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Show FRIENDS OF BEACH STANDJHCCIISED Declare the Case of South Carolina Against New Yorker York-er Savors of Blackmail. By International News Service. AIKEN, S. C April 12. The easo of the state of South Carolina against. Frederick O. Beach on the charge of having assaulted his wife with intent to kill, today assumed grave importance. impor-tance. Undoubtedly it will be a most serious se-rious lflgal combat. Both sides society soci-ety endeavoring to clear one of its members; Aiken trying to maintain its own fair Toputation declared themselves. them-selves. Sitting on the piazza of the exclusive exclu-sive Aiken club. Joseph Harriman, New York multimillionaire and friend for 3'ears of the Bcachn, said: "This affair is savoring pretty closely close-ly of blackmail. That is something which we winter visitors of Aiken and we friends of Fred Beach will not stand for. "The word of Mr. Beach, a gentleman gentle-man of. tho highest possiblo standing Ib disregarded and upon the declaration declara-tion of a detective Drought into the case by no one knows whom a warrant war-rant is issued for Mr. Beach 's. arrest and all sorts of scandalous stories arc put afloat. No effort will bo spared to provp. him innocent and disprove the imputations which have been put upon all of us." A little while after this, State Solicitor So-licitor 1?, L. Guntor, speaking quite calmly in his office, said: "I, have just sent a communication to Governor' Bleasc of this state, asking ask-ing that he allow me to draw upon what is known as the governor's contingency con-tingency fund for money enough to onable me to prosecute this case thoroughly thor-oughly and to combat the array of legal talent that the Beachs are lining up against us. In some places rich society people may bo ablo to hush up such affairs as this, but T do not purpose to allow them to carry things along their own way here in Aiken." |