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Lancaster Daily Intelligencer
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Detective William Y. Lyon, defendant in a recent criminal trial in Reading accused of extorting $20 from Mrs. Pauline Eckert, has lost his voice due to partial paralysis of the vocal chords. During the trial, he testified denying the charges and hoped to be paralyzed if lying.
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Detective William Y. Lyon, who was the defendant in a recent remarkable criminal trial in Reading, has lost his voice. He cannot talk even in a whisper and is said to be suffering with a partial paralysis of the vocal chords. When his case was on trial he took the stand in his own behalf and, having been affirmed, gave a general denial to all the statements of the prosecutrix, Mrs. Pauline Eckert, who swore that Lyon, in his capacity of detective, had extorted $20 from her for the settlement of a criminal charge against her husband. Lyon said that he hoped to be paralyzed if he was not telling the truth.
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lost his voice; cannot talk even in a whisper; suffering with a partial paralysis of the vocal chords
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Detective William Y. Lyon, defendant in a recent criminal trial in Reading, has lost his voice due to partial paralysis of the vocal chords. In the trial, he testified denying accusations by Mrs. Pauline Eckert that he extorted $20 from her to settle a charge against her husband, stating he hoped to be paralyzed if not telling the truth.