Early guessed and he was on target that the county prosecution team would focus this time on the details of the murder, not the emotions that led to it. Betty, in the meantime, survived another year in prison. She remained in high spirits, found several close friends and took part in prison activities. She was delighted to see her two boys when they visited. But, as the trial neared, an incident occurred in prison that marred the easy transition.
Details are sketchy but at that time lurid enough to catch the eye of the press.
The following morning's headlines roared to an American public that Betty was once again exhibiting her old defiant ways. Jack Early cried foul, blasting the incident as a stage-up. This whole case is a story of extremes extremes of rich to poor, and all the rest. I said I represent the extremes of what can happen to women in divorce courts. Opening arguments were pretty much the same as before, although both Wells and Early had sharpened their rhetoric.