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J tu Adi DECLARED NOT GUILTY?
Aiken Jury Frees Man Cliarged With
Assaulting Wife.
Aiken. Feb. 7.-F. O. Beach was
acquitted this afternoon In tho Aiken
county court of tho charge of assault
ing his wife. The Jury was out ex
actly ono hour and forty-five min
utes.
Mr. Beach was not in tho court
room when tho verdict was read, hav
ing gone to lunch during the recess
of court, but ho arrived a few min
utes later and at once went to the
jury box and shook hands with mem
bers of the Jury.
"There was absolutely nothing to
the case." tho fore nan told Mr.
Beach. "There was too much 'Wat
so' and not enough 'Shcrlocko.' "
Beach laughed gleefully and slap
ped thc foreman on the back. Mrs.
Beach did not return to the court
room.
Tho foreman explained that the de
lay in reaching a verdict was due to
the fact that one or two jurors want
ed to "discuss everything under tho
sun except the case."
Mr. Beach shook hands with tho
judge, donned his great fur coat and
went to join Mrs. Beach at the hotel.
There was no demonstration of any
kind when the verdict was rendered.
Friday's Proceedings.
Aiken society turned out on the
last day of the Beach trial. Mrs.
Beach was attired in her usual brown
dress and sat beside lier husband.
The case opened at 9.55 o'clock.
Congressman Byrnes Hist address
ed the jury for tho defense. He con
tended that the prosecution had fail
ed to produce any evidence to con
ned Beach with the assault. As he
spoke Mrs. Beach appeared weary for
the first time during the trial. Rest
ing her chin upon a gloved hand, she
gazed at the lawyer through tired
eyes.
Mr. Byrnes spoke for half an hour
and then yielded tho remainder of
bis time to Judge W. Q. Davis, of
defense's counsel, who made an elo
quent appeal to the jury in behalf of
Beach. Col. D. S. Henderson closed
for tho defense.
He began by reading to the court
the instructions he asked to be in
cluded In the judge's charge to the
jury.
"What motive did Beach have for
cutting his wife?" asked Col. Hen
Idi
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con for his dy.uj?lt Me d. ia t do
lt, and tho one who was assaulted
has told you that ho didn't do it.
Would you convict a yellow dog or
anything on the evidence that has
been offered against Beach here?"
Col. Henderson concluded shortly
before noon and after a short recess
Prosecutor Gunter began Iiis ?"losing
argument.
Story Made hy Beach.
The prosecution attacked the story
told by Mrs. Beach, terming it a
"mero fabrication, no moro and no
less." He said it was absurd for her
to claim that the alleged negro assail
ant had forced her to tho ground
with his two hands and afterwards
hit her in tho head with a stick that
she said he was carrying when ho en
tered the yard.
"Mrs. Beach never told how she
got around the corner of tho house
where her earrings and combs were
found," declared the solicitor.
"She claims to have been forced to
her knees on the front walk. Then
again Mrs. Beach says she did not
scream until after tho negro had cut
her. Don't you know that she
screamed, and kept screaming the
minute her assailant struck her. who
ever lt was? All that story was made
ui> by Beach and afterwards corrob
orated by Mrs. Beach for his protec
tion."
Goes to tho Jury,
After tho prosecution closed the
case was given to the jury at 1.14 p.
m. After tho jury had been out for
thirty minutes without returning a
verdict, Judge; Spain adjourned court
until ?, o'clock.
After tho jury had been out an
hour this afternoon three raps were
beard on the door of the jury room.
The jurors were not ready to report,
however, but had merely sent out for
ice water.
Court was in recess at tho time
and the verdict could not bo an
nounced, even if reached, beforo ?1
o'clock. Beach and his wife went to
<llnner, but ono or two or the lawyers
for the defense remained in the conn
room.
The judge's charge simply was a
recital of ibo law bearing on "assault
?nd battery witli Intent *o kill" and
circumstantial evidence. Tho court
was careful to caution the jury that
a verdict of guilty should not he
found ?s long as a reasonable doubt
of the defendant's guilt existed In
their minds.
?.Man Behind Bookcase."
APei* the defense had rested late
Thursday, the State offered several
witnesses in rebuttal to contradict
portions of the testimony of Mr. and
ELBERTON MAN'S HOT BATH.
Modesty Almost ITvvented Ris Es
cai>e from Steuin Death.
Elberton, Ga., Feb. 8.-John
Clark, 20 year? old, who 'works at
the Elberton Steam Laundry, had a
narrow escape from being steamed
to death last Friday about the noon
hour. Ho decided to lake a bath
while tho plant was shut down for
dinner, and climbed Into the big
washing machine, which was about
half full of water, turning on the
steam. This machine rolls on axis.
lt is like a huge hogshead, and has
an oval shaped door that works on
hinges. Tho door has spring locks
and can be opened only from the
outside.
Soon after Mr. Clark climbed in
the machine and began splashing
around In tho warm, steam-heated
water, tho machine turned slightly
on its axis and the big door came
down with a bang, locking him in
tight and fast. Knowing that the
other people who worked around the
plant were away for dinner, and feel
ing the steam growing hotter and
hotter, ho began to scream for help
as loud as he could. His cries finally
leached tho ears of a lady residing
near by and she ran to the rescue.
Bul her arrival did not relieve the j
situation entirely. Mr. ('lark was
ha tiling, as George du Maurler, of
"Trilby" fame, described as "the al
together," and, unlike Trilby, was i
too modest to come out of Iiis steam- j
heat bath entirely nude, prefering to j
die a martyr to his ideals of decency
and live forever after in tho mem
ory of those who preached the slogan
of Patrick Henry-"Give me mod
esty, or give me death."
The lady soon took in the situation
and lost no time in securing the as
sistance of those who could save
from scalding to death the man that
she was powerless to help. She ran
back home and got a negro servant.
She returned as soon as she could
with the negro boy, who opened the
door.
Tho steam and water had by this
time taken off patches of Mr. Clark's
skin. The lady stood near by con
gratulating him on the fact that she
heard his screams for help. "But
this water ls hot and getting hotter
all the time, and I can't get out as
long as you aro In the building," said
Mr. Clark. The lady, blushing, took
in tis.- .situation and b^'af i hasty TO
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Ho Gets $5,M(?o mun tiny not .
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 7.-Dr. Wm.
J. Arljtz, of Hoboken, N. J., who
brought suit against Mayor William
J. Gaynor, of New York, for $7,500
for professional services rendered
while the mayor was In a hospital at
Hoboken, after he had been shot on
ocean steamer, was awarded $5,800
to-day by a jury in the United States
Court here.
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Mrs. Beach, and during this proceed
ing the Identity of the mysterious
"man behind the bookcase" was re
v?ale' He turned out to be Haddon
Johnson, a young newspaper man of
Aiken, who is alleged to have over
heard a conversation between Beach
and his wife in the mayor's ofllce
about the assault.
Johnson was not permitted to give
an exp]s>'amory answer to the prose
cutor's question as to whether Beach
had not asked his wife to lay tho of
fense upon the brother of a negro
servant, and he declined to make any
answer whatever.
A large part of the afternoon ses
sion Thursday was taken up by the
defenso with the introduction of
character witnesses. Men of high
and low degree, men who had known
Beach In New York and in Aiken for
years - (he has spent seventeen win
ters here)-testified as to his repu
tation for being quiet and orderly.
Informal Evidence.
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., of New
York, who belongs to Beach's set,
was challenged by the prosecutor
when he said Beach had a reputation
of being orderly.
"J don't, supiiose you have ever dis
cussed Mr. Beach in this way. have
I you?" asked Mr. Gunter.
"Oh, yes," responded Mr. Hitch
cock, with a smile, "wo often discuss
our friends' reputations."
Another of theso witnesses, D. W.
Cost?n, who ls president of the First
National Bank here, and also runs
the livery stable, received this lively
greeting from tho prosecutor:
"Hello them, Dave! When did you
commence to run with the four hun
dred?"
"Oh, I've got so I can't eat my
lunch until 2 o'clock," replied tho
witness with a hearty laugh.
PREDICTS RACE* ABSOR1TION.
"Jack Johnson, Instead of Roaming
Streets, Should Re in Morgue."
Chicago, Feb. 6.-'"One hundred
years from now few people In thia
country will bo able to say they have
not a drop of negro blood In their
veins," asserted Dr. C. Frank Lyds
ton, speaking yesterday at the lunch
eon given by tho Irish Fellowship
Club at the Hotel La Salle. His sub
ject was "Some Phases of the Science
of IOugenles."
"If you are not Inclined to accept
my statement," he said, "I'll have to
take you on a trip, as I did a friend
of mine. When we reached Twelfth
street on a south-bound State street
car we found that of the sixteen ne
gro passengers one might be a pure
negro, and of that ono my friend was
lu doubt. Standing In front of the
Columbus building, my friend count
ed thirty jieople who might pain fo"
white, but whom he rec"?gnlz?rl
having a strain of Ethiopian hi
Conditions Here n Disgrace
"Tho offspring of black and \ li!
is a mulatto race. Mulatto and i
generate quadroons. Three t<
further the Louisiana law still d
Hues the descendants as having li
gio blood, one part In thirty-two
it prohibits intermarriage of such :
divlduals with whites.
"Conditions hero are moro f
grace to thc white race than tc
black. .lack Johnson, instead
roaming the streets, should be 1
morgue."
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An Enormous Police Graff.
New York, Feb. 7.-An unexi
turn was given police graft inve ti
.tions by the remarkable c nf?
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?Vtiiwl? madjj .i coj fos?ion on ; i ,'k
bed, forced partly by tho charge of
Policeman Eugene Fox, who Monday
pleaded guilty of graft collection.
Commissioner Waldo to-day suspend
ed Walsh and threatened similar ac
tion against others named by Walsh.
Dog's Brain in Man.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 6.-The
brain of a dog was transferred to a
man's skull at University Hospital
here last night. W. A. Smith, of Kal
amazoo, had been suffering from ab
scess on the brali, and In a last ef
fort to save his Ufo this remarkable
ojieration was performed. Smith ls
resting comfortably and the surgeons
say he has a good chance to recover.
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?HAFT IN DISPENSARY WORK.
So Says Legislative Committee--Other
Important Mattera.
Columbia, Feb. Y - -" 'our coramit
tee'also had a meeting i? Charleston
and as a result of that testimony aud
other testimony along tho same line
taken In Columbia wo are convinced
that a regular system of graft exists
and has existed for years In that city
In connection with the work of the
dispensary constables." says tho com
mittee appointed at the last General
Assembly to Investigate the charges
made by Governor Blease against the
Ansel winding up commission and
former Attorney General Lyon, In
their report Hied with tho Senate
this morning and ordered printed in
the journal.
The majority report is signed by
Senators Carlisle, Sullivan and Clif
ton, and Representatives J. J. Evans
find W. L. Daniel, while a minority
signed by Representative
agrees in the findings of the
?Ity with the exception cf the
lony taken at Augusta, and af
rds in Columbia, which Mr.
does not think is relevant.
Die report, with the exception that
Arthur, when a member of the
commission overcharged the
. says of tho charges made by
.nor Blease that they are wholly
?portod by the testimony and
fore without foundation in fact.
' torney General Lyon and the
? hers of the Ansel commission
\V. .1. Murray, chairman, .1. S.
>, Avery P.itton, John McSween.
. Wood-ire exonerated of all
?es made against them.
ie committee thinks that Thomas
elder misled them in his state
s about what his testimony
. id show when the committee
to Augusta, Ga., last summer to
his testimony. They, however,
v? it-to Augusta, as they thought
.thing would be gotten from Fel
. and at; he would not como to the
i because he feared arrest and
ibly assassination. But his testi
mony established nothing in the re
of the committee,
ie majority of the report ls a rep
. .tliion of charges made by; the Gov
ernor and the refuting of them sec
tion by section from the testimony
-'ed, all of which Is made a part
e report.
Other Matters,
the Senate to-day a favorable
.{ was made on ts . MP prbvid
lng tor me?tcal inspection in the |
schools and uhllttgea, i .i ? i< thc RU' j
tenborg bill allowing high licenae to !
'?harb.itton t. regulating the liquor]
traine, proviueci the liquor is soiu
only in original packages.
Senator Nicholson's bills regulating
the admission of foreign .fe Insur
ance companies In thc State and pro
viding for a license for sai e was
continued until the next session on
motion of the Edgefield Senator.
Senator Patterson's bill requiring
male applicants for marriage license
certiueates to present certificates
from some reputable physicians that
they were free from any infections or
contagious disease was continued un
til next session.
STRIKE MOR USES ROMR.
Two Officers Were Hurt When Infer
nal Machine Explodes.
New York, Feb. 6.-A mob demon
strating In the Interest of garment
makers, on strike from shops In the
Williamsburg section of Brooklyn,
employed a bomb as a weapon In
their warfare to-day. Edward Hart
man and .lohn Hopp, two special offi
cers guarding a shop affected by the
strike, were seriously hurt by glass
and scrap Iron from tho infernal ma
chine. The explosion wrecked -the
front of the building and precipitated
a panic among the operatives.
A police sergeant and five patrol
men 7/?re beaten by the mob. Re
serves dispersed the strikers after a
struggle, In which five men and two
girls were made prisoners.
A thousand operatives returned to
work in a number of shops .through
out the city to-day, after remaining
on strike for more than a month. All
their demands, Including better pay
and shorter hours, were granted,
their leaders said.
Only Two Survive Catastrophe Off
Nicaraguan Coast.
Blueflelds, Nicaragua, Feb. 6.
Nineteen persons, including ll pas
sengers, a Catholic pi lest and seven
members of the crew, were drowned
this morning when the schooner Gra
nada was wrecked off Grey town, Nic
aragua, according to advices receiv
ed here this afternoon. There were
but two survivors.
The Granada was a combination
schooner and gasoline boat, having
two masts and a 60-horse-power gas
oline engine. It was of 36 tons net
register and >was built in New Or
leans in 1912 at a cost of $8,000. The
vessel was owned by Alberto Ber
nard, of Blueflelds, and for tho past
several months had been engaged in
carrying passengers and freight be
tween Blueflelds and points on the
San Juan river, in Nicaragua.
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MCCOMBS HAS BEEN HONORED.
Associates I*re?ent Democratic Na
Uonal Chairmen With Loving Cup.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 7.-A gold lov
ing cup was presented Wednesday to
Chairman William F. McCombs, of
the Democratic National Committee,
by his associates In the recent cam
paign. The presentation speech was
made by Norman E. Mack, whom Mr.
McCombs succeeded as chairman.
Henry Morgenthau si>oke for the cam
paign committee and Martin J. Wade,
national committeeman from Iowa,
for the State committeemen.
In presenting the cup Mr. Mack
said that Chairman McCombs' suc
cess In having his candidate made the
convention nominee at Baltimore
made him the logical choice for chair
man, and added:
"This cup will remind you of the
gro?t contest that you waged so suc
cessfully and the victory that came
to the party In the last memorable
contest In which you, as national
chairman, elected a Democratic Pres
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Democratic Governor In more States
than ever beforo In the history of the
Democratic party."
Chairman McCombs, in thanking
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TILLMAN DOWN ON SMOKING.
W1U Endeavor to Stop Practice in tho
Senate Chamber. -
Washington, Feb. 8.-If Senator
Tillman, of South Carolina, can have
his way, there will be no smoking in
the executive sessions of the Senate.
He ls very sensitive to the odor of to
bacco and made an effort during tho
executive session Tuesday to have
smoking prohibited, but, as the ques
tion is not covered by the rules, he
failed. He then gave notice that he
would soon Introduce a resolution
prohibiting smoking in the Senate
chamber at all times.
Confirming the report as to his In
tention Mr. Tillman said: "There is
no more reason why Senators should
be allowed to smoke in executive than
In open sessions. Many men object
to tobacco smoke, and just because
they are members of the Senate they
I should not be compelled to sit where
they must submit to it."
tho practice of law in New York with
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I hope that they will continue both
In a personal and political way."
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