The Washington herald., 1913-02-07
wife VINDICATES
HER HUSBAND
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her name-CamniIla Moss Beach-said
she had been married twice. her first
husband having been c. +. Havemeyer,
who died about fourteen years ago.
Eighteen months later she married MIR.
Beach. She has two sons, of twenty
and fourteen years, respectively, by Mr..
Havemeyer and two other children. the
fruit of her second carriage. Both of
the latter are still at school.
Mrs. Beach was asked. in her own
words, to tell the story OF the events
OF the night Of February %. Turning
toward the jury. the witness then told
in detail of the occurrences on the
night of the assault. She told OF sup
per being served in the cottage to her
self. Mr.. Beach. and Miss Hlllins; how
the trio stayed in the sitting room until
a little after-9 O'Clock, when Miss Hol-
lins went upstairs. She said she talked
with her husband a short time after
this, and then decided she would re-
tire. Before going upstairs, she said.
she went out on the porch to get some
air and to put the dogs out for the
night. That her husband should not
be disturbed by drafts. she closed
the door leading from the sitting room
into the hallway. She left the front
door open, she said.
Approached by Negro.
Mrs. Beach said she walked a few steps
down the walk in the moonlight. but
stopped when she saw a man approach
ing. This man, a negro. she said. asked
her IL Mr.. Beach lived there, and, upon
! being told YES" asked another question.
While waiting for an answer, said the
with SIS, tne negro moved in her direc-
ton. and she turned toward the house.
Suddenly, she said. the man lunged to-
Ia A.
shoulders. She said she was too terri
fled to scream, and struggled with her
attacker for several minutes, being
forced to her knees. II was at this point
that she screamed. she declared.
Witness then told of her husband COM
ing to her assistance in answer 10 her
screams. She said she was not conscious
of having been stabbed until she put
her hand to her throat and felt the
blood She said her husband carried her
into the house, placed her In charge of
Miss HolIins. and. after procuring his
revolver, went In pursuit of her assail-
ant.
Mrs. Beach told the story in a series
of rapid sentences, with dramatic. pauses
when she stopped to catch her breath.
The color had mounted to her cheeks
during her recital. and she now paused.
breathing heavily. and with her express
i've eyes fixed upon the jurors who had
bent forward to catch every detail OF
her testimony.
Describes Assailant.
Describing the man who struck her.
she said he had on a long overcoat and
3 slouch, hat pulled down over his eyes.
She had never seen him before, she said.
Mrs Beach denied that she had told
any one that the motive for the assault
was robbery. and 'T never thought Il was
for robbery she added.
Continuing, she told, OF the hearings at
the Mayors Office. where, she declared,
she had told all she knew about the al
fair. She corroborated her husband $
statement that the gold knife had two
blades in it-at least, the last time she
saw il. She denied having ever used the
lane leading to the Turner cottage. thus
making answer TO one of the innuendos
which had been thrown out in connection
with the assault and the motives which
prompted II. Similarly. in answering a
hint regarding her husbands testimony
that during the occupancy by the
Beaches of what is now the laundry. Mr.
Beach had frequently left his wife alons
and gone 20 New York. the witness said
proudly.
Il was never alone in the laundry when
Mr.. Beach was away without having with
ne my eldest SON."
And he is quite a boy?' said Repre-
sentative Ryrnes.
six feet seven" replied the mother.
Where is hc now?''
'Out in Vancouver surveying"
Dramatic Conclusion.
In concluding her testimony, Mrs
Beach said:
He did not do it,
Cross-eNamination didn't faze her.
Mr.. Beach corroborated the story of
his wife.
Beach said he had employed the law
yers TO assist in the investigation. He
had no recollection of having fixed q
value of $500 on the paste earrings
On cross-examination Gunter touched
on delicate ground. but almost imme-
diately veered of
Beach made denial that he was a mil
lionaire.
But is is SO said in the papers"
That's the only way I shall ever be
one. said Beach.
Miss Marian Hollins likewise confirmed
in every detail the stories of Beach and
his wife, and when she retired from the
witness stand, she and Mrs. Beach were
at once surrounded by the group of
social lights and showered with congrat-
ulations
What followed with few exceptions was
mere detail Beach was recalled at the
beginning of the afternoon session and