The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-08-04
TRIAL OF BEACH
TO RESUME HERE
TUESDAY MORNING
Man. 29. Accused
of $54 Hold-up Of
Elm Dairy on May "a

another three days in addition to
the two day spent in court last
week. The trial was adjourned Fri
day by Judge Richard Cameron
and will convene again Tuesday
morning.
Twelve States witnesses have
been on the witness stand so
far and States witness will con-
tinue Tuesday morning
Thursday, the first day of the
trial, was nearly all taken up in
selecting the jury. The jurors are
Vera Black, G. c. Wester, Emma
Jane Bumgarner, Pearl Thomson,
Ethel Sprague, Guy Newhouse,
Howard Lingrel, Elizabeth Ling
rel, A. w. Squirting, Carl Beight-
Ter, Robert Rees and Joe Davis.
Three Witnesses Thursday
Only three witnesses were ad-
mitted Thursday, Nancy Graves,
May Ballard and Robert Bill.
Both Miss Graves and Miss
Ballard were working in the dairy
store at the time of the $54 hold
up. Miss Graves identified hat
shown her by Prosecuting Attor-
ney William Coleman as the one
worn by the robber. She further
described the bandit as wearing
old overalls, blue overall jacket
and a clean white handkerchief
tied about his face just below the
eyes, with his hat pulled down
so that only his eyes showed. She
also stated he was carrying a shot
gun, but did not know what kind.
Miss Ballard. when called to the
stand, gave similar testimony.
Her description of the robber and
the shot gun agreed with that OF
Nancy Graves.
Robert Bill, a customer in the
store at the time of the robbery
gave a very brief testimony but
stated that the gun used was 9
pump action shot gun.
Fridays Witnesses
Witnesses who testified Fri
day were Herbert Bellman, Nancy
Howell, Charles Bright, Roy
James, willard Hill, William A
Saygrover, Richard Simpson, w
S. Roosa, and l.. l.. DeWeese.
Miss Howell, who was to marry
Beach June Is, stated that they
had saved no money for the mar.
riage and that she had found
pair of old overalls in the Bell
man garage, Monday morning
which witnesses identified as the
ones worn by the robber. She also
said that the legs of the overall:
were wet and had soft mud or
them.
Sheriff Roosa, testified tha
$50. was found when he searched
Beach's room on Chestnut st.
Mr.. DeWeese, stated parole OF
ficer who accompanied Sheriff
Roosa on the search, backed uT
the sheriffs testimony.
Mr.. James, another customer II
the store at the time of the rob
berry, identified the shot gun az
the one used in the crime or one
exactly like it"
Witness Claims Threats
Charles Bright, an inmate o.
the Ohio State Penitentiary
was put on the stand by the
State, to relate conversation M
had in the County Jail with
Beach, concering the Elm Dairy
robbery The conversation tool
place in mid-June, when Brigh
was also in the County Jail.
Bright became scared and re
fused to testify when he was OF
the stand, because he said he hat
been threatened.
officer William A. Saygrover
testified that he found footprint
leading from the dairy to thu
Bellman garage.
Officers Richard Simpson testl
fled as did Sheriff Roosa, that a
they were in the dairy after th'
hold up, and Beach came in ap
parently just to buy ice cream, n
acted unusually nervous. Accord
ind to the officers, Beach's ner
vousness is what made then firs
suspicious of him.
Interesting Sidelights
Several interesting things oc
Cured in the case; among then
scrub rag found Wedged in tn
branches of the Bellman hedg
that was covered with mud an
also, how or who loaded Mr.. Bell
man shotgun. Mr.. Bellman test
fled that Beach told him one ola
4 after the robbery, that his she
gun was loaded Mr.. Bellma
said it had not been loaded fc
sometime to his knowledge, al
though the shell belonged to hin
Beach was gone from the Bel
man home for period of Is t
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