The Washington herald., 1922-12-22
Lord Chief Justice Of England
Refuses Plea of Guilty
Couple in Bywaters Case
LOVE LETTERS EXHIBITED
Missives Betray Plot Of Faith.
less Wife and Her Lover
to XIII Man With Poison
BY Universal Service.


most sensational murder trial in
. decade ended today when the
lord chief justice dismissed the
appeal of Edward Bywaters
against the sentence Of death for
murder of the husband Of Mrs.
Edith Thompson.
Mrs. Thompson, sentenced joint
ly with Bywaters, also submitted
an appeal for mercy, which was
refused.
LETTERS EXCHANGED.
Mrs. Thompson was the FIRST
woman in years to receive a death
penalty for murder. During the
trial it was brought out that she
and Bywaters sought repeatedly to
poison Thompson. without success.
Passionate love letters. interspersed
with suggestions for killing the
accused couple.
Finally one night Thompson was
found in the arms of his wife on a
wounds.
ADMITS EFFORTS.
A dramatic moment in the trial
came when Mrs. Thompson ad-
mitted attempts to poison her nus
band, tut said she did not want to
kill him, merely 10 weaken him SO
that il he should have hear, at
tack he would not recover"
Letters which passed between By
waters and Mrs. Thompson were
exhibited One from Mrs Thomp-
son to Bywaters read:
DarLngest BOy-I wish you
were never going away any more
never going TO leave me
want you always 10 be with me.
i always say and think ana be
neve nobody on this earth is sin
session Is Nice feeling. don't
you think, darling!-Wheb II ca.
ists between YOU and me
To PUT On MASH
After tonight ain going to
die. not really but put Un the
mask again. darling. until May
IS. Doesn't IL seen years and
Sears away:
We said IL before. darling and
know we failed. but there will
be no failure this time. darling.
there mustn't be I'm telling
you-lf things aue the saIne
again then I'm goinS with YOU
, wherever II is.
DarlIns-you are not and never
will be satisfied with half and
don't want to give half-all
every ounce of me that hives to
you. You say you are sOrTy FOL
some OF the things that happened.
Yes, suppose ] am in d way.
but. darling. i feel ! don't do
enough.
want to show you how much
my love is and when IL ~
something you want and you do
want II Just at that moment.
don't you / want to give IL
want TO stifle all my own feel
ings for you.
CRIED OVER LETTER
Another letter of Mrs Thompson
to Bywaters follows:
The mail was in this morning
and l read your letter. darlint.
cried. l couldn't help 1t. such a
lot. II sounded so bad. i cried
for you. ] could exactly feel how
you were feeling. I felt like that
SO often that i know. ! was
buoyed up with the hope of the
light, and ! used a lot. big pieces.
not powdered. and II has no ef-
feet do feel SO down and un-
happy. darling
You tell me not to leave finger
marks on the box. Do you know,
. I didn't think of the box. but l
did think of the glass or cup,
whatever was used. / wish
could do something. Think for
me. do. l do want to help.
.ENPERIMENT WITH PILLS"
IL you only knew how helpless
and selfish l feel letting you do
such A lot for me. and / doing
nothing for you. II ever we are
lucky enough to be happy. dar-
ling. / will love you such a lot.
1t is a terrible feeling to want,
really want to give all and every
thing. and not be abe to give a
tiny little thing just through cir
cumstances.
cannot bear to think Of it
whole four weeks and things
the same as they are now. All
that lying and scheming and sub
terfuge TO obtain one little hour
in each day, when by right Of ma
ture. and our love. we should be
together for all the twenty-four in
every day.
The pain gets too heavy to
bear. but If things were different
what a grand life we could start
together. Perhaps we could have
that one week. could be ill
from shop. More lies, but the
last. DO experiment with the
pills while you are away. please
darling. No. we two. two hearts.
have not yet come to the end Of