Edith M. Beecher ^{2 3}

   Other names for Edith were Anne Beecher and Edyth Beecher.¹

   FamilySearch ID: L87G-2R3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Tulare, Tulare, CA. ⁴ Renting at 373 King St: William J. Beecher, 33, was married for 9 years to wife Emma, 26. She had given birth to 7 children, 6 alive in 1910. Living with them: Edith, 8; Anne, 7; Willie, 6; Arthur, 5; May, 3; John, 2; and William's father, Hiram, 68, widowed. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. No one had an occupation.

2. Newspaper: Visalia Times-Delta, 16 Nov 1914, Visalia, Tulare, CA. ⁵ -----
CHINAMAN CHARGED WITH MISCONDUCT TO LITTLE GIRL
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W. J. Beeher Swears Out Complaint Charging Vile Acts.
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A complaint was sworn out before Judge Bagby today against Toy Jaw, a Chinaman who was placed in the county jail Saturday evening by Sheriff Collins. W. J. Beecher, who swore out the complaint, charges vile acts on the part of the Chinaman and the criminal mistreatment of Mr. Beecher's little daughter Edith. The case is one of the most reprehensible of any that have come to the attention of the authorities for some time past.

3. Newspaper: Visalia Times-Delta, 18 Nov 1914, Visalia, Tulare, CA. ⁶ -----
CHINAMAN CHARGED WITH VILE CRIME IS ARRAIGNED
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Toy Jaw Will Be Given His Preliminary Next Week; J. S. Clack Retained.
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Toy Jaw, the cook of the Mineral King fruit ranch, who was arrested by Sheriff Collins last Saturday, was arraigned before Justice E. A. Dagby this morning on a felony charge, on conviction of which he may lie sentenced to state's prison from one to 99 years.
The Chinaman's arrest was at the instigation of W. J. Beecher, who charged that he committed certain lewd acts in the presence of his little daughter. Toy Jaws bond was fixed at $3,000, in default of which he was remanded to the county jail.
The preliminary examination has not been set, but will he held some time next week. Attorney James S. Clack has been retained to represent the defendant.

4. Newspaper: Visalia Times-Delta, 26 May 1915, Visalia, Tulare, CA. ⁷ -----
TOY JOY CASE IS NOT YET COMPLETE
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Little Edith Beecher on the Stand all Morning.
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Case Will Likely Go Over Until Morning.
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The Toy Jaw case is proceeding slowly this afternoon and it is hardly probable that it will be finished this evening. Little 11 year-old Edith Beecher, the complaining witness, was on the stand the most of the morning. In a straightforward manner she told the story of the terrible indignities heaped upon her by the Chinese cook at the Mineral King ranch house, and the rigid cross-examination to which she was subjected by Attorney Irwin for the defense did not shake her in the least. The little one is an exceptionally, pretty child with light brown hair and blue eyes which did not waver when she told the jury the story of her wrongs.
The testimony of the mother was taken yesterday afternoon and several other witnesses have been called. Testimony for the defense seems to show that Toy Jaw had always borne an excellent reputation and was held in high esteem by his countrymen and employers.
The following is the jury selected to hear the evidence in the case: H. S. Ewing, James A. Chambless, A. L. Lynham, Jerome Prothero, Dan Clubb, T. R. Evans, J. H. Clack, M. A. Bennett, W. O. DeWherst, D. E. Simons, W. E. Hunsaker, R. E. Fitzsimmons.

5. Newspaper: Visalia Times-Delta, 28 May 1915, Visalia, Tulare, CA. ⁸ -----
TOY JAW IS GULTY SAYS JURY IN CASE; WILL BE SENTENCED SOON
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Next Tuesday Set by Court as Day on Which Chinaman Will Learn Fate.
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"Melican jury got no mercy on Chinese boy", said Toy Jaw, Chinese cook accused of a statutory crime against eleven year old Edith Beecher, when the jury in the case brought in a verdict of guilty after being out only long enough to take two ballots last evening. The Chinese will be sentenced next Tuesday.
The charges against Jaw were sworn out last November by the father of the little girl and the trial has been going on before Judge W. B. Wallace all the week. The contention of the defense was to the effect that the Beecher children had entered the Chinaman's kitchen without his knowledge and that when he found them there he hustled them out in a very unceremonious manner, at which the children took umbrage and "framed up" the story they told their parents.
This defense evidently did not get very far with the jury, considering the short time they took in returning a verdict of guilty. The trial was one of the quietest heard in Tulare county courts tor some little time. It is felt that counsel for the defense will file a motion for a new trial on Tuesday, in the meantime Jaw is boarding at Hotel de Smith.
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6. Newspaper: Visalia Times-Delta, 10 Jun 1915, Visalia, Tulare, CA. ⁹ -----
TOY JAW WILL PROBABLY GET JOB AS COOK AT SAN QUENTN
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Cooks Are Scarce and the Chinaman Will Get an Easy Berth.
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Deputy Sheriff Robt. Pool returned home this morning from San Kan Quentin after taking there Toy Jaw, the Chinese cook recently sentenced to serve eight years by Superior Judge Wallace for making improper proposals to a little girl on a ranch where he was employed near this city.
The Chinaman made no trouble on his journey. He seemed to be impressed by the size of the prison upon his arrival. It is probable that Toy Jaw will shortly be given a job as cook in the home of one of the San Quentin officers. Cooks seem to be shy at the state prison now and Toy Jaw is said to be a very good one. It is probable, however, that he will be given a course in the jute mill before getting back to his old occupation.

7. Census in 1920 in Salinas, Monterey, CA. ² May Beecher, sister-in-law, 14, single, was living with Geo. A. Kelly, 23, and his wife Edith, 18. Edith and May and their parents were born in Pennsylvania; George and his parents were born in California. George worked in a grocery store, Edith as a laundress, and May had no occupation. They were renting an apartment or boarding home at 113 E. Gabilan St. in Salinas.

8. Census in 1930 in Pacific Grove, Monterey, CA. ¹⁰ The 1930 census recorded George A. Kelly, 33, living with wife Edith, 28; Catherine E., 9; Alice M., 8; George A. Jr., 5; Barbara H., 1; and Dolores E., 0. Everyone was born in California except Edith in Pennsylvania.

9. Residence: on 7 Aug 1969 in , , ID. ¹¹

Edith married George Alfred Kelly Sr. on 28 Oct 1919 in , Monterey, CA.¹ (George Alfred Kelly Sr. was born on 22 Feb 1896 in San Jose, Santa Clara, CA ^{2 12 13 14} and died in Feb 1985 in Los Altos, Santa Clara, CA ¹⁴.)