Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-12-08
MISS LIE BLANCs STATEMENT.

At Yesterdays session Of the trial
of Hattie lie Blanc, in Cambridge,
Mass, charged with the murder OF
Clarence F. Glover, the testimony was
given concerning statements alleged
to have been made by Miss lie Blanc
Immediately following her arrest three
days after the shooting. According TO
this testimony, the accused girl ad-
mitted that she had been in the laun-
dry with Glover on the fatal night, to
have seen the revolver in Gloyer's
hand, to have struggled with him when
he is said to have assaulted her, to
have heard a noise in the laundry like
the rustic OF woman's skirts and
which also attracted Giover's attention,
to have escaped from his clutches. and
then to have heard shot fired. The
testimony was given by Zella Gallant,
French girl, who said she interpreted
the statements which the lie Blanc girl
made to the police in French.
Miss Gallant swore also that Hattie
LIE Blanc said she never shot Glover,
that she did not know how to use 4
revolver, that she was angry with
Glover for his conduct toward her, and
that she had heard other people say
that some one would shoot Glover.
According to Miss Gallant, the prisoner
said she did not know that Glover had
been shot, or that he was dead until
after her arrest. She claimed that
she ran back to the Glover house after
escaping from the laundry and re
mained three days without food, hiding
under the bed, where finally she was
found
Describing her movements on No
vember 90, 1909 the day Of the muir
der of Clover. Miss Leblanc said on
that morning when Mrs. Glover was
upstairs in the house, Glover had
asked her t. meet him in the laundry
that night and she was keeping the ap-
pointment.
When she met Glover at the laundry,
she said, he made improper proposals
to her, which she rejected. He
then grabbed her and dragged her up
stairs in the laundry, where he at
tackled her. After the assaults she be-
gan to cry, and Glover grasped her by
the throat and choked her to make her
stop crying. Glover had a revolver IN
his hand at the time, but she never
touched it. He threatened to kill her
if she told what bad occurred. Then
she told OF having heard the rustic OF
woman's skirts in the laundry.
She described the struggle with
Glover, declaring that he had forced
her upstairs in the laundry and that
she felt her comb slip out of her hair
and pin give away. She said that
both the comb and pin found in the
laundry were hers. She denied that
the handkerchief also found in the
laundry belonged to her.
She said she had never threatened
Glover, but remembered hearing a
Mrs. Hill say that her CMrs. Hill's)
brother-in-law had threatened to kill
Glover.
Breaking away from Glover she ran
down stairs after she heard shot. She
heard only one shot, she maintained,
and thought that he had shot himself.
When she reached the foot of the stairs
the door was locked and she went out
through window, going directly to
the Glover home, where she hid under
the bed in the guest chamber. She re-
mained there until the following Tues
day. During the time she was under
the bed she had nothing to eat or
drink. she said, nor did she see Mrs.
Glover, Mr.. Elmore or Mr.. and Mrs.
Freeman.