The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-02-01
BEAUTY BEACH"
BACK FOR TRIAL

TIC" AT otatiOn 10 witness Return
of Millionaire Who is to Face
Charge of Cutting His Wife's
Throat.
Aiken Special, Jan. 20, to Charles
ton News and Courier: Frederick
o. Beach and his wife, Mrs. Camilla
Moss Havemeyer Beach, accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. ]. B. Tay-
lor, all of New York; also Thomas
F. Fuller of the New York law firm
of Nichols. Anable, Lindsey & Full
ler, and Congressman James F..
Byrnes, a former Charlestonian, but
now representative from the second
South Carolina district and member
of the Pujo committee, arrived in
the city today at noon, on the South
ern's Southwestern Limited, the
Beaches coming in, 1t is stated, from
Hot Springs, Va, where they are
known to have been for the past
week or two enjoying the baths, with
Mr.. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt
and others.
The Beaches and their immediate
party were hurriedly driven to the
Hotel Wilcox, where 1T is stated
they will stop during the trial of
Mr.. Beach upon a charge of assault
and battery with intent to kill,
which will be held next week, the
case being set for Tuesday, Feb
ruary 4.
ARRIVAL UNHERALDED.
Apparently their arrival had been
carefully planned and was to have
been without ostentation-it was
for they were met at the station by
quiet, unimposing trap and speed
lily driven to the Wilcox. Other
wise their advent into Aiken would
have been heralded by a throng of
curious folk, whereas, even now, the
presence In the city of the princi-
pals in the affair that created a
countrywide sensation is not gen.
orally known to the public, as their
arrival In Aiken was supposed to
have been something Of a secret. a
is stated. Nevertheless, it leaked
through some channel, and, drawn
by that peculiar force that seems to
control the walk of the Journalist
reporters were at the station as Mr..
and Mrs. Beach again placed foot
upon the soil Of this famous little
winter resort. and they laughed in
wardly as prying, blue-coated
officer of the law innocently, In.
quisitively. though blandly, inquir.
ed the identity of them tourists
over there"
MRS. BEACH HEAVILY YELLED
Mrs. Beach was plainly, though
elegantly, costumed as she stepped
from the train. She was, however
heavily yelled and a high collar con-
cealed quite effectually the ugly
scar of the cruel cash which she re-
ceived here last winter when she
was assailed by some one, cut in the
throat and felled to the earth with
heavy picket snatched hurriedly
from the fence surrounding the win
ter residence.
Her husband, Beauty" Beach,
Jaunty, smiling and debonair as of
old when he sauntered, a prominent
and dashing figure. through the bril-
liant ball rooms and the select clubs
or gay Gotham, was very attentive
to her and held her in his lap as they
and Mr.. Fuller mounted the two
seated trap and drove away.
CHARGE AGAINST BEACH
This Gothamite and millionaire
must stand trial, technically, for as
sault and battery with intent to kill ::
literally, for the alleged cutting of
his wife's throat on the occasion
previously alluded to, the warrant
having been issued against him
through Special Agent M. S.
Baughn, an Atlanta detective, after
an investigation of more than a
months duration. And positively
and definitely, the case has been set
for next Tuesday morning, the sec