and I didn't talk more than three or four minutes. and I didn't advise any disobedience of the law. 1 told the people how I had evaded lams and that they had as much right to strain the law as corporations had." ELKS TO BUILD NEW HOME Institution to Be Erected In Vir ginia AVI1I Cot $500,000. CINCINNATI. Aug. IS. At a. meet ing of the officers of the Grand Lodge of E'ks It was decided to erect a new Elks' home on the site of the present Institution In Bedford City. Va. The of ficers declared the new structure will cost nearly .''". aX nd surpass any fra ternal home In the ITnlte.1 States In beauty. Work on the building will begin next Spring, when the Inmates will be estab lished temporarily at a nearby water ing place. Vnldentiried Man llc. Without regaining consciousness, the itnldentllied man found at Fourth and Flanders streets Thursday right by Patrolmen Evans and Jones, died yes terdar of a fractured skull, at ft. Vin cent's HospltaL. The body was removed to the nnriur. where It lies unclaimed. Sarsaparilla Cures all humors, catarAi and rheumatism, relieves that tired feelinp. restores the appetite, cures paleness, nervousness, builds np the whole system. Get It today In usual Hquld form or chocolated tablets called Saraataba. 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Ou Dont Tail to Attend Onr Great $1.59 Sale of Women's Oxfords and PumpsYou Have Choice of Hundreds of Pairs in All the Fashionable LeathersOur Regular 32.50, $3.0Q and $3.50Ines Speo'l Sale Toilet Articles 50c Dr, Graves Tooth Powder. . .25? 25c Colgate's Dental Powder 15 25c Liquid Dentifrice i5 25c Colgate's Dental Cream 20 25c Williams' Shaving Stick 20 10c "Williams' Shaving Soap 5 25c Hollister's Deodorant 15 ;4wVw;.... The Most in v alue. The Best in Quality Sped Sale Toilet Articles 25c Colgate's Shaving Cream. . .20 25c Espey's Fragant Cream. . .17$ 25c 47il Rose Glycerine Soap. . .15i 10c Wild Rose Glycerine Soap. . .7$ 75c Eastman's Roval Perfume. .39 Colgate's Monad Tinted Talcum. 25 ri Head Heart Cold Cream 50 Values of An Extraordinary. Kind ARE OFFERED YOU IN THIS GREAT SALE OF SUMMER GOODS Don't forget These are money-saving days for you. This is our Summer Clean-up time; our profitless time. Every department is teeming with seasonable goods marked at hurry-away prices. 'This season's goods must leave this season. Have you availed yourself of these ie markable values we've been offering during this sale? Better hurry up and pay our store a visit just as soon as possible. Sale ends this week - aassssssasassMSSisaaaaasasasasaasaaaasaaas. Men's 75c and $1 Golf Shirts on Sale at 49c This is surely proving to be the biggest and best Shirt Sale held in this city for many a da'. Over 1800 Men's Golf Shirts shown in a wonderful vari ety of patterns. They come hi plain white, blue and as sorted stripes; also with nlnin bodv finished with fancy bosom in pleated effect or with fancy piping. They are shown in both coat and regular style and in all sizesAll are good custom-made Shirts that sell reg ularly at 75c and $1.00 each; specially priced for this sale at Forty-Nine Cents 75c Underwear at 55c Men's light-weight Merino Shirts and Drawers in all sizes. .Splendid-wearing, perfect-fitting gar- frp mcnts always sold at'75c, on sale at ... .vtJv- B. V. D. Underwear For men, both Shirts and Drawers made of fine nain sook and shown in all sizes; the kind sold reg- OQp ularly at 50c a garment, on sale at OVv B. V. D. Union Suits For men, shown "in the most popular styles and in all sizes; made of the best nainsook and sold 7Qp regularly at $1.00, on sale at 171- Our First Showing" of the Mew Fall Bress Goods . Monday and Tuesday Will Witness a Showing- of New Tall Dress Goods That Will Compel Attention Our woolen dress goods sections are full to overflowing with the most modish, worthy and beautiful Autumn fabrics. Ill that is new and good is represented in sweeping variety with a full quota of . the staple weaves in which the seasons make no change. Because varieties are so remarkably complete and because our opening prices are so attractive, this is' the best time to inspect and buy from them At $1.00 the Yard A great variety to choose from Scotch Heather Suitings, Novelty Worsteds, Fancy Rough Weaves, New Mannish Effects, Serges, etc., in the new color ings; pure wool fabrics from 50 to 5-1 inches wide. At 75c the Yard . An unsurpassed showing of the popular weaves in the wanted plain shades and novelty mixtures from 46 to 54 inches wide. Fine woolen fabrics that cannot be found elsewhere at this low price. Double-Weight All-Wool Suitings, 54 to 58 Inches Wide, at $1.50 a Yard This assortment includes Fancy Scotch Mixtures, New Heather Suitings, Plain and Fancy Cheviots, Double-Weight Diagonals in plain and fancy stripes; also Novelty Rough Weave Suitings, Hard-Finished Suitings, etc., in the correct new shades of tan, blue, gray, brown, oxford, etc.; high-grade fabrics that cannot be duplicated in quality at this price. $1.50 to $2.00 a Yard 56 and 58-inch Genuine English Kerseys; an all-wool fab ric of double weight, shown in the correct new rough mixtures in tans, browns and gray. $1.00 to $2.00 a Yard Priestley's Celebrated English Black Goods shown in all the new weaves and weights for Fall and Winter wear. Read's Serges 36-inch All-Wool Storm Serges of perfect weave and finish, shown in all wanted colors, as well as cream and black, best to be had at, yd..50 44-inch Double-Warp Read Serges, any color, the yard. 75c 50-inch Read's Storm and Ocean Serges, all colors, at ... . . . ..$1.00 52-inch Read's Extra Quality Storm Serges, all colors, at $1.25 "I ' -sj-i i i -el T J sOI 4- ) women s r asmonaoxe jc uttua and Suits The Prettiest Styles mm $ ff n il Jb Children's Dresses, $2.50 to $3.50 Values, $1.39 Your opportunity is here now. About 500 Children's Dresses to be closed out under cost price. TJiey are made of best quality gingham, percale, rep, poplin and several other good wash materials. Styles are absolutely new. Well made garments that will launder fine. Regular flj -t QQ $2.50 to $3.50 values, extra special i . . J?-L.CJ7 Long Kimonos, $1.25 Values at 69c A sale of Women's Long Kimonos, made of good quality flowered lawn, also challie in Persian and Oriental designs. Some are finished with belt, while other styles have tucked yoke back and front. Your choice of $1.25 69 C values, this sale .v7' Women's Suits at $12.50j $15.00, $17.50, $19.50, $25.00 A magnificent showing of Women's New Fall Suits in a large range of styles and colors, navy, black and an enor mous variety in brown, gray and tan mixtures. Coats are mostly plain tailored and lined .with good quality satin. Skirts come in panel back and front; also several other pretty stj'les. Just read the prices carefully, then come in and see the suits for yourself. They carry conviction in every graceful line, every stunning weave, every durable fabric. Women's Coats at $7.50. $10.50, $12.50, $15.00, $19.50 A great assortment of Women's Long Coats for Fall wear. Smart lines of man nish Coats in loose and semi-fitting styles, with collars of same cloth or velvet. They are made with or without raglan sleeve and plain or welted seams. They come with silk Venetian shoulder lining and body; lining of worsted checks and plaids. Shown in homespun and cheviot coatings m stylish tan, gray and brown x j i,nnv;nKATia strinos Also fnll-lpTifrfh fittinc and semi-fittintr iniAiuirs aim uciiiuuu"v ""'r' Wri V 7 -ii , , coats of serge or broadcloths in black and navy. The best possible values to be . i i : ' uau at tne aDove prices. . J Sensational Sale 15,000 Yds. Embroidery Edges 15c Grade at 7Vio a Yard From 2 to 10 Inches The fact that Fail stocks are crowding in onr Fancy Goods Section and demanding more room means that we must close out many lines at once. Hence these Embroidery values. Tomorrow on the center aisle tables; we will place on sale over 15,000 yards of fine Swiss and Cam bric Embroideries at one half actual worth. The assortment includes a full showing of neat and at tractive patterns from 2 to 10 inches wide. Both edges and insertions that sell regularly at 15c to 20c a yard, are 72 C marked for this sale at. . . . .. . - ' New Valenciennes Laces Below Half Price, 20c a Dozen Yards A wonderful assortment to choose from. 1500 dozen yards of brand-new Valenciennes Laces. They are clinwri in n hmad -arietv of new. rrettv "oatterns and are Yo an inch to 14 inches wide. They come in Filet, French and German mesh.. The kind that sell regu larly at 5c a yard or 50c a dozen, sold in 12-yd. . C)A. bolts only, and priced for this sale at, bolt .sdvl- if Sale Osf ords and Pumps Broken lines in this season's best styles in all leathers. The kind that are sold regularly at CM KQ $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 a pair, priced at At this price tomorrow you have choice of several hun dred pairs of Women's Summer Style Oxfords and Pumps. The assortment includes all broken lines in vici kid, gunmetal and patent leathers. It is a splen did opportunity to purchase well-fitting, stylish foot wear at an extraordinary low price. $2.50, C -I CQ $3 and $3.50 grades priced this sale W J-.cr7 Boys' Shoes, $2.00 Values, $1.49 Boys' Shoes In kangaroo and box-calf leathers; good solid Shoes for school wear, iney are guarameeu uy us to be all solid leather. priced for this sale at. Best $2.00 values $1.49 r. Tlie Burson Fine Seamless Hose) For Women The Best 65c Grade, A Priced for This Sale .mX For tomorrow we have arranged a special sale of the celebrated Burson Seamless Hose for Women. They are splendid wearing mercerized lisle Stockings, made full seamless, with double sole, heel and toe, and guaranteed fast black. AHf, All sizes in regular 65c quality priced at .' - i K Women's Underwear Priced at 50c A splendid showing of late Summer and early Fall -weight Cotton Underwear. The vests are shown in long or short sleeve styles, with neatly trimmed yoke and neck, and the pants come in ankle or knee length with tight-fitting or band top. The union suits come in all wanted styles. They are made to fit perfectly and are neatly finished throughout. Specially displayed in our Morrison street win dow and underpneed tor this sale. Vests ana pants f! in all styles at V