The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-15

I.e Blanc, the 17-year-old girl who has been on trial for more than two weeks for the murder of Clarence Glover, is free. The jury brought in verdict of not guilty after an hours delibera- tion.
 Mrs. Glover Is Attacked.
 All during the trial of nearly three weeks, during which time the girl ap- pesred in court with her life in the balance, her attorneys repeatedly at tackled Mrs. Glover, the murdered mans wife, as the real murderer.
 Even a witness called to the chair at the last moment of the trial testi- fled that she saw Mrs. Glover leave the laundry on the night of the mur- der.
 It Is believed that Mrs. Glover will be held pending an investigation. or that she will be watched until the police believe 1t is advisable to take action
 Just before the jury retired Hattie Le Blanc arose and made this state ment to the jury:
 q did not do it, and I want to go to my home with my papa-my fa- ther."
 The girls voice was so low that the foreman of the jury could not hear her. Lawyer Johnson of her counsel repeated what she said.
 Then as the jury passed out of the court room there was a buzz of ex citement. Hattie Le Blanc was taken to an ante-room. She was trembling with the emotion that the critical point in her ordeal caused-trembling as she walked, her heart beating with hope and anxiety
 Judge Hits at Mrs. Glover.
 In the case of Hattie Le Blanc. the 17-year-old FTench-Canadian girl charged with the murder of Clarence F. Glover Judge Bond completed the charge to the jurors. Those who lis tened attentively felt that in his hon. CTS summary of the case the conten- tion of Hattie Le Blanc's attorneys were largely sustained When he came to the name of Mrs. Glover the audience was startled.
 You have to consider whether Mrs. Glover had an opportunity to get this revolver into her hand" said the court
 And, too, whether she was in the vicinity of the laundry that night She said she was at home until after g o'clock, when she went to the hos pital.
 Familiar With Pistols.
 NOW, if you say that is true. she had no opportunity But if she was not home there reading the news papers until well into the evening, if she was not telephoning for that three-quarters of an hour to Mrs. Fireman, but on the contrary was out on the street, you are to consider whether she did not have an oppor- tunity and whether she was not the woman that this defendant heard walking about in the laundry about the time the shots were heard
 Mrs, Glover was familiar with pistols, and you are to consider whether she was more likely to con- init this crime than the defendant.
 Tt is enough if there is raised in your mind doubt at all, for you to con. slider that the defendant did not fire the shot that ended the life of Clar- ence Glover"
 Sufficient Doubt.
 This occurred in his discussion of opportunity to commit the crime.
 Did the little girl have the ability, the courage or the knowledge to com- init the crime? On this point the court dwelt at considerable length. He showed that if the defense had proved that the patent device on the revolver was too much for little girl to handle. that she had had no experi- ence in handling revolvers, that as a novice in the handling of firearms she would not have the courage to shoot to kill, then the prosecutions case had fallen because there was suffi- cent doubt to acquit.