The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 13, 1913, Image 5
I CASE ISJOOK ONE
I AIL TO CONNECT BEACH WITH
| ATTACK ON VIFE
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1 WHAT WITNESS SAW
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QM Witnese Says Beach'H Penknife
Kj Dorv^videooe of Having Human
Blood On It, While Another Witness
for the Defense Testified Just
' to tlie Contrary About Knife.
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I : NOT GUILTY. ;
k News wa8 flMhed from *
Aiken tliat the jury had ac
\jj " quitted Frederick O. Beach on *
the charge of murderouslyl ah* *
, (Mtulting liLs wife a year ago, *
'/ Beach and his wife accusing
;'I an unknown negro of the bru
'i * tal crime.
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The State rested Its case WedneaI
day in the sensational Beach trial
over at Aiken. The introduction of
Beach's Jeweled penknife, upon
V which one of the State's witnesses
j5 claimed to have found traces of
blood corpuscles, was held by the
j? prosecution until the last. It had
I been anticipated by the defense and
{ they were prepared to meet expert
testimony with expert testimony eveu
to the extent of presenting a witness
who had examined the kuife and
had failed, as he swore, to iliui any
il blood cells.
jfl Four of the defense's witnesses
were examined during the afternoon
, (session of the court and the tostia
mony of all of them concerned the
^ knife. L)r. I). Hastings YVyman Jr.,
y the third person of tho same family
i to appear as a witness, testified ut
i the morning session that ho had
j made a miscrosco])ic examination of
the knife at tho request of Mayor
G 'es and had found traces of blood,
f I^ater ho said ho took tho knife to
Augusta, Ga., and submitted it to Dr.
C. I). Fartridgo of tho University of
| Georgia, an expert in microscopic
work, who, he claimed, refused to
if ...K.nttn n n /xf^ln l/\,l Cl c, t A ( (l fk II t' f.U O n Pli
i'A|?i rnn au ujJiiiK'ii ao >.vr vuvhvu
of blood. Then he went to
bin and obtained a written opinion
there from Hoyden Nima, an analytical
chemist, that there was blood on
the knife.
When tho prosecutor announced at
the qpenlng of the afternoon session
that tfto State had presented its case,
the defense immediately offered Dr.
Partridge as a witness. Dr. Patridge
testified that he had examined the
knife and had informod Dr. Wyman
that there was no blood there.
He gave tho jury a very technical
( explanation of the manner in which
| he made his examination and was
making a very good witness for the
defense until Solictor Gunter got
hold of him and begun subjecting
i him to a searching questioning. Immediately
he became so confused
that he was unable to answer with,
out long hesitation questions on the
subject which he has made a life
j time study.
"Didn't you refuse to put the result
of your examination down in
uriting?" demanded the solicitor.
The witness did not answer.
"Didn't you?" repeated the solicitor.
There was a titter through the
court room when the witness contin
| ued to remain silent. Finally ho said
that he did not wish to make a written
report.
"You were afraid it would fall In
I the hands of tho State, weren't you?"
"No, I was unbiased?at that
time."
"Hut you havo become biased since
then haven't you?"
"No."
Dv. Partridge again became angled
when tho prosecutor questioned him
about his direct testimony that the
knife had no broken blades when he
examined it.
"Will you swear that the knife had
two blades?"
The witness hesitated then said:
"No, I don't think I can swear to it."
"Hut you did just now," prodded the
prosecutor.
The witness remained silent for a
Jong time.
"1 think it's safe to leave out the
( other blade," he then declared amid
1 laughter.
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f * On bis direct examination Or. Partridge
said that Dr. Wyinn brought
the knife to him on the tnovnlng of
March 20 with a request for an ei. ly
report because he "wanted t?> rtoo a
man going out of town who was sr? tjag
t# leave at three." Pr. Wyinan
on cross-examination hid denied
making any such statements.
Expert testimony W8S given for *hc
defense by Dr. T. F. Oitell of Augusta,
formerly professor of nathol
1 ?a* # lw\ Dnn'Ai'uit v
Ogy an ci [iihtubvup^ m. >i.<; vt,,
f Ceorgla. Dr. OrtcH declared that, j
lie could not And dawn In the technique
employed by Dr. fVirnl.lr^ fnj
his examination aa do bribed in chot
letter's testimony. j
"Can yon And flaws In the toch-i
tq u? used .by Dr. Wyman?" nr'roti
Attorney Fuller of the defense
"Yob." he replied.
Anticipating that Solicitor Ounter
might contend In hia summing up arr
guiueut thai one uiaue 01 lue *nut
had been broken oil by a alow u<
Mrs. Beach's throat, the defense asked
the witness If in his opinion it
could have been broken In this manner.
Dr. Ortell said that he bad made
an experiment on ten body oi a negro
with a similar knue, in tile ting such
a wound as had beeu made lu Mrs.
Beach's neck without damage to the
knife.
The prosecutor In his cross-examination
of the witness asked:
"So you took a dead negro and
vl. * i? WO
JMOk?"
"Did he struggle?"
The answer was lost In the laughter
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.
"It 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. said
ho found Mrs. Beach suffering from
a three-Inch wound in her throat;
a superficial wound in the left breaBt
and an abrasion on the left ear.
"Was the attitude of Mr. and Mrs.
Beach toward each other one of affection?"
he was asked.
"Yes. Mr. Beach held her hand
all the time 1 was dressing her
wounds."
" Dr. Hall said that he saw Mrs.
Beach before sho was carried upstairs
and that she told him then that
she had been attacked by a negro.
On cross-examination the solicitor
made inquiry as to the room in which
the Beaches wore sitting, according
to Mrs. Beach's story to the doctor
when she went to let the dogs out.
Dr. Hall said they were sitting in
the living room on the first floor, the
entrance to which was but ft few feet
from the front door.
"Assuming then that Mr. Beach
was sitting in the farthermost corner
of the room," ho was asked,
"don't you think he could have heard
a scuffle or scream in the front yard
not more than 25 feet away?"
"It would seem so," the witness replied.
The last witness of the day for the
defense, Dr. B. P. Wyman, a physician
of 54 years' experience, expressed
the opinion that a blow at the
throat with the Beach pen knife
could not have broken off the blaue,
whether delivered from front or
back. He admitted under cross-examination
that if tho blade was
struck on the side it might snap off
Rural Policeman S. E. Holly, the
next witness, was asked if he had
any conversation with Beach the
nieht of the assault about the value
of the earrings afterward found.
"Yes, Beach said his wife had lost
a pair of earrings. He said ho didn't
know their exact value, ,but they
wero worth about $4,000 or $5,000,"
replied Holly.
Mayor Herbert E. Gyles, who took
an active part in the investigation
following the assault, was examined
and cross-examined at great length.
He said the police turned the earrings
over to him and that he gave
them to Beach after ho had satisfied
himself that they were paste.
"Beach seemed surprised to learn
that the earrings had been found,"
he added. The witness declared that,
after several weeks' investigation
had proved fruitless, he thought a detective
should be employed and a
man named Baughn was secured for
the work. fBaughn expressed a desire
to get possession of Beach's
knife and the mayor accompanied the
detective to Beach's house and asked
him for his knife.
Without hesitation, he said, Beach
took a beautiful gold handled knife
dui'I'IaH nifh sllanwtnrin nff hifl u'fltch
chain and handed it over. The witness
said he examined the knife
closely and saw Htains near the base
of a broken blade that might have
been blood, or m?rotv met. he could
not v?~ v
GIVEN HEAVY DAMAGES.
Put in an ItiHane Asylum Uccaunc
He Refused to Move.
Fifteen thousand dollars damages
for false imprisonment was awarded
Wednesday to Rev. Father L. A.
Klauder by an Ogdensburg, 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. <3.
Cooi>er, of the Ogdensburg state asylum
for the insane. The plaintiff set
forth that the defendants had caused
him to be placed in the asylum after
liis refusal to relinquish his parish at
Faust, X. 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 obtained
release through a habeas corpus
writ and brought the suit Just
decided.
Kills Self and Woman.
At Jacksonville, Fin., f p Trm.\ ?,
wholesale liquor denier, Saturda
sh<>t and killed MIsf 3usnn Dirk nson
of Wilmington, Del., a?ml 2.?., nn?'
then killed himself. The tiared*
took pin re In Tone's ofToo nfie* Ti"
two had on?&(?*<! !t) n fi'irp',
eoodtne to the police the oo"t>1e vis
Ited n rond house Friday nip-lit nnd
are aald to have drank heavily.
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: LHAKiil lb UrMu
NR. AND MRS. BEACH GIVE VRUE!
VERSION OF 1HE
brutal cruel attack
The/ Both Testify That the Murderous
Assault on Mrs. Beach Has 1
Made b/ a Negro, But for What
Purpose The/ l>ld Not Beeni to
Know.
Frederick O. Reach denied emphat
lcauy rnursuay mai ne cui ui? wiie ?
throat; his wife, Mrs. Camilla Morse
Havemeyer Beach, his alleged victim,
ewore emphatically that her husband
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
Aiken County Court. The testimony
of these two principals is that a negro
committed the deed, and that
Reach rushed to the assistance of his
wife when he heahd her screams and
that the assailant meanwhile made
his escape.
Frederick O. Beach, defendant, ,
was on the witness stand over two
hours Thursday morning, and told
the story, conforming in the main to
what is known as the "Beach version"
of the assault upon his wife.
And a good witness the defendant
proved to be. Calm and collected for
the most part., and in very pleasing
voice, he answered questions propounded
by counsel, in firm and convincing
manner; even in those
points that contradicted his former
statements and testimony to detectives
and city officials, his attitude
was so bold that it bespoke sincerity (
and honesty. In other words, or in
really pure Addisonian English "he
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2JUI IV ucruHM . unto mu witness
approach excitement, and this
was the emphasis with which he answered
the direct question: "Did
you not, while In Mayor Gyles* office
with just your wife try to get her to
place the blame of this thing on
Pearl Hampton's brother?" ,
"Absolutely not," was tho reply;
"not a word of it, and any statement
that I ever said such a thing is whol- ,
ly false," and Mr. Peach raised his ,
voice considerably when entering this
denial. It was on this occasion that
certain men of Aiken aro said to ,
have been concealed behind book ,
cases in Mayor Gyles' ofliee and to
have overheard conversation between ,
Peach and his wife.
Mr. Peach told how on the night of
February 26, a few moments after
his wife stepped out into tho front
yard to "put the dogs out", he heard
her scream; that rushing out ho saw <
his wife leaning up against the side
of the porch; that hurrying toward
her he was passed by a "black figure"
running in the direction of the gate, '
so close that ho could have tripped :
him; that, paying no great attention
to the fleeing figure, he rushed to his i
wife, asking what was the mattor, to
which his wife replied. "Oh, he's i
done something dreadful to'me." Mr.
Peach said he picked her up In hih <
arms not knowing her throat was cut '
at the* time, carried her into the
house, left her in the hall, hurried '
up stairs, secured his pistol, then
made hasty search on the street for
it- - - tl J 1 A. i A ^ I .1
ino aiiegen a?Huiiiiiii. wmiv?? hhiu <
it took him hardly moro than twenty
seconds to make this search. I <
Mr. Beach, "Mrs. Beach and Miss
Hollins testified that Reach's return
to the house was just after his search
for the assailant and that the door
was closed after he went into the
yard, because Mrs. Beach was still
nervous and hysterical and kept crying
out: "Oh, shut that door and
keep that black man out." It was
testified that when Beach came hack
he knocked and was readily admitted
by Miss Hollins. 1
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
present from his wife Christmas. j
Mr. Beach was emphatic and positive
in stating that when he turned ,
over his knife to Detective Baughn j
there were two blades in it and do- ,
nled emphatically that he had broken j
out the blade after the assault. He <
2.1 I. - t. .. -1 1 A ? 4.. ...o
SilHl lit* TUMI Kf'|M (I |>l 1" I IV IMifll W il LVJ11 ,
on Maughn ever since his operations .
there. Witness denied over tellinu ,
anybody that Mrs. Reach's earrings i
were worth $4,000 or $r>,000?this I
in contradiction to Rural Policeman <
Fiolley's testimony. <
Regarding Tils wealth, Mr. Roach
said ho v. ished to goodness he were <
a millionaire, tit at Im had se^n him- I
- if wriMen of ar. "the v/eu'tby New i
Vr.?' ,*r 't j,nf lha* he was nol wealths
>>v r, ?#>t? shot *io'.4ottor (itmMo >
J'.d ? good Her.) In say .-bout hi? '
i < n i n connei t'on with cmp'orim I
. nomM"e rouns< 1 (
| Me solicitor handv escaped ?* '
i ' ">:a ni'' .etio*? the witness
, Perch hpjjr.,., (iue.at1)np n< <
>T nt one juncture at pmrb i
'.wi rule the solicitor was kept so t
V ? 4*1^ A M WA? M ? *??
uc t>ca<trci> iiUa liiiio iu uua i uiii
aolvillg )uu '. 1 111 to v>ut> in leicieiice
l<? the now luuiuuh coiiierem ? in
?j*i>ui OJiett' Oilico. llut, cuuic Mae
uo Ulciafel apil ill uttti uui it 10 iidiu
oUliic tlliiifco Abiv uvitl a. .iuu all.
Uracil lliuibQaj ?41uiu?l uu aewu
tiuuier 01 ueiiig one ui iuu uiun Oc
UlUU tile OuuKcaooo, ctl itaol uu Uiu
uot exonerate the soiicioir iioui such
a course.
V ictiui Telia oi Attack.
Mis Beach related tbe story of the
illanl unr.
was not for robbery. Such an idea
did not occur to her. She said tha:
Bhe knows the negroes of Aiken and
many of them are her friends; that
she is absolulteiy without fear and
never dreamed that harm could come
to her. even at night, especially a
.1 .guv., lit U li ~ 111 k.i.< ... .. .1 t .
premises, in the heart oi the cil.v
and that even when she saw the #U
are of a "ginger-cake negro, ?>.t;
long overcoat, much too Dig lor m.<
slouch hat and shabby appearance,
standing at her front gate, Bhe wa
not afraid. The negro, she said
came on in the yard and sai.l he hao
a message for Katie at Mrs. Iiarri
man's and somebody else, 1 Just can',
think," and, according to Mrs. Beach
the negro came 011 toward her, stil.
trying to recall the other name. Sin
said that meanwhile she was walking
on toward the end of the house,
carrying out her purpose in reference
to the dogs, and that in a moment
the negro bore heavily upon
her, both hands 011 her shoulders;
that she was knocked to her knees
twice, und that at one time she
struck the negro in the face with
both her fists, struggling all the
while, but struck dumb in her terror.
She did not know just when she was
cut, but discovered it after much of
tlie struggle, when sho placed her
hand on her throat. Then, she said,
her senses seemed to return and she
screamed, whereupon the negro
struck her on the left ear with a stick
of some kind, tearing it badly, then
ran. Mrs. Beach said she really
"yelled", not screamed, when she
came to her senses, and that she
stood loaning against the porch until
Mr. Beach came to her.
'Wly stockings and my knees bore
testimony to the fact that I was
knocked to my knees," said Mrs.
Beach, who added that she did not
even miss her earrings until she was
K nl n o nr^nn rn/1 f Ar Krwl Tlin oil 1'
uuiu^) vj/?i ^vi i vi v\* a *?v vu i
rings merely clasp on the ear and
roino ofT easily, as was demonstrated
Thursday.
"1 valued those earrings very highly,
because they were my mothers,"
said Mrs. Beach in somewhat subdued
and reverent voice. "My early recollection
of her included the earrings,
and I was fond of them, as she wore
them." Mrs. Beach has had them rearranged
with the new clasp, because
"ray ears are not pierced; and I had
two little diamonds set In them. I
have several pairs of very exponsive
earrings, but they are In New York."
When Mr. Beach went to his wife's
rescue, Mrs. Beach suld he called out,
"What is the matter, dearie?" and as
to bor attitude toward him she said
regarding the stitches to close hor
wound: "I held tight to Mr. Beach to
stand the pain."
Witness denied vory Ftrongly that
sho had held the conversation attributed
to hor In Mr. Gyles' ofllce. She
did say that slio had told the officers
to keep their eye on Bearl Hampton's
brother, a negro by the name of
Brunson, who, sho thought would
learn all that was to be known if
Pearl Hampton herself found out
anything about the assault.
"Did Mr. Beach cut your throat?"
asked counsel.
"No, ho did not," testified Mrs.
Beach.
Miss Marian Holllns of Now York,
who was the guests of tho Boaches
the night of tho assault, was tho
third witness of tho day. Miss nollins
is the prettiest woman m tne
party. Strictly an out-door type she
is beautiful in tho enjoyment or
robust health. And then, there ts a
very charming little lisp in her
speech, Just perceptiblo. For instance,
she pronounces tho word
"around" with tho "r" and a "w"
melted together then molded In liquid
form by her pretty mouth. She
is thoroughly cultured, but 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 TTollins can take care of
herself very well.
Her testimony Thursday was in
corroboration of the story told by the
leaches. She was in her room on the
second door, and the trouble took
place almost beneath her window.
Hie declared she heard the screams
ind then a male voice command .
'Keep still." Miss TTollins snent the
remainder of the nieht in Mrs.
Reach's room, sleeping on the floor.
The defense Introduced three aftllavits
Thursday afternoon, two from
maids that spent the winter in
Aiken Inst season, in which it was
*et forth that upon the same night
hat Mrs. lleach was murderously at
Marked, they were hailed and somewhat
roughly treated hy a negro
whoso description taMied with th??
riven bv <\irs. Heach. The third a I'll
'avit was hv a chnuiTeur sunportng
nart of the declarations of 'In
r.aido, Wtn "'sses were also producH
tr. fp> for establish fhe nrint o
the course shoe that led from ttu
"remises *o the railroad cut. and wa?
hce plainly discernable in the uiu<l.
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* iwrii* KJi A O. BcACH
II \IMiKI? W ITU TKYING TO MI'RIIKH
HIM W1FK.
rti?*jr Are Kich New Yorkers Md the
\MMMult Wm Made At Their Winter
Muiiiu iu Aiken.
Witb the examination of eight
witnesses the prosecution late Tuesday
had practically finished the conhi
ruction of its circumstantial case
tgauiut Frederick O. Beach, the rich
New Yorker who is charged with attempting
to murder his wife at their
winter home in Aiken last February
?y culling her thioai. it wiii 4>e it
that iho affair created a
.tea; sensation at ihe time of its ocII11
(Mice.
Noi one or the witnesses whose
eritimonv consumed the first day ol
lie trial could give details of the a?.-I.
l.s ^ l,... ^ i U A tl??.... ..
iiun. runr int'.uuimb ui int; ? jiuoh
amily, living across the street, told
i a series of screams from different
?arts of the Reach premises about
::!?? o'clock on the night of Febuaiy
2H. 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
exclaiming: "This is Reach; let me
m."
Or. Wyman and his father, Dr.
Hastings Wyman, the first outsiders
to see Mrs. Reach after she had been
wounded, admitted on cross-examination
that the attitude of Reach
uiei his wife toward each other was
>ne of affection. They reached the
room into which Mrs. Reach had
been carried while the blood was
streaming from a wound in her neck
just under the right ear and Reach
fo!d them the story he has stuck to
e\er since, that his wife was attacked
in front of their cottage by aii unknown
negro while he was outside
giving her dogs an airing.
Ever}' effort of the prosecution
Tuesday appeared to be directed at
picking flaws in Reach's story rather
than at supporting its own contention
that Reach attacked his wife after
he had failed to overtake a white
man he was pursuing. Mrs. Reach
was the most conspicuous figure in
the court room Tuesday. She sat
through the two long sessions taking
an occasional note from the testimony
and chatting with her husband
and friends who surrounded
her.
Beach appeared in the court room
fully an hour before the case was
called. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Beach, her siister, Mrs. James B.
Taylor and Miss Marion Hollings.
Beach and his wife sat at their lawyers'
table behind a bulwark of law
books, chatting gaily while the prosecution
was calling tho witnesses in
another case.
Soon after their arrival Mrs. Oliver
Iselin came in with Mr. and Mrs.
Harry B. Hollings and took seats
Just behind the Beaches. Back of
the rail a score or more of women,
only a few of whom were members
of the winter colony, had pre-empted
the best seats and strained eagerly
for a glimpse of Beach and his wife.
There were many ladies in the court
house during the trial.
Solicitor Ounter opened his address
bj' having the stenographer
read the testimony of Miss I.allah
Wyman, who is ill, taken Monday.
She testified that she was in her bed
In the front room of her home, which
is directly across the street from the
scene of the assault, when she heard
two screams. She went to the open
window and tried to locate the source
of the screams. Seeing no one, sho
returned to bed, and a few minutes
the street from the Beach home.
When she shouted to him to stop
that noise or she would call the police
she said the man broke into n
run.
"You had better run, and run
fast," she cried at the retreating figure.
Miss Wyman could not say
whether the man was white or black.
She said the suit he wore was not
real light or real black". After
Miss Wyman returned to bed again.
she said she heard a third series of
screams from the direction of the
Beach home.
Dr. Hastings Wyman, father of
Miss Wyman, was the first witness.
He testified that he was 1n his library
reading when he heard two sets
of screem8 across the street. He did
not hear the third set of screams referred
to by his daughter. Dr. Wyman
said that after he had heard tho
screams, he and his Ron, Dr. Marion
Wyman, rushed over to the Reach
tiomo and were admitted by Reach to
\ room in which Mrs. Reach was lying
on the sofa with blood strenmng
from her throat. Peach told him
rhat his wife had been stabbed by a
negro who attacked her when she
fook her dogs out for an airing.
Dr. Marion Wyman testified that
he heard three distinct acta of
creams from the vicinity of the
Peach home and then a knock on a
loor followed by the sound of a
voice commanding, "Let me in, this
!? Peach." Hxamlned closely on this
noint, the witness said that he asked
teach next dav about the knock on
he door and that Reach had explain-M
to him that, after carrying his
vife into the house, he hal eecured
<'g revolver and had gone outside
ur.iln in search of the assailant.
fVarl Hampton, a negro servant,
was called to the stand. She wa?
*uiployed at the home of J. W. Lyooi,
Adjoining the Beach cottage, at the
time. She testified that the Lyonees
were giving a dinner party that.
u,ght and that the Beaches were noi
i recent. Bhe started to leave the
h >u?e shortly after nine o'clock and
iioiiced a man standing hy a final
1 ne?*r the fence separating the Beach
premises.
"Who is that?" she said she In
qcireti.'
' Nobody to hurt yon," was the reply.
The witness said she started back
to the kitchen and the unknown hit
her in the back of the head and
knocked her down.
Then she screamed and ran, returning
to the kitchen and reporting
the occurrence to the two other servants.
She said they accompanied
her away from the place by another
exit.
j ua cross-exauuubiciou mw wuiutui
' bau) she wii8 unable to tell whether
' her assailant wan n white man ot
| negro. She said he wore a dark
gra} suit or overcoat. She was so
excited, she said, that ehe was ubman.
. Anna Bowman, a white servant,
employed at the Lyons home, testified
that she heard screams afteT
Pea'*1 had been gone for about ten
minutes. A few minutes later Pearl
came back crying and declaring that
; she had been attacked on the drive'
way. Kate O'Neal white cook at the
Lyonses', corroborated this testimony
and added that Pearl had been gone
nearly twenty minute before she
came back. She said that Pearl did
not have her hat on when she left
the kitchen and that she was accustomed
to leaving her coat and hat
hat in the laundry which stands midway
between the 1 yona and Beach
homes.
The last witness of the day was
Sheriff II. L. Howard, who was chief
of police of Aiken at the time. He
said that be was summoned to the
Bench home by telephone about an
hour after the assault was supposeo
j to have occurred.
i Pinnrh related the same Btorv to
li5ni that he told to others. He said
he did not see Mrs. Beach that night.
He made an examination of the premises
and discovered evidences of
struggle at the side yard. He said
he found earrings, com^ and hairpins,
afterwards identified as belonging
to Mrs. Beach, and a bloody
fonce picket. This picket, he said,
had been torn off the fence separating
the Beach and Lyons premises.
"Beach told me," said the witness,
"that he heard his wife scream and
rushed out of the front door in time
to see her assailant strike her. Beach
said he almost tripped the man jis
he fled by him out of the gate. After
carrying his wife into the housn he
said he wont up stairs, got hia gun
and went in pursuit of the assailant
Returning from the chase afte? a
short time, ho said he knocked- on
the front door and said: Thlp ig
Reach; let me In.' "
The witness said that he discovered
footprints of a man and a woman
In the side yard. 'Mrs. Beach haB
claimed that the negro attacked her
in front of the house and dragged
her into the side yard. On examination
of the witness a sharp exchange
occurred between opposing counsel.
Sheriff Howard had said that about
three weeks after the assault he was
. called to the Beach house for a con-,
ference about the affair but that
when he saw Col. Hennereon was
there he quit.
"Didn't ho conduct things pretty
much to suit himself?'* asked Solicitor
Gunter.
'^-non . n 914,* + /* ,9 V ,
sel for the defense jumped to his feet.
"When you say I conducted things
to suit myself, you make a very lmpertient
and improper remark." he
shouted at the prosecutor,
j "If I had said that 1 had stuck by
, It," was the reply; "I merelv *>?kod
I the witness if you did not."
! The witness declared that when he
found Col. Henderson there hf> "gave
, up and took a back seat".
He said that he was sick in bed
when the warrant was sworn out for
Beach and ho had nothing to do with
It
| The defense brought out the fact
' that the case against Beach was
worked up by a detective named
| Baughn who was employed by the
town council. Baughn has not been
i summoned as a witness. Solicitor
; Gunter then established by the same
: witness the alleged fact that another
dective named Poa was put on the
case by Beach before Baughn came.
?
Many Men Wanted Wife.
1 There nre 1,176 letters in the dead
letter dlviBion of the Post Offloe department
at Washington for "Mise
Z. X. Uadeliffe, Rlgin. 111." The mysterious
"Miss Uadeliffe" wrote to the
mayor of San Francisoo some tlrae
ago and asked help to get a husband
who would appreciate a good girl and
$30,000. Answers rained into Elgia,
but nobody called.
Four Die in CVudr,
Four murderers will pay the vm
nlty for their crime? in New York
during the week of February 1$.
Gov. Sulzer announced that he had
refused '? oirtond clemency la thfltr
? 0 ?
Four Die In Wrwk.
' -'i
During a gale on Long Island
Bound Wednesday night, the barge
Annie R sank off Hartlett'e reef, enrryVng
with hoe the eagtafn, hit wife
an" tea eh M drift. :|