The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-30
Jury TAKES THE CASE
AFTER HEARING CHARGE
IN BROADNIELL DEA TIL

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ed, the last two al" He then ex-
planned how the "ExI" could be easily
read al"
Mr.. Archibald took quite a little
time in removing the stain on Barron's
testimony, claiming his evidence diff
fered as any mans will but that it will
not differ if the scheme had been con-
cocted He explained the corrobora-
tion, as shown by Goldie Sun and 9th.
ers. Mrs Houghton told you the letter
"E' is indistinct. 'This is another
thing that points toward this respond
ent."
Mr.. Archibald endeavored to elm
mate the wire fence from the case as
being the way the body came to the
garden because he explained in detail
showing that the body was not dragged
at all to the garden, being contradicted
| by conditions. This will appeal to
you men as men of ordinary common
sense and Judgment This does not
need any expert like DIR. Stone" to tes-
tify about It. He called it "idle talk
about the scene of the crime being at
the Buzzell 1t is not possible. III
| the crime was committed in the Buz-
zell the man who committed it was
not only a criminal but fool" he
said.
The audience listened very much
more attentively during his argument
than it had done during the other ar
guments. Long looked very much more
serious as Mr.. Archibald recited the
bandaging Of the neck.
Long came to the resolve to kill her
when he found his victim was uncon-
scious." This was argued tending to
show premeditation.
Mr.. Archibald said he did not know
whether the victim willingly allowed
this thing to associate with her.
Taking cord he tore it to pieces
but he could not break the cord. This
demonstration he used to lay heavy
stress upon the larger points in the ar
gument Everyone one of those strands
Of the rope of evidence point to that
thing there" Long laughed. Mr.
Archibald pointed his index finger at
Long as he made this statement.
R. A, Koar for the Defense.
r. A. Hoar, in opening the argument
for the defense, spoke for two hours
yesterday afternoon. He said in part
/ that if Broadwell was looking for his
wife at the Parker house, why didn't he
do more than take the number Of the
machine? The attorney tried to inn
press upon the jury that there was
something back of that.
Mr.. Hoar also referred to the results
Of mixed drinks; how Cheney got his
time mixed as to meeting his wife
and daughter. He argued for some
time on the claimed alibi made for
Broadwell, pointing out the discrepancy
in the testimony of Broadwell and his
associates relative to the eseapade OF
the night of May 5.
The court room audience was very
quiet when Mr. Hoar pictured the
chums OF BroadweI not taking any in.
terest in the clearing up of the tragedy
by going and offering some help at
tracing out the crime.
IF you cannot believe word that
Long says, then You should bring o
verdict of not guilty instanter, because
all they had in evidence was Longs
statements and these were read"
The attorney made good deal OF
the testimony that Mrs. Greig and hel
son did not hear any noise upstairs in
the Parker house. THE state has moi
introduced any evidence, showing any
trouble at the Parker house that
night" he said. He reviewed Longs
statement how it was verified in some
respects and tended to show that Long
was not lying in those respects He
said it was more or less natural that
person should at first deny any i'm
proper relations as tending to show
guilt in this crime.
'What motive could he have had
when he had a date for the next Mon
day night? The state must prove a
motive in this case in order to return
verdict in the first degree" Then
relations, Mrs. Broadwelfs and Longs
were mutual, the lawyer said DIR
Stones testimony relative to the con
dition of Mrs. Broadwell's organs only
corroborated Longs testimony on that
point. There must be proof beyond a
reasonable doubt. Mr.. Hoar denied
that rape in any form had been com
mitted, as he claimed the state would
have it understood.
Mr.. Hoar spoke of the impossible
ity" of such thing as the trip down
with the body, with so many people on
| the street. He claimed the defense had
| introduced witnesses showing that the
car was at the Parker house all the
time that has been in question. He
compared the probability of Mrs. Grei2
hearing the car at 10 feet distance with
Irving Smith hearing it at distance
of 30 or 40 yards, air line. He referred
| to the small likelihood of the body be.
ing taken over the picket fence upon
which there was strand of barbed
wire, without scratching the body.
Mr. Hoar claimed the manner in
which the bath towels and other mate.
rial in the Fraser room were found in.
dicated an effort to destroy evidence
as well as the fact that the lock on
Fraser's door had been tampered with
The attorney endeavored to place the
scene of the murder in or about the
Buzzell hotel, claiming that someone
must have laid back Of the Buzzel
after the rain of that night, where the
dogs made such a racket. WAS some
person lugging body around there
that attracted the dogs and resulted il
their barking?" why did the dogs
move from the Buzzell property to the
Wheelock garden?" "Who was il
| FRA snr's room - "Was If some ipalOus
loycr?'' were some of the questions
Ma. Hoar asked,
The pleader then discussed the mark
ing on the handkerchief at some length
stating that DR.. Stone testified that The
last two figures on the handkerchief
were al" while Mrs, Houghton testi
fed that her mark for Barron's laundry
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