New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-05
Prosecutions Case CirCumstan.
tiaI, and Details of Assault on
Wife Are Yet UnreveaIed.
BLOOD ON DEFENDANT
Members of Family Who Lived
Across the Street Tell of Cry,
This Is Beach; Let Me In"
After Hearing Scream.

New York. would be quickly acquitted OF
tie charge of assault and battery with
intent TO kill his wife. has undergone de-
cided modification. The prosecution built
up to-day what Il regarded as a strong
circumstantial case. and VIII complete its
evidence tomorrow. when. it is expected
b. both sides. the jury will be called on
to find verdict.
Despite his previous statement that Mr.
Beach would probably De acquitted the
prosecuting attorney Robert H. Gunter.
worked relentlessly 10 convince the jury
through the evidence gathered by the
Atlanta detective. NJ :. BauSin. that il
VA NJ. Beach. ana not an unknown
ncaIo. VINO attacked Airs. Beach and
siashed her throat al Che Beach winter
nome here last February. Three more
witnesses will he examined by Mr. Gun
Ter tomorrow morning. and then Mrs.
Beach will take the stand 20 swear that
Ler husband was not her assalant.
The most dramatic moment of the day
was just before adjournment at go p m,
when Sheriff II. H. Howard, chief Of the
Aiken police last year. was asked by the
PROSECUTOR If when he examined Mr.. and
Mrs Beach after the attack Colonel Hen
derson was not always there and took
charge OF things.
Howard replied: Yes. after Colonel
Henderson was employed in the case by
Mr. Beach he completely ruined every
thing and ! simply gave up trying 10
find out anything, because saw It was
no use
Colonel Henderson sprang to his feet
and. turning TO Mr. Gunter. he cried an
6rily:
That's impairment and improper. sir.
No, it is not impertinent." replied the
prosecutor 1t IL the truth
You say. sir" thundered Colonel Hen
dcrson, that / conducted the investisa-
ton to suit myself
Il did not say that" flashed back Mr..
Gunter, but if / had said it Id stick
| To H."
Courtroom Is Crowded.
NJ . 80 O'Clock this morning. when Mr..
and Mrs Beach entered the courtroom, the
| crowd that occupied every foot Of space
made way for them, and all eyes were
| turned upon Mrs. Beach, who led the way,
| followed by her sister, Mrs. James ID.
| Taller. Miss Marion Hollins, Mr.. Beach
and his New York lawyer. Thomas ;.
/ FULLER The crowd had been gathering
since o'clock. but the only members OF
the cottage colony seen in the courtroom
were those seated directly behind the
| Beaches inside the railing. They were
| friends and intimates Of the Beaches and
| included Mrs. &. Oliver Iselin, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Joseph Hartman and Mr.. and Mrs.
! Harry Il. Iioliins. jr., OF New York, and
! J. b. Lyons. of Allegheny, Penn. Frank
| Hitchcock attended the afternoon session.
Mrs. Beach came in smiling and Mr..
/, Beach had cordial greeting for those he
/ knew. Mrs. Beach was dressed In a
brown coat suit Of rough cloth and wore
a brown toque. She took her seat beside
| Mr. Beach Miss Hollns occupying q
/ chair next to her. During the day she
| took notes on the evidence.
| Mr. Beach appeared 10 be in good
| spirits. From time to time he spoke
| pleasantly to his wife or Miss Hollins. or
| TO some one behind him. All waited pa
tlently until Hugh Long. charged with
| murder. was arraigned and his case con-
/ tinued
! At 10 O'Clock the Beach case was called.
| Exactly twenty-five minutes were re-
quired 10 get "A jury, which consisted Of
| seven farmers, three cotton mill opera
! lives and a country merchant, with A. H.
| McCarroll. designated by Judge J. NJ
| Spain, Of Darlington. as foreman. Not a
| citizen Of Aiken was accepted
Girl Saw Man Run.
| Tho deposition OF Miss I.allah wyman.
taken yesterday. was read With her
| family she lived last year directly across
a narrow street from the Beach prem
iscs on The night Of February o. last
year, she was in her room on the second
floor of the house, when. about $50
o clock, .he heard scream in the yard
across the street. This was followed BY
| a second scream. which seemed to he
further back In the yard. She got up and
went to the window, and saw, standing
in the gate Of the laundry lot. man, who
| then started TO run.
She could not say whether he was
white man or a negro. nut as another
scream rent the night she cried out to
him and then called her father The
| third scream came, she said, from the
yard of the Beach house, about seven
minutes after the first ones. and after
the man had run away. Looking toward
the Reach house, she saw woman
standing In tho light of An upstairs door
leading out upon a piazza at the head
of an outside staircase; then she heard
"A door slam. after which the screaming
/ became muflled
In few seconds. while she still stood
at the window, she heard some one rap
| ping violently upon the Beaches front
door and male voice cried excltedly:
This is Beach: let me in" The voice.
she said, sounded like the one she had
heard in the yard of the laundry.
Miss Wymans testimony was corrobor-
ated by her father. DR.. Tasting Wyman,
ST.; her brother. DR.. Marion Wyman.
| and her sister-in-law. Mrs. Marion Wy
man. DR.. Hastings Wyman. sr.. testified
that after hearing the screams he ran out
OF his house, followed by his son. toward
the Beach home. Just In front of the
house. he said. he heard Beach asking
them to come In. saying that his wife
had been stabbed.
Blood on His Chin and Face.
Or. Wyman described the wound as a
Jagged cut in the right side OF Mrs.
Beach's neck. nearly three inches long,
and near the angle OF the Jaw. The point
of entrance. he said. was evidently from
the back The wound, he said, WAS made
with a sharp instrument-"an ordinary
pocket knife could have made it." Mrs.
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