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JMISDJTOUD, OJMUOtf, .KM DAY, NOVKMHMIt 21, JfUI.
No. 2.12.
BEATTIE CONFESSES; IS ELECTROCUTED
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MURDERER IS
TO BITTER END
Surveys Electric Chair Calmly nml.
With Brief Prayer on His Lips
Scats Himself Unfaltcrlniily Ac
companied by Spiritual Adviser.
SLEPT DEEPLY THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT UNTIL CALLED
Death Was Almost Instantancous
Nothlnii Occurs to Mar Execu
tionFather Drokcn-Hcarted.
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July 18. HUI -.Mrn. Henry
Clay Hciitllc, .lr., muriloinl.
July 21, IDll-llpnry Clay
Ht'iiltiu, Jr., nrronted.
August 21, 1U1 1 Trial lm.
kiiii lit Chiwlorfiold court house.
"" Ktii(ttnliur H, lit II -Verdict
of guilty ; Houttio sentenced to
iliwlli.
November 21, 1011- -Death
hClllOHCC CU'Clltcd.
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Wini.MONI). Vn., Nov. LM. Culm
ly ami smilingly, almost indifferent
ly, Henry ("lay Hcultic, Jr., walked mi
his death in tin. electric chair at tin
state prison hurt) thin morning ami
laitl the penalty for Iho murder f
Ids. young wife.
Tim execution reiiiireil just three
minutes from tlio timi) Iteattin stepped
Into Jlio death chamber. The two
guards entered side hy hide with the
doomed man, Kev, J. J, Fix and Kov
Hoiijnmiii Dennis", the two clergyman
who hnvo boon attending the dimmed
mini in hi cell, and Dr. V. T. Op
ponheimer, the prison physician, fid
lowing. Nero UiikIiiiUi'ii,
Through the ordeal llunltiu re
mained with uorvo unshaken. His
hhtep liiht night wan uiitrouhliid, and
a gloomy, rainy morning failed to
hriug a tremor to the silent stondi-
nuns of his hearing, lie knelt for
a brief prayer and then hegnii his
mareh to the death ehamher. Ifev
.Mr. Fix handed the prisoner a Hiblo
iih tilt) death inareli hegmi.
The window of the death ehamher
wan dark iih Heattie entered, the in
candescent glnbiw ahovu the polished
oak chair Huihteulv bursting into
light iih he crossed the thicshnld
The rest of the room remained in
darkness, throwing the instrument of
leath into startling relief. Heattie
Hiirveyed tho elmir calmly and with
out flinching.
Miii-niiirx a l'ni)cr.
A dozen men, official witnesses
Hat in the ilarkeneil corners of the
ehamher. Houttio hIiooI; IiuiiiIh wit',
the two ministers, murmured a prayer
and advanced coolly to tho chair,
accepting IiIh fate calmly. He seat
ed himself, moving his limliK with cal
culating delihuratiou to accommodato
(he hliff, he(ivy straps.
The hhick cap wan pulled over the
condemned man's head. There was
not a tremor of the hndy iik Huporin
teiideul Wood lifted liiu hand in nig.
mil which Hunt (he prisoner into el or
ally. Thu switch wiih thrown. A tiny
while thread of smoke culled upward
from the death cap, Iho hody
twitched into the uIiiidhI teuton and
then crumpled iih thu current wiih re
duced ami cut off.
Dr. Oppenhoimer stopped forward,
tented tho heart and piiIho and raised
IiIh head, announcing that lifu wijs
oxtinot.
KliotVH No Sign. ,
Heal tie's sloop wiih childlike last
liight. .So Kound were Ills Hlumhei'ri,
uncording to tin; guards, that thoy
lmd to awaken him to prepavo for IiIh
death today, lie hIiowoiI no sign
upon oponiug his oyeH that ho real
ized tho fatal significance of tho day
for him. Tho dovil-inuy-euro spirit
which ho showed throughout hin trial
mill after HPiiteuee wiih passed was
Hiiliilituil iih tho hour of death drew
near, and the smile for which ho wiih
(Cniuimiml mi Pngo a.)
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WANTS 10 FORGET
Gives Last Interview in Rcnartl to the
Case Says She She Was Only Onu
Girl of Several, But That She W.'is
Chosen as the Victim.
NKW YOHIC, Nov. 'Jl.-Heulnii
Hinfoul, the, girl for wIiord Mike
Henry (Hay Dual tie, Jr., died today
in tho eluotrio chair at Kiehmouil,
Vn., for the murder of hi wife, guvu
thu United 1'iohh thu hint interview
who will ovur gie.
"If jiihlicu lm hecn done," said
Mihh Hiuford, "it !k all right. Hut I
am Horry for Henry. I am sorry 1
was drawn into thm thing. Of
course, it is hard to imagine any
portiou I nottmlly know could nave
done such a thing, hut if tho jury con
victed him ho must have heun guilty.
Wants to Forget
''I know nothing tihoiil tho murder.
Wliun Henry died in (ho elect rrie
chair my connection with the
eiiHo died, too. I am going o try to
ho horn again into a now lifu.' 1
never want to huar of the once again.
And I shall never mention it. I am
going to hide myself heliiud another
name and try to forget."
Houliih Hinford is suffering from
appendicitis. ' She. will lie operated
upon next week, nrruupMiiciiU al
ready having huen madu for it.
Under a fictitious niinie Mi Hiu
ford is living hero with tho family of
Isailor lieriiHtom, ami sue is con
stonily under the eye of Kev. Miuli
Hon Peters, Upon heing linked nov
oral additional ipicstions, shu said
"Let .Me Alone."
"For flod'h mike, let me alone.
(Ooiitlmuil jm priKo S )
RAILROADS GRAFT
Fight Against This Abuse Ho De
clare Will Be Taken Up In Earn
est at the Noxf Session.
NFAV YOHIC, Nov. 21. Declaring
thai the fight against tho alleged
railroad urn ft of millions of dollars
nnnually in ohnrgerf for postal car
borvioo will bo taken up vigorously
at the next session of congress, Sen
ator obert M. LaFollclto exposes a
graft which Ho says has been coi
tinning for a tlcondo under powerful
protection in u new installment of hU
autobiography ju the American luug
nxino, out today.
"Senator Hob's" story goes hack
to the admiuislration of 0 rover
Clovohind, when, uya tho Hiliclc
BEULAH
NFD
With His Life
DCATTIfc; JR..
AWFUL FACT 18
TRUE BEATTIE
Wife Murderer Signs Brief State
ment Declared That, While Many
of the Details Were False, He Was
Guilty of the Crime.
KICH.MONI), Vn.. Nov. LM. -Hov.
J. J. Mx aiuioiiueud today thu.
following uoiifuwhni hy Henry Clay
Heattie, Jr.:
"1, Ilonry Clay Heattie, Jr., duair
ous of tituuding right hoforo (Jod and
man, do on this -Mill day of Noveui
hor, JOU, uoui'iMg my guilt of tho
crime cluu-ged ngainst me.
"Much haii huen puhlishud concern
ing thu details which was not true,
hut tho awful faot, without tho har
rowing eireuuiHtaiices, remain. For
this action I am truly sorry. Huliuv
ing that I nm at peneo with Clod, and
mil soon to pa8 into Iiih probuueo
tlii xtntement is made.
"(Signed)
"1IF.NUY CLAY HKATTIK, Jr." '
A wound Htatciinont wiih issued hy
Hov. Mr. Fix and signed hy tho two
iittuudiiu' miuistera, as follews:
".u Henttin iWiro.s (o thank Iiit?
many friends for thu kind letters ex
protMiiiiir interest and the puhlic for
whatovor it felt or expressed."
Bribery Charged.
TOIM'KNkSIl, Wash., Nov. 2-1. As
a .result of charges of hriho solicita
tion horo, u )otitiou has heen pro
sented for grand jury. Walter H
lfuusaeker,' a former saloonkeeper,
has made an affidavit charging that
three coiincihncn and an attorney
solicited and received hrihes before
granting a saloon license.
MILLIONS FROM
l'oslmasler General Vilas of Wis
cousin mado tho discovery (hat for
tho rental which was paid aniiuiilly
to Iho vnilroads it could actually
build oulright, equip and keep in re
pair all the cars it used and then
save !ff00,000 a year.
Vilas hnstenod to nut these facts
'hoforo tho houso oommilloo, holiov-
nig that they had only to bo made
known to bo remedied at onco. He
flouhl not oven got a. vote in sup
port of his proposition for roforin
t ho evil.
"If ho had tried to cut il unon the
L floor of Iho houso lliero would not
hnvo been a corporal's guard to sus
tain him;" declares tho autobiogra
phy. "Tho railroad lobby outside
and tho ' vnilroml utombors inside
would hnvo prevented any notion.
Sevenlcen years later, when 1 ciuno
to Iho sciialo, 1 looked tho matter up
ONE YEAR EACH
FOR IN WHO
TARRED BIRL
Judge Sentences Men Who Plead
Guilty Last Week to Charge of
"Assault and Battery" for Tarring
and Fcalhcrlnjj Teacher.
FATE OF THREE WHO
STOOD f RIAL UNDECIDED
Jury Still QutRcporling to Judge
That They Have as Yet Been
Unable to Agree.
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MNCOIA' OENTHK, Xnn., Nov
2i.- Oao yonr.cauh In tlio nentten
tlary was tho Bijiitonce meted out
hero today to Krerett Clnrk, a
miller, and ajfon Scranton and
.lay Filzwutor, .fnrmeni, all of Shady
JIoikI, who jilendcd entity Wist wcclc
to the rliarge of ".hmwhU and bat
tery" broiiKlit nchlnet them for tar
ring anil fontiiorliiK llliw Mary
C'hamuerluln, aahQOl teariier.
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LINCOLN CENTBH, Kn.. Nov.
21. At 11 o'clock today no decision
had boen reached hy tho jury In
whoxu hands refill the fate ot N. S.
SImmfl, Sherriir Clark and John
Schmidt, charged With having tarred
and feathered Jra Mary Chamber
lain, tho Shnd)' IlOnd school teacher,
In AtiRiiKl last. ,
When It eras 'fliiaH mportod to
him that tho Jury had not agreed,
Jtidgo G rover annoiinrod that ho
lirobably would keep them together
until tomorrow.
LINCOLN CKNTKR, Kan.. Nov.
21. At noon today tho Chamborliiln
jury entered the courtroom and
nuked for a copy of tho testimony
recording tlur defendant Slmnis.
LOWER RATES
Portland-Seattle Win Fight for
Cheaper Rates to Points in North
west 20 Per Cent Reduction Is
Ordered.
WASHINGTON', D. C, Nov. '21 -Portland-Seattle
won thoir fight for
cheaper freight mtos to points in
Washington, Orogou, Montana and
Idaho today wlivu tho interstate
eoininerco couniiisMon ordered a re
duction of 'JO percent in rates hy the
Northern Facitio and tho Oregon
Kailroad & Navigutlon companies
nnd their connections.
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 2 1. Tho
rato reduction case won by Portland
mid Seattle by tho decision of tho
Interstate commerce commission at
(Continued on I'njro 8.)
POSTAL CAR
nnd thore wn-. tli Hiuno old nbuso.
During nil Uu-o yeuit tho govern-
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ICHT JURORS
ARE SECURED
State Passes All Accepted During
Past Few Days, But Defense Elim
inates Four Have But Seven Per
emptories Left.
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PERMANENT JURORS
SWORN TO TRY
JAS. B. McNAMARA
" Itoburt F. Hain, carpenter. ""
"" F. I). Green, rancher. "
" Hyron LNk, mill nroeident. ""
" J. H. Soxton, orange grower ""
"" and real estate broker. ""
"" William J. Andre, enrpentor. "f"
"" V. A. Hrode. rotired Imrdwaro
"" ineroliant nnd lumhennnii.
"" K. S. llixboe, rancher. ""
"" J. II. Coko, mnelior. ""
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HALL OF KKCORDS, Los An
geles, Cal., Nov. 21. As tho climax
of ouo of the most ten.-e situations
in a noted criminal case, four men
were poromptorily ohnllongod by the
defense in tho MeXamnra murder
ease todny when District Attorney
John 1). Frodorioks, with nn iiiioruti
ble smilo on his face, "stood pat"
on all of the men in tho box mid vo
serxed all of his five roimiiumg poi'
emptories. The men eliminntod wero F. A, Mo
HuHiey, builder and avehiteet; A. 1)
Slovens, retired cattleman; S. P. 01
cott, rnncher, all of whom hail said
thev belioml McNimmra guilty, and
J. II. MarhaU, a retired hardware
ment had been paying enough rental
every year to tho railroads, to buy
the cars outright."
The nvliclo goe on to tell of La
Follette's struggle for an umondmont
to tho postotfice appropriation bill
calling for an in obligation of the
railroad charges and biiiigiug the
Vilas report down to date. He wub
twice defeated in his efforts. Speak
ing of his second failuro and the
final victory, the article says:
"Tho next year when Penrose got
tho postoffico appropriation bill up
I was in a stronger position. For
some roasonjio wanted it passed that
day. Hut I blood in its path with my
amendment and tho power of unliin
ito ddebate, llo suggested that if the
senator from Wisoousiu would not
press tho matter at that time, but
wonhl offer his mnondment lator mid
Independently, ho (Penrose) would
R AY E R
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UWJERVOaD
HEADQUARTERS OF
UHDERWOOp OPEN
Judge Willctts; Who Has the Boom In
New York In Charge. Issues State
ment Saying Underwood Is Strong
est in New England States.
XHW YORK, Nov. 24. Oscar Un-
darwood's presidontiul boom is today
in full swins in Now York. Judge
Joseph J. Willott of Alnbamn, fn
mous in the south as a manufactur
er of presidential booms, is in charge
of Mr. Underwood's campaign, aud
today completed arrangements for
headquarters in this city.
Judge Willett today issued a stato
meiit in which ho claimed that not
only would Underwood carry the
solid south, but that he could do
more in tho New England, stntos than
any othor domoerat who might be
named to bond tho party during the
1912 campaign.
Mr. Underwood is oxpoutod in
Washington in a fow days to tnko up
his work in congress. Jitdgo Willott
stated today Unit, following; the com
ing session of congress, Mr. Under
wood's xuhtrity woulr b grotitly
ineroosod.
ulork mid near neighbor of Captain
Fredericks.
Hy Imviiig to utilise iU precious
poramptorieti the dofonso was put to
a decided disadvantage, now huving
only sovon ruiuainiug of their original
twonty.
Clerk Munroo immodinlely sworo
F. A. Urodo, J. 11. Coko and E. S.
Hisbee, tho hitter two farmers, and
thev took their seats with the fixe
men previously sworn, making eight
men pet-itiu'lj tuuilublu to tr the
ease.
LA FOLLETTE
Investigation by Interstate Com'
mcrce Commission Will Form
Basis of the Fight.
pmiuis'o to hnvo it reported back fa
vorably from tho oonimittuo and holp
in pasiug it. I promptly aooepted
his proposition, but l'enrobo wont
away and did not return until so noar
tho end of tho session that whoa 1
wont to him ho said ho could not got
his commit too togothor, so I lost out
again.
"At tho next session I bgau enrlior
and got a resolution through tho sen
ate which provided for an investiga
tion by tho iutorotato commerce com
missiini This iuvostigutioti has boon
mado and roportod, and at auothor
bossion wo nro going nt it again."
MRS.PAnERSON
GIVES DETAILS
0E HER CRIME
Swears Husband Choked Her Before
She Drew Revolver and Killed Him .
Says He Had Sold Her to Jew
for $5,000.
SAYS PATTERSON WANTED '
HER TO LEAD IMMORAL LIFE
Tells of Last Conversation With Her
Husband Which Led to the
Murder.
DENVER, Col., Nov. 24. Ucforo
a courtroom crowded with women
who drank In every word of her
testimony, Mrs. Gortrudo Patterson
hero today told tho details ot what
happened to her beforo and after alio
shot her husband, Charles Patterson,
to doath. ,
After a long prelude, during which
she recited how aho was sold to
Emll Strouss of Chicago, how sho
went to Europo with Btrouss, and"
how after sho returned with ?5000
of tho Chlcagoan's money, her hus
band wanted her. to lead an immoral
life, Mrs. Patterson got down to tho
tday of tho tragedy. Sho said that on
the day of tho shooting sho went to
a drug store, telephoned to Patterson
at tho Phlpps sanatorium, whoro ho
was 111 with tuberculosis, ahu' ar
ranged tg, meet him nearjtho homo .
of E. B. Hendrle. They moThero.
Chokes Her.
"Then," said tho witness, "ho
asked me: 'Why don t you withdraw
your divorce suit and deed your
houso tto one? If you do, I'll with
draw tho Strouss alienation suit.'
I refused. Ho naked for $20, saying
that ho had lost $12 playing poker
and was three weeks behind with
his board. 1 refused.
"As I reached the stono wall sur
rounding the Hcndrlo homo Chick
again demanded that I drop tho suit.
I refused, and he grabbed mo by tho
throat, and said: 'Well, you'll sign
that deed.' ' He called mo vile names
nnd bit my shoulder."'
illustrates Story.
Here tho witness left hor cha'r
nnd with Judgo Hilton assisting hor,
graphically illustrated tho manner in
which hor husband struggled wUh
hor nnd how thekllllng occurred.
"I cronmedr' .Mrs. Patterson add
od, "and Chick pulled a clipping out
of his pocket, whtoh ho asked mo to
rend. I did so. It referred to his
suit ngslnst Strouss.
" 'Don't you know that's black
mall?' I said.
"Well, I don't expect It to'como
to trial,' ho replied. 'I only want
to scaro that Jow out of SG000, but
I'll surronder It and conio homo It
you'll sign a deod to the house.'
Struck Her.
"I refused, nnd Pattorson struck
mo. on tho left cheek, I staggered
back nnd ho hit mo again with bin
fist uudor tho left ear. I fell back
ward and na I lay on tho ground ho
klckod mo iu tho side. I struggled
to my feet. Ills arm was rnlsod to
striko mo agun and whllo on my
knoos I grabbed my rovolvor and
tired. I thought ho wua going to
kilt mo."
Furthor questioning rQvoalcd tho
fact that tho defendant rccollectod
nothing furthor until sho renchod
tho pollco station, '
Judgo Hilton, her attorney, sprung
a sonsntlon whon ho nskod Mrs. Pat
torson why she hud told tho pollco
that Pattorson gavo hor tho rovol-i
vor. Sho said on tho ndvlco of' hor
Counsel, Judgo Hilton.
On cross examination tho witness'
momory failed. Sho said that alio
was born in Indiana in 1S8C, but
sho could not rocall tho place. Sho
admitted that sho was expollod from
tho Sandoval school when 13 years
old but denied that it was for Immor
ality. Mrs. Patterson ftleo denied that
sho had aver lived In St. Louis or
cqpducted a resort thoro or that sho
had over heard of Gil ward Aloxan-
dor alleged to have taken poison In
a houso which, ho conducted In St.
Louis,