Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-14
GLOVER CASE Will co
To- JURY WEDNESDAY.
Fate Of Diminutive Cape Breton Girl
Almost in the Hands Of Jury When
Court Adjourns Tuesday, Judge
Bonds Charge Unfinished.

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. i3-Th,
late of Miss Hattie lie Blanc. tn,
diininutive Cape Breton girl who ha:
been on trial since Nov. IS for the
murder of Clarence +. Glover, wa:
| almost III the hands of the jury Whe,
the court suddenly adjourned this aft
ernoon until tomorrow. Judge Bone
| VIII speak a few words at the open.
! ing of tonOrroW'S session, in com.
pletiun of his charge and after the
girl has mounted the stand ard dc
clared iIcr innocence, the jury vii
take charge of the case.
| The l. Middlcsex farmers ant
mechanics, who have not seen home
or family for iaorc than two weeks
Were appealcd to frrVently TO-DAY l.
send Hattie lie Blanc back to her West
| Arichat home for a joyous Christmas
and not - send Hattie Lc Blanc
to prison n something worse, and to
give Hattie Lc Blanc a fair SHOW in
considering the evidence produced at
the trlal, and the benefit OF any rra-
sonablc doubt.
The first plea VAS mace by I.cr at
| torary Melvin NJ. Johnson. who closed
u
for ne" release.
TIE. second argument was Ivy DIS
trct Attorney John }. Higgins, Who
had borne the brunt of the contest
in behalf of the prosecution. Mr..
Higgins declared that all the evidence
oven by the girl herself, showed that
she was il the Laundry on the night
Of the shooting and that her quarrel
gave her the motive for the crime.
Then Judge Bond stepped in as the
legal unlnirc in the contest tctWecn
the prosecution and the defence, ana
gave the Jury the benefit Of his cX-
animation Of the evidence Judge
Bond dvclt IN tslc question Whe'hof
the glrl had the courage and the ami
ity TO use for the first time, a re-
volver that required the grasp OF Il
good sized band and the kn"Wleds'
10 release Il safety attachment. T'
said tl,at the government 'lad not
shown that Hattie lie Blanc had "Vr'
used such q weapon. Whii" on u"
other hand Mrs. Clover. the Wld"" :
did know how to use one,
He point"d out conflicting state
mcnts made by witnesses concerning
hoth Mrs. Glover and her attorntH
: y Gilmore and was urging the JurS
to Give the girl the benefit Of amy
reasonable doubt, when he suddenly
lo,idcd to conclude his remarks to-
morrow. =,
It is expected shat TIE case VIII y.
in the hands of the jury before ~
o'clock tomorrow morning.
,...,,,.,, Johnson called attention "
the fart that the prosecution had claimed
.h,. :. could not select it's witnesses, and
then he named several persons who hdu
been connected with the case either aS
witnesses before the inquest or at the
lower court hearing. who mad hot pee'
called in the present trial lie Sald ti'''
the government had promised TO Piol
that Glover was seen going DOWN 10 Wv
Laundry at $50 on the night OF the nv"
der. accompanied by woman ~
prosecution had not done so, he assert
| ed and then asked why the prosecutor
| did not show this Was it because 'u'
woman might be identified as MIS- "io
yer?" he queried.
| as there any evidence from ahso'''
! In this case" continued Mr. Johnson d
having seen Hattie lie Blanc ID ina, W
| cinityp Not an atom. You nave q fis"
| tn ask yourselves why the district attol
| nev did not make his promise good.
NAV have been that instead OF asa'"s
this little girl his evidence may haF'
pointed to someone else.
"The government said it would snow
that Hattie lie Blanc had told many en-
aictiny stories. Have You heard oil any
story from her except the th'io "'e''
| that was read here?"
| The lawyer mentioned his own ineXpe
riencc in criminal cases and compateu
with the great experience of the ois
,rict attorney who had successfully con
| ducted many murder cases Ana a9i
you. gentlemen" Mr.. johnson continues
.if in a losing cause he has lost the us
| nitv of his position, do not char6e 1t ~
| the defendant, do not charge II 10 tn
,ra,,or,ment. but remember the reason
| why
| THO bathroom incident was referred u
hv Mr.. johnson, who said that OH '''
next day Mrs. Glover consulted on
No., .rd the day after that she bought
revolver. which she hid uhaer hei me-.
tress. The attorney declared tiat M
Glover had arranged in advance ii"'''.
trim to Mrs. Taylor's. where the s''
STAYED for week after the bathroom
enisode. He also called the atteh'ion ~ =
t,o i,,rv to the allegation that MIS-. Clio
ver had not written to Hattie's pare"'
about how the girl had been conduct'n
herself, but instead she wrote @ tha' ,i,,, rna,
t;e was good, Christian. loving ii'''
girl. A.,
,,,o shootin. of Glover was the
IN nv the attorney. vino sal
.. 80 c,oYe, was shot previous to st'
..o. <r,o,,er was seen coming from IN
;"mdrv W. at s47 he declared and n
ei.rad to the witnesses who test
fed that they saw her. .,,ara wa
/ NV l-., that flpGG W a