Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-14
HATTIE LE BLANC
IS ACQUITTED OF
GLOVER MURDER
Jury Frees Cape Breton Girl
Accused of Killing
Laundryman.
81 WANT TO Go HOME
WITH FATHER" SHE SAYS
Dramatic Scenes Mark Closing
Hours OF Now Famous
Trial.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 14.--Weep-
ing with mingled feelings Of fear, sus-
pense and hope a shrinking little
French-Canadian girl of II years stood
in the docket OF the Middlesex County
Criminal Court today, gazed at the inn
passive faces of a jury of farmers and
mechanics. and, amid an intense still
ness heard from the lips Of the jurys
foreman the words Not guilty as the
foreman announced the acquittal Of
Hattie lie Blanc on the charge of muir
derng Clarence F. Glover, Waltham
laundry owner The crowd that jammed
every inch of space in the courtroom
broke into loud cheering, and the de-
fendant sank back into her seat be-
side Mrs. Warnock. the matron of the
Cambridge Jail, rested her head upon
the niatron's shoulder and both girl and
woman wept tears of joy.
The crowd was fairly swept off it's
feet by their sympathy for the child
ish prisoner. and the uproar was deaf
ening Court officers and police tried
in vain to quell the tumult, and the
demonstration continued until it fairly
wore itself out
Il Father AT Her Side.
During the interval Hattie sat
quietly beside the Jail matron Occa-
sionally her father, Abraham lie Blanc.
of West Arichat, c. B., spoke to her.
but for the greater part of the time
she was left alone with her thoughts.
When word was passed around that
the jury was coming in Hattie braced
herself for the ordeal, but as the jury
men filed into their seats she shud-
i NJ
4 nock's shoulder, and both the prisoner
and her guardian began to cry.
The jury WAS polled in the customary
manner, and then Clerk Dillingham;
called upon the girl to rise.
Trembling and weeping Hattie rose
to her feet.
Jurors said Clerk Dillingham;,
sloolS upon the prisoner
Hattie lie Blanc. look upon the
jury
The girl steeled herself for the effort
and the clerk. addressing Foreman
Fairbanks, of the jury, said:
Mr. foreman, have you agreed upon
a verdict
I'VE have, was the reply.
What is your verdict?' continued
the clerk
mot guilty" answered the foreman
Crowd Cheers Wildly.
A wild cheer burst from the crowd
In the court room at these words and
as Hattie dropped back into her seat
and began to weep on the matron's
shoulder, the demonstration continued
for the court officers We're powerless to
check it.
Later Mr.. Johnson told the news
paper men that Hattie would receive
them In the jail. There were present
in the sheriff's office with her, in ad-
dition to Mr.. Johnson, Sheriff Fair
balm, Mrs. Warnock, Father Robert
Allie, the parish priest of West Arichat
and Father Reber, the pastor of the
French Catholic Church, of Waltham.
Most of Hattie's answers to questions
were interpreted by one of the priests
although occasionally she spoke In
broken English. She said that she was
delighted with the verdict. and she ex-
pressed gratefulness to Mr.. Johnson,
the Judge and the jury. She said that
she would remain with friends in Mas
sachusetts for while and would re-
turn with her father to West Arfchat.
Judge Concludes Charge.
When court was resumed at 9 o'clock
Judge Bond continued his charge to
the jury. He defined circumstantiaI
evidence, and informed the jury that
such evidence must establish the fact
beyond a reasonable doubt He re-
ferred to a sore on the finger of the
defendant, which, he said, the prose
cution claimed was made by the back
fire from the revolver The district
attorney corrected the Judge, saying
that the government claimed that tho
sore was made by the flash from the
nuzzle.
"Do you mean that she shot her
self?" asked Judge Bond
District Attorney Higgins did not re-
ply.
The court called attention to the fact
that no experiments had been made
with the revolver to show that sucn
sore as had been described on the de-
fendants finger could be made with the
revolver
"You win be safer Judge Bond
said. ito err in acquittipg than to err
in convicting."
Judge Bond ended his charge at s:S2
a. m. and Clerk Dillingham;. turning
towards the diminutive prisoner, said
Hattie Leblanc, you now have the
1 opportunity to Nay anything that you
desire"
Girl Addresses Jury.
Pale and frightened, the girl rose.
folded her arms across her breast and
turned towards the jury. Her voice
was so faint that her words could be
heard only a short distance. She spoke
with a pronounced French accent as
she said Il did not do 1t. I want to
go home with my father"
The jury was unable 10 hear her be
cause she spoke so family, and her
chief counsel, Mr.. Johnson repeated
her statement for their benefit.
SEVERAL INJURED IN WRECK.
SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 14.-ln col
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