The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-10

The prosecutions presentation of tes-
timony in the case of State VS.. George A.
Long, charged with numbering Mrs. Lu-
Gina C. Broadwell in Barre the night of
May "a, 1910 was started in Washing
ton county court at Montpelier to-day
with the statement of Harold jackson,
the young man, who reported to the po-
lice the finding of the naked body of the
woman in the Wheelock garden on the
morning of May 4. Jackson was fol-
lowed on the stand by Special Officer
A. B. Curtis, who received the report of
the discovery.
At the opening of the days session at
o o'clock there was a brief conference at
the bench between Attorney General
Archibald and Attorney J. Ward Carver
for the defense At that time there were
many spectators in the court room, so
of whom were women. In fact, the fair
sex predominated. Extra camp stools
were brought to accommodate this rush
of women who arrived in groups of three
or more. Some of them were teachers
who were taking q short time off from
the teachers convention.
Seven witnesses were called by the
state and sworn, and then all witnesses
either for the state or for the respondent
were taken out of the court room, ex-
cepting those who happened to be court
officers and-the experts
The Body Found.
On taking the stand, Harold Jackson
said he was Is years of age, was at pres
ent living in Brookfield, although at the
time of the discovery of the body he
was residing in Orange. He testified
that he arrived at the Hotel Buzzell
Barre, at 5 p. m, May and was assigned
TO room II, arose next morning at 7:l5.
He left the hotel at 80 and walked out
on Pearl street and Summer street, cut
ting through driveway past black
smith shop, a woodworking shop and
laundry. He saw body in the garden
The body was naked except for shoes,
stockings and gloves. No one was in
sight. Witness said he went through
the alleyway because it was a short cut
TO North Main street. He had remained
in his room all the evening and was
alone.
jackson continued that he was 20 feet
from the body. He went to the police
station, which was locked At the Barre
Electric Co. Office he met Officer Curtis
and, together, they returned to the
Wheelock garden. He remained while
Mr.. Curtis telephoned to the authorities
HE saw that the body was that of the
person later identified as Mrs. Broadwell.
Later James Powers came
Officer Curtis spread cape, or coat,
over the body. The pile of clothing lay
two feet from the body. The head Of
the body lay toward Pearl street Wit
ness noticed clothing but could not de-
scribe it. He saw the examination made
by the officers. A woman's hat was Is
feet from the body, near the fence, which
he did not notice at first. He did not
entar the garden at any time. The hat
was picked up by an officer Part of the
garden had been planted the year before.
Where the body was located had not
been planted. The direct examination of
Witness Jackson was by States Attor-
ney Davis.
On cross examination by Mr.. Carver,
the witness explained that where the
body was found was grassed over. He
described the fences. He paid no atten-
tion to the wire on the fence II was
$40 when he got back with a policeman
Witness said room IL was next to Pearl
street, facing the garden. He did not
remember of awakening during the night
He heard no noise and was not disturbed
The witness knew James Powers.
On redirect examination by States
Attorney Davis, jackson said there had
been no change in the body between the
time the body was found and the time
of taking the photographs by Mr.. Eaton
except to spread the coat over the body
He thought the clothing had been moved
that it lay between the body and the
fence. Until Officer Curtis returned with
him there had been no change made
Officer Curtis Next on Stand.
Officer A. B. Curtis of Barre was called
and was examined by Attorney General
Archibald. Witness said he was on duty
as police officer May and a. He left
the station at 1850. Near the Barre Elec.
tric Co. office he met Mr. jackson. They
went to the Wheelock garden As he
turned from the alleyway his attention
was attracted to the body. The limbs
were extended. He placed his hand on
the shoulders. 1t was female body
1t was cold. There seemed to be some
cord or small thing about the neck. The
hair was done up. The body was practi.
cally nude The shoes were on. The
stockings were drawn above the knees
The gloves were on the hands but appar.
ently drawn back from the wrists He
placed a coat over the remains. The gar.
ments lay near the body.
Officer Curtis did not know whether
the clothes had been moved while he was
away notifying the other authorities, He
described the location of the body with
the head toward Pearl street. He told
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