Evening star., 1936-05-23

HleHuS explained He was nOQtSt anu
would appear later. Asked II she and
Lyddane had been reconciled, the
matron replied, with smile:
II hope so"
The pretty blond, after comforting
with her attorneys. later was per-
mitted to add:
Its an enormous relief to be freed
from the tension of II month. I
feel fine!"
Mrs. Lyddane was arrested after
discovery of the alleged conspiracy on
April l. 1885, and was held in jail
for a day She since has been at
liberty on bond. The States inform
ers were to be liberated, according to
prosecution counsel.
Just before the jury received the
case at s:54 O'Clock last night, States
Attorney Pugh demanded conviction
on all five counts of the conspiracy
indictment.
At that time, Mrs. Lyddane's hus-
band was seated beside her facing the
jury.
ANUS
Pugh leveled an accusing finger and
exclaimed: Look at that husband,
and look at that wife. BY her own
admission, she for years was un-
faithful and now she tries to come to
you people and paint herself Is a
loving wife.
You are not dealing with an aver
age woman. You are dealing with a
scheming woman who has double
crossed her husband q thousand
times"
Judge Wagaman instructed the jury
as to the technical phases Of the five
counts in the indictment and added
that a conviction could be returned
on any one or all of the counts or the
jury could declare Mrs. Lyddane not
guilty.
In his final argument, State Sena-
tor Prescott pleaded with the jury 10
be as tolerant with his client as was
the Savior with Mary Magdalene.
The defense counsel was halted at
this point by Judge Wagaman.
Another of the defense counsel,
William Preston Lane. jr., former at
torney general of Maryland, told the
Jury in his closing argument that
"diabolicai persecution" was behind
Attorney John E. Oxley's denuncia-
ton of the defendant. Oxley was
member of the prosecution staff
THE prosecutor has sought to in
fame your passions" Lane said to
the jury. In order not to los. a
conviction, the State smears this lady
with mud"
Love Affair Stressed.
Lane referred to Oxley's statement
as to Mrs. Lyddane's love affair with
Arthur Beall. Darnestown garage man
The State contended Mrs. Lyddane
hired conspirators in the plot on the
life of her husband because of her in
fatuation for Beall and her anxiety
to collect a $4,000 double indemnity
policy on Lyddane's life.
Oxley had pointed out that when
this defendant took the marriage vow,
she promised to love. honor and obey
her husband" He then asked, And
how did she keep this vow?"
I'VE find her following Bean and
taunting Beall's wife and finally hir-
ing gangsters to kill her husband and
Mrs. Beall," he answered. This de-
fendant went with Beall to a grave
yard, to the last resting place Of the
dead, to the temple of her Creator
Oxley referred to previous testimony
that detectives, hired to gather di'
vorce evidence for Mrs. Beall. sud
denly turned fioodhghts on Mrs. Lyd'
dane and Beall as they kept . trys1
in a graveyard near Rockville.
Testimony of ]. Newton Baker
Washington Identification expert, wal
assailed by Oxley and Martin l.. In.
gram, States attorney for Washing
ton County.
Charges Fabrication.
Bakers story was that he saw NJ
identifying similarity between type
written "Googy" note to the conspira'
tors and q copy made on a machine
seized at the bank where Mrs. Lyd'
dane was employed.
In this respect, Baker directly con-
tradicted Ira w. Gullickson. photog'
rapher and identification expert o
the Washington Police Department
who was offered by the State in re
buttal yesterday.
II frankly charge Baker" Oxle.
said, with fabricating his testimon!
and evidently doing something TO tn
pictures he introduced before you Q
more or less confuse or mislead thi
jury"
Oxley referred to capital &c
said to have been in the "Googy
note. Baker had offered comparativ
photographs of the original "Googy
missive and the copy in which Tn
original showed the "G."
| The State sprang . surprise yester
day when It obtained exclusion