The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-14
APPEAL TO JURY

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 14-"I didn't do it. I want to go home with my father"
 After making this dramatic appeal to the jury, the more effective for it's subdued simplicity. Hattie Le Blanc, today was led back to the old East Cambridge jail. and at 9:45 a. m., the jury was given the case and filed out of the courtroom where, for two weeks and three days they have lis tened to the evidence in the + year old French-Canadian~ girls trial on the charge of murdering Clarence F. Glover. They went to deliberate, and reach verdict, if possible, and the girl went back to the jail where she has been confined one year, to await word as to whether she is free to go home to her mother and little brothers and sisters at west Arichat, Cape Breton. or whether she will go to the electric chair. the youngest woman prisoner ever condemned to death in New England.
 Judge Bond completed his charge to the jury at 9:3O today, having snoken s'nce 9:03 a.. m. The attorneys immediately went into a conference before the jury went out
 After this the clerk of the court arose and sad: Hat Le Blanc you can speak if you like.'' Hattie arose and in a low voice, in fairly well pro- nounced English, said: "I didn't do it. I want to go home with my fath- jury by the clerk. They had wis ble
 fleet Several jurors sm led tender ly.
 The moment was the most intense of the whole trial. Judge. jury and spectators smiled tenderly at the girls simple words and her attempt to pro- neunce English well. After a few more directions from the court the jury was sent out. When Hattie was brought into court for the last day of her trial, today. she wore her same blue frock and appeared pale and weak. She trembled visibly. Att torney Johnson, who has defended her on the back. The girl smiled Jack, wanly, and looked around the courtroom at the crowd for sight of her father. As soon as court was called and she settled into her usual sIace between Matron Warnock and Court Officer Rhoades. she seemed to brace up and wiped but few tears If nervousness from her eyes as Judge Bond completed h s charge. Att torneys declared that Judge Bonds charge was one of those judicial doc uments that will live in history. It was. however, consldered by lawyers as extremely favorable to Hattie Le Blanc. It allowed either acquittal, a verdict for first degree murder with electrocution, or second degree murder Or manslaughter with various periods of Imprisonment in the courts jur's- | diction, attached. Resuming his charge, today. Judge Bond at great length defined the reasonable doubt that the jurors must decide before reaching a verdict.
 He called the jury's attention to the fact that the State presented only :. .circumstantial evidence. He stated that this class of evidence was per- fectly legal, but that in consider ng it, the jury must be satisfied beyond
 reasonable doubt, of the guilt of the accused.
 Tn regard to the revolver he said: l 'sThe fact that the defendant was in-
 jured. as shown by the wound upon her finger, whether by some action of the revolver or not, whether the 1 base of the cylinder. must be consid- cred carefully and a fair inference be drawn from the facts presented regarding that incident.
 "The charge that the defendant shot Glover while he was going down sta ITS. as made by the government must be satisfactorily proved to you by the evidence presented before you bring a charge of guilty against the defendant You must consider, could
 he not be shot there, in any other
 way?
 NYou are not to deal with evidence l in a captious spirit. but deal with il ! as a reasonable proposition. In con- 1 s;der.ng the witnesses testimony you 1 must consider the interest on bias
 which may have influenced them 1 Sometimes these interests are so great | as to cause the witness to strain 2 point.
 "It appears in the evidence that MT | Flmore was paid large sum of mon
 ey for some purpose: If he was fl
 league with Mrs. Glover, in an at
 tempt to influence this case, ther
 both were interested and if sucf | money was used for influencing sucl l witnesses you must consider these ant | how far you can follow their testi | mony." | The court again briefly reviewed
 the legal points of his charge ant
 Hattie was allowed to speak. Afte
 Hattie spoke her counsel asked tn
 court to review the question of req
 sonable doubt, which was done ant the jury admonished to find verdic l as quickly as possible, consistent witl 1 care The judge remained in court { | few minutes but later retired to hi | chambers to await the jury.