The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-01
HATTIE lie BLAAG'S COUNSEL
MAKES ACCUSATION
Says Widow Had Motive, In.
cllhailoa and Opportunity
10 Shoot Husband
tBy Aasoclatnd prass !

Nlpy ASSpClAted 'reSS.l
Cambridge. Dec. Interest in tho
trial Of Hattie La Blanc the soven-
teen year old Cape Breton girl fcr
me murder OF Clarence =. Glover. the
Waltham laundryman, drew 10 the
Mlddlesev county court house today
greater crowd than any previous
session Encouraged by The victory
Of her counsel yesterday when the III
leged dying declaration OF Glover that
Hattie Ia Blanc shot him was ex-
clnded. the defendant faced her ar.
eusefa With a buoyancy showing pIain
" her apparent firm faith IN sresdy
acuulttal
District Attorney Higgins f1x at
hard to get before the iur5 CIV
dying declaration that Hattie LeBisnc
had shot him. Judge Bond oyerflied
nim however, sayiue a ter hoerspg
two witnesses, that tie osIdonce dld
rot show that Glover knew his cad
was near.
The district attorney told The corft
the dying declaration was one
pc essential props Of the g3yesanentis
clsc and that only tircumstahtial eyl.
dence rcmalnei.
fhe persecution had not gone far M
3 evidence when II found that the
License on cross-examination OF q wit.
1ess was geel'ing 10 turn the attack
~ Mrs. Glover The district atloruey
protested strongly hrt Melyin N
Johnson, the leading counsel for the
defense. said be nrppeead in show Mrs
Glover had the motive, the inellaa
ton the mental and rhvsi II earsfi.
y and the opportunity 10 murder her
husband"
Il expect to prove this, said Mr.
Johnson, "by the acts and deelsra-
llons OF this woman before and after
her husbands murder desire to
show that she was a vampire. and
use tho word advIsedly"
Doctor TestIfes.
Judge Bond decided to re eat his
method Of weighing the eviaen . BE-.
fore allowing 1t to be submitted TO fhe
lury. This evidence was given by DR..
n W. Cousens who owns the erfVasn
hospital to Witch Glover ssszrer'd
ai'er hf HaE sho
f's l0uflnH taid RI 1ll
tlo'o ol-6y telephone. Of her coming to
ae hospital of her refusal 10 see her
husband aud OF her going away. MEih
The request that She be noii led n
case Of Glover's death. Later there
came an Inquiry hy telephone a. to
Glovers condition and whether he had
implicated his wife in the shooting
Judge Bond then decaed that tie
jury might hear the evidence against
Mrs Clover
Or cousens repeated his testimony
under cross.examlnation by Alr. Jahn-
son
The prosecution then called MS.
Glover. She told of her discovery Of
alleged relations between her hus-
band and the defendant. She ex.
planned her failure to see her husband
az the hospital by saving she was
faint and that she was about to he
operated upon. Although Officers
searched her house t9'ire ana she
scar he'd 1t once, 1t was ,ot until three
days after the ALLEGED murder ffat
Hattie Leblanc was found hiding nu-
der bed IN one Of The rooms.
she came there the witness did rot
know.
She Identified iewelry found near
the laundry as belonging to Hattieg
Blanc, as we'll as a handkerchief found
IN the laundry. She said her husband
had several firearms IN the house aad
usually carried revolver she den-
titled the weapon which the prosecu-
tion claims was ssed She said she
had owned the laundry for thirteen
years and bought il with her own
money. Her direct eSamlraiion had
been concluded when court adjourned.