New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-06
WITNESSES AID WIDOW
Six Say They Saw Mrs. Glover at
Home About Time of Murder.
fillmore RECEIVED S4,153
Paid Immediately After Shooting
to Defend Widow-Dlrect
Case Against Girl To- day.


tion's direct case against Hattie Leblanc
on trial for the murder of Clearance F
Glover. will probably be before the jury al
The close of to-rnorrow's session. When
the court adjourned tonight. the jury had
heard the evidence of twenty-one witness
ee seven Of whom testified to-day NO
witness has yet testified TO seeing Miss LIE
blanc enter or leave the laundry where the
shooting is said TO have taken place. and
shree efforts by the District Attorney TO
introduce testimony that more closely con-
nected the girl Will, the crime have been
ruled out BIZ the court on the other hand.
the defence, during the seven DAYS of the
trial. has turned the attention of the jury
from the Cane Breton girl to Mrs. Lillian
N Glover the widow. and the District At
1ornev has several times been obliged to
protect her against the attacks of Melvin
N johnson. the leading counsel for the de-
fence Half 2 dozen witnesses testified to-
day % seeing Mrs. Glover in her own
home about the time the shooting is said to
have taken place i'm the laundry
Mrs. GIover's personal counsel. Samuel
u Elnaore was on The stand longer than
any one else to-day. and was forced TO ad-
init that he was paid A-155 by Mrs. Glover
Immediately following the murder to de-
Fend her against y situation which had
n
detected marks on the defendants hands
when she was dragged from her hiding
g7laoe. Whether these marks were powder
stains h. could not say. but they looked
like it. lie also said that she had a
IN her finger. and :he defence laid much
stress - the fact that in the searches of
1he Glover house for the girl a lamp was
used ana might have 2,een held close this
hand.
To Produce Interpreter To-day.
Just lefore the close of the DAYS session.
1f1e District Attorney inJimated that he
would produce to-morrpv the interpreter
y no translated EIattie-s statements to The
police after her arrest
The second week of the tT.al started to-
hay with another victory for the defence. in
the exclusion of The girls statements at
TIE police station after her arrest. The
prosecution tried on Saturday to show.
through Mr. Elmore and other witnesses,
that the sir understood English and an
Swered three questions asked her in Eng
tist without the aid OF an interpreter. Other
questions however were through an inter
yreter.
Judge Bond stated that he did not think
tire girl knew the exact iml-ort IF the ques
.ions asked her Ia English. and as the
Trench Interpreter refused TO come into
Ihe country from Canada to guarantee the
girls remarks. The government was unable
al present TO Introduce the girls state
rrents " hen examined ny the police Judge
Bond did not rule the questions out finally,
hut gave the prosecution a little satisfac-
Ion in saving that there might come a
lime III the trial when they coulG be intro
Euced.
Mr.. Elmore then resumed his testimony.
and was asked why ne wanted 4.15S from
the widow the day after The murder He
said that il was for expenses When
pressed by the District Attorney for Z more
specific answer. he replied: To meet a plot
partially formulated Mr.. Johnson for the
defence. Immediately sprang 10 his feet
end demanded that the remarks be ruled
out. Judge Bond agreed.
Refused to Give Up Girls Clothes.
Mr. Fln1ore then changed his reply by
saving that he wanted the money 10 meet
situation brought about by the brothers
Of Nj. Glover. who subsequently sued the
widow He admitted that he refused TO
give un Miss Lcblanc's clothes to M John
son and that a bill in equity MAS now
bending on The matter
TIE cross-eXarnination began with the
rueztIon: Did YOU not give so to all four
sf me children of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman,
The intimate friends Of Mrs. Glover on the
christmas relieving tie murder
Yes =,
Did you Ger do such thing before
DID Hcu ever know the Freemans CT any
G rho children before the MURDER
"Eo''
NJ Llrore said he had never given the
children airy other presents. before or since
Nj Johnson then asked Mr.. Einore if he
lad seen q man named Fred Terrio in New
--o-k while The hearing over the Will was in
lTcErcss-
NJ. Elraore said that he did not know
1-red Terrio. but that he had seen a man
.s-r-d a u Terrio at his hotel in New
Ycrk This Terrio's place OF business. the
witness said. Has at No 40o Sixth avenue
Mr. Clover was with Mr. Gilmore when \.
Ia rerrio caTed on Mr. Elmore al a New
.ork hotel The witness said that he didn't
- ansv where else with Mrs Glover during
1ne VIII fcarinc. and that when he was
~1L her in NV York 80 checks passed
l-etuseH them.