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Show GRIM REAPER HAS LAUGH ON POISON PLOT Mocks Command of Aged Couple Who Had Set Out to Die. Los Angeles, Calif. They are an aged couple, the husband somewhat older than the wife, Mr. and Mrs Frank Beuch by name. Mr. and Mrs. Reach were wed a long time ago In the East, making their home for the better part of their lives at Detroit, Mich., where Mr. Beach was well and favorably known as a writer of feature news and stories. Tbreemonths ago the aged couple came to"Los Angeles to spend their declining days amidst flowers and sunshine, sun-shine, enjoying all of the delights of southern California. ' Then because things did not progress pro-gress with the aged husband as he thonght they should he began to be gripped with the haunting fear that he bad outlived his usefulness. End of the Trail. Mr. Beach and his wife are refined and educated people. They have always al-ways looked at life In a philosophical way. The aged wife shared In the fear of her husband that the end of their trail was at hnnd. Death had no terrors for this pair. They talked the thing over and reasoned rea-soned that if their usefulness had passed Its zenith, the grave would be better than that they should become a burden to each other or to relatives. So they decided to die to die together to-gether and meet they hoped, in a bnp- 1tF1I The Husband Swallowed First; Then the Wife Took One. pier beyond. They wanted their exit to be serene and peaceful ; that they should fall Into a deep sleep and never awaken on this earth. The husband visited the corner drug store, where he purchnsed 20 tablets of a sedatlv. He returned to his apartment where his wife calmly waited. They were happy. They Joked with each other. There was no terror in either. Life Still Dear. let life was dear to this aged couple. cou-ple. They wanted Just one more happy time together. They left their room and bought tickets for a motion picture pic-ture comedy. They laughed, they Joked and returned to their home. Sitting nt the table across from each other they divided the 20 tablets 10 to each. The husband swallowed the first; then the wife took one. Then the husband's turn, and so on until the lust tablet had been consumed, enough poison to stifle the life out of any human. hu-man. This was the pitiful story told by the husbund before Judge Thomas C. Gould, presiding over the lunacy commission com-mission in the psychopathic ward at the General hospital. Mr. nnd Mrs. Beach had been found nnd hurried to- the hospital, where they had been given medical aid In time to cheat death. When the couple met for the first time, after being taken to the hospital they rushed Into each other's arms and wept. "I have been a chump," the former writer declared. "Life still holds something for us." |