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PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN TRIAL OF ALLEGED WOMAN BLUEBEARD’ ji _• * - - - - * cticu \Left to right, abort: Judge William A. Babcock, who will pre-aide at the trial; courthouse at Twin Falla, Idaho, where trial will be held, and Mra. V. if. Ormsby, deputy's wife who went to Honolulu with extradition papers. Center row: Deputy Sheriff Ormsby, who trailed Mrs. Southard to Honolulu; Mts. Lydia Southard, the accused; Sheriff E. R. Sherman, who directed the Southard Investigation, and Frank L. Stephan, prosecuting attorney. Below is William P. Guthrie, leading counsel for Mrs. Southard.Mrs. Lydia Southard, wife of Paul Southard, a petty officer inthe navy, is back in Twin Falls, Idaho, awaiting her coming trial for the murder of her fourth husband, Edward F. Meyer. The state charges that Mrs. Southard also disposed of her other previous husbands to collect their insurance. The suspicions of the company which insured Meyerstarted the probe which resulted in the murder charge being placed against hen. Mrs. Southard was located in Honolulu by Deputy Sheriff V. H. Ormsby of Twin Falls and returned to face trial. Mrs. Southard denies the charge against her, claiming a conspiracy.
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Tue, Jun 21, 1921
Page 10
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Victoria R.
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