Show BEATTIE GUILTY OF MURDER when sentenced to die on november 4 he betrays no feeling and tries to cheer fatter chesterfield court houe va henry clay beattle beattie jr wan on friday found guilty by a jury of at having murdered hla his wife and sentenced to be electrocuted on november 24 the twelve virginia farmers who held hla his fate in their hands handa took only fifty seven minutes to find him guilty ot of murder in the first degree they were so eager to make known their judgment that when asked tor for it they did not merely allow their foreman to reply but they chorused it all al twelve guilty guilty gull guil tyl young beattie stood motionless with his hands at his sides hla his ghoul ders squared ills hla head bead thrown back life his eyes directed straightforward not a tremor not a blink betrayed bear car or regret lie ire was in ilia his defiance of death A few minutes later when judge watson with a tremble la in hla his voice solemnly sentenced him to 0 o be electrocuted friday november 4 he stood quite as steadily and at the conclusion of the pronouncement nodded easily as though to say yes quite so iio he was actually smiling and bryin t aa the old man with his arm about he boys neck walked across t the he A iown n with him after nil all was over to the littie lall jail in the rear |