New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
DENIED KILLING GLOVER
Defendants Attorney Repeats
ALLEGED Talk of Miss Leblanc.
NOT HEARD BY THE JURY
District Attorney and Girls
Counsel in Animated Wrangie
Over Admitting Evidence.

r.-brIsx. Mass Dec s.-The feature OF
re single session to-day OF the CiA Oh
s1..... Leblanc, the Frencn-C2nAcl2n ei1
.. seventeen years who is On tr,ai at INC
Er Cambridge courthouse for the nlu'-
So of Clarence F. Glover, Naillsui
arndry proprietor. g year egos Was AZ EN-
n~ed legal urangie between Discfce AT
,o-ev John J. Higgins, the chief prosecut-
ing officer and Melvin IL Johnson. ch1eA
counsel for the accused girl TIE contest
ra. over the admission OF eV1oence
which is considered Of extreme frnpor lance
10 The prosecution and which Is sCenuousiy
ppposed by counsel for the oeience- IND
.r-5ance concerns the statements alleged
Ia have been made by Miss Leblanc n the
gs,tha-n poltce station Immediately after
she was discovered hiding under bed IN
Pro Glover home on the night following
r-lo,,--,s funeral. and the argument between
counsel was prec!pfra.ed when one OF the
utr,asses. Samuel E. Elrpore, Mrs. Glover
,e-soasI attorney was on the witness stand
and was questioned as TO what Hattie mad
said 81 the police station
II was learned that the question, DIG
yotl shoot Mr.. Clover was asked MISS
Leblanc and that the girl replied NO. III
English. She also said: 81 had no revolver
to Kill with
This was brought out during the argu-
RENTS befo-. Judge Bond. and the jury did
not hear the evidence.
Refuses to Testify in Case
,,- Johnson objected to the introduction
%. &c o,,estiou and answers bearing on
tr.se statements. On the ground mat ms
rlieuc did not understand English at that
es-a. and that whatever she said was SAID
through Ed interpreter This Interpreter is
row II Canada and has refused 70 come TO
Massachusetts 20 testify in the case MI
johnson conterded that Mr.. Elmores tes-
rfr,ory concerning Miss Leblsncs replies
70 the questions put 10 her in the police
rrs-tou would not be competent because,
II. virtue Of their coming through an in
te-o--ter they would amount only TO hear
saw evidence so far as Mr.. Elmore was
concerned
The District Attorney maintained that
she prisoner understood English at tina
tine Of her sr-est. and 10 support his con-
renrion he introduced Sheriff Fairbairn.
VINO has had charge Of the prisoner for
more than a year. and DR.. Ctley, the jail
physician, VINO has also had conversations
with the girl. The District Attorney also
asked for q wit OF habeas corpus for the
appearance IN court OF MIS- EIl1dOeIn
rachrond. q convicted murderess. who is
serving g life sentence Mrs Richmond
knew Miss Leblanc in the East Cambridge
SaH, end the District Attorney wishes 10
show through her testimony that the de-
sendan1 could both speak and understand
she English language
Judge Bond the presiding Justice an
roUnced that he would render his ruling
on the question Of admitting or excluding
the evidence on Monday. 70 which date he
ordered court adjourned
Canadian Attorney in Court
Before Mr. Elnere resumed the stand
afr. johnson Introduced to the court George
". Kyle crown attorney at St Peters
X 8. and a member OF the Nova Scotia.
provincial Parliament from Richmond
County. the district in which Miss Lee
tlenc's old home town CT West Arichat is
situated Mr.. Johnson asked the court for
ye-rnission for Mr.. Kyle TO Sit with counsel
for the deIenoa. and said that possibly the
Canadian attorney might be called later as
witness in the case. Judge Bond granted
she request District Attorney Higgins max
s-E no objections The court also granted