Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-14
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, JR.,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

stan correspondent OF Inc star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 14-The
State rested its case against Mrs. Anne
Lyddane' today, shortly after Mrs. Jo-
sephine Beall, mother of three children.
had told the jury and huShed court
room that she had chased the pretty
bank secretary from the driveway of
her home at Jamestown on the night
before the birth of her youngest child.
Mrs. Lyddane, whose trial on charges
of conSpiring to do away with her hus-
band, Francis (Slom) Lyddane. now
is in its third day here, is accused in
another indictment of plotting against
Mrs. Bealfs life. The latter once
named Mrs. Lyddane as correspondent
in a divorce suit against her husband,
Arthur Beall, Jamestown garage man
and base ball player. The suit was
withdrawn later after property settle
ment.
The accused bank secretary retained
her composure throughout Mrs. Beall's
dramatic. half-sobbing testimony. A
slim blond who does not look her 81
accuser.
Found Couple in Driveway.
Mrs Beall said she found her hus-
band and Mrs. Lyddane on a June
night three years ago in an automo-
bile parked in the driveway of the
Beall home.
She said it was the night before her
youngest baby was born and that her
husband had to restrain her while
Mrs. Lyddane drove away laughing
in my face"
States Attorney James H. Pugh led
Mrs. Beall through her story with
few questions and Defense Counsel
Stedman Prescott declined to examine
her beyond her original statement to
the jury.
The defense began presentation of
its case Immediately after the State
rested, but only one witness, Rich
mond Green, president of the Farm
ers' Banking & Trust Co., who en-
ployed Mrs. Lyddane as secretary. had
been heard when court recessed for
lunch.
Mrs Lyddane was accused yesterday
of a plot on the life of her husband
by John (Googy) Carnell Rockville
bartender, former Washington police
man and self styled petty racketeer."
CARMEL was indicted along with three
other Washington police characters,
but pleaded guilty and turned States
evidence after promises of immunity.
A threat" note found on his person
is among the most important evidence
in the case, the State having made
repeated efforts to show it was written
on Mrs. Lyddane's typewriter.
Insurance Agent TeStifieS.
The others under indictment in the
alleged plots are Harry Rags)
Thomas, former convict. and Edwin
j. Davis, who has served time for
bootlegging John Martin Boland al
ready has been tried, but the verdict
was withheld.
In renewed effort to prove motives
of avarice and love for another man,
the State followed up the testimony
of Mrs. Beall by putting an insurance
agent on the stand, who testified there
was a $4,000 double indemnity policy
on the life of Mrs. Lyddane's husband.
Lyddane avowedly believes in the
innocence of his wife and accompanies
her daily to the trial. She was
dressed Immediately in white, from
head to toe, this morning and showed
no traces of the strain of the trial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beall, despite testimony
that he and Mrs. Lyddane were seen
together in. recent months. were
reconciled three years ago and have
been living together since.
Paper Expert Testifies.
r. E. Lotion, Bureau of Standards
paper analyst, was the first witness
at this mornings session. He de-
clared the envelope of the "Googy
note" was from the same paper stock
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