The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-05
Wife of Accused Man
Will Testify in His
Defense. 81
JURY OF FARMERS
QUICKLY CHOSEN
New York Millionaire Is Spared
Humiliation of Standing in
Prisoners Dock-State Prac- :.
tically Finishes Construc-
ton of It's Circum-
stantial Case.

Aiken, c. February 4.-The prose-
! cution In the case OF Frederick ..
Beach to-day practically finished the
construction Of it's circumstantial case
by which It purposes to show that the
millionaire ASA ulted his wife, and in
J hicted a cut on her throat. All but
one or two OF the states witnesses
I were examined.
Mrs Beach was the victim of a mys-
! terious attack on the night of Feb
| ruary % last. She was assaulted while
1 standing on the lawn of the Beach
; winter home, and received a serious
cut on the throat. Immediately after
the attack Mrs. Beach asserted that
her assailant was a negro After an
/ investigation by city authorities and
/ detectives. a warrant was issued for
the arrest of Mr.. Beach. Repeatedly
he had denied the charge. Mr.. Beach
is represented by array of legal
talent composed of both local and New
/ York lawyers.
Tomorrow Mrs. Beach will take the
stand to tell the jury that II was
negro and not her husband who COM
mitted the assault upon her last Feb
ruary that led to the latter's fndict-
ment.
only twenty-five minutes was re-
quired to secure q jury Seven Of the
men accepted were farmers, one
country merchant and the other cot
ton mill operatives. The court desig-
, mated the frst man chosen to act as
foreman.
No Change in Expression.
While the Indictment was being read
Mrs Beach kept her eyes intently upon
Prosecutor Gunter.
Her face did not change expression
when he reached the word did assault
with muderous intent.
his chin his hand
and gazed straight before him. He
was not formally arraigned. thus be-
ing spared the humiliation of standing
in the prisoners dock. Prosecutor
Gunter opened his side by having the
/ stcnographer read the testimony OF
Miss Lallah Wyman. who is ILL., The
testimony was taken yesterday.
She told of hearing two screams on
1 the night OF February 26 and of see
ing a man leaving the Beach prem
Uses. Whether he was white or negro
the witness was unable to say third
series of screams was heard by Miss
Wyman a few minutes later
Not one or the eight witnesses.
| whose testimony consumed the first day
! of the trial. could tell just how the
| assault occurred Four members OF
the Wyman family. living almost di-
rectly across the street. told of hearing
a series of screams from different
parts of the Beach premises about $3.50
/ o'clock on the night of February %.
/ Two of them swore that the dying
/ echo of the last scream was quickly
/ followed by a loud rap on a door, and
the sound of a mans voice, exclaim-
ing:
This is Beach, let me in
By one of these same witnesses. Dr.
Marion Wyman, the defense brought
out the fact that Beach had explained
to him the next day that after finding
his wife Frustrated. the victim of a
negro assailant. and after carrying her
into the house he had gone out again
/ in search Of the man Returning, IN
I successful. Beach told him he had
knocked on the door to be admitted.
Attitude IL Anectfonate.
Dr. Wyman and his father. Dr. Hast
ings wyman. itie first outsiders to see
Mrs. Beach after she had been wound
/ ed admitted on cross-examination that
the attitude of Beach and his wife to-
( ward each other was one Of affection.
They reached the room into which Mrs
Beach had been carried while blood
/ was streaming from wound in her
neck just under the right ear. and
Beach told the story he has stuck to
ever since-that his wife was attacked
in front of their cottage by I'M
known negro while. she was outside
/ giving her dog san airing
\ recess was taken after the two
physicians testimony had been con-
cIuded
When court reconvened Mrs. Marion
Wvamn corroborated her husbands
testimony as to hearing screams from
the Beach premises. and the voice say
ing: This is Beach. let me in"
Pearl Hampton. the negro servant.
I employed at the home OF =. ". Holmes.
adjoining the Beach cottage. testified
I that she started 20 leave the house
shortly after q o'clock At the fence
separating the two lawns she was hit
/ In the back Of the head b. an unknown
[ man Screaming. she returned TO the
/ kitchen. and was accompanied by two
F other servants through another exit
on cross examination. the woman
said sh, was unable 60 tell whether
her asSailant was q ~aitc man or
negro
Anna Bowman. = white servant told
Of hearing the screams Of the neSress.
Kate DNeai white cook at the Lyons.
also csrroborated this testimony
Charles Woodbridge. a valet teSti-
fed that his wife was Mrs. Ecach'S
personal maid az the time He said
she was summoned from their home TO
attend Mrs Reach about 10 o'clock.
They had left the Reach home al S.15.
Sherin ~ ~ Howard. chief OF po-
lice OF Aiken. a. the time. told OF be-
fng summoned 20 the Reach home af-
ter the assault. lie made an exaniina-
'ion ~ the premises and discovered
evidences % a struggle on The ground
in the side yard
Gives Same Version
We said he found earrings combs
and hairpinS. afterwards Identified a.
belonging to Mrs Reach. and bloody
fence picket This picket De- said. had
been torn OF the fence separating the
Beach and Lyons premises Beach told
iirn the same version - tAc attack pub
lished after the Incident
The witness dcci tred that he worked
on the case a month Tien tc gave up
and took a hack seat when he found
Colonel Henderson 90 TIE Beach home.
The defense brought OFT the fact that
the case against Reach etS worked u7
by q detective named saughn ~he
xas employed ~ TIRE Town Council
I Prosecutor sunfer then establishsd By
the sane witness the ailered fsct that
another detective named foet ~as put