Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1935, Page 5

WIFE BARES TRYST OF NN LYDDANE Near Tears, She Tells How “She Found Couple Night Before Baby Was Born. (Continued From First Page.) as that of a letter said to have come from Mrs. Lyddane’s desk. Lofton was followed on the stand by J. McDonough, Darnestown house painter and a neighbor of Beall's. He told of hearing “a little racket” one night about three years ago in the drive beside his house. He in- vestigated, he said, and saw Mrs. Lyddane, Mrs. Beall and the latter's husband. Mrs. Beall then took the stand emid a dramatic hush. She was dressed in a red jacket, white skirt and picture hat. “It was a night in June three years ago,” she began, “when I saw my husband and Mrs. Lyddane in an automobile in our drive. Arthur asked me not to make a fuss. He held me. “Mrs. Lyddane threw her car in gear. She backed away and ran the car into a ditch. As she tried to get the car on the drive, she kept looking back. When she saw that Arthur was still holding me she laughed in my face. Near Tears on Stand. “I telephoned Mrs. Lyddane several times and went to see her.” ‘“How many conversations have you | had with Mrs. Lyddane?” Pugh asked. “Several,” Mrs. Beall half sobbed. “You may cross-examine,” ®aid “No questions,” the defense counsel said. Townsend Howes, editor of the Montgomery County Sun, who occu- pies premises across the street from | Mrs. Lyddane's office, told the jury he telephoned Beall at the defendant's request. He said Mrs. Beall answered the telephone and he told her to leave A message for Beall saying “the Gaith- ersburg Athletic Association is meet- ing.” The implication by the State was that Mrs. Lvddane was making a “date” with Beall William E. Wooten, bookkeeper for the Rockville National Bank, testified as to Mrs. Lyddane's personal and guardian accounts. George (Ace) Esworthy, also & Darnestown garage man, who played on the Gaithersburg base ball team with Beall, testified: “When we came in from the field for our time at bat, Mrs. Lyddane was always where Mr. Beall was.” Lyddane Insured for $15,000. Arthur M. Niner, insurance agent, testified that on March 26 a $10,000 policy was in effect on Lyddane’s life. An additional $5,000 policy was re- Instated by check two days later. Niner told the jury that on March 28 there was $15,000 in double in- demnity insurance in effect on Lyd- dane’s life. The arrests were made about that | time. ‘The State rested shortly before noon | after William Carley, alias Willie Brown, was recalled to the stand by defense counsel in an effort to refute his testimony. Carley is a former hi- jacker and also was convicted of run- ning an automobile ‘equipped with a smoke screen. Accounts in Order. ‘The defense then summoned Green, | Mrs. Lyddane's ertswhile employer, as its first witness. He asserted he had no suspicion of Mrs. Lyddane when he had the locks of the bank changed on information from the State attorney’s office of a rumored robbery. The bank president said there was & “thorough audit” after his secre- tary's arrest and all accounts were “ | He added that he told Mrs. Lyddane Pugh | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, | found in order. He said the audit | was conducted both by officers of his { institution and State bank examiners. Green sald Mrs. Lyddane had no | safety deposit box. It had been testi. | fied previously by one of the alleged | conspirators that Mrs. Lyddane said | she took part of the “pay off”” money from her safety deposit box. [ Green said Mrs. Lyddane was a most, | efficient secretary and typist, except | for several weeks in January when she | was ill. Asked by Prescott if he recalled | when Mrs. Beall filed suit for divorce | against her husband. naming Mrs. | Lyddane as co-respondent, Green said < he did WEATHER DELAYS STRATOSPHERE HOP Two Balloonists Prepare Food and Equipment for Trip Into Upper Air. By the Associated Press, RAPID CITY, S. Dak., June 14— Capt. Albert W. Stevens today pre- pared food, clothing and &n emergency | that if there was “unleasant mno- | mechanical kit for the stratosphere ! toriety.” her resignation would be de- | jaunt he will make with Capt. Orvil | manded. The witness testified Mrs.| A. Anderson as soon as weather con- | Lyddane said the resignation would be | gitions are exactly right. freely given. He indicated no notoriety | Ajthough the two balloonists ex- followes. pect to eat listle i anything while At this point, court recessed for | fioating through the thin upper air, iieh) they will take a supply of concen- trated rations, including canned beans, hardtack and several gallons of Already stirred to action by a story | drinking water. in the Washington Herald purporting | Preparing for the bitter cold of the to reveal the “secret? verdict in the | stratosphere Stevens and Anderson Boland trial, the judzes tock time out will take fur-lined flying suits, extra at last night's session to administer | underwear and electrically heated a sharp reprimand to three photog- A gloves. | raphers who had ventured on the third Weather reports continued un- floor of the court building despite an | favorable, with little prospect of a official ban. | take-off today. Judges Reprimanded Photographers. | The camera men were Albert Can- | dido, Washington Times: G. E. | Tankersly, Washington Herald, | W. Hoff, New York Daily News. | | Their plates were confiscated and they were released after a 35-minute lecture by the judges in private cham- bers. | The photographer for the Herald | had persuaded Mrs. Beall to pose in “he grand jury ante room. The other |cameramen came _in and obtained flashlight pictures.” Spectators from the packed court room strolled through | the corridors or went outside for fresh air during this unexpected interrup- | tion of the trial. | | Last night's testimony was given by | Dr. Bert C. Farrer, examiner of docu- ments for the Treasury Department, {and Ira Gullickson, Washington police | photographer. ‘ and Dr. Farrer Identifies Markings. They repeated statements to the | | effect the “threat rote” found on Car- | | nell was written on the typewriter of | | Mrs. Lyddane in the bank where she | was employed as secretary to the | | president. | Dr. Farrer declared similar mark- | ings on the typewritten note and on the keys of the machine later con- fiscated as evidence by the State con- vinced him “beyond any doubt” that | the note came from Mrs. Lyddane’s typewriter. This opinion was con- | firmed by Gullickson, who exhibited huge photographic enlargements of the note to the jury and demonstrated | the points which made him positive of the identification. JUNE 16 | Both witnesses had testified in & | Remember Dad With similar manner at the two-day trial of Boland, 42-year-old Washington | a Box of the | gambler. Boland's trial was concluded Famone | Tuesday night before the three judges, | who withheld their verdict until the | case against Mrs. Lyddane is dis-‘) Home-Made . 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