The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-01
SEEKING TO TURN
|. AT TACK ON WIDOW
Defense Intilnates That Mrs.
Glover May Haye1Killed
Her Husband.
is ADMITTED
Nothing But Circumstantial Evi-
dence Against Accused
Girl Remains.

Cambridge. Mass. November 30--
Two decisions in favor of the defense
in the trial of Hattie LIE Blanc. charged
with the murder of Clarence Il. Glover,
and the accusation by the defendants
counsel that Mrs. Lillian NJ. Glover
the widow, had the motive, inclination
and opportunity to shoot her husband
were the developments in the case to-
day.
District Attorney Higgins fought
hard to get before the jury Gilover.s
dying declaration that Hattie LIE Blanc
had Shot him. Judge Bond oyerruled
him, however, saying. after hearing a
dozen witnesses yesterday and two to-
day, that the evidence did not show that
Glover knew his end was near. The
district attorney told the court the
dying declaration" was one of the
essential props of the governments
case and that only circumstantial evil
dence remained.
The prosecution had not gone far In
its evidence when it found that the de-
fense, on cross-examination of a witt
ness, was seeking to turn the attack
to Mrs. Glover. The district attorney
protested strongly, but Melvin NJ.
johnson, the. leading counsel. for the
defense. declared that he proposed to
show Mrs. Glover "had the motive, the
inclination, the mental and physical
capacity and the opportunity to murder
her husband"
II expect to prove this" said Mr..
Johnson, "by the acts and declarations
of this woman before and after her
husbands murder. / desire to show
that she was vampire and / use the
word advisedly."
Judge Bond decided to repeat his
method of weighing the evidence be-
fore allowing 1t to be submitted to
1.-THE jury. This evidence was given by
| DIR. N. w. Cousens, who owns the pri-
|vate hospital TO which Glover stag
gered after he was shot. Or. Cousens
told of calling Mrs. Glover hy tcle-
phone and of her coming TO the hos
ipital; of her refusal to see her hus-
hand and OF her going away with the
request that she be notified IN case
of Glover's death. Later there came
AN Inquiry by telephone as to GloVer's
|condItion and whether he had lnipli-
Gated his wife in the shooting.
Judge Bond then decided that the
| Jury might hear tho evidence against
Mrs. Glover, and the twelve men filed
| In.
DR.. Cousens repeated his testimony
under cross examination by Mr., John
son. Tho prosecution then called Mrs.
lGlover She told Of her discovery OF
1.-THE alleged relations between her hus-
lb4nd and the defendant She explained
thcr failure to see her husband 1T the
\ hospital by saving she was faint and
was told that he wasAabout to be oper-
lated upon. Although officers searched
her house twice and6 she searched !,
once, 1t was not until three days after
| the alleged murder that Hattie Ie
Blanc was found hiding under a bed
\ in one of the rooms, How she came
i there the witness did not know, Sht
lidentlfed jewelry found near the laun'
4 dry as belonging TO Hattie l.e Blanc
as we'll as a handkerchief found IN the
llanndry. She said her husband had
number of firearms In the house and
usually carried a revolver. She iden-
i tiaed the weapon which the prosecution
A claims was used, She said she had
owned the laundry for thirteen years
A and bought II with her OWN money
4 Her direct examination had not beer
3lconcluded when court adjourned,