The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-17
'GEITING IN SHAPE BEACH is WANTED
CHARGED WITH SLASHING WIFE'S
THROAT IN AIKEN.
WARRANT FOR ACCUSED

WARRANT FUR ACCUSED
Sensational Development in the Case
Involving Recent Mysterious At.
tack on a Prominent New York So.
ciety Woman Wintering in South
Carolina City.
The Aiken correspondent Of The
State says a warrant charging Fred
erick O. Beach, New York society
man and member Of the Aiken mil
lionaire colony, with assault and bat
terry with intent to kill his wife, Mrs.
Camilla Beach, was sworn out there
Monday.
This action grows out Of the as
sault made upon Mrs. Beach on the
night Of February 26, when she was
felled with a fence paling and her
throat was slashed, In the yard Of her
winter home, which has been the sea-
sons sensation at this resort. 1t was
claimed by the Beaches that Mrs.
Beach had been called out to the gate
by a negro man, who said he had a
note for her; that she went to get It
and that the negro then slashed her
throat and made his escape in the
darkness.
A gold-plated, diamond-studded
pocket knife, the property Of Beach,
given by him to Mayor Gyles about
three weeks ago, is held as mute evil
sence against him. Upon microscopic
examination made by experts, first in
Aiken, then in Augusta and lastly in
Columbia, quantity OF human blood
was found on the larger blade. This
is one Of the prosecutions main
points. 1t Is also said that a CONVEX
sation between Mr.. and Mrs. Beach,
overheard while the two were left in
room by man concealed behind a
bookcase for the purpose will be re-
lied upon to some extent.
A warrant accusing Beach has been
expected for more than week past
by those who have been in the secret
that the detective employed by the
city authorities was continuing his in
vestigations. This detective, M. S.
Eaughan, who came here about three
weeks ago, was one Of the sleuths
who succeeded in landing Abe Ruef
behind the bars.
The warrant was sworn out by S.
z. Holley, one OF the rural police
men of that county before Magistrate
Smoak, and Solicitor Gunter took
steps at once to have the governor
Of South Carolina issue a requisition
upon the governor Of New York for
Beach.
Beach left there two weeks ago
with his wife for New York, giving it
out before his departure that he in
tended to sail for Europe April 20
with ". X. Vanderbilt, whose guests
he and Mrs. Beach were to be on
their European trip. 1t was learned,
however, after Solicitor Gunter had
left the city, that the Beaches sailed
from New York for European port
last Wednesday.
Pearl Hampton, the negro woman
who was also struck with the same
fence paling Of February 26, few
minutes before Mrs. Beach was struck
down and who has stoutly refused to
give the police any information OF
the events of that night, was also TAX
en- into custody, together with two
maids from the home of Joseph Har-
riman, the valet of c. ". Dolan Of
Philadelphia and two maids employ
e6 at the Lyons home, adjoining that
of the Beaches. All Of these are held
as witnesses and gave bond for their
appearance It the June term Of court
of general sessions, which conVenes
a. that place on June 8.
It was through lMr. Dolan's valet,
Charlie Woodbridge, whose wife is
Mrs. Beach's maid, that it was learn
ed that the Beaches had sailed for
Europe. Woodbridge stated, after his
arrest, that he had received a wire
from his wife Tuesday night that she
would sail the next morning with Mt.
and Mrs. Beach for Europe.
The complaint is sworn out on in
formation and belief and alleges
that: "On the night Of the 26th day
Of February F. O. Beach did commit
an assault and battery with intent to
kill in that he did wilfully, unlaw-
fully and maliciously and with malice
aforethought, with knife or some
sharp instrument, cut and wound one
Mrs. Camilla Beach with intent her,
the said Mrs. Camilla Beach, to kill
and murder
Rapidly spread the news that a
warrant had been issued charging
Beach with the crime that the
Beaches had persistently charged to
an unknown negro, out of the gossip
OF which grew the wrath Of C. Oliver
Iselin, who wrote letter to Mayor
Gyles, in which he stated: 1T would
give me much pleasure to participate
in the lynching Of the person or per
sons who are responsible for these
slanderous accusations.
Mrs. Joseph Hartman denounced
the warrant as an outrage. 1t be,
came known that before the Beaches
left Aiken they we're put through q
severe examination by the detective
who has worked up the evidence
against them and that Beach wa:
aware that suspicion pointed strongly
to him was evident from statement:
made by him to the detective and thf