The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-03-06
SLASHED Her THROAT
NEGRO ATTACKS PROMINENT SO.
CiETY WOM.aN At AIKEN.
Aiken City Council Offers Big Reward
for the S;iscreaat Who Made the
NIurderous Assault.

for the N;iscreaat Who Made the
Nurderous Assault.
Mrs. F. o. Beach, a prominent New
York society lady, who is spending
The winter al Aiken, was attacked
on Monday night by negro with
q knife and seriously injured her.
Hearing someone at her front gate
shortly after ten O'Clock Monday
night, Mrs. Beach went out to inves-
ugate, and was attacked by negro.
An ugly wound was inflicted on the
side of her neck, but PHYSICIANS say
the injury is not necessarily fatal.
Mrs. Beach says she was called TO
the gate by negro, telling her he
had a note from Katie q negro en-
ployed at the house and as she
reached to take the note the man
slashed her throat.
The Aiken city council met Tues
day afternoon and offered reward
Of $500 for the arrest and convic-
ton Of the unknown person, who at
tackled Mrs. Beach. At the meeting
were present q number Of the Aiken
residents, among them was MI.
Beach, husband Of the woman upon
whom the murderous assault was
made. The city lookup is full Of ne
groes arrested Monday night and
Tuesday, as suspects. and Mayor
Gyles states that the police are to
make several more arrests.
According to the story told the
police by Mr. Beach, it was about
10 o'clock when he heard his wife
cream, the sound coming from the
front yard. He rushed to her assist
ance, and found her lying uncon-
scious inside the yard gate, and
bleeding prosusely from an ugly
wound In her throat. She had been
called to the gate, he said, by some
one, and that when she went out tc
answer an unknown man was stand
ing just outside the gate, who stated
that he had note from Katie, who's
in the employ Of Mr.. Hartman" Mrs
Beach stepped from her porch into
the yard snd reached for the no:e
when the man sprang inside the gate
slashed her throat, laying her necl
open for several inches, and as she
fell to the ground, tore her earring:
from her ears; then dashed away il
the darkness.
Mrs. Beach, upon recovering con
sciousness, declared that she did no
know who her assailant was, ant
there is doubt expressed that he wa
a negro. He was dressed, she said
IN gray suit, but she could not SCI
his face. A crowd, attracted by tn,
screams Of Mrs. Beach, quickly gath
cred, among them being many Of tn.
winter residents, who had been at
tending a reception in the neighbor
| hood, and searching parties wer'
/
in pursuit of the assailant.
Physicians summoned to rende
medical attention, found it necessar.
TO make nine stitches in Mrs Beach
throat, and it was with difficulty tha
they stopped the profusive flow o
blood. Her injuries, they state, ar
not as serious as they were reported
Tuesday night, the most immediat,
danger then being the loss Of blood
which nearly cost Mrs. Beach her life
Mrs. Beach is prominent in New Yorl
society, and mas been c winter resi-
dent OF Aiken for several years past
She was formerly the wife of on
Of the Havemeyers Of the America!
Sugar Refining Company, who me
q mysterious death in New York cit,
some years ago when shot by an IN
known person. Mrs. Beach is also
sister-in-law, by her first marriage
OF Mrs. ". Butler Duncan OF New
York, who is one Of the most pron,i
nent of the Aiken winter residents
and she is also related by her frs
marriage to the Tifany's of New
York. The attack upon Mrs. Beach
! the purpose Of which was clearly rob
berry, took place i'll the heart OF AK
en-, not more than one square from
the main business street.
Her condition is reported by hel
physicians to be improved and she
will recover. The clue the Aike1
police are working on is that Mrs
Eaach's assaiia2t was familiar with
the household, Il not one Of the ser,
wants either in the employ ot the
2eachs or the Harrimans, since he
stated to Mrs. Beach that the sup.
posed note was from the Hartman s
home, and the Beachs and the family
OF Joseph Hartman are very friend
ly. The Orangeburg police should
keep sharp lookout for all suspic,
ioUs persons passing this way.
MILL HAND IS SHOT.