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Show LYDA LAUGHS AT FUNERAL OF HUSBAND TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Oct N. Tho ong oxpectod battle between attor-loys attor-loys or or tho question ot tho ad nlsslon of evidence touching on tho leaths ot her threo previous hus-)ands hus-)ands and brother-in-law prior to ler marrlago to Edward F. Moyer, poned this afternoon In tho trial ot jyda Moyer Southard for tho mur-ler mur-ler ot her fourth husband, Meyer. Following the retiring of the Jury Prosecuting Attorney Frank Stephan nade a formal tender ot ovldonco with rospect to her several marriages marriag-es and tho outcome of each, ifo Stated Stat-ed t)iat poison had been found in tho bodies of each and also In the bod of her biolher-In-law, Edward Dool y. In each cajo Insurance had been aken out covering tho lives of all, and according to tho prosecutor, ho expected to Bhow that tho defendant lad knowledge ot this insurance, hat the insuranco constituted the notlo of the crhno and that the defendant de-fendant did actually cause the death f these four men In addition to tho "eath of hor foutth husband, Moyer, through tho administration of poison. W. L. Snyder, caretaker of tho Twin Falls cemetery, testified that upon tho day of the Moyer funeral as tho funeral party was leaving tho cemetery, Mrs. Southard, In tho act of entering an automobile, turned, alsed her veil and laughed. Deputy Sheriff V. H. Ornisby on he witness stand toda), told ot his jlp to Honolulu and his return with ho defendant In custody. Ho said hat Mrs. Southard Inquired whethor iho was being returned to answer sharges In Idaho or Montana, where wo other former husbands died, stating that she was willing to ro-urn ro-urn to Idaho, but not to Montana. On the day of tho funeral of Edward Ed-ward F. Meyer Mrs. Lyda Moyer Southard In her room at tho Bogor-son Bogor-son hotel, Twin Falls, with sultcaso packed and ready, turned to Mrs. Fred James and said, "I am going to San Francisco or Los Angeles; they von't find mo there." "There's no hurry, any tlmo today will do," was tho remark credited to Mrs. Southard at the tlmo she .called .call-ed Dr. J. F. Coughlln during the inal Illness of her husband, by Mrs. Hnrrlet noberts, office employe of V Coughlln, on tho witness stand oday |