Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-02-06
THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE
THEY REMARKED SOME MEN
PROBABLY WERE ENGAGED
IN A QUARREL.
She WENT TO PUT DOGS OUT
HUSBAND HEARD Ai SCREAM AND
RAN OUT TO FIND HER
WITH WOUND IN THROAT.


Beach took the witness stand this
morning in the case in which Beach
is charged with assaulting his wife
( with murderous intent Beach, upon
taking the stand, said he was 81
years old, that he was property
owner at Aiken and had been spend
/ ing the winters here for II years.
I Where were you living in Febru-
ary, 1912?
Il had rented my house on Hoods
Lane to Mrs. Lyons and my wife and
were living in the cottage adjoin-
ing it,"
Did you have any guests on Feb
ruary 26?"
Yes, Miss Hollins. She arrived the
day before"
What did you do after supDer?"
"The three Of us went into the sit
ting room fronting on Hoods Lane.
Miss Hollins retired about $40
O'Clock. We continued reading. Sud
denly we heard scream. Ny wife
exclaimed MY. what's that. told
her / thongnt 1t was some negroes
quarreling. Then we heard anotnsr
from the direction of the Lyons
place. Two or three minutes later
my wife said she thought she would
go to bed, but that she would put
the dogs out nrst. she went out with
the dogs, closing the sitting room
door behind her A minute later
heard her scream. ran out the front
door and saw my wife leaning
against the rost at the corner of the
porch ! started for her and had
gotten about a quarter OF the way
on the path when a negro darted by
me across the bushes and out the
front gate.
When ] reached my wife she ex-
claimed: He has done something
dreadful to me- carried her onto
the porch, opened the screen door and
laid her down inside Then ! saw
the ct in her throat and realized for
the first time what had happened I
rushed upstairs, Obtained my gun
and went out into Hoods Lane in
search Of the assailant. returned
in a short time and found the door
had slamme1 to. knocked vigorous
" and Miss Hollins came to the door
and asked who was there before
opening it. I replied: It's me,
Beach. Let me in.
Beach said that he left the house
soon again to telephone to DR.. Hall,
physician. He met the two Wymans, !
doctors who lived across the street,
coming in. He telephoned DR.. Hall
from the Aiken club md then return
ed to his wlfe's side When pr. HAIL
arrived and began sewing up the
wound in her throat he said ne neld
her hand because it was very pain
full and she held on to me-"
Frederick o. Beach today related 70
jury his story Of the assault upon
his wife, with which he in charged,
and then Mrs. Beach took the witness
stand and corroborated his story,
Beach did not depart materially
from the tale he has told since the
attack that his wife was struck by a
negro, when she went outside her
cottage with her dogs He maintain
ed his accustomed calm throughout
the griiling cross-examinauon to which
he was subjected by Prosecutor Gun
ter. He oontradicted himself once or
twice. but speedily corrected his state
ments when reminded and apologized
for his faulty memory.
Only once during the entire examina-
ton did he show any signs Of disturb
ance That was when The prosecutor
asked him If he had not asked his
wife to '1ay he crime On Pearl
EIampsons Drotho once uhon he