New-York tribune., 1910-06-25
MRS. GLOVER ACQUITTED
no, Guilty of Being Accessory to
Husbands Murder.
egy OTHERS Ex0NERATED
t.5ce Stevens Orders Jury to
Feturn Verdict Rendered
Attorneys Wrangle.

---,-ssge. Mass. June 2.-Atter Dis
.-,,-nsv James : Higgins had stated
- ,gostng address that he had never
N..ss rhe- a-v Of the defendants were
u-sv connected with the crime for
- 4sev we're indicted. Judge Stevens
-.-sav ordered the jury in the Eas,
1--n-s5ze Superior Criminal Court to re-
verdict Ct not guilty in the case Of
TfTran Glover and six other persons
-r-ges with beng accessories after the
= - me murder Of Mrs. Glover's hus-
- Clarence 7. Clover. Without leaving
- ssa-s the jurymen compiled with the
,-.--ucrions Besides Mrs. Glover, the de-
s.-ss1rs were her attorneys. Samuel d
--,ors and : z Tupper; the murdered
- brorhsr, Seymour Clover; Mrs. Sey-
- Glover and Mr- and Mrs George \.
--.s-,sn. friends OF the Glover family
r. Defendants we're secretly indicted at
~ 71ne tern Of the Middlesex Grand Jury
= rsre placed On rriaI yesterday. The
--.o,ae charge against them was that thew
- assisted II concealing Hattie Leblanc,
70 * now under indictment charged with
.,s ru-6e- Of Glover in his laundry On
s--vsrbe- =. 1903. The young French
2
ss-vsr- IN The Glover household. was
tszpd hiding Under 2 bed in the Glover
-Lopss sf-sr several previous searches OF
.ss house hsa failed &c reveal any trace
n her
Loro Probate Hearing.
lo-g probate hearing several months
.vo N Clarence Glovers VIII. which made
ms widow and Seymour Glover the princi-
nj tsns1ctar1es, frequent inumations were
rrs5s that Mrs.. Glover and others knew
r-sar u Hattie Lsblanc's arrest where she
rzs hiding
nas--.cr Attorney Higgins said to-day.
=s-er al -he e-ldence had been put in,
..s- rhese persons, against whom 50 much
s,s,dc.on had been directed had been
5r7achr INTO court because he believed they
.s0ul5 have z fair chance TO prove that
.Asr we're TOT implicated in the crime The
,-iss q Miss Leblanc is set for next Sep
-s-.he--
Within zn hour after the first witness
tsi raksn The stand five others had testi-
ass gnc ne government announced that
Is side Tes closed
General Charles u Bartlett immediately
rnsned for the defence. stating 10 the Jury
.zss The go~=~-r1ent must establish e
t-i1ns, ard called M Elmore, the personal
representative Ct The widow and one Of the
executors q the ~iII. as TIE first witness.
Disagreement Among Attorneys.
A disagreement among the attorneys vas
feature OF The forenoon session. Among
re lsw-ars II The courtroom were Melvin
Z. Johnson ard \. Farley Brown. the at
furns-s for Miss Leblanc, as well as John
scot- and G-envlIle s Mcfarland, who
rsuresen1e6 al q The Clover brothers. with
ihs exception Of Seymour Glover, IN the
trtgnpt q break the viii District Attor-
nsv Higgins arose when the case was called
snd said mat ne desired 70 make z state
msnr which vzs improper for the J1Iry TO
ass-. Tia +U---. however. was not sent from
fhs room Then Nfr Higgins said:
4 fsv DAYS ago I notified Mr. Johnson
fzs- I would want Hattie Leblanc here
gs he vas reluctant 70 have her come, I
sse-re5 z wit cf hapeas corpus, which has
I'M bes- served and which IS now in the
hzncs Ct Sheriff Fatrbairn. II is my duty
p 90 justice. and shall require her pres
s1cs here 70 testify Il she desires 70 give
tssrmon-. Her counsel has no right 20 in
fs-lere : irish 70 ask her personally If she
RS anv ob5ecrion 70 testifying-
FepIv 70 District Attorney.
n repi---E . the District Attorney, MI
jo1nson said mat. n order 70 prove its
Csss aga-nz- the seven defendants, the gov
e-ner- must prove as well as anything
else rha- Miss Leblanc murdered Glover.
7 e TO- right tc have this girl here, he
Esd Es declared that the acts OF the
Hsric- Attorney we're persecution, and
not prosecution.
This Is zhitewash proceeding, he
Hhou1e5 and this unfortunate girl should
ou- 5s made rar-y 70 i"
Dis--c- attorney Higgins denied with
-rch heat mat The present proceeding was
te- Thite~asL' purposes.
E-9r further hos-tlt-les, Judge Stevens
rssrorsd calm hv v-iLhdrawlng the writ OF
hsosss -o-rcs- 1skng occasion, however.
. s-s-e MS cT-n conviction that the DIS
ir1c- z--o--s~ was acting in good faith
I1s case -her proceeded with the evidence
gwen II --vo FTal-han police officers Ser
gsz- Jc11 Cor-su and Patroluan Thomas
Z EeLIey ke-ls- Is the officer VINO TOOK
t1cTe-S zrr=--7orrern statement