The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-12
TRIAL OF F. O. BEACH
CHARGED WITH TRYING 10 MUIR.
DER his WIFE.

CHARGED WITH TRYING 10 MUIR.
DER his WIFE.
They Are Rich New Workers and the
Assault Was Made at Their Winter
Home In Aiken.
With the examination OF eight
witnesses the prosecution late Tues
lay had practically finished the con-
+,ruction of its circumstantial case
against Frederick o. Beach, the rich
New Yorker who is charged with at
tempting to murder his wife at their
~inter home In Aiken last February
~ cutting her throat. 1t will be re-
nembered that the affair created a
great sensation at the time Of its oc-
currence.
Not one of the witnesses whose
testimony consumed the first day Of
the trial could give details Of the as
lault. Four members Of the Wyman
family. living across the street, told
u a series Of screams from different
parts Of the Beach premises about
$3.50 O'Clock on the night Of Feb
ruary e6. Two Of them testified that
the dying echo Of the last scream
sas followed by loud rapping on the
ioor and the sound Of mans voice
eyclai1ains: This is Beach; let me
in"
Dr.. Wyman and his father, DR..
Hastings Wyman. the first outsiders
rc zee Mrs. Beach after she had been
wounded. admitted on cross-exam-
tnation that the attitude Of Beach
and his wife toward each other was
one Of affection. They reached the
room into which Mrs. Beach had
been carried while the blood was
streaming from a wound in her neck
Just under the right ear and Beach
told them the story he has stuck to
ever since, that his wife was attacked
in front OF their cottage by an un-
known negro while be was outside
giving her dogs an airing.
Every effort OF the prosecution
tuesday appeared to be directed at
picking flaws In Beach's story rather
than at supporting its own conten-
tion that Beach attacked his wife az
ter be had failed to overtake white
man he was pursuing. Mrs. Beach
vas the most conspicuous figure in
the court room Tuesday. She sat
through the two long sessions TAX
ing an occasional note from the tes-
tluony and chatting with her hus-
band and friends who surrounded
her.
Beach appeared in the court room
fully an hour, before the case was
called. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Beach, her sister. Mrs. James B.
Tayler and Miss Marion Hollings.
Beach and his wife sat at their law
yers' table behind bulwark Of law
books. chatting gaily while the pros
ecution was calling the witnesses in
another case.
Soon after their arrival Mrs. OIL
YER lselin came in with 'Mr. and Mrs.
Harry B. Hollings and took seats
Just behind the Beaches. Back of
the rail a score or more Of women,
only q few Of whom were members
orthe winter colony, had pre-empted
the best seats and strained eagerly
for a glimpse OF Beach and his wife.
There were many ladies in the court
house during the trial.
Solicitor Gunter opened his ad-
dress BY having the stenographer
read the testimony Of Miss Lallah
Wyman. who is Ill, taken Monday.
Che testified that she was in her bed
10 the front room of her home, which
Is directly across the street from the
scene Of the assault. when she heard
two screams. She went to the open
window and tried to locate the source
of the screams. Seeing no one. she
returned to bed, and a few minutes
the street from the Beach home.
When she shouted to him to stop
that noise or she would call the 90
lice she said the man broke into q
run. +
"you had better run, and run
fast" she cried at the retreating fg-
ure. Miss Wyman could not say
whether the man was white or black.
she said the suit he wore was not
real light or real black. After
Miss Wyman returned to bed again,
she said she heard a third series OF
screams from the direction Of the
Reach home.
Dr.. Hastings Wvman. father OF
Miss Wyman. was the first witness.
He testified that be was In his libra
~ reading when he heard two sets
O: screams across the street. He did
not hear the third set Of screams re-
ferred to By his daughter. DR.. Wy
man said that after he had heard the
screams. he and his son. DR.. Marion
Wyman. rushed over to the Beach
aome and were admitted by Beach to
a room In which Mrs. Beach was ly-
Ing on the sofa with blood stream
Ing from her throat. Beach told him
that his wife had been stabbed by q
aegro who attacked her when she
took her dogs out for an airing.
Dr.. Marion Wyman testified that
be heard three distinct sets Of
screams from the vicinity OF the
Beach home and then a knock on q
door followed by the sound Of a
voice commanding. LET me In, this
II Beach" Examined closely on this
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