Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-04
Frederick o. Beach on Trial al
Fashionable Aiken for AIS
legged Attempt to Kin His
Wife.
TWENTY MINUTES Is
REQUIRED TO NAME JURY
Mysterious Assault Upon So
Ciety Leader Will Be PrObed
in Sensational Hearing
Opened Today.
tny LEASED wire 70 Evsnlas n-rnla.I

tsy LEASED Wire 90 Evening" Ecsni1.D
Aiken. =. c.. Feb. s.--Taking OF
testimony In tho trial Of. Frederick
q. Beach. New York millionaire.
charged with assault ON his wife with
intent Ca kili. was started this morn
ing In ths Aiken county court % gen.
erai sessions. Tho Jury waa secured
In tweuty-two minutes
only a few Of the members OF tho
wealthy winter colony appeared la
the court room.
Charged with asaaullinE his vito.
Camilla Morse Havemeyor Beach,
with intent 20 KILL Frederick o.
Beach. a New York millionaire, to-
day was 90 be placed on trial Ia tha
Aiken county court oe general sess
alous. Airs. Beach was the victim oe
"a mysterious attack on tia night of
February 20 last sha was assaulted
while standing on the lawn OF this
Beach winter home here. and re-
cCivcd serious cut In the throat. Inn
mediately after tho attack Mrs Beach
asserted that her assailant wns a no.
gro. After an investigation by tho
authorities a warrant was lasued for
rho arrest OF Mr.. Beach. Repeatedly
he has denied the charge.
Mr.. Beach appeared In the court
room early, accompanied BY Mrs.
Beach, her sister. Mrs. James y. Tay.
Tor. aud Miss Marion IIolilns. Beach
and hiB wife sat AZ thsar counncia
table bahind hulwark os Inv hoska
chatting gaily while the prosecution
was calling tho witnesses ia another
ease. soon after their arrival Mrs
colvin Iselin came In with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry y. Hoiiins and took their
seats just behind the BeAch's Back
Of the rail score or moro OF women.
only few OF whom were members
Of the winter colony. had occupied
the best seats and strained eagerly FOR
a glimpse Of Beach and his wife. The
case Was called az 1890 O'Clock
Only twenty-five minutes was requlr-
ed Go secure jury. seven of the
men accepted were farmers one
country merchant. aud the others are
cotton mill operatives. While the In
diclment WAS being read Mrs Beach
kept her eyes intently upon Prose
outor Guntcr. Her face did not
change expression whom he reached
tho word ibid assault with murderous
intent"
Beach rested his chin en- his hand
and gazed straight before him. He
was not formally arraigned. thus he
Ing spared the humiliation OF standing
In the prisoners dock. Prosecutor
tiuntcr opened hts side By having the
s,cnographer read the testimony OF
Miss Lallah Wyman, whc n lil The
testimony war taken yesterday.
Mr ana Mrs Beach sat together TO-
dag la tho Aiken county court house
and heard the prosecuting attorney
attempt 10 prove 90 jury Of coun-
trymen that the New YORK. society man
had made a murderoua attack on his
wife with a pen knife IN Aiken last
| winter
Eleven witnesses were called BY the
state and slow start was made In
their examination. Prosecutor Gun.
ter directed his enorts 10 attacking the
story told by Beach aud authenticated
| by his Wifr. TO the effect that Nara
| Beach had been attacked BY a negro
when she left the house 20 give hor
DOGS an airing DR.. Hastinga Wymon
and his son. Dr Marion Wymon, who
examined Mrs Boach's wound after
she was cut expressed the opinion
that the stab was inflicted from be-
| hind The theory Ut tho prosecution
/ b. that Beach attacked hts wife while
sho was running away from him.
when court reeonvencd a 1885
o'clock the two phyaiclana were tho
only witnesses who had been exam.
ined. Colonel Henderson. OF counsel
for the defense. indichted he later
\ would have the jury inspect tho prem
iss OF tho Beach home
Miss Wyman was examined IN lhe
\ presence of Prosecutor 0untcr and
Colonel henderson. counsel Tor the
defense. She testified she was ia her
bed la the front room Of her home.
whiuh IL directly across the street
from the assault scene. when she
heard two screams. Sho went 10 the
open windows and tried 60 locate the
source OF the screams seeing NO
one. SHE returned TO bed and Ia a feR
minutes she heard two more screams
This TIME she saw man come down
; the street from the direction OF tho
Beach home, when sh0 shouted %
/. him To- stop that noise Or she would
call police. she said the mln broke
into run.
You had better run and run fast e
! Was her parting shot az the retreatlng
figure.
!, Misp wynAn could not say whether
tho man was white uF black. nho said
tho suit he wore. was not real light
or real black
After Miss wyman Soiurpod 10 hAd
ssain she said she heard 4 lhlra aaEy