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Show INJURED IU STAR WITNESS Mrs. Frederick O. Beach, With Dramatic Intensity, Exonerates Man Whose Name She Bears. DECLARES SHE WAS STABBED BY NEGRO Defendant Takes Stand in His Own Behalf; Case Will Probably Go to Jury by "Noon Today. By International News Service. AIKEN, S. C, Feb. 6. "Ho did not do it." Exerting her voice to the limit of its strength, Mrs. Frederick Fred-erick O. Beach thus ended today her dramatic exoneration of her husbaud from the charge of having plunged u pocket knife int0 her throat. Anywhere but in a court of justice the climax to this brilliant social leader's lead-er's rocital of tho events of the night of February 26 would have been received re-ceived with a burst of applause. Not once did she falter. She was grave aud Emiling by turns, dignified and courte- ons, now soft spokou, now emphatic. NorvouB at tho begiuuing of hor ordeal, or-deal, she quickly mastered tho situation and with a fringe of faces of the social so-cial oloct of New York and Newport gazing at her from tho spectators' benches and lending their support, Mrs. Beach darting at intervals a fond smile Ht the husbaud who fixed fascinated fasci-nated eyes upon her told the story which, if anything! will set that husband hus-band free. Previously Mr. Beach himsoh had told his story to tho jury, and following follow-ing the star wituosB of Iho trial, Mis-p Marion Hollins, preseuted a cameo-like narrative which, in point of effectiveness effective-ness was not excelled by thoHc told by the principals. Case Goes to Jury Today. Tomorrow the jury will decido. for both aides announced tho closing of the case today and tho summing up and tho judge's charge will be out of tho way before tho noon recess. Threo speeches will be made in behalf of the defenso in tho space of two hours which has been allotted to them whilo Solicitor Solici-tor Gunter will mako the lone address for tho state and conliuc himself by choice lo un hour. The last hour of today 'h session was used by the jury inspecting tho cottage in front of which tho assault was committed. Crooc-examination did little damage to the stories of either of tho three leading witnesses for tho defense. Hero and there discrepancies aroao but not of a character to put tho defendant in serious peril. A strong point iu his favor wbb addod with tho introduction of affidavits of two maidn and a chauffeur chauf-feur tbut half an hour bofore tho assault as-sault on tho night of February 26 a negro answering tho goneral description descrip-tion of tho man Mrs. Beach say3 stubbed hor approached ono of tho maids in Lanronz streot and whon driven driv-en off disappeared in tho direction ot tho Beach cottage. Tho hobnailed boot track was got bofore tho jury and por contra Gunter (Continued, on. Page Two.) INJURED WOMAN THE PRINCIPAL WITNESS V (Continued from Page One.) was forbiddon in rebuttal to brinfr out the words overheard by the spy who lurked behind tho bookcase in "-Mayor Gyles's office. "All of tho testimony put together, however, was lacking in tho dramatic and convincing force of tho story told by tho groat and dainty society woman she who suffered the blow in her effort to free her husband from the hideous charges ofMuiviug wielded the knife. Site is tho heroine of Aiken tonight at least of the smart set, lor whom she lias provided a new sensation. What is more to tho point, she has probably made possible the acquittal of her husband against what wero tremendous odds; she has saved the social so-cial prostigo of an honored name and tho six-foot-seven son, to whom she referred re-ferred so fondly in her testimony today. to-day. ma3 look back from tho t wilds of "Vancouver, whoro he is working for n living, and be proud to cull her mother. Mrs. Beach on Stand. It was about 11:30 when Mrs. Beach was summoned to tho stand. Her husband hus-band assisted her forward. Sho walked rapidly with her head hold high to the witness stand, daintily and demurely de-murely took tho tattered Bible in her hand and aimed a fleeting kiss at its soiled pages. Sho wore tho accustomed brown skirt with tan shoes, white-topped, and a brown turban. Instead of the silk shirtwaist, howovcr, she had donned a softer whito linen waist, low cut, -with a sailor collar, in order better to enable tho jury to see where the knifo wound had been inflicted. The scar shows plainly just beneath the right oar. Mrs. Beach -wore long brown gloves and carried her husband's hus-band's spectacle- case in her hands. In a somewhat husky voice she gave her name Camilla Moss Beach said sho had been married twice, her first husband having been C. F. Havcmeyer. who died about fourteen years ago. Eighteen Eigh-teen months later she married Mr. Beach. She has two sons of 20 and H years, respectively, by Mr. Havcmeyer, and two children, the 'fruit of her second marriage. mar-riage. Both of the latter aro still at school. Story in Detail. Mrs. Beach wa3 asked to tell In her own words tho story of the events of the night of February 26. Turning toward the Jury, the witness, using her hands to illustrate tho story, said: "Miss Holllns, Mr. Beach and myself had supper at the cottage that night. Aftor supper we wont into the sitting room, whoro we talked a while, and a little after 9 o'clock Miss I-IolHns decided de-cided to go to bed. I talked a while longer with Mr. Bnach and then 1 decided I. too. would retire, aftor first putting tho dogs out. As I walked out the hall seemed stuffy, so I closed the door of tho sitting room so that the draught would not strike Mr. Beach, and left the front door open. "I passed through the screen door and walkod down the steps to the yard. It was a moonlight night and the electric light was burning Just outside. As I looked out Into tho street 1 saw tho flg-uro flg-uro of a colored man coming through the gate. I stopped, for T have never been afraid of anyono In Aiken, white or black. " 'Can you tell mo or does Mr. Beach live here?' hn asked. 1 Imvo a letter for Katlo and another lady at Mrs. Har-rlman's.' Har-rlman's.' Attacked by Negro. "Ho seemed not to bo able to remember remem-ber tho name, so I naked him If he couldn't remember. Then I turned as he had moved toward me, and suddenly tho man Jumped . forward and put his hands on my shoulders. From that tlmo on I was so terrified that I don't supposo I oven screamed. There was a souffle, but how long the scuffle lasted I don't know. I remember being thrown to my knecB once and that I struck him in the face. Then It was that I screamed. I heard a door slam. 1 knew that Mr. Beach had heard and was coming to my aid. "Aa the man heard the door slam he hit mo on the car with a stick which ho had ln his hand nnd ran out between the two hushes ln the yard. The next Instant In-stant my husband was at my side. " 'What is the matter, dearie?' ho asked. " 'Oh, he hns done something dreadful dread-ful to me,' I cried, and threw myself In his arms. He helped me In. I was hysterical. hys-terical. But I was bound I would not lose consciousness. The next thing I knew I saw Miss Holllns coming down-Btalrs. down-Btalrs. Mr. Beach ran upstairs for his revolver, but said nothing to me about It. because J wouldn't havo permitted him to go out. Not that T was afraid he would bo hurt but because I didn't, want to bo left alone. Miss Holllns closed and locked the door bocauso T had cried to them to keen the colored man out. In a few seconds Mr. Beach returned and knocked on the door to be admitted." Describes Assailant Mrs. Beach told lh story in a sories of rapid rentenccs with dramatic pauses when ohft stopped to catch her breath. Describing tho man who struck her. she said ho had on a long overcoat and a slouch hat pulled down over his eyes. She had never seen hlin before, she ' aald. Concerning the stabbing, she said. , "I didn't know what had happened until un-til I felt something warm on my neck and I put my hand up and felt It all ytlcky. That was hefore ho hit me. It was when I got up on my foot that I screamed no, I didn't scream. I Just yelled." Mrs. Beach told of her husband's solicitude after oho had been carried Into the house. "He knelt at thj pofa," paid she, "and I was holding tight to hla hands to bear the pain of tho stitches the doctor vas putting In the wounds." There was a look of disdain on her faco when sho was questioned about the oaGto Jewel?. Earrings Her Mother's, "Tho earrings used to be worn by my mother," she said, "and when Bhe dlcnl I had them arranged so that I could wear them. 1 told Mr. "Wyman they had no Intrinsic value. The pearls aro not real, but the diamond settings aro. I nevnr told anyone they wero worth thousands thou-sands of dollars. I wore them out of sentiment." Mre. Beach denied that hc liad told anyone that tho motlvo for tho assault was robbery. "I never thought It was for robbery." she said. Continuing, sho told of the hearings at1 tho mayoro office, where. sh declared, I she had told all she knew about tho affair. af-fair. Sho corroborated her husband's Ktatoment that the gold knife had two blades ln It. at least the last time she faw It. She denied having ever used tho I lane leading to the Turner cottage, thus making answer to one of the Innuendoes which had been thrown out ln connection connec-tion with the assault and the motlvos which prompted It. Similarly. In answering answer-ing a hint regarding her husband's testimony tes-timony that during the occupancv by the Beaches of what 1 now the laundrv. Mr. Beach had frequently left his wlfe'alons and gone to Now York, tho witness said proudly: "I was never aJone ln the laundry while Mr. Beach was away without having hav-ing with me ray eldest son. "Wo wore on shore Just one weok from Europe when we heard that Mr. Beach was wanted here." said the witness, "and then we returned hcn at once- I wanted to come back here and find out what all this meant Mr, Beach haa not been away from me once." she tald again, ("since the affair happened." nd they cay in this Indictment that Mr. Beach cut your throat," said Byrnes. "Didn't noV , "He did not do It." answered the wife, her voice ringing through the courtroom. Cross-examination did not bother her. Sho denied absolutely that at tho time when she and her husband was alone In Gyles's office with a man concealed behind be-hind a book case, her husaand hud told her to charge the brother of Pearl Hampton Hamp-ton with the crime, and that sho had angrily cried sho would not do such a thing. Testimony of Beach. Mr. Beach told substantially the same story as that related by Mrs. Beach. Ho waa calm and self-possessed throughout tho examination, his anger never rising until the end, when the lawyers got into an nrgument regarding postponing tho trial last September and both- sides had declared thoy were ready thon, Beach criod. "Why didn't you havo the trial then? I was ready, too." I-Ic declared he waa 57 years old. Coming down to the events of tho night of tho assault, he went over tho same I ground covered by his wife, adding: "I paid no attention to tho man as he flashed past when I ran out ln answer to my wife's screams. I at first thought she had found a dead body possibly that of tho woman whoso screams wo had heard carllor in tho evening. I never ordered my clothing cleaned," he said, referring re-ferring to tho fact thnt all tho blood spots bad been washed from the suit he wore on tho night of tho assault. "My man cleans my clothing every morning." He related the part he played In the Investigations, denied the story of his alleged effort to get Mrs. Beach to fix tho crimo on Pearl Hampton's brother: explained the hiring of tho detective and made tho posltlvo statement that when he handed his penknife to Mayor GyleB at the latter's request no blade had been broken. Beach said he employed the lawyers to assist ln the Investigation. He had no recollection of having fixed a value of 55000 on the paste earrings. On Delicate Ground. On crpss-examlnatlon Gunter touched on dollcate ground, but almost Immediately Immedi-ately veered off. "Did anybody come to your house that afternoon?" "Yes." said tho accused husband steadily, stead-ily, "Mr. Harrlmun, I took a nap and when I woke up Mr. ITarrlnvtn was on the piazza with Mrs. Beach. I remained In tho sitting room talking with Mls3 Holllns." "Then you wont to the club and had some drinks?" "Yes. I tako a drink occasionally." "And aftor that vou spent the rest of the night at home?1' "Yes." Switching his attack. Gunter forced an admission from Beach that his wife had not told him anything about tho affair until the arrival of Dr. Wyman. "Then," flashed Gunter. "how was It possible for you to tell Dr. Wyman what happened Immediately on his arrival and before he had seen Mrs. Beach?" Beach managed to straighten himself on this point and then went on to say: "I am absolutely convinced the man was a negro," oald Beach. "But of course I couldn't swear to it" First Husband Killed. Guntor asaln trod upon delicate ground. He asked about tho death of Mr. Havemoyer, Mrs. Beach's first husband. "Where wero you when ho was killed If ho was killed?" asked the prosecutor. prosecu-tor. "In New York twenty-flvo miles away," "You don't know anything about that transaction, do you?" "What? cried Beach, sharply. . Beach cast a swift glance toward Ins wife, who was sitting with nor head bowed and her faco flushed. A flash of color crept over his face and he bit hla Up. Then, ln a quiet volco he answered: an-swered: "No.' Finally Beach made donial that he was a millionaire. "But It Is so said In the papers." "That's tho only way I shall ever be one." said Beach. Mlas Marlon Holllns likewiso confirmed con-firmed In evory detail tho stories of Beach and hie wife, and when she retired re-tired from tho witness stand, she and Mrs. Beach wero at once surrounded by the group of social lights and showered with congratulations. Closing Testimony. "What followed, with few exceptions, was mere detail. Beach was recalled at the beginning of the afternoon Bosslon and swore that he was right-handed. Tho testimony of Josephine Vallon and Laura Grosvonor, maids In the home of Mrs. Josoph Hoffman, was read concerning the negro who accosted them on the night of the assault, and a further affidavit affi-davit from Carl Mlcuelcn, a chauffeur, confirmed the Btory ln part. By way of rebuttal. Gunter called two stenographers to testify to tho accuracy of former statements mado by Beach and Mrs. Beach which they contradicted today. to-day. T-faddon Johnson had hidden behind tho bookcase. Ho was put on the stand, but his testimony to ruled out on a technicality. So was tho rebuttal testimony testi-mony of Mayor Gylea as to tho condition of the knife when It was handed to him. |