The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-05

hand and gazed straight before him
lie was not formally arraigned, thus
being spared the humiliation. Of stand
ing in the prisoners dock. Prosecutor
Gunter opened his side by having the
stenographer read the testimony of Miss
Lallah Wyman, who Is III, taken yes
terday.
Miss Wyman was examined in the
presence of Prosecutor Gunter and Col
| Ionel Henderson, counsel for the de-
fense She testified that she was in her
bed in 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 sound of
the screams. Seeing no one, she re-
turned to bed, she said, and few
minutes later she heard two other
screams
This time she saw a man come down
the street from the direction of the
Beach home when she shouted to him
to stop that noise "or she would caD
the police She said the man broke into
a run.
You had better run ana run fast"
was her parting Injunction to the re-
treating figure, she testified. Miss wy
man could not say whether the man was
white or black. She said the suit he
wore was not real light or real black.
After she returned to bed she said she
heard third series OF screams from the
direction of the Beach home. DR.. Hast
inas Wyman, father of the girl was
the first witness. The doctor said that
he was In his library reading when he
heard two sets OF screams across the
street He did not hear the third set
of screams referred TO by his sdaugh-
ter, ns se g
wyman said that after he heard the
screams he and his son, DR.. Marion
Wyman. rushed. over to the Beach home
and were admitted by Beach to room
in which Mrs. Beach was lying on the
sofa with blood streaming from her
throat, Beach told him that his wife
had been stabbed by negro who at
tackled her when she took her dogs out
for exercise. On cross-examination DR..
Wyman said that the attitude of Beach
and his wife toward each other could
not be regarded as constrained. DR..
Marion Wyman testified that he. heard
three distinct sets of screams from the
vicinity of the Beach home and then
a knock on door followed by the
sound of a voice commanding Let me
ia, this is Beach Examined minutely
on this point, the witness said that he
asked Beach the next day about the
knock on the door and that Beach had
explained to him that after carrying his
wife into the house he had secured his
revolver and had gone outside again
in search of the assailant.
C0rroborates Evidence
| When court reconvened Mrs. Marion
| Wyman corroborated her husbands tes-
timony as to hearing screams from the
Beach lawn. Then she heard door
| slide, and subdued screams. Immediate
a do ho taatf6ad q heard n
| loud knock and a voice demanded This
| is Beach. let me in"
Pearl Hampton, the negro servant who
| was employed at the home of j. w.
| Holmes adjoining the Beach cottage, at
the time was the next witness. She test-
| fled that the Lyons were giving a dinner
| party that night and that the Beaches
were not present. She started to leave
the house shortly after o clock and was
attacked by an unknown man near the
| fence separating the two houses. She was
! hit in the back of the head and knocked
down. Screaming she returned to the
Kitchen reporting the occurrence to two
other servants. She said they accom-
panied her away from the place by an
| other exit.
On cross examination the woman was
unable to tell whether her assailant was
| a white man or a negro. She said he
wore dark gray suit or overcoat.
Anna Bowman, a white servant, en-
| ployed at the Lyons, testified that she
beard screams and few minutes later
| Pearl came back crying and told of the
1nItack. Pate O'Neal, white cook at the
| Lyons. corroborated this testimony.
| Charles Woodbridge, a valet. testified
| that his wife, now in New York, was
Mrs. Beachs personal maid at the time.
| Frequently, he said, he called for his
wife at the Beach home at 9:25 o'clock
at night and left with her ten minutes
later. He said she was summoned from
their home to attend Mrs. Beach about
| 10 o'clock.
! Relates Insane Story
| The last witness of the day was Sheriff
| Fl. l.. Howard, chief of police of Aiken
at the time. He told of being summoned
to the Beach home about an hour after
the assault was supposed to have oc-
Cured. To him Beach related the same
| story that he told to others. He said
! he did not see Mrs. Beach. An examina-
| ton of the premises, he said, had dis
| closed evidences of a struggle on the
| ground in the side yard. There he found
| ear rings, combs and hair pins, after
wards identified as belonging to Mrs.
Beach, and bloody fence picket which,
he said, had been torn off the fence sepa-
rating the Beach and Lyons premises.
| Beach told me-. said the witness. that
he heard his wife scream and rushed out
| OF the front door in time to see her as
| sailant strike her Beach said he al
most tripped the man as he fled by him
out of the gate.
| After carrying his wife into the house
| he said he went upstairs got his gun
and went in pursuit of the assailant Re-
! turning from the chase after a short
time he said. he knocked ON the door ana
said:
| This Is Beach, let me in"
| The witness said that he discovered
| footprints of a man and woman in
the side yard Mrs. Beach has claimed
that the negro attacked her in front of
the house and dragged her into the side
yard.
Exchange Between Counsel
| Sheriff Howard caused sharp ex-
change between counsel when he testified
that he called at the Beach residence
/ a month after tho assault but quit
when he saw Colonel Henderson there.
| The defense then brought out the fact
| that the case against Beach was worked
UP by a detective named Baughn, who
was employed by the town council.
| Prosecutor Gunter then established by
the same witness the alleged fact that
another detective named Post was put
on the case by Beach before Baughn
came.
| A number of photographs of the Beach
| house were placed in evidence by the
prosecution before adjournment was
taken until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
| Mrs. Beach was the victim of mys-
| terious attack on the night of February
rs, 1912.
| Said Assailant Was Negro
She was ssaulted while on the lawn