The evening world., 1910-12-01
Widow of Murdered Man As.
sailed by lie Blanc Girls Law
yer on Her Past Life.
TELLS OF MARRIAGES.
We'd Twice to Glover Because
Told First Ceremony Was
lllegal-Many Men Named.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, De-. f-Interes,
IN the trial of Hattie lie Blanc. the
seventeen-yesr-old Cape Breton girl,
for the murder OF Clarence +. Glover
was Intensified to-day and a big throng
clsmored for admission 60 tho Middle
sex County Court House. Tho public
interest in the case has been partly
diverted from the youthful prisoner 20
the widow OF the murdered man. Mrs.
Gicve was characterized ms a YAM
pre" yesterday by Attorney Melvin NJ.
Johnson. the lie Blanc girls chief conn-
eel. who asserted that Mrs. Glover had
the motive. inclination and opportunity
10 shoot her husband"
II was anticipated by those who have
followed the case closely that further
attempts TO divert the attention OF the
jury from the prisoner to the widow
were likely to be made by Attorney
johnson as the trial progressed.
Hattie lie Blanc. with an air OF
scared expectancy. intently watched
, Mrs. Glover, who. attircd as yesterday
u black. was recalled by the prosccu-
ton and asked regarding her prot-
cheney with firearms.
Mrs. Glover's Ordeal Begins.
She testified thai she had fired a shot
gun and occasionally a revolver. but
? that she was a poor shot.
Then she was turned over to Attorne"
: Johnson. for the defense. for a cross
examination. and her ordeal began. II
was a terrific FIR. OF questions. leading
her into every detail of her life. both
pebble and Intimate. She was asked by
Johnson:
Have you ever gone under any other
name than your maiden name or that or
Mrs. Clover
She answered NO"
She thcn was asked n she had not
received letters at the Waltham Post
Office at intervals for several years ad-
dressed TO Minnie Everett Clarke. She
admitted that she had. She declared
she had never gone under the name OF
+ Lillian Walker.
Mrs. Glover at first denied that she
knew n girl named Lena. but later adj
United that she knew this grl under
another name.
n One Marriage Illegal.
She was asked TO tell the story re-
garding her first meeting with Glover,
N and said that she was introduced TO him
II by Arthur Glover. his brother, and that
both men used the name OF Gardner,
II She was married TO him when she
was sixteen years old. on Jan,
20. 1890. by Rev. Mr.. Adams. Confronted
with a certificate OF her marriage In
1900 by Rev. Herbert Il. Parker II,
Providence. r. l., she declared that II
II was correct and that the previous mar
riage. she had been told, was Illegal
hence the second marriage.
Asked to show n certificate OF th'
earlier marriage, she could not do so
4 because. she admitted. she had none
but insisted that she had been married
She declared that she lived In Yves
Arichat. G. b.. until she was eleven o
twelve years old, when she came q
y Boston. The witness declared she re
turned there In 1906 alone and again II
1907 with Glover.
Mrs. Gloyer's maiden name was l.
Blanc. as Is Hattie's. but the woman ha
always declared there was no relation.
Calm Under Fire.
Under a merclless fire OF cross-ques
tioning by Johnson she was led by ques
tioning hither and thither across IN
III country and back again. Mrs. Glove
was asked regarding many men an
Npsny cities. but answered all question
q calmly and clearly. parrying all OF John
sons inuendoes successfully. She denie
any intimacy with Glover prior to theI
81 marriage. and asked regarding nc
places of residence in Boston. declare
that abe lived with the family OF he
cousin.
Continuing under cross-examinatio
Mrs. Glover described her life in deta
from the time she came 10 Boston at a
age OF twelve. She had lone housewor
and cooking in various families and Ina
taken care OF babies. When t%wenty-or
she Travelled with a theatrical compan
f. in Canada. posing as a marble statu
She had In 1900 bought out a laundi
v In Boston. where she placed Glover
charge. Later they went into The III
ware business. Mrs. Glover had al'
been a mill hand. a seller Of bicycles,
furs, OF books. a dressmaker in Ne
York, an addresser OF envelopes,
tailoress, a clerk ana milliner. She
now engaged in the millinery business.
Pictured Holding Rifle.
shown a picture Of ~ woman with
rife In her hand she identified II
hers.
A large number OF letters then we
shown her, which she admitted were
her writing. which were written
Hattie lie Blanc. the girl on trial. a
Hsttie's little brothers and siste
Shown a picture OF a Mr.. Sayles. fro
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