Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-06
State Only Attempts to Show
ImprobabiIlty Of the Story
of the Accused New York
Millionaire,
EXPERTS DIFFER AS
TO BLOOD ON KNIFE
Physician TeStifieS Relation
Between Husband and Wife
on Night Of Assault Was
Most Affectionate,
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Beach will take the stand In his own
defense when his trial on the charge
of assaultng his wife is resumed here
tomorrow. This was the plan out
lined by the defense, at the close Of
court today.
II also is proposed to have Mrs.
Beach follow the accused New York
er, as witness Since the assault
upon her was committed in the yard
of the Beach winter home here on the
night Of February 26, last. the story
told By Beach and his wife never has
varied.
Both maintained that Mrs. Beach
was attacked by an unknown negro
when she left the house To give her
dogs an airing. The state rested It's
case. which consisted almost entirely
Of an attack on the plausibility OF
Beach's story. late today. The intro
duction Of Bcaeh's Jeweled pen-knife,
upon which one of the states wit
nusscs claimed 10 have found traces Of
blood corpuscles was withheld By the
prosecution until the last.
II had been anticipated by the de-
fense and they were prepared TO meet
expert testimony with expert testi-
mony, even TO the extent Of present
ing r. witness who had examined the
knife and had failed. as he swore. to
find any blood cells Four of the
defenses witnesses were examined
this afternoon and the testimony Of
all Of them concerned the knife.
When the prosecutor announced AT
the opening Of the afternoon session
that the state had presented its case.
the defense offered Dr. Partridge as
witness. Dr. Partridge testified that
he had examined the knife and had
informed Dr. u. Hastings Wyman
there was no blood there. He was
making very good witness for the
defense until Prosecutor Gunter be-
gan cross examining him. He seemed
to become confused and answered
questions only after long hesitation.
Didn't you refuse TO put the result
Of your examination down in Writ
ing?" demanded the prosecutor
The witness didn't answer.
Didn't you?s
<Finally he said he did not wish to
make a written report
You were afraid 1t would fall in
the hands of the state, were you not?"
mo- | was unbiased at that time.
But You have become biased since
then, haven't your"
NO
Then the prosecutor questioned him
about his direct testimony that the
knife had no broken blade when he
examined IT,
"Will you swear that the knife had
two blades2'
mo, do not think can swear to
it,"
But you did Just now prodded
the prosecutor.
The witness remained silent for a
long time.
Il think it's safer to leave out the
other blade" he then said.
Expert testimony was given for the
defense by Or. r. +. Oertell Of Al
gnsta, formerly professor Of path
ology and microscopy at the Unlvcr-
sity Of Georgia. Anticipating that the
state might content that one blade Of
the knife had been broken off by a |
blow at Mrs. Beach's throat. the de-
fense asked the witness If, in his opln-
ion, it could have been broken III this
manner.
Dr. Oertel said he made an expert !
ment on the body of negro with a
similar knife, innicting such a wound
as had been made in Mrs Beach's
neck without damage to the knife
80 YOU took a dead negro and
tried to break off the knife in his
neck ?"
II did"
Mr.. Gunter then wanted to know il |
it would not bc possible for a blade !
to be snapped Off il the blow was
not clean.
1T might. but the wound would be
a jagged one" replied the witness.
The Beach family physician, Dr. c. I
d. Hail. testified tnat after he was |
called to the Beach home by tele-
phone, he found Mrs. Beach suffering |
from three-inch wound in her
throat, superficial wound in the left
breast and an abrasion on the left
ear
was the attitude ~ MT. ana MIS-.
Beach toward each other one Of af-
feetion ~
Yes, Mr.. Beach held her hand all
the time | was dressing her wounds.
DR.. Hall said he saw Mrs. Beach
before she was carried upstairs and
that she told him then she had been
attacked by a negro. The defense's
last witness of the day was Or. r. f.
Wyman. who expressed the opinion
that blow at the throat with the
Beach penknife could not have broken
tha blade.