New Britain herald., 1927-10-06
BEACH IDENTIFIED
AS man SEMINAR
Scene OF MURDER
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was not unexpected.
Beach was we'll dressed and clean
ly shaven. He was rushed to the
lail and newspapermen were not
permitted to talk with him.
In refusing to permit Beach 70 be
interviewed, Frank Harold, chief OF
Atlantic county detectives, said: NC
one will talk TO him until after he
is indicted"
Under Indictment
Beach Low is under Indictment on
the charge OF being an accessory IN
the killing. and Harrold's remark
indicated TO observers that an in
dictment for more serious offense
is proposed.
Beach. who is a poultry raiser and
q neiehbor Of the Lilliendahl's, was
with Hedges when he gave himself
up to Captain Carter and State
Trooper Robert Woodward. The sur
render took place OIL the Weymouth
road outside OF town.
The prisoner is said to have been
staying at Medford. in the pines,
about nineteen miles east of Cam
den.
Willis Beach has figured almost
as prominently in the investigation
Of the killing OF Dr. Lilliendahl near
Hammonton on September Is. as has
the PHYSICIANS widow. Mrs. Mar
garet Lillendahl who has been sub
poenaed 10 appear before the grand
Jury today. She is under $4,000
bail as material witness.
Held In $1,000 Bail
Beach's name became connected
with the case within two days after
DR.. Lilliendahl was found dead In
his autom ohile with three bullet
wounds in the head After question
ing he was held in $4,000 bail as a
material witness.
When police called at his home to
take him to Hammonton to be iden-
tilted II possible by three men who
had seen a blue coupe similar to the
one owned by Beach leave the scene
of the killing on the day that DR..
Lilliendahl's body was found. they
ltdGneu lildI Ne ldu ulSd pItdi' ~
Failure to find him resulted in the
police charging him with aiding and
abetting In the killing of the doctor.
Subsequently Attorney Hedges
vas indicted on charges OF spiriting
away a material witness in the case
and spiriting away a man wanted
for a crime. Hedges had been quot
cd In the newspapers as knowing
the Whereabouts of Beach and Of
having advised him to remain away.
Hedges. however, denied these
statements in open court and his
case still is pending, although he
asked for an immediate trial
Admits Love Note
Beach according to police. admit
ted before his disappearance that he
had corresponded with Mrs. Lillien-
dahl and that she had received let
tiers from him under the name Of
Peggy Anderson. He also admitted
having met her at a trystlng place
in a wooded section OF South Vine
land.
Last Tuesday. when Mrs. Lillien-
dahl refused to re-enaCt the killing
of her husband by two negroes as
described by her she admitted TO
detectives that she had correspondent
with Beach under the name OF
Peggy Anderson.
Or. Lillicndahl's body vas found
slumped in his automobile in the
underbrush close TO the lonely Att
son road.
Mrs. Lilliendahl was found on the
road by truck driver, apparently
in a historical condition.
She told the driver that while she
and her husband We're driving in
their car. two negroes jumped on
either side of the aut omonile and
shot and robbed the doctor.
Large police details and farmers
started search for the negroes but
no trace was found of them. In tn"
meantime Mrs. Lilli"ndahl remained
at police headquarters in Harmon
ton as a voluntary prisoner, ana
went through six periods of 'Nnmin-
alton. Finally she went TO her
homo after she had been held IN
bail as a material witness.