The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-08
By Dec'aring Prosecution
Failed TO Show Motive
LAWYERS IN A NEW CLASH
When Defending Attorney Claimed Pros
ecution Had Suppressed Evidence
Which Was Not Favorable
to His Side.

Cambridge, Mass Dec Sat the trial
OF Hattie Leblanc charged with the
murder of Clarence i. Glover, A. Farley
Brewer, Junior counsel for the defense,
opened the case for the defendant to-
day, arguing that the government had
failed to show motive, that the evi-
dence was all circumstantial and that
the opportunity for committing the deed
was available for others Attorney
Brewer for the defense spoke for half
an hour.
Then Attorney Johnson, chief counsel
for the girl, called for District Attorney
Higgins to take the stand, District At
torney Higgins objected to being called
and long arguments followed, the jury
being excluded Attorney Johnson
claimed that the district attorney had
been suppressing evidence that was I'M
favorable to the governments side OF
the case and that he had been using
what served his purpose only. Judge
Bond decided that District Attorney Hig-
gins need not testify and ordered the
defense to proceed with its case.
Hattie's Story Through Interpreter
The government rested its case at the
close of court last evening. The Le-
Blanc girl, through the testimony Of the
interpreter, Zeila Gallant, was shown by
her own statement given Immediately
after her arrest, three days after the
shooting, to have been in the laundry
with Glover on the fatal night, to have
seen the revolver in Glover's hand, to
have struggled with him when he is
said to have assaulted her, to have heard
noise in the laundry like the rustic
OF a womans skirt which even caught
Glover's attention, to have escaped from
the mans clutches and as she did so
to have heard shot fred.
She declared in those statements which
she gave to the police in French, which
Zella Gallant, who reinterpreted them in
court yesterday, that she never shot
Glover that she was angry with him
for his conduct toward her, that she did
not know how to use a revolver, and
that she had heard other people say that
some one would shoot him
She did not know that he had been
shot. or that he was dead until after her
arrest She claimed that she ran back
to the Glover house after escaping from
the laundry and remained there three
days without food, hiding under the bed
where she was found.
She said that she went to the laundry
on the fatal night on Mr.. Glovers in
vtation. She found him waiting for
her She said she believed that Glover
had shot himself, for he had revolver
in his hand when she last saw him. She
declared that Glover took off his coat
after he had reached the laundry. She
admitted that the comb and pin found
in the laundry were hers and said they
came off during er struggle with Glover.
All this evidence was placed before
the jury through Miss Gallant by a
tedious method which involved the mix
ing up OF French and English in the
questions and answers.
Mr.. johnson, the leading counsel for
the defense, scored another point when
Judge Bond refused to admit that part
of the stenographic report which re-
ferred to Glover's alleged dying state
ment that Hattie shot him. The jury
does not yet know and may never know
that the dying man made any such ac-
cusation
At the afternoon session the only feat
ures were the introduction by the gov
ernment, allowed by the court, Of Glow
er's oyercoat, which has two holes in
It, and the statement by Chief Nc
Kenna Of the Waltham police that he
saw no marks, as if made by powder,
on Hatties hand when she was dragged
from her hiding place This allegation,
made by Lawyer Samuel d. Elmore, who
represents Mrs Glover, on the witness
stand on Monday, was still further made
matter OF question when the district
attorney said that both sides had agreed
that there were no signs of powder
grains on a part Of her hand that had
been minutely examined by experts.