The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-15
MRS. LYDDANE
ANXIOUS FOR
EARLY TRIAL !.
nv MARY STIRLING LEE

Pawn in the hands Of fate or
q schemer of q diabolical plot t.
murder her husband?
That question was being dis
cussed in the peaceful country
town of Rockville today as each
tick. of the clock brought closer
the climax to one of the StrangeSL
cases ever written in the criminal
pages of Maryland history.
Central figure in the drama
which is packed full with more
surprises, intrigue and love than
any Of ShakeSpeare'S plays in the
pretty, trusted bank clerk-Anne
Lyddane, the woman whose con-
sistent serenity has baffled even
her enemies.
Defendant Hiding
The blue-eyed bank clerk is
accused of plotting the murder Of
her husband, "Slom" Lyddane,
game stocky employe in the
Montgomery county liquor dis
pensary at Silver Spring, Md.
The State of Maryland also will
attempt to prove to the satisfac-
ton Of a. grand jury which con-
veneS Monday that Anne Lyddane
plotted the murder of Mrs. Jose
phine Beall, wife Of Arthur Beall,
Jamestown, Md, garage owner.
and former sweetheart Of the
blonde bank clerk.
Anne Lyddane remains in hid
ing, somewhere in Washington.
Occasional tripS-hurried jaunts,
they are, and usually under the
cover of darkness made to
Rockville for a conference with
her attorneys or a visit to her
father and members of her
family, crushed by the blow fate
delivered them.
Attorneys Reticent
The woman's battery Of attor.
neys, headed by red-haired,
snappy Stedman Prescott, are I'M
usually reticent about the case as
the time nears for its hearing by
the grand jury.
Defense attorneys are carefully
guarding the plans for the STRAIT
egg they will employ against the
structure of guilt the State hopes
to build up against Anne Lyd-
dane. They are holding frequent
conferences. They are preparing
their list of witnesses. They hope
to show-if the case ever goes to
a jury-that Anne Lyddane was
indiscreet but not potential
murderesS.
Typewriter Seized
On the other hand Prosecutor
Pugh has revealed that he will
attempt to link Mrs. Lyddane
with the alleged plotters through
two notes which he declares were
written by her. Also, he will
place before the Jurors the type
writer she used at the Farmers
Banking and Trust Company,
where she was employed until
charged with the murder plot.
The typewriter was impounded
by police late yesterday and the
notes have been in the hands Of
Mr.. Pugh'S investigators for sew.
eral weeks. These bits of evidence,
in the words of States Attorney
Pugh, are "the most important
links in the case"
Awaits Early Trial
Second chapter in the strange
drama will be written Monday
when the grand jury hears the
charges. This may be a story in
two chapters. The end may come
Monday, for it is possible the
grand jury will ignore the charges
and cover the young blonde bank
clerk with the toga of innocence.
But Anne Lyddane believes
there is going to be a trial. She
is prepared to meet the crisis.
Anne Lyddane-tortured by the
glazing eyes and the clamor of
her enemies-wants an early
trial.
With Anne Lyddane are &C.
cuSed John Boland, John CARMEL,
and Edward Davis. These four
persons. States Attorney James H.
Pugh will tell the grand jury,
plotted the murder OF the Wom-
ans husband.