The Washington times., 1922-10-24
PEGCY:BEALIs.... .
ACQU|TTED.lT. !.
Staying TRIAL
jury Believes Her Story That
, Staying Of Anderson Was
-. "a Justified. .,.
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,"oItiuufu troH rIrst faBeJ -
unruffled and tnat he had never
moved after beipt ~stfnck Shy the
fatal bullet: So 'Te Z. q
The trial opened with statement.
OF attorneys for the State and the
defcnse-one branding Peggy" n
modern Thuvia. Maid of Mars"
while the other characterized Ander-
-on as "The Sheil!''
..~j \ Told Story Of Life,' =
Crowded into the evidence and
argumen' was the story Of life
the tale Of love, and the game of
hearts as PLAYED by Anderson-..The
"Thuvia.
Evdence introduced bv the State
tx witnesses. .detcct,yss: ofYicsrs
md cproners' s,|Sw~5 y S'''' 'iticer
PEGGY -Beal is -thirty.two years
otn, she looks twefty, eyt n WIKI 1bs
sharp featured beauty which Nns
hers before the tragedy turned to
me hardness Of pall.d prisoner ~
the law >.s,.s.1. :. ''"'S"''. -
she was married and divorced
after the birth OF her second child
the Oldest, now fifteen years old,
wing with their father IN Tefre
Haute. Ind. :. = r., = : =
}. Met In Filtration. .,
THAT she met Anderson IN tlir.
tation. Meeting they IoSed--she In
her heart, she said. while he but
professed his. affection. =.
That she gave herself to, him,
even after he had confessed that
his invalid wife had not divorced
hirn." -, '."tsE. * X 4. >, -, -. =
And then the State scored It's two
strongest points
BY evidence the State showed
that a copy Of "Thuvia," Edgar
Rice Burroughs novel. lay beside the
body Of Anderson. It was opened
at the page where a picture showed
'Thuvia" bending over her slain
lover, a blood-dripping dagger in her
hand ''-r
Through this evidence the State
hoped to convince the jury that
Peggy" Beal-the "Thuvia" Of real
iife-had prem editated the killing.
The States second point was that
bullet penetrating at the base of the
skull.
HIS eyes were closed in death
he had not moved from the moment
the bullet struck him." DE-. II. e.
Moss, coroner. told sti1e' jury. He
had been in bed, The covers OF
the bed were not ruinpled. j cannot
swear he was asleep when, shot, but
his body had all the appearances OF
such a situation" ,@N 49,.
Peggy" Beal.s defense was q vim
dication Of a worhan's right to slay
a "Sheik lover-a man, who made
all women bend to his win.
Many times she broke down, weep
ing as she told of their onetime love
and of the actual killing. .'-t
She denied that Anderson was
as cen. ''NSslrsl, ..,S.r :. - ,f'
."I killed to save other, girls" Mrs.
Beal said, adding. but ] was insane
II do not recall. firing the,shot--my
memory is a blank there.Sss s.E' J..
Peggy was aided by .Eisfa Wilson
Stice. head nurse Of the Open Air
Hospital, Sprtngfieid, III. where she
was Employed ~ Asfiirse, =, 81 >
II saw the, ehetk letters thls man
wrote begging marriage, promising
to- Miss Stice, who paid her own
way to Kansas City to testify for
Peggy, said. ~. --,, -. ~. ~.
After two hours the jury asked to
be allowed TO recess for supper
The speed with which the trial
moved was unlocked for, even by the
attorneys In the case.
The State rested after proving that
Anderson had been shot in the back. .
The defense, eN a before the trial.
said It would base all hope on Peggy's
own story. IS :
Today the bobbed- d-haired SLAYER of
Anderson was busy with her plans
for the future. ..,. - -.
"oh, ] am soy happy. I scarcely
morning. s,s5f = NJ S':GG
"I knew fron, the first. that 7
would be freed. What are my plans?
At present they are uniformed First
Of all. I am going to rest and re-
gain my health. But am not, 70.
ing to run away am going, 10
stay In Kansas City, where / have
gained some OF the truest friends In
my life. And then when my health
II fully restored I am going TO work
and earn my hvlnH.f' ,'r.s, :,
Peggy shows the strait through
which she has passed. She is very
pale now. weighs less than 400