Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-02-05
EARRINGS ARE
EVlDaNCE IN
BEACH CASE

Aiken. S. c., Feb. 5.--lhe trlal OF
Frederick o. Beach, charged with as
saulting his wife with intent to kill,
was. resumed today.
Beach and his wife. arrived early.
accompanied by Mrs. Taylor and Miss
Rollins. Mrs. Beach was again at
tired in brown and seemed to be suf'
fering from slight cold.
Sheriff II. Howard, who was chief
Of police of Aiken at the time of the
assault, was called by Prosecutor
Cunter to identify some footprints
discovered outside of the yard OF the
Beach cottage. Howard said Police
man Holly had told him the footprints
were his
A. X. Lorense, editor of local pa
per, testified he examined the Beach
premises the night of the assault and
found evidences of a struggle in the
side yard. He said he was with the
chief of police when the latter found
the earrings and comb belonging to
Mrs. Beach and the bloodstained fence
picket. He said one of the earrings
was mashed He expressed the
opinion they are paste and worth
about 49,
On cross examination he said he
thought a blow from the fence pick
ct on the side of a woman's heal,
would have been sufficient to knock
the earrings from her ear.
but it wouldn't knock out the car
rings on the other side of her hea''
would it?' asked Prosecutor Gunter.
Not likely" replied the witness.
Rural Policeman S. e. Holly, the
next witness, was asked if he had any
conversation with Beach the night Of
the assault about the value of the
earrings afterward found
Eyes, Beach said his wife had lost
a pair of earrings. He said he did
not know their exact value but they
were worth about $40 or $4,000, '
replied Holly.
Aiken, S. c., Feb. 5.--The prosecu'
ton in the trial of Frederick O. Beach
Of New York, accused of attacking
his wife with murderous intent rest
cd today
DR.. Partridge of Augusta, Georgia,
was the first witness called by the
defense. Beach's diamond studded
knife was shown to him as he identi.
ed it as one which was submitted
to him last March to be tested
for traces of blood. DIR, Partridge
said his examination showed no trace
Of blood.
Mayor Herbert f. Gyles, of Aiken,
testifying for the state, said Beach
gave the knife to him on request about
three weeks after the assault and
later turned it over 10 DR.. d. Hast
ings Wyman, Jr., fol' microscopic eX'
animation.
DR.. Wyman testified that he had dis
covered on the knife what he believed
to be blood stains.
This view was sustained, he said,
by DR.. Boyden M. Minis, of Columbia,
to whom he submitted the knife.
The prosecution offered in evidence
a report from Dr. Minis declaring his
opinion that stains on the steel were
blood cells. 1t was admitted, how.
ever, that the tests were not micros.
copic and not chemical.
On cross examination, Dr.. Wyman
admitted that he had taken the knife
to an Augusta expert, DR.. Partridge,
before submitting it to Dr. Minis. He
said that DR.. Partridge examined the
knife, but declined to express an opin.
ion
Didn't DR.. Partridge tell you he
couldn't find any trace of blood?' de-
nlanded Col. Henderson.
III l remembered that he did,
would say so,' replied DR.. Wyman.
Didn't Dr. Partridge cut his finger
and put it on the blade of the knife
in order to- make comparative test?"
81 didn't know it if he did,"
Lawyers for the defense announced
that they would call about eight wit
nesses, making it certain that the
case would continue until tomorrow.