The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-11
LONG AND MRS.
PARKER INDICTED
FOR MURDER
Only Two True Bills Were
Reported by the Special
Grand Jury Which Con-
cluded Its Duties Yester-
day Afternoon Following
a Six Days Presentation
of Evidence.

|, The trial of George A. Long and Mrs.
Isabel Parker, who were indicted late
yesterday for murder in connection with
the death of Mrs. Lucina c. Broadwel
in Barre on the night of May 3-4 last,
is expected to be held at the September
term of Washington county court. The
March term of the court is nominally III
session at the present time, although
adjournment was ordered after the grand
Jury reported, until June 26 When the
court comes together again in the latter
part of the month, the formal arraign-.
ment of the two accused persons is like
ly to take place, after which motion
win probably be made for a continuance
of the murder cases until the September
term
There are still two cases on the Barre
city court docket in which Long and Mrs.
Parker are charged with murder, the two
persons having been arraigned in that
court on May l6 the day following their
arrest; but those city court cases viii
be superseded by the actions in county
court
The special grand jury, which reported
two true bills yesterday afternoon, has
been hearing the evidence during the last
six days, the evidence having been pre-
sented by Attorney General F. c. Archi
bald and States Attorney E. r. Davis,
the two prosecuting officers, who will
also have charge Of the conduct of the
states case when the trial, either of
Long or Mrs. Parker, viii be started in
county court just how much of the
states evidence was presented to the
grand Jury is not known, but it is said
Ia@ .V4 he x-sa H,.f dn x1s,t
subp9naed for the purpose.
Foreman Henry Hill made the report
for the grand jury at $3.50 yesterday
afternoon, following which action the
Jury went to the clerks room, where
they were paid and discharged; and, as
already stated, the court took recess
until June 26. States Attorney Davis
notified the court that when the court
comes together again he will have some
other criminal matters for consideration.
Witness Smith in Custody in Default of
Bail.
just before the court adjourned States
Attorney Davis asked that Irving B.
Smith, a former Canadian soldier, be
placed under 81 900 bond as a witness.
This action was complied with and pend
ing the securing of bondsman Smith
was placed in the custody of Sheriff
Frank H. Tracy and taken to the county
Jail Smith is the witness who went
away after telling the authorities about
seeing a mysterious automobile on Keith
avenue. near the place where Mrs. Broad
wells body was found on the night OF
the death of the woman, and whose dis
appearance caused the authorities to 60
TO Leominster, Mass, in search of him.
Also under Sheriff Tracy's care are
Long and Mrs. Parker who have been in
the county Jail since May l5 bail having
been refused in their cases because they
were accused of murder They will be
kept there until their trial. They were
the only persons indicted by the special
grand jury.
Mrs. Parker's residence is at ll0 South
Main street, where she conducted a mill
linery store besides doing book canvass
ing about the city. She is 90 years of
age and has been q resident of Barre the
greater part of her life, Long who is 80
and whose wanderiugs have carried him
all over New England, came to Barre
last fall and was employed at the Ben
nett mill in Berlin He was a lodger at
Mrs Parker's house for a short time be-
fore May 3, and in statement alleged
to have been made by him shortly after
his arrest he admitted that Mrs. Broad
well was at the Parker residence on the
night the woman was slain, but added
that she left about midnight, saying she
wanted to get to her home on West
street before Mr. Broadwell arrived
home. The theory advanced by Long in
the statement alleged to have been made
by him was that Mrs Broadwel must
have been waylaid and murdered while
she was on her way home.
Detective James r. Wood and his
force, who have been operating in and
about Barre since four days after the
discovery of Mrs. Broadwell's body in
the Wheelock garden, have returned to
their headquarters in Boston, but the
detectives will remain in touch with the
case it is said, until the trial.