Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-06
Millionaire Gives Straightfor.
ward Account of Attack and
Proves Good Witness in His
Own Behalf.
HIS WIFE CORR0BORATEs
BULK OF TESTIMONY
Asserts That Black Struck Her
in Head With Stick and
Then Cut Her Throat After.
wards.
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Aiken. :. g.. Fch. u Frederick -.
Beach to-day related TO- jury his
story uf the assault upon his vile
with which he is charged and thCt
Mrs. Reach took the Wuncss sand
Hud Curruborutrd his stotN is,ach
did not depart materially from ne
tale 10, has told since the attack --
that his vito was struck hy 90 negro.
when sht went outside her cottage
with hci dogs iio maintained ut.
accustomed calm throughout the
prilliup examination tu which
hs was subjected by Prosecutor Gun
tor o., ,outrndi,fod himself once
o. twice, hut sp.cdiN corrected nIs
statements when reminded aud upu,p.
siz'd tor his faulty memory
only ouDo during the entire exam.
nation did D., show amy signs of dis.
turn1ur,. That WIS when the pros.
outur asked him t "a" had not asl, 10
hi. wife tu LAY the crime on Pearl
llimptuu's hroth,r." once whom ha
"r's office.
THAT l- ahsoluicl, false OK
claimed Beach rising iu h,s seat
Mrs Beach fpu"v'd her husband
uu the stand 10 tcl her story. She
Wor, brown skirt and low ncck
white shirtwn,st
Mrs Uruch rorrobaratod the n1r.
rntNo her husband related. She said
tho negro mad attacked h'r from ne
hind IN laying his hands "n h'r
shoulder Hud forcing her u" har
knees Sh. said she wac too terri
fled Geo Scream after the negro hat
STRUCK her on the side "f TIA" hood
Win u hruy, stick AFTER suO
screamed she heard tho door slam
and -au lh, negro run as nor husband
cumo g. hoIr h'r
Reach upon taking m" stand said
hr wac ~ years nld. thpi ~, was "a
property owner ut Aiken and had
hccn spending the winters here for
seventeen years
Where w"r" YOU living in Tohru-
orr. I9l2'"
- had rented my house on Hoods
W"t. living tu the cottage ydjuiu.
iug a."
"ptd you have any guests on r"o-
uury go"
"Y.s Miss uoums She arrived he
DuN before.
"Nhut did yuu dn after supper go
Tho three of MS went into trc
sitting room fronting on Hoods lane.
Miss llolius retired about $40
O'Clock We continued reading sud
d,uly wr heard scream. Nv vie
.H.. 1
hrr I Thought It was some negroes
puarr,liug Then We heard another
from the direction Of the Lyons place.
Two or three minutes Inter my wifo
said she Thought she would GO 10
he'd hut that she would put the dogs
out first She went out with Ia
dogs, closing the -itting room dout
behind h'r \ minute later 7 heard
her scream. I ran uut of the front
door aud saw my wife leaning
against the post at hc corner of the
porch started tur her ana has
got about u quarter OF tho way uH
the path when q negro dartod hy me
across the bushes ana uut of tur
front gate
WHOM / reached nay wife she cV
claimed 'llo has done somcthlup
dreadful to me- Z carried her onto
thr porch opened the screen door
aud laid her down inside. Thou !
saw IN" "ut n her throat ant rrpli1
'd tor tho tr-t time what had bag
p'ued.
- rushed upstairs. obtained mN
gun and went out into Hoods lHn, u
search ut the assnuant returned
in short time uud found M" door
had slammed "a. knock'd vlg"f.
ouslN. ana Miss Hollius came to tho
door ana asked Who was hor" before
p'uug tt replied. 'trs me,
Reach. lrt me in
Reach said that he left the nous"
soon again to telephone tu pr llull
hir physician tie mot Tho two W,
mans, doctors who lived across ths
street. coming in. Tie t.lcphouod pr
Han from the AIKEN cuh aud thor
returned 60 his wifc's side whom
Dr Han arrived ana began sewing
up thr wound In her throat hc sa.t
H., held h.r huud hocausr u wac
"vor painful ana she held On 90
mo"
The defense rested ut ts3U o'clock.
The state then hcgan the Introduction
0f witnesses in rcbuttnl