The evening world., 1910-12-12
Woman Cook Employed by
Judge Hearing Trial Gives
Sensational Testimony.
STANDS AS EVIDENCE.
Court Allows Testimony Link
ing Wife of Slain Man
With the Crime.

N'HosHs ''ha ~ sf''
the third week of the trial of Hattie lie
Blanc. who IL charged with the murder
OF Clarence j. Glover Of waitham,
opened in the Middlesex County Supe-
rior Criminal Court at East Cambridge
to-day, It was generally expected that
before the week ended tho little French
- 'dlan girl would know whether she
~,uld again enjoy freedom or be held
lie .Jnslble In some degree for the death
of he laundryman.
Lawyer Johnson, for Hattie lie Blanc,
sprung a sensation at the start Of to-
days session by calling Nellie Walsh OF
Waltham TO the stand.
Miss Walsh testified that at the
present tlmo sho Is employed az coon
In the family OF Judge Bond, the jus
ticc who Ii presiding at the trial, and
that she lives In a house on Park Lane,
Waltham. owned by the Giovers. She
said that Ave years ago she was en-
ployed In Glover's laundry and shat she
knew Mrs. Glover very well.
She was questioned regarding her
movements on tho night OF Nov. 20,
1903. the night that dover was shot.
Describes the Woman.
who did you see on Moody street
that night?' asked Mr.. johnson.
Il saw Mrs. Clover replied Miss
Walsh, who then went on describing
how Mrs. Glover was dressed. Mrs.
Glover, the witness said, wore n dark
hat and dark clothing, n long dark
coat and carried a nun. The witness
said that Qha nnaitiVnly rcCnvni1Al n..
Glover as she passed her In front OF a
picture store where the brilliant H.
Elimination In the window lighted up
the street. Mrs. Glover was walking
away from the laundry. she said.
Cross-cxamined by Mr.. Higgins. Miss
Walsh said she had not seen Mrs. Glow
err for four years until the night OF the
murder. and she had never spoken to
Mrs. Glover, although she had seen her
n numbe OF times while the witness
worked at the laundry. She said that
she did not onnec Mrs. Glover with
the murder further than to think OF
the fact when she read OF tne death of
Glover that she had seen his widow
just before.
She had never spoken OF the matter,
she said. until she told n nurse at
Judge Bonds house about three weeks
ago. She never saw Mr.. Johnson un:il
this morning. She had read OF Hattie's
arrest. but did not understand the
meaning OF the hearing in the lower
court. nor did she understand that Hat
tie had been indicted.
Mrs. Glover Denies.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Glover the resumed
her direct testimony In rcbuttal. Dis
trict-Attorney Higgins asked her how
much money she had when Glover
! hnluhf tho laundry hny Mr. InlnQnp
objected on the ground that 1t was not
material. and the jury was excused
while the point was argued. The Dis
trict-Attorney said that he desired "a
defend the assertions OF counsel of the
defense that Mrs. Glover had killed her
husband in order to get back property
belonging to herself which had passed
into Glover's control.
During the argument Mr.. Higgins
said that he had been placed in the
difficult position of trying to defend
Mrs. Glover. lie called attention to the
fact that witnesses for the defense had
testified that Mrs. Glover had told
them that Glover controlled her prop
erty and that she intended to get II
back. 81 want to show" continued the
Dis;rlct-Attorney, that Mrs. Glover
did not kill her husband. hat she did
not need to and that she had the prop,
erty already"
The court. however. sustained Mr.
Johnson's objection. and the question
was excluded. When the Jury was
brought back Mrs. Glover denied tell,
ing Mrs. Rice, m of the witnesses fol
the defense, that she had married GLOW
er in order TO get the control of hel
own property. She also denied th'
statement of a similar character mad,
ny Mr., Gardner. another witness OF thu
defense.
Testimony Stands.
Mrs. Glover denied that she ven tc
the laundry on the night of the shoot
ing, she denied that she came ont o.
the ~alleyway leading from the laundry
and she denied unqualihedly so far N
she was concerned the testimony givei
by witnesses for the defense about {
woman who came from the alleyway
boarded "A car. got off at Central street
met n man on Waltham common, hi,
behind a fence and afterward received
n man at the Glover home,
DO you know Miss Walsh" aske,
District-Attorney Higgins, who added I,
the question: 'Who is now working foi
Judge BondP"
II do not" Mrs. Glover replied.
District-Attorney Higgins asked tina
the Court order exclude all testlmon.
rt't ave 10 the threats alleged % Il
hn,H made by Mrs G''irr against ne
rJ"pand because, he sall, those a!lcgc,
threats did not incrlninatc her.
Attorney johnson was upon mis- fee
IN an instant and declared hat II IN
Court should exclude the threats iron
the consideration OF the Jury he woul,
al; 20 have the evidence against HATH
lie Blanc excluded. saying that II thcr
was no evidence against Mrs. Glover Il
the threats there vas not evldenc
against Hattie lie Blanc.
! James T.. Dumas, "A hoilermaker, o
7 Athol. who Is at present employed Il
Orange, Mass. testified that at the tim,
OF the murder ne was working I'm Wal
than. on the night OF the murder, N
said, he was IN a tea Store directl
across from the end OF the laundr,
alleyway,
did you see some one come out O
! tho alleyway?' Mr.. Johnson asked.
r Il d!d."
"NYho was it7y
1T was Mrs. Glover" said Dumas