The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
ACCUSED WIFE
TELLS. STORY
To TIMES
Explains Bonding Business
Connections, Bank Account;
Reveals Early Life
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SAASA SNAANAN NAA uA 1AAOSNAU
victim of circumstances.
"Raw Blackmail"
Murder plots? Ridiculous? It
was blackmail-raw blackmail
There was no murder plot against
her husband. There was no MUIR
der plot against Mrs. Beall. There
was no plot to rob the bank.
Pigments of an overwrought
imagination, or plain lies. That
is Anne Lyddane's answer. There
is the additional answer that she
paid blackmail money - huge
money-to the men who now
name her as a coconspirator.
All of this is in the hands of
her lawyers. She can't discuss
it in detail now. She is willing
to but her lawyers and her huS'
band say mo" This part of the
story will be told to the grand
Jury, if there is one. or in open
court.
Her life?
It's the story of a girl reared
In a home of refinement and cul-
ture, of an education by tutors in
her home, of an uninterrupted
marriage, of an amazingly sue"
ceSSful business career and finally,
of a deviation from the path of
Righteousness when Arthur Beall,
handsome 42-year-old DoWneStoWn
(MdO garage owner, came into
her life.
And then Fate stepped into the
picture. Anne Lyddane'S own
chums run around with other
men. She'll tell you that. But
she alone was singled out to face
the consequences.
An indiscretion-a series OF
indiscretions that went on for
four years-clandestine meetings
with Beall-
So what?
That's what Anne Lyddane will
ask her enemies. That's what she
asked last night. And what has
a personal indiscretion to do with
an alleged murder plot? She
asks the question.
Answer to RumOrS
The mysterious bank account
for which she is trustee, the So
called million-dollar bonding bust
ness she conducted, and the pow
erful grip she holds on the Demo
cratic organization Of Montgomery
county-all these queries amuse
the blonde bank clerk. Here IS
her answer to those rumors:
Former Senator Robert G.
Hilton was president Of the
bank. 1 was his secretary. He
handled the bonding business,
and l gradually became &C.
quainted with it. From Octo.
Der, 1888, until April, 1884, /
had the power of attorney to
sign the bonds for him..
GAIL commissions from these
transactions were turned over
to his account. Most of the
money was used to keep up his
insurance policies.
"When Senator Hilton became
lncapacitated finally I was made
agent for the bonding company.
/ agreed voluntarily to pay the
expenses of Mr.. Hilton's care at
the SanitOrium. I continued to
nay these expenses until Decem-
Der, 1884. Mr.. Hilton was then
taken from the sanatOrium.
"My entire income from this
source was something less than
$1,000.
"My salary at the bank
where 1 was employed as secre-
tary and clerk was SIPS q
month.
NO OTHER INCOME
81 had other sources Of In
come. / received all the protest
fees at the bank. This amounted
to several dollars a day, some
times.
81 also did nOtariaI work and
received an income from this
source.
"But 1 was never in any mil
IiOn-dOlIar bonding business.
That's just a silly rumOr.
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banking account for my nephew.
This is a very small amount of
money. His name? Why bring
that in? Let's leave him out"
"Would you say there is $4,000
In that account?"
81 wish there were half that
amount. 1 never had great
deal of money!"
'"What power do you hold over
the local Democratic OrganiZa-
ton, Mrs. Lyddane"
This query elected broad
smile:
That's a ridiculous rumOr. I
hold no power. / merely worked
for my political friends at cleo
ton time the same as many
other people out here. 1 am
greatly interested in politics"
"There are rumOrS that you
had your husband insured for
$4,000 and that you paid the
premiums on the pOlicy?"
"My husband at one time car
ried $4,000 in insurance. Hard
times of the past few years COM
PEELED him to drop that sum to
$4,000. Both of us paid the
premiums but most of them were
paid by Mr.. Lyddane."
when you were arrested you
had SITS on your person, did
you metz"
eyes, I did"
"Do yOw always carry that