New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-13
RAD DAY FOR MRS. GLOVER
Widow of Murdered Laundry
man Again Denounced.
HER THREATS BEFORE JURY
xu;t,esses in Leblanc Trial les
tify She Was Near Scene OF
Tragedy on Fatal Night.

- -,as completed shortly after tue
-.-.;,r of the afternoon session oi tle
-, dav ard the remaining TWO hohrs
oc-,r,ied by Melvin NJ Joniisoli' the
s,,- counsel for the little CAPE hfetoh
'saoine -, ,,,,enins of his plea for her lite
rrpe LAWYER declared at me outs &c.
-, ..-, mas prouEh; from the provinces
"'u. .,e white slave" traffic. and
cunning 10 Mrs Lillian NJ Glover
'ii.-l' ..s,,,.d her 10 leave her home. Mr.
~ 7.,,o,,n~ed the widow WAS Nanl-
- ,,ecited Kipling 10 emphasize ms
-. uc will finish his argument to-mor-
row, rr;r,;,,s .o-dav
-, los, effort TO introduce Glovers
tlo--,7 ,5,-fns statement that Hattie Leblanc
80 sbo- him but wheI he declared mat MI
r.i,,e,,, himself had said that hattie hao
.,.,-,i-tes the shooting there was pu'S'
., ,sssjorate protest from the oeiehc'-
- Bor,d ruled the evidence out
~ The case When Mrs erioNe VOC oii .ie
&c the District Attorney became m
ia IN heated argument with Judge
pa anon the adrnissibiiity OF some OF her
..sserca ard the coIloquy became SO bitter
49, +7,c T1is.rict Attorney was threatened
with expulsion
Two more witnesses we're introduced.
WIN declared that they saw Mrs Glover
,losA ny the Laundry on the evening OF the
sweating while the widow denied that she
-,=se o,,t IF her house an that night. Then,
- d. breathing space of half an hour.
The r,-incirsl defender Of Hattie Leblanc
beran his final effort 10 obtain her freedom.
BY agreement Of Mr.. Johnson and the
district Attorney transcripts of the letters
introduced on Friday We're entered as eN-
+ihi+s after the opening Of the court this
in behalf of Hattie by Mrs. Clover. some
Nv Mrs. Glover 10 Iattie's parents in Cape
Breton and some from Hattie's sister 10
Mrs. Glover.
Nj. johnson. counsel for the defence.
,aslAd Miss Nellie Walsh. of sWaltham. TO
the stand. Miss Walsh testified that at the
pTeepB, limo she is employed as cook in
The family of Judge Bond. the justice who
IS presiding at the trial. and that she lives
5n house on Park Lane, Waltham- owned
hv the Clovers. She said that five years
ago she was employed in iloYer's laundry
and that she knew Mrs. Glover very we'll
Mrs. Glover Near Scene of Murder.
She was questioned regarding her move
nents on the night Of November -, 1902.
The night that Glover was shot. She traced
her own movements from the time she left
rhe house of her former employer, MI Wal
worth. that evening until she reached
Moody street, near the Glover laundry 1t
ass about s o'clock when she left her en-
ployeT's home and IL took her fully half
Hn hour 10 reach the vicinity Of The laun-
Dry
Whom did YOU see Moody street that
night" asked Mr.. johnson.
I saw Mrs. Glover" replied Miss Walsh
who then went on describing how Mrs
Glover WAS dressed The witness said that
she positively recognized Mrs. Glover as
she ,,assed her in front Of picture store,
where the brilliant illumination in the Win
bow lighted I'D the street. Mrs. Glover
-sss walking away from the laundry. she
s=afrf
Mrs Lillian Al Glover then resumed her
direct testimony in rehuttal- District At
7orney Higgins asked her how much money
she rad when Glover bought the laundry.
hut Nj Johnson objected on tho ground
mat il zvas not material, and the jury was
excused while the point was argued The
District Attorney said that he desired to
defend the assertions Of counsel for the
defence that Mrs Glover had killed her
husband in order TO get back property be
longing 10 her which had passed into
SiloVer's control.
lie cafInG attention. 10 llf ldNA taieaL W.
resses for the defence had testified that
Mrs. Glover had told them that Glover
controlled her property and that she IN
tended 20 get it back Il want TO show"
continued the District Attorney, that
Ms Glover did not need 10 and that she
had the property already.
The court. however. sustained Mr.. john
sons objection and the question was ex-
GUIDED When the jury was brought back
Mrs Glover denied telling Mrs Rice, one
OF the witnesses for the defence, that she
had married Glover in order to get the
contro, % her own property She also de-
ried the statements % & similar chara cter
T1see by NJ. Gardner. another witness for
she defence.
When asked about the testimony given
last week by Michael Nahey TO the effect
that he Went 10 the Glover funeral and
sss escorted from the guest chamber
where Hattie was found late--by Seq
mour Clover. and that Mrs Glover and
Samuel u. ElTuere, lawyer. started DIT
hin from an adjoining room. Mrs Glow
es answer precipitated one of the warm
et clashes that has Yet occurred in the
case
Did YOU sec Michael Nahev At Nr.
'rioVer's funeral asked M. Higgins.
Yes said Mrs. Glover and he was
Nery drunk
Aethis reTsly Judge Bond cersured Dis
'--os-Atioinev Higgins for allowing the
NIhess To make such an answer.
MS Glover denied that she went IN Tho
-@uIlofF on the night o. the shooting: sh.
"salFa that she came out Of the aIIeyv-av
iis from the leUndr;. and she denied
''iquaunediE. so far As she was concerned
~ tsslmony given by witnesses for the
ms, ABOUT woman who came from
"IeH way bearded = car .-ot 90, ..
street me; = man on v-arh.,,,
ho behind fence md -.
received a man AZ tho r-lo,.o- -.
~ you KNOW Miss Walsh. ,sl,.i ~
H7ct Attorney Higgins. p-bo - i'1'-
question. Who is now ,,,or,.,.- 10 'he
Eono - E Tor Judge
DO not" Mrs. Glover reptile,
Woman's Threats Admitted
District Attorney Higgins asked Tho, -
fo1rt order excluded all TESTIMONY. r.,a,t.,o
20 Ire threats alleged 10 have been ma.
Ny MIS- Clover against her husband H.
'aase, he said these alleged ibroa,s ,iis
not lnerimnafe her
- johnson WAS upon his r.s, u,
instant aud declared that if the co,r,
r i' exclude rho threats from tho con
OF Nh" inry he would ask to
- evidence against Hattie Leblanc
- SAYING that If there was no evi-
49, .@s hSt Mrs Glover i'm the threats