Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-23
HARRY BROAOWELL
CROSS.EXAM|NE0
Husband of Murdered Barre
Woman Gives Some De-
tails of Home Life

Montpelier. Oct. Hilary Broad
well, husband of the slain woman. was
severely srilled on cross examination
while occupying the witness stand in
the Long murder trial to-day.
Thus far nothing has developed in
the trial connecting Long with the
tragedy. the state having occupied it's
time with eliminating persons on
whom suspicion might have rested.
Broadwel testified to going to several
places where others who were with him
that night had told Of being. after which
the defense started on a stiff cross
examination. Broadwells answers to the
majority of the questions. were he could
not recolect what was done on occasions
mentioned
His family affairs were opened W to
some extent even against the objection
of the State. He told of Mrs. Broadwell
suffering acutely al one time when he
had razor in his hand and that she had
called the police to the house at an
other tir,e. He claimed there had been no
trouble the day proceeding the murder
, He could no, recollect whether she had
called him liar and repea ed the same
, once after ne had been out to set her
, and about which he had tested.
He testified that the Saturday evening
, following the murder he went to Jack
q Brlen's room in the Bolster block and
that he met Eva Dow. who is now in the
House of Correction. He claimed there
had been no trouble between his wife
and him over his meeting this woman.
The State objected to this line OF ques-
tioning but the court ruled it could be
admitted because ii was testing the mans
veracity. He would not testify that i. r.
Z Wood advised him al the Barre hotel 10
Keep his mouth shut. The witness was
very nervous on the stand during this
srilling but he did not appear much af-
fected when testifying about his wife s
death. The court room was crowded with
spectators many of whom were from
Barre.
Harry Mason testified to being with
, Broadwell the night Of the murder.
His drinks varied from those Of the
other witnesses because he had brandy.
He roomed in the front side of the
Buzzell Hotel but he heard no noise I'M
, til $50 O'Clock the morning of the
, murder. He did not visit the site of
, me murder which was in front of the
hotel
Herbert y. Cheneys testimony did
E not agree with that of his daughter.
She testified that she met Mrs Broad
well about $50 o'clock on her way
home while Mr.. Cheney testified that
he reached home before his family and
that he was home At 10 o'clock
, " L. F. Carr. station agent In Barre
showed his records relative TO the ar
rival of trains. Robert Thompson tes-
titled that Rising and Broadwell drank
and ate at his house about midnight
! the night of the murder.
The court. after conference with
the attorneys decided to hold no SEES
sion Saturday afternoon
A. j. Patterson another Of the iurv-
men. gave the officers and his compan =
ion jurymen a fright this mornins z
when he had a choking spell at break
fast.
q The sheriff hammered him on his
, back before he was able 70 clear his
throat. Dr. W. r. Hsrknees was also
' called but the condition had been re.
n lieved.
o Broadwel in his direct testimony this
g morning gave story Of the drinks that
y they drank and lunches they had be.
tween eight o'clock that evening and 2:30
o CLOCK in the morning. In C'oss-exam-
| nation he testified that nc drank beer
u with his Whiskey and that he also had
2 gin hzzes. He told of seeing the "mvs-
terry automobile in front of the Par
;, ker house in Barre He ira ced his actions
from the time he left Rising at 2:s0
= O'Clock until six o'clock In the morning
which included two visits 70 the Parker
n house. although he did not try to enter
s at either time. He took the automobile
! number and went to the Parker house
i because he thought his wife might be
i there. She had been before some two
n weeks previous and he had met her when
: she was leaving the place. He told OF
d going about different streets and sai that
:. he went in back Of the BuzzelI hotel on
y his way from his home. lie saw no one
o on the street. The statement has a
: bearing on what White Cloud and D. T.
9 Duprey are said to have heard the night
of the murder in back Of the Ruzzell
i block. Thus far no further effort has
e been made to get White Cloud and
o Duprey here for the trial
= George Rising was the stand for
cross-exam ination part Of this morn
y ing His testimony Of last Tuesday was
t not shaken in any way
Montpelier, Oct. l9-For the nrst time
since the trial OF George A. Ions,
charged in Washington county court
with numbering Mrs Lucina c. Broad.
S we'll, his name appeared In connection
" with the affair when on Saturday morn
= ing, Miss Mildred Lake, stenogra pher OF
U f'oar ray AZ the time of the murder
s read the transcript of the testimony she
= took AT the investigation conducted the
n Monday following the murder in the
: states attorneys Office with that officer
l. ana the attorney-general present
According to this testimony Long stated
II ne was the first one TO tell Mrs. Parker
u anything about the murder. He said
d he had been boarding at Mrs. Parker's
Tor week and that he met Gertie UPTON
: there, but that she completed her duties
= there on Wednesday preceding the muir
G der tie testified that an officer called
on him at the garage. where he was work
E ing, the Sunday morning following the
= discovery of Mrs. Broadwells body and
y | that the officer asked him to account
for his actions during the night which
u he did by telling him that he went home
9 about eight O'Clock and that after eat.
ing a lunch with Mrs. Parker he went
to bed about ten o'clock He said that
some time after he had been asleep, he
= | heard someone talking in the front room
y | Of the house. but that he went back TO
" / sleep and he did not know ANYTHING
- about any further conversation until
y about $40 o'clock the next morning when
! he got up TO 20 to work on his automobile
> He then heard Mrs Parker talking TO a
= man who, he afterwards learned, was
= | from Montpelier, an Italian or Spaniard
l. "a rNnxt h tnh