The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-20

could take place before the answer was
read.
The respondent in that testimony
stated that he had lived at the Parker
house one week when the murder roc
Cured and that there was another fell
low named Mutch, whose last name he
did not know, who was living there at
the time. Gertie Upton had been work
ing there but she sfinished her work
Wednesday. She was employed be-
cause Mrs. Parker was peddling dress
goods. He had seen Joe johnson and
Oscar" there at one time.
Long wore a smile as Miss Lake read
the testimony.
The story of the testimony continued
to state that Long did not know Mrs.
Broadwell but that he had seen her on
the street. He went downstreet dur
ing the evening and met Gertie Upton,
who picked out suit Of clothes but he
would not stand good for the $45, for
it was too much. He could not say
whether there were any women at the
house that evening. He went back to
the Parker house but on the way
stopped at the store across the street
and bought deyiled ham, Jelly roll and
bread and, with Mrs. Parker, had a
lunch. About 10 o'clock he went to bed
and after he had been asleep time he
heard someone talking downstairs. He
awoke about $3.50 o'clock and, after
dressing, went TO work on his ear at
the garage.
lIhar, ha - L., ~
Mrs. Parker talking to someone. He
thought it was man from Montpelier.
He did not see him leave the place.
Long stated that before he lived at
the Parker house he had had room q
in the Buzzen hotel Gertie worked
three days after he went to the Parker
house to live. He used to get his sup
per and breakfast at the house and
have his dinner elsewhere. He saw n
woman at the house when he was COM
ing from work who he understood was
from Graniteville. She seemed, to be
of French descent. She was Aalking
with Mrs. Parker in the kitchen about
dress goods. The man from Mont
pelier had been there twice the week
before. He was about 80 years old and
of Italian or Spanish nativity.
He had some trouble that Saturday
night with Mutch because Mutch was
jealous of his having key to the front
door and Mrs. Parker urged them not
to have any trouble. Mutch went away
that night Mutch, he claimed, was
drunk. He described the rooms in the
house and the one used by Gertie. He
never spoke with Mrs Broadwell He
had heard Of her at the Buzzell and had
not seen her at the Parker house al
though she had been there twice.
Longs statement continued that an
officer named Morrison (probably
meant for Norris had asked him
good many questions Sunday afternoon
relative to where he was the night of
the murder and he spoke to Mrs. Park
er about it. He told Mrs. Parker of
the murder, having heard about it at
the garage. He did not know Mr..
Broadwell. He had known Mrs. Parker
for some time, Louis Jacques shaving
taken him there the first time He
used to go there for social calls Sun
days, probably five or six. times. He
thought Mrs. Parker was about 30
years old. She urged him to come
there to room because it was cheaper.
Gertie Upton was the only woman that
he had seen there.
How Keith Avenue Was Lighted.
Prior to the reading of the state
ment, Deputy Sheriff II. j. Slayton
testified relative to the darkness back
of the Main street buildings in the
neighborhood of Keith avenue The
defense tried to bring out that there
we're better lights in the banks than
Mr.. Slayton would admit there were.
He told about the lights on Keith ave-
nue. and that until recently there had
been but one light on the street. He
admitted that the big light on Main
street, near Keith avenue, lighted the
corner at Keith avenue so that it was
as well lighted. as any place in the city,
| The trees on the northerly side Of the
avenue interfered with the lighting of
| the street. The witness was in the
Prindle building on May s. 1t was a
picture of him that appears in the win
| dow as shown in one of the photo
graphs. He described at some length
the parking" facilities back of the
Worthen block, where he parks his car
at night time and claimed it is very
dark there. He could not tell how
many cars could be parked there.
James Johnson of Barre, former
livery man who is now r. f. d. car
rier and patrols the streets for the
lighting company, could not tell wheth-
er the new light on Keith avenue was
paid for by the city or whether it was
a private light. The lights were, as
far as he could tell, burning all right,
but he was advised to bring his records
to court.