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Show I MT OF SURPRISE I BEACH DEFENSE A'otable Lawyers for Millionaire Million-aire in Cheerful Mood; Prosecution Confident. "400" IS REPRESENTED Vanderbilts and Iselins Among Those Who Are Backing . (he Accused. By International News Service. AIKEN, S..C, Feb. S. "J. huvo u pripia .facie caso against Mr. Beach. 1 shall present it to tbe jury and let them decide as to the fucts. " This is (ho answer tonight; of City Solicitor Guntor of Aikon. to the report re-port said to emanate from him that ho despairs of a vordict. against V. 0., othcrwiso "Beauty ,J Beach, who will go on trial hero tomorrow charged with murderous" assault on his wife. The stage -is set. the actors ready and at 0:30 tomorrow morning this drama, of beauty and millions, which strikes at the center of the most occlusive oc-clusive social set iu America, will he under way. Rich in Her Own Right. Beside "Beauty" Boach as the caso unfolds will sit his own wife, the beau-iiful beau-iiful and talontcd Mrs. Camilla Moss ffavernej'cr Beach, who inherited some of tho Havomeycr millions from her first, husband and to whom tho prosecuting prose-cuting attorney will point as the victim vic-tim of hor husband's alleged assault, in tho moonlit garden of tho Beach cottage in tbe carlj' evening of February Feb-ruary 26 last. A gold and jeweled pocket knife, the gift of Mrs. Beach to her husband, will be produced and offered iu evidence as the weapon used. And the motive but that is what the caso of tho prosecution pros-ecution ib expected to develop tomorrow. B Witness for HusbanH. Hfl ,rs. Beach will be her husband :s IB chief witness and deny with emphasis Wn tnat no wa ncr assailant and tho cx- HM traordmary situation will bo presented Btt J a prosecution directed against a man EM Jor an attack on his wife who will de- 139 aif t a aUl tbat G W3s DOt her 8S" KB Thomas S. Fuller, ono of the dislin- BB guished array of legal talent who have Hfl peen hurried into tho case to combat KM the lono oflorts of City Solicitor Guu- U ter, said tonfght: BH 'We aro perfectly confident of the mm outcome and with Mr. and Mrs, Beach BH welcome this opportunity which we BJ long have sought to vindicate them bc- HJ tore the public. Thev have been Hfl grossly maligned, as the whole world mm will sec, when the cad of this casu is DJ reached. ' mm Major Gyles of Aiken, who took an HJ active- part, in tho preliminary inquirv. fl said tonight: Mm "Tho evidence in the case is purely Hfl circumstantial and the decision will Hflj rest wholly with the judgo and iury. mm I here is this much that I wish t o have mm Ji3?ac clear., however to our northern mm mends. This i3 not a persecution of H a man because fie is rich. Neither will mm there bo any consideration shown to mm 3lr. Beach becauso ho is not a poor H man. If I were asked to outline tho at- BB titede of my fellow townsmen with re- Bjfl ZprA to tho case T would say that it is mm simply a caso that comes before our Hfl courts in. the regular routino of busi- H J. M. Spain the Judge. HH r Thre aao be tric(1 before Judge Hfl J. M. Spain in the special session of mm court, tho spring torin of which began Hflj hore today. Tor tho state Citv Soltci- HB tor Guntor will bo the lone rep'rescnta- Hi jve4 For the defense there are Daniel HI ?-' nderson, dean of tho South Caro- mm hna bar and president of its bar asso-ciation; asso-ciation; President Puller of tho De- lancey Nicoll firm of New York, and mm Congressman James P. Byrnes of this Hflj district. In tho phalanx and as assis- mm tants to those named there are fivo other attorneys woll known in this sec-tion sec-tion of tho country ns trial lawyers of M stato and national ability. And vet, it is not expected that the trial will Ia3t fl mot, tlian tljreo flavs a1, tno outside. Efforts are being ntndc on both sides a6 a matter of fact to expedite thf mm proceedings. For instance, Baughn, the E detective, "who worked up the case Bfl against Mr. Beach, will not appear as KB a "Witness. This Tvas regarded as a tri- fl 'imph for the defense today. H One Witness Sick. H Miss Lallay Wyman. who from ber mm window on tho night 0f the assault saw mm tho man in gray" running from the Bfl scene, is ill and by permission of the court and consent of counsel, her les- HB timonj' was taken down today at her Mm nqme by the official stenographer and mm a.oe read tomorrow to tho jury, fl similarly, it has been agreed among mm 'Counsel that the testimony of Bovdn Bfl ii1?1' a Remise of Columbia, S. C, fl hh0i rf,ad. t0, 1 he W- Mr. ims has testified that the substance found on the broken blado 0f Mr. Beach's p6ck- mm ct knife is human blood. A subpoena also was served todav upon the mysterious witness who is al- mm leged to have been concealed behind Hfl a bookcaso m tho house of Major Gyles UM at a time when Mr. aud Mrs. Beach be- BN Iieved themselves to be absolute v Bfl alone. Bfl It is expected that this witnoss will Hfl prove to be a star for the profteeution, mm yet the lawyers for the defonso laugh mm uproariously when this detail is inch- mm tioncd and dclmn to take the icti- mm mony seriously. Jt is evident (hat some HJ surprise is plnnncd in tho interests of H Beach and the care with whinh this is B being guarded adds to the deep mvs-tcry mvs-tcry in which this case is surrounded" H Beaches Seem Friendly. Bfl rfi- Beach and her husband are hore J together tonight iu the Hotel AVileox Hfl surrounded by the bevy of faithful Hfl friends who have supported them HJ throughout the ordeal. And it is to be Hfl borne in mind also that Mr. and Mrs. fl Beach were in Europe when this indict- RNJ ment was found and might have kept away from Aiken and avoided thp or- i through which they aro now about j to pass. 1 Mies Marian. Hollins will t-catify for Mr. Beach, sho having been a house guest ou the night of the assault. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harriman arrived here today and it is rumored that they will each have a Tvord to say. In addition to those, if onhy Lo loud the influence of their presence to the. trial, Mr, and Mrs. "William K. Vandcrbilt arc here ag the closest friouds and staunchest supporters of Mr. and Mrs. Beach. The Thomas Hitchcocks from "West bury are on the ground; so arc Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Oliver Iselin. Mr. and Mrs. C. "W. Dolan of Philadelphia and Mr. and Mrs. W. Butler Duncan. Under tho South Carolina law it is a misdemeanor to assault a person with intent to kill and the punishment is at tho discretion of tho judge. |