Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-15
COURT ROOM SCENE
OF DEAFENlNG UPROAR.
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custody talked at considerable length
in he. birkcn English declaring she
was very. very happy.
AS she was talking. the clock on
johnson mantel c!iirled forth the hour
Of nine and Hattie gave an involun-
tary glance at the time piece.
What made you start when you
heard the clock" she was asked.
Smiling the little girl replied: The.
lights go out in the Jail at nine
O'Clock" Just think' abe said, Last
Christmas I had my Christmas din
ncr in jail and this year I shall be
home West Archat isn't much of
q place compared with Boston. but
it's better than jcfi.'
y Samuel d. Gilmore. executor of the
will of Clarence f. Glover for whose
murder Hattie lie Blanc was tried and
acquitted, issued a statement tonight
in which he said:
The LIE Blanc trial is over and the
verdict is rendered. If the Glover
brothers who are contesting the Will
of Clarence F. Glover are satisfied that
his memory has been sufficiently ma
ligned and his widows reputation suffi-
ciently blackencd. it is to be hoped that
the public will have a rest from the
whole miserable affair.
Il regret the unWarranted and base
less insinuations made during the heat
of most sensational trial but ! am
confident to await the judgment of a
fair minded public when the real facts
are, presented. The statement from
the bench that ttferGgis not even ssuffi
cient evidence to secure an Indictment
against any one should he Sufficient
justification for all my acts,
A representative of the Glover
brothers who are contesting the will OF
Clarence +. Glover issued a statement
in their behalf tonight in which he
said:
The Glover brothers are not only
willing but anxious to do all that they
can to aid the district attorney in UNI
ravelling the mystery surrounding the
murder of their brother Clarence
There is much evidence which was not
brought out in the trial just closed anG
should the district attorney not see III
~ act further they believe there is an
other course which can be pursued"
Cambridge Mass. Dec. 14.-The most
'eventful day in the brief but burden
ed life of Hattie lie Blanc. the Il
ynar-old French-Canadian girl. from
West Arichat, c. b.. charged with the
murder Of Clarence F. GLOVER of Wal
than, dawned bright and fair. Today a
jury of IL men was to render a verdict
determining whether she was guilty or
innocent of the crime laid at her door.
At no previous time since her arrest
had Hattie shown more plainly than
this morning the gravity of her sit
uation When she was brought into
the court room by a deputy sheriff and
the rnatron CT the Cambridge .ail. she
was pale and subdued. Her usual smile
was absent, and the morning greetings
of her attorneys failed to dispel for
even an instant the cloud that had
settled unon her countenance.
The jury. too. plainly evidenced the
strain to which they have been sub
jectet,, AS the IL men crossed the cor
riaoT on their way to the court room.
only two bore upon their faces any
trace of a smile. The others looked
grave and showed in their faces that
they have been giving careful delib-
= Grafton to the case. Whereas crowds
5 have beseiged the court house on the
j previous days of the trial, today only
Z a. persons came into the court room
wheD the doors were opened. When
! court was resumed at Q o'clock Judge
Bond at once continued his charge to
title jury. .sls I.,s:-..s 20 .f4g
iudoe Roma Reviewed circumstantial
= ~ alepee.and informed the jury that
such evidence must establish the facts