Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-13
GLOVER, THE VICTIM,
REAPED WAGES OF SIN.
Atty Johnson Begins Final Effort Il
Secure Hattie lie b|anC'S Freedom
Calls Mrs; Glover Vampire
and Whited Sepu|chre,

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and had to be carried inside of the
| building. Physicians and court attend
| ants worked over her for nearly an
hour before she vas revived sufficient
| ~ to be allowed to go home. Then Jul
| ror Campbell was taken i'll and re-
| CURED the services of a physician.
Numerous conferences were held be-
| tween court and counsel and the case
was a quarter Of an hour late in open
| ing.
| AS soon as court had opened, the
| jury WAS sent from the room and At
| torn"v Johnson. addr, ssins the courr.
said that Frank Delorcy, the missing
| witness who was arrested last night,
| had been examined by District Attor-
ney Higgins and himself and both law
| ytrS agreed that lis testimony was
Nalue!ess
i He is in custody" said Mr. John
son, land | leave his disposition to
| the court
| Judge Bond th"rcupon gave the re
crcant witness Il severe talking to- and
| finally discharged him from custody
| b. agreements Of Mr.. Johnson and
the district attorney. transcripts OF the
as exhibits. These letters were writ
ten. some in behalf of Hattie by Mrs
Glover. some by Mrs. Glover to Hat
! ties parents in Cape Breton, and some
| from Hattir's sisters to Mrs. Glover.
Again addressing the court, Attor-
| ncN Johnson said:
| "IcStcrdaY | learned for the first
| time of q new and important Witness
So important is her testimony that
| feel that even if the defendant should
be convicted | could secure Il new trial
OF, the evidence of this witness alone
| do not want to have to ask for a new
| trial aud / beg that the court viii al
low me To reopen til" case for tliu dc
| fence"
The didStrict attorney iutcrposed 40
| objection and Mr. Johnson called Miss
| Nellie Walsh of Waltham to the stand
Miss Walsh testified that at the
| present time Sh" is employed as cook
| IN the family of Judge Bond. the JUS
ticc VIII" is presiding at the trial, and
| that she lives in a house on Park Lane
| Naltham, owned by the Clovcrs. She
sad that five years ago She was en-
pluycd in Glovcrs laundry and that
she knew Mrs. Glover very we'll
She was questioned regarding her
movements ON the night of NOV. 70
| 1909, when Glover WAS shot. She
traced her own movements from the
| time she left Judge Bonds house that
evening until she reached Moody street
near the Glover laundry
| 1t was about $ o'clock when she left
HON" and it took her fully half an hour
to reach the vicinity Of the laundry
Whom did you see on Moody street
that night asked Mr. johnson.
| II saw Mrs. Clover" replicd Miss
Walsh. who then went on to describe
how Mrs. Glover was dressed. Mrs,
Glover. the witness said wore a dark
hat. dark clothing and long dark
coat and carried mum The witness
said that she positively recognized Mrs
Glover as she passed her in front Of a
picture store where the brilliant H.
| lumlnation in the window lighted up
the street. Mrs. Glover was wallanp
away from the laundry, she said.
Mrs. Lillian VI. Glover then r.sumnd
her testimony in rebutta!.
Dist. Atty. Higgins asked her how
| mitch money she haI when Glover
bought the laundry. hut Mr. Johnson
objected on the ground that it was not
| material, and the jury was excused
While tie point was argued The dis
trlct attorney SAID that he desired to
defend the assertion Of counsel COR tho
defense that Mrs. Glover had killed
her husband in order to get back
property belonging to herself which
had passed into Glover's control Dur
ing the argument Mr.. Higgins said
that he had been placed in the diff
cult position Of trying to defend Mrs.
Glover. He called attention to the
fact that witnesses for the defence
had testified that Mrs. Glover had
told them that Glover controlled her
property and that she intended to get
1T back. Il want to show" continued
the district attorney that Mrs. Glover
did not kill her husband that she did
mot need t. as snc had the property
lalrcady.'
Mrs. Glover denied that she went t.
lthc laundry on the night of the shot
ing. she denied that she came out of
the alley way leading from tho laun-
dry and she denied unquaiiiedly. 50
faS as she WIS concerned. the toSti-
mony given by witnesses for the de-
Tense about Il woman who came from
the alley way. boarded car, got off
lat Central street, met a man IN Wal
than common. hid behind Il fence and
afterwards received a man at the
Glover home.
DO YOU know Miss Walsh?' asked
Dist. Atty. Higgins. who added to the
question. who is now working fot
Judge Bond
Il do not" Mrs. Glover replied.
Contrary to the expectations of the
spectators Mrs. GIover's cross exam
ination by Mr.. Johnson was very brief
Mrs. Glover said that she knew only 4
few of the employees in the laundry
She said that she had beer. unable' to
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