Evening star., 1935-06-16

Brown, to murder Lyddane; conspir-
ing to procure unknown persons to
murder Lyddane, and conspiring to
procure unknown persons by unknown
means to murder Lyddane.
Her love for another man and her
desire to collect her husbands $4,000
double indemnity insurance prompted
Mrs. Lyddane to plot against the life
of Francis Lyddane. States Attorney
Pueh told the jury in his closing
argument.
In reply. State Senator Prescott,
chief of defense counsel, aSsailed the
credibility of the chief States wit
nesses. particularly that of John
(Googy) Carnell, Rockville bar
tender and former Washington police
man. who described himself from the
witness stand as a petty racketeer.
Prescott then took up the character
Of another State witness. Harry Elmer
Thomas, a former convict. Thomas
had been promised immunity for his
testimony in behalf of the prosecu-
ton.
The defense counsel described
Thomas a double double-crosser,"
who had told the jury he accepted
shake down" money from Mrs. Lyd-
dane in a murder plot he never in
tended to carry through and then did
Carnell out of his cut"
Prescott called attention to the fact
that Carnell was former bootlegger
and had served numerous prison SEN
tences for q varied assortment OF
crimes.
Met at Lorton.
In addition, there was the testimony
of Irving Borell, who met Carnell and
Thomas while the three were serving
time at Lorton Reformatory.
Gentlemen Of the jury" Prescott
asked, how would you like TO see
your wife or your sister deprived Of
her liberty on the testimony Of such
disreputable characters?"
Pugh contended a person seeking
sssassinations would not 60 among
Sunday school teachers" to recruit
them.
Pugh pointed out that CARMEL,
Boland and Thomas were the type OF
men Mrs. Lyddane might logically
seek out should she wish to have some
one bumped off"
Boland. 42-year -old Washington
gambler. was tried Monday and Tues
day before the three judges. who would
not announce their verdict for fear
Of prejudicing the Lyddane jury. A
purported guilty verdict" was pub
lished in a morning newspaper We'd
nesday and resulted in contempt OF
court citations against two Washing
ton reporters and editors. The cita-
ton is returnable Monday.
Carnell pleaded guilty when Bo-
lands trial opened Monday on charges
he conspired with Carnell and Mrs.
Lyddane to kill "Slom" Lyddane. His
sentence was deferred at that time.
Boland Confession"
Boland first signed a confession"
for police, saying he had participated
in the plot. He later repudiated the
statement and declared he merely had
intended to help Carnell blackmail
Mrs. Lyddane by threatening to show
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Lyddane and another fellow" to her
husband.
In summing up the case Pugh said
Carnell, acting as contact man."
brought Boland to Mrs. Lyddane's
apartment and overheard him agree
with Mrs. Lyddane to do the murder.
He said Boland then approached
Thomas and william Carley, alias
Willie Brown, Alexandria hijacker.
asking them to be the trigger men,"
Brown told the court he turned the
offer down. Thomas said he listened.
pretended to accept and then went
with Borell to see Mrs. Lyddane, who
paid him 5000 on his assurance that
he had "Slom all tied up"
In her testimony Friday Mrs. Lyd-
dane said she paid 5000. in blackmail
MONEY to two strangers who threat
ened to expose her relations with
Arthur Beall, Darnestown garage man,
whose wife once named Mrs. Lyddane
correspondent in a divorce suit. She
said she was afraid of losing her job
at the bank in event Of unpleasant
notoriety"
Quizzed about the $3.50 she had on
her person at the time OF her arrest,
Mrs. Lyddane testified she drew 5000
from the bank some weeks previously
to buy some baby bonds" and to
make a payment on new automobile
she planned to buy for her husband.
Note Is introduced.
Pugh contended one of the strong
est circumstantial links between Mrs.
Lyddane and the conspiracy was con-
tanned in the "Googy note" found in
Carnelrs possession at the time of his
arrest.
The note, addressed to "Googy" and
written on typewriter, demanded
that he "go through with the deal,
us II am as much implicated as any
of you and don't care what happens
to me If the deal does not go through"
The States attorney said two ex-
perts, q Washington police photogra-
pher and a documental expert from
the Treasury Department, had estab-
lished that the peculiar markings on
the note identified it with the type
writer Mrs. Lyddane used in her office
at the bank.
Paper in the note was identified by
q Bureau of Standards paper analyst
as of the same stock of that found
in Mrs. Lyddane's Office, and seals on
the envelope were identical with those
used by the defendant in her capacity
Is notary public.
Prescott ridiculed the contention
that this testimony was binding on the
defendant. He said the note obviously
had been written BY an inexpert typ