Evening star., 1935-06-15

Beall on various occasions, DuI III
sisted she and her husband were
and now living together as
man and wife"
From 1870 until 4:30 pm. Mrs. Lyd-
dane sat before a battery OF appralS-
ing eyes in the hot court room, an
swering questions regarding her bank
account. her duties as notary pubic
and her activities throughout March
with as much equanimity as her IN
terrogators.
During November, Mrs. Iyddane
said, she paid $500 to men who
"blackmailed" her with a threat OF
disclosing information which. she eX-
planned might cost her job AS Secre-
tary TO the president OF the Farmers
Banking & Trust Co. here. She did
not know who the men were, she said,
and lied about the matter to her hIs-
band. telling Lyddane she had paid
out $500 to men who threatened to
"kidnap" him.
An effort to refute the States con-
tention that the "Googy note" urg-
ing haste in the conspiracy, was writ
ten ON Mrs. Lyddane's typewriter was
made by the defense last night. An
expert, J. Newton Baker of Washing
ton. was put on the stand and queS-
toned both by Assistant States At
torney John OXley and the three
judges sitting in the case.
State Experts Disputed.
Baker indicated the "Googy note"
could not have been written on the
same noiseless machine the State has
sought to link with the note through
testimony OF Washington police
photographer and Treasury Depart
ment documental experts.
The judges themselves began to in
terrogate the witness. Prescott OBJ
jected, however, and the experts teS-
timony WAS allowed to stand after a
conference at the bench between State
and defense counsel.
Other witnesses last night included
Cliff Robertson. Rockville lawyer. who
said the type of red seal found in
Mrs. Lyddane's Office and on the
"Googy note" Is available in almost
any stationary store.
Police Corpl. Harry Merson cor
roborated Mrs. Lyddane'S story OF
how he drove her to Silver Spring to
meet her husband. and Walter w.
Dawson Republican committee chair
man. told of seeing Mrs. Lyddane at
a party on March 20. when her be-
haviOr was entirely normal, he said
Ruth Shoemaker, member Of the
House OF Delegates, said she saw Mrs
Lyddane during the recent legisla-
tive session on half a dozen occasions
and that Mrs. Iyddane had ap-
preached her in an effort to have her
husbands job in the Montgomery
County liquor dispensary retained.
SO Character Witnesses Called.
Nearly so character witnesses haG
been called by the defense yesterday
to defend the reputation of Mrs
Lyddane.
Among those testifying last night
were Thomas L. Dawson, Maryland
Secretary of State; Albert M. Bouic
Rockville lawyer and former States
attorney; DIR, R. c. Warfield of Rock
vile; Charles M. Jones. secretary oi
the Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and former
Rockville postmaster; Ira C. Whitacre
clerk to the Montgomery County
Commissioners and former Silver
Spring National Bank cashier; Mrs
Mary w. O'Brien OF Bethesda, as
sistant clerk to the county commits
Sioners, and Frank II. Ksrn, president
OF the Montgomery County Com
missioners.
Others who testified: DR.. Frank A
Broschart Of Gaithersburg, Odorior
w. Robey. former deputy clerk tC
the county commissioners and former
supervisor Of county aid; o. w. An
derson Of Rockville. county farm
agent; Joseph N. Starkey, former
county surveyor; j. Darby Bowman
secretary-treasurer of the Washing
ton Surban Sanitary Commission;
George p Henderson, president oi
the Montgomery County Nationa
Bank at Rockville: s. Walter Bogley
cashier Of Bank OF Bethesda; George
P. Sacks. president of the Bank oi
Bethesda and a member of the County
Board OF Education; Mrs. James G
Christopher, mother OF James G
Christopher, who succeeded his father
as deputy clerk to the county com.
missioners; Ralph s. Morrison, Be-
thesda builder, and Miss Rose K
Dawson, sister Of Walter w. Dawson
chairman Of the Republican State
Central Committee.
Those called yesterday afternoon
were Judge Harry Hunt of Orphans
Court. who appeared in wheel chair:
Thomas d. Darby, Jacksonville, and
Thomas N. Darby, Seneca, both farm
ers; Frank Davis, Poolesville, county
employee. Richard Darby, bank direc-
tor of Rockville; w. l.. Aud, Mont
gomery tax assessor; r. H. Hickerson
Germantown, former county official;
Alvie A. Moxley. former chief OF
police; Vest Linthicum and w. A