The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-18
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marry InOmaS TO 90 Cne klllluB.
The third count charges conspir-
acy to have Willie Brown do the
murder. The fourth count charges
conspiring to have unknown per-
sons" do the killing and the fifth
unknown persons by unknown
means"
It was in 1888 that Mrs. Lyd-
dane started associating with
Beall, Mr.. Pugh said, and he
charged "she became infatuated
with him"
Mr.. Pugh further charged an
attempt to get an Edward Joseph
Davis to murder Mrs. Beall, and
this drew vigorous objection from
the battery of defense counsel.
Insurance Cited
In allowing the statement to re-
main in the record, Circuit Judge
David A. Robb warned the jurors
not to be guided by statements of
counsel, but by the evidence of the
case in reaching their decision.
Turning to the insurance poll
cieS as motive for the alleged
Staying plot, Mr.. Pugh told the
jury that the policies on Lyddane's
life totalled SOS, 900, and that while
he was unemployed Mrs. Lyddane
herself paid the premiums. Later,
he said, $4,000 of the policies
were dropped, but, in March, the
month of the conspiracy, Mrs. Lyd-
dane had one Of the $4,000 policies
reinstated.
And then Mr.. Pugh declared to
the jury:
"The State will prove that
Anne Lyddane got tired of wait
ing for these men to kill her hus-
band and threatened to kill him
herself"
TO PRESENT NOTE
Mr.. Pugh also said he would
present as evidence note, >alleg-
edly written on a typewriter in
the Rockville bank, where Mrs.
Lyddane was employed, and given
to CARMEL to be given to Boland.
This note, however, was turned
over to the States Attorney, he
said.
Following his address the court
declared a luncheon recess, and
the first of the a State witnesses
will be called to the stand this
afternoon
The only trace of nervousness
Mrs. Lyddane displayed was when
occasionally she would bite her
nails. Her husband seemed very
solicitous for her.
Admission BY Card.
Crowds of the curious sur
rounded the court house a long
time before court opened to OBJ
tain a view of the defendant and
her family. But that is all the
residents of Hagerstown will
have a chance to do.
Because of the huge number
of witneSSes-145 have been sum-
moned-and more than a score
Of newspaper men and women,
the court room was closed to all
except those holding cards of ad-
mission.
This trial will take longer than
the previous trial at Rockville, it
was believed.
The case was brought here on a
change Of venue. Chief Justice D.
Lindley Sloan is presiding.
x1yi11 ho onvt T1IsiAoIy ~ ofIIr
day, lawyers believe, before the
case is placed in the hands of the
Jury, for the list of witnesses sum-
moned by both defense and State
has been growing.
Battle Of Legal Wits
States Attorney James H. Pugh,
of Montgomery county, who heads
the prosecution, has summoned At
witnesses to present his case and
attempt to show that Mrse. Lyd-
dane plotted the death of her hus-
band.
To refute this charge, the de-
tense, headed by State Senator
Stedman Prescott, has called SO
witnesses in an effort to clear her.
The defendants husband is ex-
pected to take the stand in her
defense as he did at the trial in
Rockville.
With a number of the best
known lawyers in Maryland tax
ing part in the case, It promises
to develop into a battle of legal
wits. Mr.. Pugh is being assisted
by Milton L. Ingram, States at
torney of Washington county, a
widely-knoWn prosecutor, and John
E. Oxley
Aid for Defense
The defense will be aided by
William Preston Lane, jr., former
attorney general of the State. In
addition there are two Rockville
attorneys, Kenneth Lyddane and
Robert Peter, jr.
Mrs. Lyddane and her husband
drove here yesterday from Wash
ington after attending church in
the Capital.
Two witnesses who appeared at
the last trial will not be present
at this one. George Kelchner, Of
Rockville, died several months ago,
and Bert C. Farrar. Treasury De-
partment handwriting expert, is
on a world cruise. BY stipulation,
however, the testimony given by
them at the last trial will be read
into the record.