Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-13
Accuses Prosecutor of Cover
ing Trail of Glover Slayer.
INTERFERED WITH DEFENSE
Points to Friendship of Higgins and
Elmore, Widows Counsel.
C0LLUsI0N OPENLY CHARGED
Attorney for Hattie lie Blanc Says
Her Clothing Was Concealed
by District Attorney.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December 1".-
With the end of the case almost in
sight, the fourteenth day of the trial of
Hattie lie Blanc for the murder of Clar-
ence F. Glover opened with the greatest
crowd on record endeavoring to obtain
admission to the Middlesex county supe-
rior criminal courtroom.
Lawyers from all over the state filed
the witness seats and benches reserved
for spectators. as well as the bar in
closure, all anxious to hear the final ar
guments in a case which has become one
of the most famous in Massachusetts
criminal Jurisprudence.
Owing to derailment of freight car
at Hudson and the consequent delay of
trains, Judge Bond, presiding justice, was
late in reaching the courthouse from his
home in Waltham.
Mr.. Johnson's Argument.
In his opening remarks yesterday MIR.
Johnson devoted the principal part of
his efforts in support of his claim that
the defendant was an innocent child
brought from her home in Cape Breton
by Mrs. Glover for immoral purposes.
get for his bitterest invective.
Mr.. johnson resumed his plea with a
continued discussion of circumstantial ev-
idence. The opening address of the pros
ecution was then dissected.
Mr.. johnson said the government had
promised to prove that Glover was seen
going down to the laundry at $40 o'clock
on the night of the murder, accompanied
by woman. The prosecution had not
done SO, he asserted.
,icyI,k 1,n
identified as Mrs. Glover?" he queried.
rs there any evidence from any one i'm
this case" continued Mr.. Johnson, of
having seen Hattie LIE Blanc In that
vicinity? Not an atom,
The government said it would show
that Hattie lie Blanc had told many con-
ficting stories. Have you heard of any
story from her except one extorted by
the third degree that was read here?'
Elmore Is Attacked
Mr.. Johnson, after attacking Mrs.
Glover for her alleged habit of speech
and for her behavior on the night of the
murder, paid his respects to Samuel D.
EImore. formerly Mrs. Glover's personal
attorney.
Having committed crime and knowing
what her hand had done,' the attorney
said, Mrs. Glover trusted to the protec-
ton of man to cover up, If he could.
her tracks. Did Hattie lie Blanc have
$4.0OO to start her defense and fix up her
case so that she would not be convicted?
when we took this case the keenest
Indian or the keenest-scented hound
would have been foiled-the trial was so
vague. And if We have found what we
have shown you, what could the district
attorney have found if he had chosen to
follow that trail and that person to the
bitter end?
Il do not argue that the district attor
ney acted thus because he is ElmOres
personal friend, because their offices are
across the corridor in the same building.
because Mr.. Higgins was a witness to the
Glover will, or because Mr.. Higgins part
ner is one of the executors of the Glover
estate. one Of the plums that fall from
the estate. Yet offer you these facts:
"Elmore-crafty. shrewd. able-came in
to the case instantly to Mrs. GlOver's de-
fense, to fix it up and cover her tracks"
Charge of Collusion.
Mr.. Johnson then charged collusion be-
tween the district attorney and Mr.. FL
more to prevent the defense obtaining
possession of Hattie LIE Blancs clothing.
Mr.. Johnson again asserted that he
would show to the jury that Mrs. Glover
had the nerve. the intent, the design and
the capacity-both mental and physical
and the opportunity to commit the
murder
The bathroom incident was referred to
next day Mrs. Glover consulted an attor-
ney and the day after that she bought
a revolver which she hid under her mat
tress. The attorney declared that Mrs.
Glover had arranged in advance Hatties
trip to Mrs. Taylor's, where the girl
stayed for a week after the bathroom
episode.
Mrs. Glover's Motives.
'On the fatal night, what did Mrs.
Glover do?" asked Mr.. Johnson Mrs.
Glover had no love for her husband
All she wanted was love from somebody
else. and money.
She got money by marrying Glover
Then she wanted to get rid of him, and
the only way was by shooting him.
Her story, of her movement on that
night was a fabrication, either concocted
by her or by the man who got $4,153 of
her money.
.She said that Hattie was going to
Boston. She knew that Hattie could not
speak English. and that she had no
money and that she had never been in
Boston alone. Gentlemen, do you think
she was telling the TRUTH
The telephone conversation with Mrs
Freeman was skillful fabrication. Mr.
Johnson said. Then he claimed that the
witnesses from the telephone exchange
| had shattered the alibi.
The shooting of Glover was then taken
up by the attorney, who said Glover was
! shot previous to $40 o'clock. Mrs. Glover
was seen coming from the laundry at
| SAT O'Clock, he declared. He referred to
| the witnesses who testified that they saw
| her.
Her Opportunity, Says johnson.
| He declared that Mrs. Glover knew that
there was a girl with Glover in the laun-
dry: that she knew she could shoot him
without getting herself into trouble, and
! that she did shoot him.
| You noticed" said Mr.. Johnson "that
the district attorney did not bring Mrs
| Glover before the witnesses who testified
that they saw a woman coming out OF
the alley. Why? He did not even bring
her before Coffey the clerk who sold the