Evening star., 1935-04-07
FOURTH MAN HELD
IN LYDDANE CASE.
AS CHARGES GROW
Search Ends When Witness
Is "Spotted on
Highway.
PLOT ON DARNESTOWN
WOMAN LAID TO TRIO
Bank Secretary Placed Under
$4,000 Bond on Charges of Con-
spiracy on Lives of Two.

The Lyddane case furnished another
surprise development last night wher
Harry E. Thomas, for whom police
of three States had been searching
was apprehended by Washington de-
tectives after a brief chase in Balti-
more The officers had gone to the
Maryland city on another case.
Thomas was brought to Rockville
and lodged in jail pending an inves.
tigation of several valuable leads" hi
is understood to have given detective;
concerning the strange case. Mont.
gomery County officials indicated HI
probably would be a States witness ir
the case.
Thomas seizure followed kaleido.
scopic chain of events yesterday dur.
ing the course of which Mrs. Anne
Lyddane, 29-year-old Rockville banl
secretary, was formally charged, alone
with two alleged male accomplices
with another conspiracy to murder.
Mrs. Lyddane, previously charged
with a plot to slay her husband
Francis S. Lyddane of Rockville
young dispensary bookkeeper, was ac,
cused of conspiring to murder Mrs
Josephine Beall of Darnestown in 6
warrant obtained by police yesterday
afternoon.
Named with her were John H
(Googy) CARMEL, bartender in a Rock.
vile tavern and erstwhile Washington
policeman, and Edwin j. Davis, with
both of whom, the police say, she
discussed a plan to murder the
Darnestown woman.
Status of Principals.
The status of the principals in the
case, which has stirred Montgomery
County, follows:
Mrs. Lyddane, at liberty under So.
900 bond on charges Of conspiring L
murder her husband and Mrs. Beall
CARMEL. held in jail in default ol
$4,000 bond ON a charge of con-
spiracy to murder Mrs. Beall.
Davis, held in Jail in default oi
$4,000 bond on a charge of con.
spiracy to murder Mrs. Beall.
John Boland Of Washington, held ir
Jail in default of $4,000 bond on 9
charge of conspiracy to murder Lyd.
dane.
William Brown, 81, of Alexandria
Va, at liberty under $500 bond as d
State witness.
Thomas, held for questioning ir
the two cases.
Thomas, driving toward Baltimore
last night, was spied by Detective
Sergt. Van Doren Hughes, who at the
time also was en- route to the Mary
land city to assist in the arrest of a
man wanted for questioning in con-
nection with a Canadian bank rob-
berry.
Hughes trailed Thomas into Balti-
more and, driving alongside the latter's
car, ordered him to halt. Thomas at
tempted to speed away, but the police.
man forced his car into a fence ano
placed him under arrest
A hitch-hiker. who was with
Thomas at the time, was released.
Brought back to Washington shortly
after midnight, Thomas denied any
knowledge of the Lyddane case anc
contended he had never met Mrs
Lyddane.
Montgomery County Policemen
James S. McAuliffe and LIE Roy
Rodgers took Thomas to the Rock.
vile Jail for questioning shortly aftel
the man had been returned to the
Capital.
While police were reluctant to dis.
cuss the story told by Thomas, they
said that the man admitted knowing
several of the principals in the case,
and that he had been approached
regarding the bank robbery, which DO.
lice say was to have taken place a!
part of the conspiracy.
Thomas told Montgomery officer.
he and a girl friend, who was with him
at the time of his arrest, but who wa.
released in Baltimore, we're "on the
lam," knowing Thomas was beine
sought in connection with the Rock.
Vile case.
The second conspiracy charge wa!
placed against Mrs. Lyddane, Carmel
and Davis yesterday afternoon aftel
Davis had been questioned for sew
eral hours by States Attorney Jane.
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