New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-06
No Blood on It. lie Thought,
but His Description of Blades
Breaks Down on Cross
Examination.
DEFENDANT TO TESTIFY
Will Tell Jury Another Was As
sailant of His Vile, and She
Will Bear Him Out
Judge Bars Moon"
Testimony.
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lPy Telegraph to The rrbuuoI
/ Aiken. $. G.. Feb. J-Frederick O.
( Beach will take the stand in his own
defence when court reconvenes to-mor-
row morning. and after ne has given
( his version of the happenings of the
( night of February 26 Of last year. when
his wife. Camilla Morse Havcmeyer
Beach, was assaulted, Mrs. Beach will
( unfold her story OF the crime to The
: jurors She is expected To corroborate
} his statements as she has done re-
. peatcdly.
b That Mr. and Mrs. Beach will be the
} first witnesses called tomorrow morn
. ing. and that they will be followed by
Miss Marion Holins. whose testimony
/ j. depended on boy the defence TO SUBJ
startiate that Of Nh aItl Mrs. Beach.
/ was the statement mad al the end
/ of to-days session by Colonel Daniel
/ :. Henderson. counsel FOR Nh Beach.
/ Colonel Henderson added that the ar
puments probably would begin to-mor-
i row afternoon When the evidence is
all IN the jurors will bee conducted 10
( the Beach house aud shown the
: premises
4 Anticipating that Mrs Beach would
take the stand crowd even larger
than that which packed the courtroom
yesterday gathered to-day. when 10 be-
"amr known during The midday recess
that the prosecution had rested u.s. cas,.
At the afternoon session Mrs. oliver
Perrin. Of HidgeHcld. Conn. Joined Tho
Beach party. which included Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Joseph Hartman. Mr.. ana Mrs
/ Harry Il. Giolllns. Mrs. 9. oliver Is,Iin
and J. Il. Lyons. of Allegheny. Penn,
who occupied seats directly behind Mr..
and Mrs. Beach. Miss Hollns and Mrs.
Taller. Mr.. BeaCh's boudsman. Thomas
Hitchcock. ir.. has not been i'm the
courtroom since th, trial began. Con
trary to custom. the jury is not seclud-
ed when il is not hearing testimony.
J. NJ. Bowers. a New York lawyer. oc-
cupied a seat with Mr.. Beach's counsel
at this mornings session.
Professor Testfies for Defence.
Dr. &. -. Partridge. of Augusta. was
the first witness for the defence DR..
Partridge is professor Of pathology and
bacteriology at the University Of Geor-
gia. on the last Monday in March. of
| last year. he testified. Or Hastings
Wyman. ir.. and " : Baughn an At
lanta detective. visited him in his office
i'm Augusta. bringing a knife. which
/ proved to be- that secured by Mayor
Gyles from Beach. Or. Partridge
sprang surprise when ne sworc that
at that time the knife had two blades,
a large one and a small one. He was
satisfied. me said. when asked particu
/ larly about the number OF blades by
/ Colonel Henderson that IT had two
/ whole blades and no broken blades
Or. Wyman had brought to Augusta
| an ordinary microscopic slide. around
which was n substance said by the wit
ness to bc cedar oil. Dr. Partridge
said he was asked to confirm DR.. wy
| mans diagnosis of the specimens
scrapcd from the blades Of the knife
that they contained blood corpucles.
| Il told him couldn't do it," said the
witness. II told him there was moth
ing on that slide TO indicate blood
corpusclcs."
Dr. Partridge did retain the knife.
| however. and subjected the specimen
TO test which he explained. He
found he declared. discolora ton from
the gold handle Of the knife, and eX-
plaincd how hc prickcd his own finger,
secured a drop of blood. put ii on the
! point Of a pin and made n test To show
his visitors the difference.
II told them my report would he
| negative. but" he added. significantly.
they didn't seem to he after a mega
| tive report"
Wanted TO Arrest Some One.
Or. Partridge said Dr. Wymau and
the detective had told him that they
desired report as early that day as
possible. as they wanted to arrest
man who was going 10 leave FOR New
York on the ? o'clock train" That VAS
the day tho Beaches lott Aiken. ON
cross-cxamnation Or Partridge be
came nervous. After hestating he
admitted that he refused to put his re-
port in writing.
| You knew if YOU did the state would
nave it,
| "yos"
You did not want us TO have it,"
| Dr. Partridge replied that he was
unbiased then" whereupon Mr.. Guntcr
asked
| when did you become bassed? 90
Or. Partridge's testimony regarding
| the number Of blades i'm the knife was
| shattered. He had been very positive.
but when the prosecutor asked: Don't
Won know there was no small blade
in that knife when you saw it?" he
replied. rather uncertainty: "It strikes
me that if there had been broken
blade ! would have seen It,"
Exactly. viii you swear there
were two blades in that knife"
| mo. I couldn't do that"
| But" continued the prosecutor you
have sworn to it, You told Mr.. Hen
derson you were mistaken Now. sir.
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