The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-02
BEACH TO FIGHT CHARGES.
Accused of Slashing Wife's Throat.
"Cock and Bull" Story.

Frederick o. Beach, who is accus-
ed by the authorities of Aiken, S. c.,
with assaulting and attempting to
kill his wife, arrived with her yes
terday aboard the North German
Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm II. If
there are any marks on her face as
the result of the s1ashing it is said
she received on February 26, they
were not visible to the reporters who
boarded the liner at Quarantine and
later saw her land at Hoboken. She
had taken the precaution of yelling
herself SO heavily, evidently expect
ing to be; snapshotted, that nothing
could be seen of her features.
AS she descended the gangplank
she rested her hand on the arm Of
her husband and they seem to be in
entire accord. They left the pier in
a touring car and went Immediately
to the home of Mrs. J. B. Taller, 43
West Forty-seventh street, a sister of
Mrs. Beach. Later Mr.. Beach was
at the office of his attorneys, Nicoll,
Anable, Lindsay & Fuller, at 81 Mas
sau street.
When Mr.. Beach emerged from
the Office he looked as if he had not
had a pleasant time. Lawyer Thom-
as S. Fuller, who has charge of Mr..
Beach's case, said that his client
would show up at Aiken when he was
wanted. 1t was improbable that the
case would be heard before June as
the docket was full. 1t might be that
the case would not be reached until
September. When Mr.. Beach heard
in London of the charges against
him, he got into cable communica-
ton with his lawyers and directed
them to investigate. They did not
expect him to return to New York
so swiftly.
Mr.. Beach told the reporters at
quarantine that he would fight to
the bitter end" the charges against
him. He was with his wife in their
| suite on the promenade deck. He
was getting ready to shave and she
was sitting on the edge of a berth
smoking a cigarette. He said at first
that he would not discuss the case.
He declared later that he could not
say what he was going to do until
he talked with his attorneys, and that
he surely was going to put up a fight;
that he was back, and that he
thought that indicated that the
whole case against him was ''cock
and bull story
While Mr.. Beach was talking his
wife putfed her cigarette and smiled
at the reporters. When she was ask
ed to express an opinion on the case
she smiled some more and pointed to
her husband. Mr.. Beach said that
his wife would answer no questions,
and she did not open her mouth. She
put on her veil before leaving her
stateroom and thus foiled the pho
tographers lined up on the ship and
the pier to snapshot her.
She appeared to enjoy the atten-
ton she received. A big touring car
waited a long time for her, as she
and her husband had six heavy
| trunks and a lot of other baggage
that the customs men examined leis-
| urely. Three men who went away
with the Beaches in the car guarded
them from questioners while they
were waiting.
On the trip from Cherbourg, where
the Beaches boarded the liner, they
passed. most of the time in their
suite. The only person who was
chummy with them was Elisha Dyer,
who has often visited them in Aiken.
He said later that the charges against
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sideration, that they were congenl-
al couple and some sort of Southern
prejudice might be behind the
charges.
There was nobody at the pier to
! serve a warrant on Mr.. Beach, as
the proceeding was unnecessary. On
April II Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.,
furnished bond that Mr.. Beach would
return to America to answer the
charges and this satisfied the Aiken
authorities, who had previously re-
quested the governor of South Caro-
lima to begin extradition proceedings
to force Mr.. Beach to appear at the
June term of court.
The warrant for Mr.. Beach is
based on averments that it was he
and not an unidentified negro who
assaulted Mrs. Beach, hitting her on
the head with fence pailing, and
slashing her throat with a knife.
| Tho Aiken S1el,thS saw they found on