Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-09
Defence Brings Out Sensational Testimony to Show
Motive for Killing Husband hattie'S Sister Says
Mrs. Glover Declared She Would Rid Her:
self Of G|oVer-..Te||S Of the QuarreS.

you that one other had the opportunity,
| tie intent and ability tn commit that
| crime"
| When Mr.. Brewer had concluded, the
| senior counsel for the defence Melvin
| NJ. Johnson, who had so searchingly
| croSS-eXamlned the governments wit
| n5sses. calmly turned to District At
torney John H. Higgins and asked MIN
| to take the stand as the first witness
for the defence. iir. Higgins declined
ard ,hc jury was sent from the room
| and heated argument followed Mr.
Johnson declared that the prosecution
stand lad introduced one witness who
showed great bias and had done every
thing he could to prevent the defence
from properly preparing it's case. Mr..
Higgins denied the allegations and re-
tortc' that Mr.. johnson had kent Wit
| nesSes for the defence locked up SO
| that the prosecution could not inter-
view them.
| When the district attorney SAYS ]
locked a. witnesses exclaimed Mr.
johnson. "he either knowingly or I'M
Willingly SAYS What is false"
/ Judge PEND iirally ruled that the
| district attOrne.' need not take the
stand. and the jury was recalled.
| NeighbOrS ant relatives Of the de
| PENDANT We're first called including
the girls father. Abraham lie Blanc
of West Aricnat. n. S. These Wit
nesses testified that Hattie was one
of 10 children, huddled together in
Z small house in a tiny fishing set
| tlement on an island. that she had no
| opportunity for an education and had
f.. spent only six months at school and
that she always bore Il good repu-
tatiOn before coming to tho states.
| A firearms experts testified that the
revolver with which Glover was killed
could not bacK-fre, this tending to
SHOW that alleged marks on Hattie's
hands could nor have been received
in that way.
Mrs. SIMPSONS testimony followed
and then the defence put on a num-
Der of telephone girls, who testified
that they had no recollection of
half-hour's conversation on Mrs.
GlDver's line the night Of the muir
der. Witnesses for the government
had testified to such g telephone CON
versation between Mrs. Glover and
her friend, Mrs. Freeman.
The final witness Of the day. Hat
tie lie Blanc's sister. Mrs. Irene LIE
Blanc Langley, said that Mrs. Glover
had shown her three notes which She
had written in which she declared
that she wished to rid herself of her
husband and would do it. On the
night before the murder Mrs. Lang
Icy testified Mrs. Glover forbade her
husband to come into the house to
supper and exclaimed that if he did
come in it would be the last supper
he would eat. She said she had heard
Mrs. Glover say that her husband was
No good" One day when she called
ut the Glover home she found Tobie
LIE Blanc. Mrs. Glovtr'S brother. chok
inc Hattie
Mrs. Langley will be cross exam
ined tomorrow morning. Mr.. Johnson
said tonight that he hoped to COM
pleto his direct case by Saturday.
Cambridge, Mass. Dec. S.-The de-
renee in the trial of Hattie lie Blanc
the little Cape Breton girl, who is on
trial for the murder of Clarence r.
Glover, the Waltham laundry proprie-
tor, opened with sensations today. The
greatest throng that has appeared at
any time during the trial clamored at
the doors of the Middlesex county
court house long before the hour OF
opening: the Junior counsel FOR the
defendant, A. Farley Brewer. declared
IN his opening address that the DC
fence would show that someone beside
the prisoner had the opportunity the
motive and the ability to commit the
crime; and when Melvin NJ. Johnson,
senior counsel for the girl, called the
first witness, the crowd in the court
house was surprised to hear the tall
young lawyer ask Dist. Atty. John j.
Higgins to take the stand. The jury
was ordered from the room. while Mr..
johnson explained to the court that he
desired to show through Mr.. higgins
that material witnesses to the govern
ment's case had not been allowed to
! testify, and that the prosecution had
+ h.ndered the defence in investigating
/ the ease in the interests OF the pris-
| oner.
Mr.. Johnson. who was taken i'll in
| court yesterday, appeared pale and
| weak this morning, and A. Farley
: Brewer. MS associate, opened LOT tne
defence. Mr.. Brewer spoke of the mys-
! terry surrounding the death Of Glover.
. He described the childhood of Hattie
lie Plano at her former home at West
Arichat, c. B.. where. as member of
poor family, she had no prospects of
advancement and opportunity. and
then he declared that she was brought
/ to the Glover home designedly.
! Mr.. Brewer told the jury that the
evidence to be presented by the de-