The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-10
HATTIE LEBLANC
D|DN'T PURCHASE
REVOLVER
Weapon That Killed Glover Sold
To Another Woman
MRS. GLOVER MADE THREATS
unprintable Testimony Given BY
EmpIoye at Laundry in Which
Tragedy Occurred

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 10.-The
lie Blanc murder trial at Cambridge
yesterday was long-distance duel
by legal methods between the youth
full defendant, Hattie lie Blanc and
Mrs. Lillian Glover, the widow OF the
Waltham laundryman. The defense
aimed all its shots at the widow In
marshaling its witnesses and draw
ing out the evidence while the pros
ecution sought to turn these darts in
the direction of the little Cape Breton
servant girl. The defense has five
more witnesses and may rest before
the adjournment of todays single
session. Nearly a dozen men and
women who knew the Golver family
and Hattie more or less intimately,
occupied the witness stand yesterday.
Their testimony tended to show that
Glover was persistent in his atten-
tions 10 women. that his wife became
so angry on many occasions that she
was heard to say more than once that
she would like to kill him, and had
applied indecent eplthets to her hus-
band
Thomas J Cofey a student for the
priesthood at the college of the Hoy
Angels in Buffalo, ~ Y, but formerly
clerk in a Boston sporting goods
house, who sold the revolver that was
used in the shooting said that a wom-
an bought Ii but when Hattie lie
Blanc was led past him he declared
that she was not the woman.
~. 81 l.. a..
day. Mrs Alma NJ Roche, said that
she heard Mrs Glover declare eight
years ago that she would like to Kill
her husband That Hattie lie Blanc
will not take the stand in her own
behalf was the statement made by
her leading counsel yesterday.
A mail carrier was then called who
said that Mrs. Glover had received
more than 500 letters In the past
three years under the name OF Min.
ME Everett Clark.
Mr. Coffey testified that on March
81 1909, he was employed as a sales
man at sporting goods store in
Boston. He identified the revolver
with which over is alleged to have
been killed as having been sold by
/ him TO a woman The woman he said
was about 80 or 30 years old, but he
was unable 20 give a good description
of her When she came TO his co.un-
ter she asked TO look at small reyol-
vers. He showed her some % cali
her and she asked " revolver OF
that size would kill q man. He told
/ her that IL would II the shot was
/ properly directed She then asked 10
| see 81 and IS ca'iber weapons which
We're shown her She did not buy a
revolver the first time she called at
/ the store but came back later and
purchased a hammerless weapon. At
the request of Mr. Johnson. Hattie
lie Blanc was led by the court officers
to a place in 'front.' OF the witness
stand. Hattie was smiling as she
faced the witness. rs that the WON
an to whom you sold this revolver
asked Mr.. johnson. NO" replied
Mr.. Coffey, that is not the woman Ia
whom | sold the revolver.
The court in the afternoon was Civ
en- taste of testimony OF an imprint
able nature The women In the room
and there were many of them-cov
cred their faces. but few. II any, lef
their seats. This came when j. Har
old Gardner. who was employed In
Glovers laundry for seven years tolC
OF conversations he had had with Mn
Glover previous to the death OF hel
husband.
Witness said he had testified a
the inquest that Mrs. Glover had tolC
him that II she ever caught Glove
with another girl she would fix him
Mrs. Glover adding: You know II I
woman catches her husband with !
girl she could shoot him, and n cour
would not hold her for Il"
Asked II Mrs. Glover had bad re
putation he said that he did not know
He added that she had a terrible
foul mouth and called every one b.
their right name" The last witness
OF the day. Mrs. Alma NJ. Roche o
Somerville who was employed at tn
Glover home about eight years age
was asked II she had ever heard MIR
Glover say anything about her hus
band. She said that she didn't car
to repeat Il, as II was very vulgar
Witness said that once she heard Mr.
Glover say she would kiln her hus
band. Mrs. Roche will resume IN
stand today.