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MYSTERY THAT HAS
SET SOCIETY
ON EDGE
AT THE MINEOLA RACES
Children Cry for Fletcher's
INVOLVES RICH AND GREAT
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Strange Affair of Mrs. Frederick
0. Beach, Whose Throat Was
Slashed bj a Mao at Her Winter
. Home in Fashionable Aiken, S. C
EW YORK. Society mys-
terles ara the most bal
ling of all myitertei. So
ciety has a myitery today
that would require the
best effort! of a Sherlock
Holme to solve. It bar
tome elementa In H that
are altogether unusual In
the affairs concerning the
rich and great. This mys
tery surrounds the attack that was
made on Mrs. Frederick 0. Beach at
Aiken, B. C. More than a month has
elapsed since she was brutally as
aalled In the darkness outside her
home. Her bead was beaten with a
fenoe paling and her throat was
slashed with a knife. The mystery Is
still unsolved.
All the persons whose names bave
appeared In tbls affair are In the
front rank of high society. Mrs.
Beach, before her second marriage,
was the widow of Charles F. Havs
meyer. She was Camilla aloes, the
daughter of Courtlandt D. Mots of
Philadelphia. One of her sisters Is
Mrs. J. B. Taller, whose New York
residence is at No. 48 West Forty
seventh street Another sister Is Mrs.
Johnston Livingston Jr. The Living
stons hare an estate at Hewlett, L. I.
Frederick 0. Beach Is a member of
several clubs and a close friend and
companion of William K. Vanderbllt.
When In the north the Beaches make
their home at Hewlett In the winter
they shift tbelr domicile to Aiken. Mr.
and Mrs. Beach are prominent mem
bers of the "horsey" set of society,
the colony that is devoted to out-of-
door sports and gathers every winter
at Aiken for shooting, hunting and
golf. It Is the Meadowbrook and
Hempstead sporting element transplanted.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Basen Favorites of
- Fortune.
Mrs. Peach Is a noted equestrienne,
and very fond of the bunting field.
Her husband long has been famous as
a driver of crack four-ln-bands and as
a daring rider after the bounds. His
handsome face has gained blm the
sobriquet of "Beauty" Beach. His
wife is very pretty. She Is still under
86, but looks almost ten years
younger.
Mrs. Beach's first husband. Charles
F. Havemeyer, was the eldest son of
Theodore A. Havemeyer, the enor
mously rich sugar king. Her mar
riage to Mr. Havemeyer was consid
ered a very happy one. Two children
blessed the union. In May, 1898, Mr.
Havemeyer killed himself with a pis
tol at bit home at Roslyn, L. I. Au
gust Belmont summoned the coroner.
A Jury was hastily Impaneled. It con
sisted exclusively of men in the same
social aet August Belmont was the
foreman. It met at midnight, and de
clared that there was no evidence that
Havemeyer had fired the bullet Into
his brain with suicidal intent that
the self-shooting was an accident.
From her husband's estate Mrs.
Havemeyer Inherited a great turn of
money. About a year and a half after
hit death Mrs. Havemeyer married
Frederick 0. Beach. As a girl she
was rich, as a widow she was richer
still, and at the wife of Beach she still
had a greater fortune at her command.
All her life, therefore, she has bad all
the money she could possibly need,
millions of dollars.
Aiken Is one of the most fashionable
winter resorts within easy traveling
distance of New York. It vlet with
Palm Beach In the luxurious way of
living pursued by the fashionable col
ony, and Is far more exclusive than
the famous resort on the coast of Flor
ida It has been celebrated for years
for Its mild climate. Not only those
of riches and leisure, but many who
are suffering from weak lungs are at
tracted by Its balmy atmosphere.
Great pine forests cover tbe country
for miles all about Aiken, and the air
is toft and mild, no matter how bit
ter may be the cold In New York.
Perhaps a hundred rich and fashion
able families from New York, phlla-
delphla and Boston have their winter
homes there. Then there are many
more who run down to Aiken to spend
a fortnight or a month. Some of the
places of residence are great estates.
among the most magnificent In Amer
ica; others are big, comfortable
. houses surrounded by spacious
grounds. One of tbe mott opulent and
select country clubs In the south Is at
Aiken. The building In which it la
housed Is large and luxuriously ap
pointed. It Is the headquarters for
the smart set, and many of the society
people stop there In their fllttlngs
back and forth from one place of
leisure to another.
Robbery Not Motive for Attack on
Mrs, Beach.
The attack on Mrs. Beach occurred
on the evening of Monday, February
26. She was returning to ber bom
when a strange man sprang at ber,
knocked -ber down with a blow from
paling which be had torn from the
fence that surrounds the Beach place,
and slashed her throat with a sharp
knife. Mrs. Beach's earrings were
torn from her. It was at first tup-
vwf rpf 4 pífela
Mrs. F. 0. Bsach, Mrs. Jss. B. Tallsr, Sister of Mrs. F. 0. Btach; Mrs.
' Johnston Livingston, Bistsr of Mrs, F. 0. Beach.
posed that they were of great value
and that the motive had been robbery,
but tbe pendants were found next
morning on the ground where tbe at
tack had taken place. They proved to
be of ITttlo Intrinsic worth. Mrs.
Beach said they were family heirlooms
her mother bad given her, and she val
ued tbem on account of the associa
tions connected with them. A mo
ment before Mrs. Beach was assailed,
Pearl Hampton, a negro woman In the
Beach family's employ, was' felled by
the same fence paling and presumably
by the tame man who struck down
Mra Beacb. This negress wap near
an outbuilding used at a laundry. She
told contradictory ttorlet afterward
of having seen some one run out of
the laundry and" disappear in tbe
darkness Just before she was struck.
Atrt. Beach a screams when she was
assailed aroused the neighborhood,
and her attacker was pursued. He
dodged into an alley and escaped. Mra
Beach swooned and was taken Into the
house. The assault occurred Just out
side the grounds. 8be was for a long
time In a serious condition and un
able to afford the police and detec
tives much assistance. She declares
it was a negro that attacked her, one
that she does dot remember ever hav
ing teen before.
Naturally every one began to ask
questions. Why should any one at
tack Mrs. Beach? What possible mo
tive could there be? If the motive had
been robbery, why bad her assailant
attempted to cut her throat and add
murder to the crime?
Choice Morsel for Those Who Revel In
Scandal.
Starting with the known facta, so
ciety at Aiken and elsewhere straight
way became more than busy. It must
be remembered that In a small place
like -Aiken, where the exclusive social
circle Is limited, the vital thing of
each day's existence is gossip. It Is
like life In one of those little garrison
towns I India that Kipling haa de
scribed so mercilessly. Therefore
every one began building a fabric of
theories as to how It all happened.
After two or three repetitions each
small Incident was distorted Into a
thrilling bit of gossip, which presently
was passed along as a matter of fact
In this way the Beach affair toon be
came an Inconceivably tangled ekein
of lurmlae and suspicion that widened
day by day and Involved more and
more people.
One of the stories tbat started, no
one knows where, and spread with the
utmost rapidity, was to the effect tbat
a elose relative of the woman slashed
Mra. Beach't throat, and that the at
sallant and his friends conspired to
hide his guilt by charging an un
known negro with the crime. Mr.
Beach, because of the Inactivity of
the police and the activity of the gos
sips, employed two of the most promi
nent lawyers in Aiken to look after
bis Interests, and brought down a de
tective from New York. The detec
tive spent several days In Aiken, but
if be accomplished anything It was
not made public. This furnished more
food for the gossips, and Mr. Beach
spent day after day closeted with his
lawyers.
Whlspsrlngs Excite Ire of C. Oliver
. Iselln.
Then a new figure appeared In the
case with an astounding proclama
tion. C. Oliver Iselln, tbe millionaire
New York banker, the dean of the
Aiken colony, came out with an an
nouncement In a letter to the mayor
of Aiken that he would take pleasure
in tbe lynching of the person or per
sons who were responsible for the
slanderous accusations that had been
floating about since the murderous as
sault on Mra Beach. Mr, Isefn's
name had not been mentioned In the
dispatches from Aiken before ( oat.
He is fully as rich and as prominent
socially as the Beaches. His estate
at Aiken, .Hopelands, Is one of the
show placea of the south. It la named
after his wife, who was Hope God
dard, the daughter of Colonel William
Qoddard of Providence. They have
five children. Mr. Iselln Is famous as
a yachtsman. He is the owner of the
Vigilant, and was one of tbe manag
ing owners of the Columbia and other
cup defenders. His home Is at New
Rochelle.
In Mr. Iselln't letter to the mayor
ha offered rewards for the apprehen
sion and conviction, not only of Mrs.
Beach't assailant but of those who
had attacked other women shortly be
fore and toon afterward. Tbe victima
In these cases were servants, and
none of them wat hurt much. Mr,
Iselln't rewardt, however, have tuch
large, ttout strings to them that It Is
not likely any private detectives will
take them up and pursue the matter
on the speculation of collecting tbem.
The striking feature about bis letter
to tbe mayor was bis expressed desire
to aid In lynching the slanderers of
Mrs. Beach and her husband.
Mayor of Alkan to Make an Investiga
tion.
Then tbe mayor of Aiken threw bis
hat Into tbe ring, figuratively speak
ing. He came out with tbe announce
ment 'tbat he proposed to probe the
matter to the very bottom, and that be
was going to pursue his own private
and personal Investigation of the af
fair. He added tbat he wat not going
to take any one into bit confidence,
but waa going to get at tbe truth and
would make public In due time what
ever he found out He declarct he
does not propose to have tbe reputa
tion of Aiken suffer in the eyes of the
world, and he Is going to clear It of
every stigma that has been put upon
It by the Beach affair, no matter
whose feelings are hurt,
Tbat Is tbe present status of the
mystery. If it ever Is unraveled and
the solution gets into print it seems
likely It will be one extreme or the
other. Either It will resolve Itself
Into a case of unprovoked and brutal
assault by a negro, or else It may drag
to light various society skeletons. As
it stands now It has all the elements
of mystery that are essential to the
first 4,000 words of a fine 8herlock
Holmes story. All that Is lacking la
the solution and It would take more
than a Conan Doyle to Invent a climax
tbat exceeds In thrills any of half a
dozen that are being whispered behind
closed doors in Aiken.
Charge Made Involves Frederick 0.
Beach.
Frederick 0. Beach and Mrs. Z.
recently returned from a trip abroad,
where Mr. Beach learned that he was
wanted in Aiken, 8. C, for trial on a
charge of having attacked Mra Beach
there. Beach stated tbat he ran from
the house to his wife's rescue when
be heard her screams.
After Mrs. Beach's recovery she and
ber husband returned north and sal).
ed for Europe. Later a warrant was
Issued on the affidavit of a detective
accusing Beach of the attack. Beach
cabled from abroad that he would re
turn home at once.
Parrot Stops a Fire.
; Never again will the pet parrot In
the Clark home, In New Rochelle, N.
Y., be punished for violation of the
rules of polite' conversation, or for
any other cause. If It hadn't been
for the self-same parrot the Clark
home might today be In ruins. While
polly waa enduring her punishment by
Incarceration tn a email cage In the
attic she discovered a fire there and
gave tbe alarm. Consequently her
term of three weeks' - Imprisonment
haa been recalled. The parrot bad
been so disobedient of late, especially
In the matter of tbe looseness of her
conversation, that ahe waa put In the
attic Her pleat for mercy were
vain. -
While workmen were cutting down
treea near the estate a twig became
Ignited by a live wire. A gust of wind
blew it into the attic of the Clark
home, a window having been left open
for the benefit of the bird. Soon Polly
saw smoke coming from the celling
end screamed ber alarm.
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Disciple of Bacchus Evidently Real
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Harry waa a faithful servant of a
large cotton planter whom he called,
after the manner of slavery days,
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ously drunk; and one night In the fall,
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wagon. Here one of his numerous
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