Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-25
A THIRD PERSON ENTERS
THE GLOVER MYSTERY.
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and formally charged with causing the
death last Saturday night of Clarence
F. Glover, head of the Waltham Laun-
dry Co. The young woman was held
without bail for continued hearing
Dec. g. She was not called upon to
plead to the complaint which charged
that she did assault with intent to
murder, and did MURDER Clarence F.
Glover.
On her own statement that she is
but 16 years of age, the girl was CIV
en- hearing in the juvenile court, and
as is always the case in the juvenile
court, the proceedings were conducted
with the strictest privacy, no one be-
ing admitted to the counsePs library,
where the session was held, except the
presiding judge, counsel and police.
When she was brought into the
court house from the police station,
the girl presented pitiful spectacle.
She appeared even younger than 16
years. She was dressed in green suit
and wore a thick green veil which COM
pletely obscured her features, but her
figure seemed to be that of a mere
child She showed extreme nervousness,
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great physical weakness. When she
was arrested last night her weakness
was noticeable, but was explained by
the fact that she had had, according to
her own story, no food since Saturday
night. She was represented by Attor-
nev Nathan A. Tufts of this city.
Mrs. Glover the widow of the dead
man, did not appear in court She is
virtually a prisoner in her home on
Main street, having been forbidden by
the authorities to leave the house I'M
der threat of arrest.
The police do not accept Miss Le-
Blanc's story, told them last night,
that Glover took his own life, nor do
they think that Hattie Leblanc shot
him. To clear up certain phases of the
case, which at present are obscured,
the girl will be examined at greater
length.
The finding of Miss Leblanc last
night, in the home of the man she is
charged with killing, has added great
" to the sensational features of the
murder. Although the Glover house
has been searched twice before the
quest of the police last night resulted
in the discovery of Miss Leblanc hid
den under Glover's bed. She said, and
her appearance corroborated her tale,
that she had been in the Glover mouse
without food and unknown to anyone,
ever since Saturday night.
The remarkable composure OF Mrs.
Glover, the reticence she has SHOWN
since her husband was killed, has ar
rested the attention of the police. After
the finding of the Leblanc girl last
night the authorities forbade Mrs.
Glover leaving her house. She said she
was not aware that Hattie Leblanc
was hidden in the house.
Throughout the examination last
night Miss Leblanc maintained that
she did not shoot Glover. She adhered
to the story that she had met him at
his laundry by appointment, and that
after he had assaulted her and pro-
duced a revolver she fled, hearing shots
as she was escaping by window.
This story is somewhat strengthened
by Dr. Cousins, the physician who at
tended Glover. DR.. Cousins says that
the bullets could not have been fired
l,y the girl unless Glover was seated
at the time and one of the shots was
fred from behind.
AS soon as the court proceedings
were concluded, Miss Leblanc and
three officers started for the county
iail at East Cambridge where the girl
was locked up.