The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-09
WARRANT ISSUED
FOR MILLIONAIRE.
Frederick Q. Beach Charged
With attempting to Muir
der His Wife.
HER THROAT IS sLAsHED
Diamonds Studded Pocket knife
figures in Evidence Against
Him.

Aiken. S. c.. April s.-Excitemcnt
over the mysterious assault several
weeks ago on Mrs L. o. Bcacn. q
prominent New York society woman
spending the winter here, was in
creased late to-day when :, warrant
WAS 'ss'ied for the arrest OF hnr mil
liohai1 husband. charging him with
slashing her throat
AZ the time of the nttacl II w,a
Generally believed that AIRS Hrach's
"SSGilant was negro. After a fruit
less search by ARMED citizcrs for the
supposed negro. rewards aggrcgatinS
saN,r'il thousand dollars wrr.. offered
Tor he apprehension of the criminal
..crording TO details made sabsc-
lucnt to the attack, Mrs. Beach card
ii noise In front of her rcsiI..!l.c here
on 'na night she was wounded She
went into the yard To investigate ana
MAS handed note by Il negro. who
seized her and slashed her throat
with sharp weapon. INJECTING an
ugiy wound. The alleged negro then
Il Disappeared.
according TO statement attribut cd
IL Mrs. Beach. the note hauhci 10
her was sighed by Marie" SAID 10
be a servant in the employ ii Mrs
Jcstrii Hartman.
II Is stated that Mrs Beaca form
erly was the wife OF one OF the
IIaNemoyers.
The warrant charges Beach with
assault and battery with intent to
commit murder. 1t was issued on an
afndavit OF Detective Eaushcr, sup
ported by anidarIts of several of his
witnesses
a county officer is on his way to Co
lumbiu TO get rcquisition papers from
New York state. and Will go on TO
New York tomorrow TO serve the war
rant
Detective Baughn, OF Atlanta In ap-
plying for the warrant exhibited as
evidence diamond studded pocket
knife. covered with blood, which has
been identified as belonging to Mr.
Beach. ana which he was known r.
have had in his possession the night
Of the stabhlng. a pearl earring and
back cont belonging to Mrs. Beach,
and also covered with blood, were pro-
duced. All OF these articles arc SAID
TO have been found on the driveway on
tho outside Of the house from the
SPOT where Mrs. Beach said she was
attacked and between the Beach RESI-
dencc and that Of Joseph Hartman.
Tho present Whereabouts OF the
Beaches are unknown to friends here.
New York April S.--Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick o. Beach are believed to
have sailed for Europe on the steamer
Mauretania which l.ft here early We'd
ncsday morning last Their names do
not appear on the passenger list OF
the steamer. but 1t is understood that
they reached tho pier not long before
the time for the liners departure.
The Beaches arrived from The
South the latter part OF last mouth
and We're at the Hotel Vanderbilt in
this city until Tuesday last. when they
left without announcing their drstina-
ton i, the hotel tonight it was said
that all the mail that had arrived FOR
them since that time was still being
held there, rs they had left no for
wardinE address. The fact that their
names 10 not appear on the passenger
list was not regarded as particularly
unusual, because number OF promi-
ncnt people avoid such publicity.
Friends here to- night said they would
probably go to France. where it is
understood they have many frien6s.
Manager Marshall. of tho Vanderbilt,
said tonight that there was absolute
ly no mystery about the movements of
u.