The evening world., 1910-12-05
LE BLANC GIRL
AGAIN wins IN
MURDER TRIAL
Court Excludes Answers She
Gave to Police--WitneSS
Talks of a Plot.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 5.-The Sec
ond week of the trial of Hattie Ls Blanc
for the murder of Clarence +. Glover
started to-day with another victory for
the defense in the exclusion of the girls
statements at the police station after
her arrest. The prosecution tried Satur-
day to show through Lawyer Samuel ID.
Elmere. attorney for the widow. and
other witnesses, that the girl under
stood English without the aid of an in
terpreter. Other questions. however.
were through an interpreter.
Judge Bond stated that he did not
think the girl new the exact import of
the questions asked her in English. and
as the French Interpreter refused to
| come into the country from Canada to
guarantee the birl's remarks. the Gov
nme Is unable at present to intro
duce Hattie's statements when examined
by the police. Judge Bono did not rule
the questions out finally, but gave the
prosecution a little satisfaction in saying
that there might come "a time In the
trial when they could be introduced.
LAWYER Samuel u. Elmore then re-
sumed his Testimony md was asked why
he wanted Sales from the widow the
day after the murder. He said 1t was
for expenses. when pressed by the
Disfrict-.Attorney for more specific an
swer he replied: ITO meet a plot par
TALLY formulated"
Attorney johnson for the defense i'm
mediately sprang to his feet and de-
manded that the remarks be ruled out.
Judge Pond agreed.
Mr.. Elmere then cnanged his reply by
saying that he wanted the money u
meet a situation brought about by the
brothers OF Mr.. Glover. who suose-
auently sued the widow. He admitted
that he refused to give up lIattie''
clothes to Mr.. johnson n that a bill
in equity was now pending on the
matter.
The cross-examination began with the
question: Did you not give $40 to all
-four Of the children OF Mr.. and Mrs,
Freeman. the intimate friends of Mrs.
Glover. on the Christmas following the
MURDER"
Yes"
Did YOU ever do such a thing be-
fGre?"
Mo-
Did you ever know the Freemans or
any of the children before the MUIR
der?"
NO"
Mr.. Elmere said he never gave the
children any other presents before OF
since.
The crowd that swept into the court
room to-day and filed every available
seat. shivered for nearly three hours In
TIT biting cold this morning. SeveraI
hundred were unable to get into the
court house.
Lawyer Johnson asked Mr.. Elmore Il
he had seen a man named Fred TerriC
in New York while the hearing over tht
Glover will was in progress.
T Mr.. E,more said that he did not know
any Fred Terrio. but that he had seen q
man named \. y. TerrIo at his l'otel II
New York. This Terrio's place of bus!'
ness, the witness said. was at No. i@
SIKH avenue. Mrs, Glover was witt
Mr.. Elmore when y. -. Terrio called
upon MIR. Elmore at n New York hotel
The witness said that he didn't 20 any
5 where else with Mrs, Glove" during the
VIII hearing and that when he was viii
Q Mrs. Glover in New York no cheeks
passed between them.
At the request of MIR. Johnson the wilt
ness again drew a diagram of the marks
he had observed on the floor OF tn,
e Glover laundry after the murder. ant
which he thought Indicated a struggle
! This was put in evidence.