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/ i CASE ISJOBB ONE FAIL TO CONNECT BEACH VITH ATTACH ON VlfE WHAT WITNESS SAID On* Wituese Says Beach’s Penknife Bore Evidence of Having Homan Blood On It, While Another Wit- netis for the Defense Testified Just to the Contrary About Knife. : NOT GUILTY. ; * News was flashed from • * Aiken that the jury had ac- * • quitted Frederick O. Reach on • • the cliarge of murderously! as- • * vaulting his wife a year ago, * * Reach and his wife accusing • • an unknown negro of the bru- • • tal crime. • Th« State rested it* case Wednes day m tlie acubatioual Beach trial over at Aiken. The introduction of Beai 1. a jeweled penknife, upon whiih one of the States witnesses c I a i. . • d to have found traces of bio.'1 i oi puscles, vvu& h.-ld by the pio.'> >‘iMon until the last. It had bot •. ..: t n il at< d !»y the defense and they v. i ; i* p: * p.n ed to ui«-**t ex pelt t* - i > .t I. ex eii t* st.ti.ony ev - Huineut that out) Oiaue ol tue an.It nad boon broken oil by a'oiow w. Mrs. Beach s thioat, the defense ask ed the witness if in h.s opinion it coyild have been broken in this man ner. Dr. Orteii said that ka had made an exjyerimeut on teh oouy ot a negro with a similar kmie, inflicting such a wound aa had been made in Mrs. Beach • neck without damage to U* knife. The prosecutor in his cross-exami nation of the witneaa asked: “So you took a dead negro and -• ‘V. V r-1 f • S (■ neck?” ‘‘Did he struggle?" The answer w as lost In the laugh ter that followed. Mr. Gunter then wanted to know If It would not be possible for a blade to be snapped off if the blow was not clean. ‘Tt might, but the wound would be a Jagged one,” replied the witness. The Beach family physician, Dr. C. D. Hall, testified that he was called to the Beach home by telephone be tween 9:30 and 10 o’clock. He said he found Mrs. Beach suffering from a three-inch wound in her throat; a superficial wound in the left breast and an abrasion on the left ear. ItiAKUt Ui UtMtl) MR. AND MRS. BEACH GIVE TRUE OF 1HE BRUTAL CRUEL ATTACK They Both Testify That the Murder ous Aaeanlt on Mrs. Beach Was Made by a Negro, But for What Purpose They Did Not Beem to Know. * . x: *'. 11 o: p. , • i I. . 1 >• \,ii:i ,*• 1 ii.< .p a wn k:!e an 1 1. as he s>\x pi to Un J any Is. u! tlie d'-fcns^'a wltiit-sses ::..ii'd dum.g the afternoon >! the court and the teell- ull of tin ;n concerned the : i > H aa- IngH W y rn.tn J r , person of the same fam.ly as a v» itnea*. t**wtifle(i at ning waaion tiiat he had .ro w-o, ,c examination of | 1 h> 1* 1 ** ;if t h** r f < JID *-t uf Max or <;w. * , : i.a.i f.u i L ! ’ r in b of M.m *1 l-K * • -i ! t,#- k l h«’ knl> to An. - . .i n! % . \ 1 t * 1 It to I >r r r' • i V •* ' , * * v , a* t r.! xo-ra.f y of r,.. , . :. *• i; r f 1 fi Hi I T..r. ;.T v u' *... !:#• i la: :: 4 4 r .fu*.* 1 to • l ■ 'i . ; '< ■! It H * j * • • ^r«*#«-c i »* of a.o*i J T hoo ho ^ A i bla 1 o h * i; n © t A vt r n o;!c! on th#-* t’l l 1 .' O J.' n v ' r. •A H a aa: y ! 1 • «-l !. • :►• that th* : ' F wa# b loot! on th#- k' ! f ** M ’.* : th© r.rti#M-.'ut. DT n oun*-©d at the . eiii! k of the afternoon »e«alon Ihjt t i: i* S'ate had p ^ eWe n * >m1 its ra*e the d.'ense Immediately offered I>r Hartrolge as s witne** Dr 1‘atrldge test:?*.*'! ’hat he hal exsm!ne<l th# knife an 1 had Informed Dr Wyman that there via* no blood there He nt'e the Jury a very technical • Xp' n .1 * o n of Gi© mar m©r In which h#- u. .^.1© hii * i a m I u a t Ioq and waa ma# ■< \ VMMf go**d »' lln©*a for th« rt«f*-i. >♦ • a n r ! 1 So!Utor (>unt»*r got kol.l i r h * in ftlol b**#(l in *ubj©<'t!ng hi'i. : a - rc ti.ng ;u.*t I’l.nng 1 m iii*-ii i N v i ** *>©i am© *o confu-vd that > .. VA a v u r.ivbi© to answer with ort ’ L' L l • H ' f , a'lon que atlona on th© »ubj. < ’ A h h© tiaa nia le a lif© tt ni© • • *: ! v " 1 if. t > ou T'^fus** t o put th© re- suit (| / >< u r ©xa nmat 'on doxi u In v r •. . U' !> m : n'!‘* : ill© solicitor Ttii* •' . ; . t 1 ^ ! .J not an sXX >T " 1. t > oil '’” r#*pi*at *• 1 th#* aollcl- lor T v . t* u ax a t t * * * i r through th© rt. u !'• *, , u Y D*n ti'** x» I'li’ ss conMn- U*'ii T > r » *:n ,iin h 11 #' n t K 'i'.a !y h*‘ said Ui ;.t 1 1 . •• . 1 I o t wish to inak© a writ- ten r r ’<» rt •' Y 0*1 XV *r© afraid It xvo’itd fat! Irr Ud* ' t 1 - of t! U- S* 1 1 1 ■, * •x * r.'ii t > ou " ” •'N 11 _ 1 xx; is untiiu sod at that time "But you have become biased since then haven’t you ?” ’•No ” Dr. Partridge again became angled when the ptosecutor questioned him about Ills direct testimony that the knife ha I no broken blades when he •xamined it. "Wili you sw©»r that the knife had two bladae?” The witness hesitated then said: '‘No, I don’t think I can swear to It.” "But you did Just now," prodded the prosecutor. The witness remained silent for a long time. ‘‘I think It's’safe to leave out the other blade,” he then declared amid laughter. On hia direct examination Dr. P-»i*- tridge said that Dr. Wyman brought the knife to him on the morning of March 29 with a request for an ea:ly report because he "wanted to ston a man going ont of town who was g«- fug to leave at three." Dr. Wyman on crose-examlnation had denied making any such statements. Expert testimony was given for he defense by Dr. T. FV Orteii of Au gusta. formerly professor of pathol ogy and microscopy at the University of Georgia. Dr. Orteii declared that he conld not ind flaws in the tech nique employed by Dr Partridge In kit examination as in vhe latter’s testimony "Gan you find flaw* In the tech nique used by Dr Wyman’" ssked Attorney Puller of the defsnae. "Yes." he rep Med Antldpetfng that Solicitor Ouster ■sight eoatsad la Me summiag up ar- "Was the attitude of Mr. and Mrs. Beach toward each other one of af fection?” he was asked. "Yes. Mr. Beach held her hani ull the time I was dressing her wounds.’’ " Dr. Hall said that he saw Mrs. Beach before she was carried up stairs and that she told bi;n then that she had heeu attacked by a negro. On cross-examination the solicitor made inquiry as to the room in which the Beaches were sitting, at cording to Mrs. Beach's story to the docitr when she went to let tlie (legs out. Dr. Hall sa;.l they were sitting In the living room on the t'.rst tioor, ti.>* entrain e to whuli was but a few feet from the front door ' Assuming then that Mr Beach was sitting in the fartbermoti cor ner of the room,” he was asked. don t you think he could haxe h>*arl a scuffle or scream In the front jrri not more than feet sway'*'' ' It would s«'»*m so, ' the witness re plied The last witness of the dsy for the d« fenne. Dr B F Wyman, a pfi.vsl- rian nf T 4 > • *.*•»' experience. eij*'es^- ed the opinion that a blow *• throat w.th the lUa* ii pen kn.f*« . . u' • no’ haw* broken off the bla .**, sto ther d**llv«T4 d from front or hack He admH'.* ! under cross • x an.in.v'i.n 'hat 1? the tdade cai struck on tt.e s,de it might snap Hural Pi.ll.'eman S K liuiiv. th* !.*Mt wi',n<*ss. w a..v aak—1 if he had tw.y con v« • sat ion with Beach the night of the assault about the value of the earrings afterward found ' Yes lies, h said h'.v • ife hal lost a pair of earrings He said he dlda t know the.r exact value, but they were worth about |4,000 or |L 0. 1 0.'' replied Holly Mayor H* r -*rt K Gyles, who took an active part in the Inreatigatlon followiig the assault, was examined • nd cross examined at great length He aa:d the police turned the ear rings over to him and that he gave them to Beach after he had aaUafled himself that they were paste ’ Beach seemed surprised to learn that the earrings had be«*n found,” he added The witness declsrt>d that, after several weeks’ Investigation had proved fruitless, he thought a d**- tective should be employed and a man named Baughn »as secured for (he work. Bnughn expressed a de- siro to get poton-aMon of Beach’s gnife and tue mayor accompanied the • eteottve to tteacli's house and asked him for his knife. Without hesitation, hs aald, Beack look a Oeaulitul gold handled knife • t mlded with niauiouda off hm watch . ham ami hand.ul It over. The wit ness said Id* examined the knife closely and saw stains near the base of a broken blade thu* might haw been blood, or Tn** r elv r*i«f he could fyf\* •«- ' v 1 ' V Frederick O. Beach denied emphat ically Thursday that he cut his wife’s throat; his wile, Mrs. Camilla Morse Havemeyer Beach, his alleged vic tim, swore emphatically tnat her hus band did not commit the assault, the crime for which the well known New Yorker, member of Aiken’s winter colony of tourists, was tried in the I^Aiken County Court. The testimony ^of these two principals is that a ne gro committed the deed, and that Beach rushed to the assistance of his wife when he heard her screams and that the assailant meanwhile made his escape. Frederick O. Tteach, defendant, was on the witness stand over two hours Thur a *B,y inert ing, and told the story, conforming iti th■ • main to whit is known j*s tin* "Beach v**r- i s W ,fe. ,1 c s . n T h, 5:on of the ursauit And a good wi'ii.*.-s I ro\ed to b>* f '.o a ihc tn .st parr, i*:..; ;n \ • v< e, he anf*v:< r< d qt:** pound* d 1 y ( 'ms. !, in ti* vtro-mg n.ahiier; even" points tliat c 'i.'.ra M. •> 1 l.,? r Btatemen's and t.-*-’ rr.ony to .'.•t**- tives and city oftieniN - . his att:tud» was so bold that It tx-spoke sincerity and honesty. In other words, or m real).’ pure Addisonian Fngli'-h "bo put it across '. On!\ <>ti*e d'<i wit ness upp-oarh excl'fTtien’ and this was the emphasis with which be an ■ wered the direct question ’ D d I # .. .. ^ .. r . * *V x 4*aw * s»a,eii> ii.ii i ui .«> au U i aui .isRiug you i u** a- in .etereuce to (he now laimui* eonlareiM'e in ■iaiui li>lea ou.. i . ue, tacie wae uo UiciagiapU u. u»r. uul it itt waiu nomc tliiu^R wti« uttWivi. A litl Jdi ive.ti h 1 UUi tUa.. ailiiua. av-Caouii JU. ounier oi oeiuc, out oi LUe uieu t>o hiua the booMu-Bcr, at ae diu not exonerate the aoliootr troai such a course. V letim Tells of Attack. Mis. Beach related the story of the fkttfW»tr •srvrv was not for robbery. Such an idea did not occur to her. She said that she knows the negroes of Aiken and many of them are her friends; that she Is absolultely without fear and never dreamed that harm could come to her, even at sight, especially a i.tgiii, hiuuli-iii v,„>. oi. ..4 . u *1 . premises, in the heart of the city and that even when she saw the fig are of a "ginger-cuke negro, *> :t! ong overcoat, much too big for hH’i slouch hat and shabby appeafanc\ -landing at her front gate, she wa not afraid. The negro, she said came on in the yard and said he had a message for Katie at Mrs. Harrl n an’s and somebody else, I just can’, think,” and, according to Mrs. Beach tlie negro came on toward her, stii: trying to recall the other name. She said that meanwhile she was walk ii.g on toward the end of the house, carrying out her puriayse In refer ence to the dogs, and that in a mo un-nt the negro bore heavily upon her, both hands on her sliouldeis, tnat she wae knocked to hi r knees i KlAL OF F. 0. BEACH tt IUGKD W ITH TRYING TO MTO- DKR Hlfl W IFE. rtvey Are Rich New Yorkers and the Assault Was Made at Their Winter Home in Aiken. WMth the examination of eight witnesses the prosecution late Tues day had practically finished the con struction of its circumstantial ease against Frederick O. Beach, the rich New Yorker who is charged 1*101 at tempting to murder hia wife at their winter home in Aiken last February >y cutting her throat. It will he re- emben* . that the affair created a real sensation at the time of its oc- urrenee. Not one of the witnesses whose estimony consumed the first day of he trial could give details of the as sault. Four members of the Wyman amily, living across the street, told i a series of screams from different •arts of the Beach premises about *:30 o’clock on the night of Feb- uary 2f). Two of them testified that ■he dying echo of the last scream vas followed by loud rapping on the loor and the sound of a man’s voice volaiming: "This is Beach; let me ’n." Dr. Wyman and his father. Dr. Hastings Wyman, the first outsiders •r see Mrs Beach after eh** had been t \ . and tha- ai oi. ■ time nL ♦ xovmdod. ad mittod c n rro*8-«van- Bt ru r 1: the nogro in tl < fac© v. i: nation t hp» tb© Httit ud “ of Beach \j( >;h hor fist. . FTUgg ! ng all i! >nd Id- u '*• toward < a* oth©r wap •.« *. # • * . bin h' ruck L n hir terr. TO- r* i ff* • •i Tt ' V n .ichod the . • » ‘id Id* ! k i j u v i 11 FI X i. > n Mi© v.. -> ' 1 ir \ t-'h •4 B«*ach had ' l \ t ui (I v( f)V4*r ed it h t« r much < , ♦ ■,..4 ■, c r: i* d v. hil© ! Mood v. aa • U ;a . v\ i . C l, K tl I j lac' d Id r \ 1 4 a won » h in h<*r neck . i ] < ’I i! ♦ ■V t f, I X a. 11 (11. 8!. o 8a' 1 t|« • 1*0 1 •T t> <• right r and Rete-h . i • s H i'll)*’ .1 to II .urii and so edd '.to : t* • for.' h ♦ • h a* stuck to S ( na u in r ou non the nogr o *x • r ; : to • *. t *1 •M 18 V ■ ♦* V. r« anark^d a; * rue* k h» r on thr b'lt oar with a sue k ti fr*.i:’ rf t ro ir rrt\\ AV*' ny an un- of some kind, tearing it badly. th4 n ran Mr* B*au, Kaio bhv raally she when .d tha- sh porch unH mu not, while In Mn> < r G x!o*' off r i ct* t ♦* * t 1 tl l ony to 11 • h J u*t your w'f © * r v to h"” to F. *o-< W •■d to V Gac© t h © b! a m © of th'* thing on whf a *a r ! Han ip’on a t *<>• bor'" • t i ©T. I t.>8 b©r ' V ‘ ©4 1 l • .'1 • t."t w .. * r»p ’ V >• ^ I r©par« 'n< t !X WO rd of 1 » and a • » f' ’* r. f , ’ 1 t * in #• re 1 x' hM ©X © r *nl d #u ■ h a t h i o) . < o*:,#* • ^ «'a*i v fa «© art Mr }'< o t) r i' •*#"! ). ^ * a Th . r> d a y* Hed , not scre.imsd .am* to her seneev, a * 4 1eod l<*at; l ng against th Vr Beach came to her "V) st.h kings bio! my knees ber* •• tact Dial 1 vao ki.ee?," sa:d Mrs •d •:.af shi did not Tings L’:’ I she •* .is f *r ,*■ ’ Tlie , ,i r < a r c : i <! • mot.Htrtit- t» GIVEN HEAVY DAMAGK8. Put in »n Insane Asylum Because He Befused to Move, Fifteen thousand dollars damaget* for false Imprisonment was awarded Wednesday to Rev. Father L. A Klauder by an Ogdenaburg, N. Y., Jury. The defendants in the action were Bishop Henry Gabriels of the Catholic diocese of Ogdensburg; Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Conroy and Doctors W. B. Hambridge and W. G. Cooper, of the Ogdensburg state asyl um for the insane. The plaintiff set forth that the defendants had caused him to be placed in the asylum after his refusal to relinquish his parish at Faust. N. Y. Transferred by the bishop, he declined to accept the change, and going to the cathedral started to read an address in defense of his stand. He was then seized and committed to the asylum. He ob tained release through a habeas cor pus writ and brought the suit Just decided. v. ( r** cons Tm-.iM.v * 1,4 , t.t' ring ti..- Vnial It »as on this c .iston that c* rtain men of A!k**n ar** su: i to hsvi* b*mu roncval*,! ^ , 0 V r«s4 K )u May. r Gyb-s (.•’(. atoi to hsv* overbear 1 ronverwi'i l br*t»*-* n lU*ach and his wife Mr Beach told hovr on the nigh* of February a few ni< m* :.L* a''4*r h's wife stepped out into t'.e fn*M yard to "put the dogs out”, he heard h<*r sernam, that rushing oat T.e saw h's wife B^anlng up ag»:ns! the s ie of ths porch that hurrying toward her he was ;>as*»>d by a ' (dark figure running iu the direction of the gat? *o r!oe* thnt he rou’.d h..v• * ''I;;* 1 him tha’. pa>‘ng no gr*-ut att**:;* .oa ti* the fleeing fig ire h4■ rushe ! to l.i« w'fe, asking what w,4 n.ntt***- t.. which Ms wife repl:* d ’oh. h*'•• Iitd* something drendfu! to me Mr Beach said ho picked her up In h 1 ** iirms cot knowing h'*r throat w ua ru’ at th*» time, carried h< r into tEd hous**. left her In the hall, hurried up s'alrs, secureii his psml th'-n i>h !e busty search on the* s’:<-* f fe- the ullogiHl assailant Wimum-s said !t took him bar My more than twen ty's* onds to make t* - -4 h Mr 1 ea<*b. !' h >!. s Hol'it.s t*'s.tifl4*d tha* !'»*n. h s return to the house was Just af’er 1 is search, f. r tlie assailant ac i tnat the door v .IN c!* sei’. after he w» nt It.to the yard, because Mrs Bench wns ?•"; t irxous and hysterical a r d k< pt ( ey ing ouf “oh, shut that door and Keep that black man out ” It v.hs testified that when Beach came back he knocked and teas readily admitted by Miss Hollins. Mr. Beach testified that he held his wife's hand while the doctor was sewing up the wound In her neck; that the pain was so severe she "hung on to me”. It was only some time later during the night that he discovered the blood on his clothing, he said. His elegant scarlet-colored smoking Jacket, his knickerbockers, vest and evening shoes were intro duced in evidence. The coat was a preeent from his wife Christmas Mr. Beach was emphatic and posi tive in stating that -when he turned over his knife to Detective Paugbn there were two blades In it and de nied emphatically that he had broken ont the blade after the assault. He said he had kept a pretty keen watch on Baughn ever since his operations there. Witness denied ever telling anybody that Mrs. Beach’s f*rrings were worth $4,000 or $5,000—this In contradiction to Rural Policeman Holley's testimony. * Pegardirg his wealth. Mr. Beach said he wished to goodness he were a mllBonalre. that he had seen him self written of as "the wealthy New Yorker ' hn» thn* he am* not wenlfhx bv « ’on*- all**' MoliHtor Gunte* had m poor* 'lei! to •ciy about his wealth *. •*< . r.->n Bb rmnlorin T vwi.ied thoe* e»-nrrs very high '' . t.4i n.is4* th# % v.-. i: i: < - b* rr m. d Mr- B* arb. It. soUifWbat subdued uul n venrit vo,.-* "My <a'!y r# <v 1 l« . Mon of h#*r it*' uded th** carrlnr* nn : 1 w us fond cf th* m. she wnr. tliem ” Mm Hett^h has had them re arranged with •b.** new clasp, h*-rau«* adjoining tbs B—sh cotUgs, st tbfl time. She tsstlflwd that tbs Lyoasas wsre Riving a dinner psrtj tbs$ n.ght and that tha Beaches war* aafl iresent. She started to leave the haute shortly after nine o’clock aatf uniced a man standing by a DOBg near the feaoe ssvaraUog the Bewilf premieea. "Who is that?** shs said ahs qurca.’ * Nobody to hart you," was the ra> The witnses said she started bacJI to the kitchen and the nnknown kM ber in the back of the head Mwl knocked ber down. Then she screamed and ran, re* turning to the kitchen and reporthNi the occurrence to the two other ser vants. She aald they accompanied her away from the place by anotbss exit. un crose-examlnation the womae said she was unable to tell whether her assailant was a white man or negro. She said he wore a dark gray suit or overcoat. She was eo excited, she aaid, that she was un- • M#» *n fo* « Hstttar *1aaj>Hotlnn *»f the man. Anna Bowman, a white servant, employed at the Lyons home, tests' fled that she heard screams after Pearl had been gone for about tee minute* A few minutes later Pearl came back crying and declaring that she had been attacked on the drive way. Kat<* O’Neal white cook at the Lyonses’, corroborated this testimony and added that Pearl had been gone nearly twenty minutes before shs c.une back. She sain that Pearl did r.ot have her bat on when she left th** kitchen and that she was accue- tomed to leaving her coat and hat hnt In the laundry which standi' mid way bo* ween the Lyons and ! •*ach h omes The last witness of the day was Sheriff H 1. Howard, who was chiof of polio,, of Aiken at the time H# said that be -was summoned to th# Beach nome ry teiepnone about aa ■<nnw.n negro while h** was outside hour after the assault waa supiKxaeg living her dogs un airing J to have occurred. Bv,-y effort of the pr ’♦'***ution Beach related the same atory to Tu.-dhy a;.p. a red to te directed at ' him that he told to others. Hs aaifl .orbing fiaw-K in Beach's story rather he did not see Mrs. Beach that night •ban rt supporting Hs own ronten- icn 11*r* ! , n r .’i attack* d his wife af 'er he 1 i* ! fa 11**d to oxeru ke a white lien 1. was pursul. q. Mrs Beach * as t * * n.oT c4.T.r;*l**':o'!9 fig'ir.* in d e ecu" roo* i T'D-sdev 8be sat 'hroug’’ t i. Tw 1 i* !»g * es? lot.! tub hr an f •c (t *'oT.«! noi** from ti.e * Mn.o’ \ in I ch itting with h**- h . bind and fronds who surrounued b«r Beach appeared In the conrt room fully an imur b*-fore th** caae was called H** was arrorn’cmied by Mrs Iteach. b4*r aWor. Mrs James B Tav|#r arvl Mis* Manon Holllngs H<*arh and bis wi’e eat at their law >ers' tat !e behind s bulwark of law my ear* are cot t lerred . and I bad books, chatting gaily v b'le the pros had hxi.i tt;. eon x eraatlon attrl .! to tier In Mr Giles' office f-'h, Kill* SHf snfl M'ofnan. At Jacksonville, Fla . U P fmBP, a wholesale liquor dealer Satnrdnv shot and killed Mias Susan Dirk'neon of Wilmington. Del', avd ?.l. tH then killed himself The tragedy or,, pel efu*i took plac** In 1 onr's office «f*er ’he J t,**, <* Hc *< bar* . escape.! two had enraged in a ona-rel ^e. . erniQ-4 T«mi n ,< • ►*, ,>. 0 cording to thf no Bee the eoenle vis M ^ n *•>•’• ’<^r n fir'pg <ires*ions s’ F*d • rv>ad honee PVIdav night end M r '’’•tn’e* ** ore 'o’Cture at such are ssld to hsre drsnk heavilv rap '* *'** he *o!teltor w«a kept so two littl#* diamonds set in their. 1 have several pa'rs of very expensive earring*, but ther are In New York " V* lien Mr Beach w. nt to h.s wBr'* r«*M u# . Mrs B* ai h said he ch!!< d ou* ' \S littt is th** nia'** r de;,ri(. - ’' and a- ?o h«*r atutud*- toward Mm she said rogcnl ng th«* fitch** to close h* r wound I h# Id tight to Ylr Beach H star ..I th** pu'r. " Witiott* d*-niert ve-T Ftrongly tha 1 s '.* t* .i (! .1 tuiy that ah** hud told th«* offi****rs t( k»- p the r ev#* cm Bear! Han.ptor's tirott.er, a negro bv tb** name o’ '.runvoli, who she thought would .• ..ru a!! that wa- to t>e known if B>:ir! Hamp’on he*-*.'' found anx'hing about the assault i’i ! Mr B*each cut your throat’’” a * d co;ins. ' No, he d ! not ” t* rfified Mrs B**a< h Miss Marian HoBtds of New York. t* no was the guests cf the Beaches ' h« night of the assauM, was the third witnena o* the dav. Miss Hol lins is the p’untios* woman m tru* I "v Btt ictlv an out do<>r type sh*' is ho'jUfu] in the enjoyment of colmst health And then, there Is a very (harming little lisp In her sp. ech, Just perceptible. For In stance, she pronounces the word ’’around’’ with the “r” and a ”w" molted together then molded In li quid form by her pretty mouth. She is thoroughly cultured, hut stolid, calm, collected and immovable. A really wise lawyer wouldn’t attempt to ‘‘rattle” Miss Hollins; for he couldn't. In fact, most any really wise man would be afraid to ’’cross" her. Not that she is a suffragett, but. well, Miss Hollins can take care of herself very well. Her testimony Thursday was In corroboration of the story told by the Beaches. She was In her room on tbe second floor, and the trouble took place almost beneath her window. She declared she heard the screams and then a male voice command • “Keep still." Miss Hollins spent the remainder of the night In Mrs. Beach’s room, sleeping on the floor. The defense Introduced three affi davits Thu*"sday afternoon, two from Swiss maids that spent the winter in Aiken last season, in which it was set fortl; that upon the same night that Mrs. Beach was muroerotisly at tacked, they were hailed and some what ’■oughly treated by a negro whose desorption tallied with that vlven by Mrs. Beach. The third af- fi ’a\dt was bv a chauffeur support ing part of the declarations of the maids. \v't n *M,«##« were also produe- * f„- \ o- mtsb’lsh the print of sp '•ours#* shoe that led from the m* mlses to the rs'lrosd cut. and was ’’•ere plainly dlscemabl* in the mnd rftt in oration was caJling tt another caae Fvion after their arrival Mr* Oli ver Iselin came in wi*h Mr and Mrs He made an examination of the prem ises and diarovered evidences of struggle at the side yard He said be found earrings, combs and hair pin *, afterwards Identified as be loaf ing to Mrs. Boarb. and a L , >o<t j fence picket. This picket, h«* said, bad been torn off the fence separ ating the Beach and Lyons premises. "hpacb told me." said the wltm-sa, "that be hesrd his wife scream and rnsbed ont of tb© front door In tlms to see her assailant strike ber. Beach aald he almost tripped the man aa he fled by him ont of the (ate. After carrying hia wife Into tbe boose be said he went sp stair*, got Ms gas and went in pnrsnlt of tb* assailant. Returning from the chase after a short time, be said be knocked of the front door and said: Thtp Is Beach; let me in ’ ” The witness said that he discoi Harry B Holllngs erd took seats footprints of a man and a woman lost Ix>h1nd tbe Beaches Hack of In the aide yard. Mrs Beach has 'h»* n. . m score or more of women, that the negro attacked bar jnlT a few of whom wore members ln fr<ml of the fcouM and draggn* of th#. w,rtrr colony, had prv^empted her into the aide yard. On ©xamlnne the rests Hlid drained eagerly tlOD of Jh * , harp exchange for a gl'mpso of Beach and hia wife Tn**r.* xcer-* c «ry ladle# in me court Bhe rlff Howard had aald that abost nous** during the trial F<>),otter Gunter opened hil nd- lre*w ty having the stenographer rend to* D*e'!mony cf Vis* Lallah Wyman, who is 1H. taken Monday. ■*h'* t#*aGfied that s!..* was In her bed 01)* i ,r t K “ room of her borne which " d r.-c*iy nc-ocs the e*-#.o* from tb© t0 r Gunter of th* occurred between opposing counsel. three weeks after th© assault be was called to the Beach boose for a coo- fereuse about the affair but that when ha saw Col Henderson was there he quit. “Didn’t he conduct thtnga pretty much to suit himself?" asked Hoiici- *oono of th*> aseau't. wh* n she heard •vo F'-r.-cm** RtTe wort to tne op**n wirdcw and tried *o |or*a*«> the source ct th»* pr-T-oa-.i St-cir.g ro one. she r*tnr**4*d to ti# d, and a f< xv mlmites • h * * f* reef frog) the WId .i sh.‘ fh* ated to him to stop •het roia * r- rho wn -Jd call the po- 'i.<* fL-j th' man bruko into a * ui ‘ ! Yen had better run, and run 'act," she cri- d Pt th*' r*-*reating fig ure. MIbb Wyman could not sav j ^ ^ - a ♦ *<w^ *V«k ' ^ss *• * — sk - ^ ^ sol for th© defense Jumped to hia feet. "When you say 1 conducted things to suit niyeelf, you make a eery im- {vertient and improper remark.” he L' itch homt. g jj 0 ,)t##d at trfe prosecutor. "If I had said that I had stuck by It," was the reply, "I merely asked the w:tn**ss If you did not.” Th© witness declared that when Im found Col Henderson there he "gave up and took a back seat". He said that he waa sick In bed vhother the rohr ^ v - b1(o or blftrk . when lhe ^ BworQ out ^ x Fa # W# r VOrP wa8 DOt r, « ath aD <l nothing to do with ’roel light or real black". After 'i,'” TTT b ' < ’ Ma "’-: TT* V**>»*D oat the (.el •bo Bald aha haard a third oartea o( u,., the ^ w , Mt WM wraama (rom the directiou of the I , or)IM i up hj . datactira oatnod Beach home. j Baughn wbo wa4J em p loyed by tbc Dr. Hastings Wyman, father of t(mB coancll> Baughn has not been Miss Wyman, waa the first witness. ' moi| *j M a witness. Solicitor Ho testified that he was in his libra- : Gunter then established by th® sans -y reading when he heard two sets ( wltnelMI alleged fact that another dective named Pos was put on tht of screams across th© street He did not bear the third set. of screams re ferred to by his daughter. Dr. Wy man said that after he had beard the screams, be and his eon, Dr. Marion Wyman, roshed over to the Beach home and were admitted by Beach to a room in which Mrs. Beach was ly ing on the sofa with blood stream ing from her throat. Beach told him chat his wife had been Blabbed by a segno who attacked her when she took ber dogs out for an airing. Dr. Marion Wyman testified that he heard three distinct sets of -creams from the vicinity of the Beach home and then a knock on a door followed by the sound of a voice commanding', "Let me In, this Is Beach.’’ Examined closely on this point, the witness said that he asked Beach next day about th© knock on •be door and that Beach had explain ed to him that, after carrying his wife into the house, he had secured •’is revolver and had gone outside isaln in search of th© naeallant. j Pearl Hampton, a negro servant, waa called tb the stand. She waa employed at the horns of J. W. Lyons, caae by Beach before Baughn came Many Men Wanted Wife. There are 1.176 letters in the dead letter division of the Po*t Office de partment at Washington for ‘Vtfias Z. X. Radcllffe, Elgin, IU." The mys terious ’’Miss Radcllffe’* wrote to tbn mayor of San Francisco some time ago and asked help to gef s husband who would appreciate a good girl and $30,000. Answers rained Into Elgin, but nobody called. fNmr Die in Chair. Four murderers will pay shy for their crimes in during the week of Febi Gov. Bolter announced that hf had refused to ortend elemenev in tfc^r Fonr Die in During n gale on Long laignd Bound Wednesday night, the baggt Annie R sank off Bartlett’s tying with he* th* enptalm. hl?»i» ^5 i ^