Evening star., 1935-06-15
State AssaiIs "BlackmaiP'
Defense in Closing Argu-
ment to Jury.
COUNSEL FOR WOMAN
DEN0UNCES ACCUSERS
pugh Says Love for Another and
Avarice Were Motives Of
Bankers Secretary.
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BY w. H. SHIPPEN. JR.
STAFF CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Ma, June Is The
Lyddane case rapidly approached a
climax early this afternoon with the
prosecution assailIng the "blacKnlail"
defense offered by SArs. Anne Lyd-
dane and asking the jury to find her
guilty Of conspiracy 70 murder, Whlle
defense counsel stressed the dis
reputable character" of her principal
accUSerS.
Closing arguments were begun with
the opening of court this morning
with each side limited to an hour and
45 minutes. The jury of IL middle
aged men is to Get the case shortly
after these are concluded.
If found guilty the slender. blond
defendant faces penalty up to 10
years Imprisonment or fine OF
$1,000. She can either be fined or
imprisoned, or both, under Maryland
law.
Faces Second Charge.
States Attorney James H. Pugh,
summing up for the prosecution,
charged love of another man and
avarice were the motive OF the 81
year-old bank secretary, who is ac-
cused in this trial of plotting with
Washington hoodlums to do away
with her husband, Francis (Slom)
1yddane She also faces another in
dictment charging she consplred
against the life of Mrs Josephine
Beall. wife of Arthur Beall, the
Darnestown garage man. with whom
the State charges Mrs, Lyddane was
in love.
Pugh emphasized evidence to show
Mrs. Lyddane had been in love with
Beau. father of three children, and
was benefactor of a $4,000 double
indemnity insurance policy on the life
of her husband, the premiums on
which she often paid.
The States attorney also stressed
the importance of the so-called
"Googy' note. declaring the State has
traced it to it's source. He insisted
that e.rcumstantial evidence definitely
links the note with Mrs. Lyddane's
typewriter.
The note was found on John (Googy)
CARMEL, and urged haste in going
through with the deal."
Accuser Admits Role.
Carnell, Mrs. Lyddane's chief sc-
cuser, is a former Rockville bartender
and salf-styled petty racketeer, who
already has pleaded guilty in the
alleged conspiracy and turned States
evidence on promise of immunity
The note found on him was to have
been turned over to John Martin
Boland. another police character, who
was tried the first of the week before
three Judges, the verdict being with
held for fear it might influence the
Lyddane jury.
Two others are yet to be tried, Harry
Elmer Thomas, former convict who
also turned States evidence, and
Edwin J. Davis.
Two experts have given positive
opinions that the typewriter markings
on the "Goofy' note and on the
Lyddane machine are identical. A
Bureau of Standards paper analyst also
has testified the note was written on
paper identical to that in Mrs. Lyd-
danes Office and that red seals found
on the envelope we're used by Mrs.
Lyddane in her capacity as notary
public.
The motive" Pugh said, sis clearly
evident from the evidence. For three
or four years Mrs. Lyddane ran around
with a married man, the father of
three children.
LAS to her contention that she paid
hush money What did she have to
hush up? Everybody knew of her af-
fair with Beall
The character of Mrs. Lyddane's
accusers has been assailed. They have
(See LYDDANE, Page 81