The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-02
Makes Heated RetOrt at Hat
ties Attorney
WHEN SHARPLY QUIZZED
Testimony of Widow of Murdered Man
Was Concluded To-day, and Mrs.
Geo. A. Freeman, Friend Of
the Family, Goes On.

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of Hattie Leblanc, charged with mur-
dering Clarence Z. Glover. Attorney
Johnson, for the defense, asked her re-
garding the discrepancies of her present
testimony with that given at the prev
ious hearing, regarding her property.
The woman finally sarcastically re-
marked that as she had testified to this
four times, it would not be surprising
If she did not testify alike to the LETT
ter each time. After that, Attorney
johnson excused her
The prosecution then called Mrs.
George A. Freeman of Auburndale, a
friend of Mrs. Glover She testified to
her friendship to the Glover family and
that she had worked in the Glover laun-
dry, and attended a football game with
the Glovers, Hattie Leblanc accompany
ing them She said she heard Hattie
speak several sentences in good Eng
lish.
Mrs. Freeman, when examined,
was confronted by slight discrepancies
in her testimony. She denied that she
ever testified that Mrs Glover told her
that Glover was frequently going around
with other women, but declared she tes.
titled that Mrs. Glover told her she
heard Glover kissing Hattie in the kitch-
en-.
Continuing the direct examination,
Mrs Freeman testified in detail as to
events in the Glover house from the
time of the murder until after the fu-
neral She and her husband remained
there with Mrs. Glover and she corrob-
GRATED Mrs, Gloyer's testimony. She de-
clared that Mr. Freeman heard noise
one night before Hattie Leblanc was
found under the bed, but as it was not
repeated, they all slept again. She said
that Hatties sisters came Monday and,
sobbing, viewed Glover's body Later
Mrs. Freeman took Mrs. Glover to see the
body and the widow wept bitterly over
it ten minutes. The witness first saw
Hattie few minutes after she was
captured, sitting on the bed from under
which she had just been dragged She
was dirty, bedraggled, dressed in red
cloak aud carrying her hat under her
arm. Hattie shook her head at the pos
lieeman's questions. Mrs. Freeman aid
cd IN making the girl some coffee and
took her crackers, which she ate.
Mrs. Glover On Day of Murder.
At yesterday afternoons session Mr.
johnson led Mrs. Glover through certain
Incidents on the day Of the shooting
OF Glover She told the time that she
arose that morning. Of her purchasing
of the Sunday dinner, Of dinner at noon,
and of her leaving with Hattie Leblanc
and her husband in an automobile at
l o'clock for the football game They
reached there late and left early, but
as there was some shopping after the
game the partW did not reach Waltham
until o'clock
She denied that she said to Hattie in
the automobile that she used to like her
husband but did not now, or that he was
mo good"
Mr. johnson asked Mrs. Glover how
Hattie Leblanc was dressed when she
left the Glover house on the evening of
the murder Mrs. Glover could not tell
She did remember that the girl start
ed out at AS p. M, and said she was
going to Boston, and that she was told
to be back by 10 o'clock. Mrs. Glover
said she did not think it surprising that
the girl wanted to 60 to Boston, al
though she knew that Hattie had very
little money.
She said she stayed at the house and
at $3.50 o'clock she talked with Mrs
Freeman, friend by telephone At
9:l5 o'clock, a Mr.. Tuttle came with
pair of shoes.
How is it. Mrs. Glover" asked Mr..
Johnson, that you testified four times
regarding your actions that night at
other hearings and this is the first time
that you ever mentioned Mr. Tuttle?'
Mrs. Glover replied that she forgot It
on other occasions.
She said that it was $3.50 o'clock when
Sergeant Curran of the Waltham police
came to the house and asked for Hattie.
He thought that she Mrs. Gloverl was
Hattie until she convinced him of his
mistake
The police officer finally told her that
her husband had been shot, and she went
with him to the hospital There she
heard her husband vomiting in room
upstairs and started up behind two po-
licemen. Half way up she turned and
came down again because her husband
was still vomiting. She waited in
side room for some time and talked
football with some people there. She
heard someone say that Mr.. Glover was
10 De NptiNttu upon. IiHhliY sic slhEI-
ed home and, with a Mr. Mccarthy,
reached her residence a few minutes be-
fore midnight She admitted saying to
a reporter the next day; Remember
that he was shot with his own revolver.
Il viii look better for me- She did not
know why she said it.
Mrs. GloveT's lawyer was s. ID. FL
more, who, she said, came to her house
the day after the murder and to whom
she gave Sil53 two days after the crime
for legal expenses
She described the search Of the house
by the police for traces Of Hattie lie.
Blanc and Of her own examination. The
widow said she was surprised when she
learned that the girl had been found un-
der a bed in her spare room.
She denied that she ever discussed
her husbands habits with Mr.. Elmore
or had ever used profane language in
speaking Of her husband. She declared
that she bought the Waltham laundry in /
lSas with her own money. Her house /
stood in her brothers name and he paid |
many Of the bills, but it was all her
money.