The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-10
JURY COMPLETE
IN THE LONG {.
MURDER TRIAL!
Panel Is Composed Entirely of
Married Men
JURY VIEW PREMISES
See PIase Where Body of Mrs. Broad
we'll Was Found-Testlmony
Beginss
JURY VIEW PREMISES

Montpelier, Oct. 10.-The jury in
the George A. Long murder case was
completed at noon yesterday. All are
married men, with one widower
Seven are farmers, with ages ranging
from 80 to 69, eight being past so
years.
| States Attorney Davis made brief
statement of the case at o'clock af-
ter which the jury and court officers
visited Barre where they were shown
the spot where Mrs. Broadwell's body
was found and also visited the Parker
| house.
Testimony started today
Mrs. Isabella Parker, SO years
of age, jointly indicted with Long.
will be tried later Mrs. BroadweH,
the wife OF Harry e. Broadwen,
carpenter, was found dead in gard
en- in Barre on the morning of May 4.
All her clothing except gloves, shoes
and stockings had been removed and
piled up nearby. A handkerchief was
tied tightly about her neck and her
hands were bound behind her back.
/ The report of the autopsy gave
strangulation as the cause OF death.
She was 20 years old.
The discovery of the body was
made by Harold Jackson, boy whose
home is in Orange. He notified the
police at once.
Young Jackson came to Barre from
his home in Orange Saturday after
noon and after attending the pictures
in the city went to the Buzzell hotel,
where he stayed over night. He
arose a little after Z o'clock Sunday
morning and about 7.45 he left the
hotel walking to Summer ST., and was
taking short cut to Main street
few rods towards the center Of the
city when he saw what appeared to
be the body of a woman. He went to
the police s,ltiod br 6l1ing no one
there went back towards the place
looking for an officer Finding Of
ficer Curtis he told him that he
thought a woman had been killed.
The policeman gave little credit to
the story, but accompanied Jackson
and found the body
The woman was laying face down
on the grass, her hands tied with her
skirt behind her back, while another
piece of clothing was drawn tight
around her neck There was a gag or
cloth in her mouth. The only clothing
she had on was her stockings and
shoes and her gloves, one OF which
was partly off her hand. The cloth
ing she had worn was lying beside
her Her watch and hat were found
a few feet from her
1t was apparent that the woman
had been gagged and bound some
where else than at the place where
she was found, although she may
not have been dead when left. Her
ankles were crossed when she was
discovered. 1t was generally be-
lieved in Barre that she was killed in
some other place and that after death
she was taken to the desolate place
and thrown over fence and then
dragged short distance.
Her husband was found at his
home about 10 o'clock in the morning
He went to Mr.. Davis office and said
he gave his wife $40 about o'clock
evening to go after grocer
les that she bought these and return
ed home about 7.30 o'clock and then
saying she was going to the pictures.
eft the house. Mr. Broadwell went
out for the evening and did not re-
turn until 230 o'clock in the morning.
He found his wife had not returned.
He states that hei went out to hunt
for her and that he searched until
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about O'clock. when he went home
and went to bed. He had arisen
when the officers reached the house
and was getting breakfast for his
children and the woman's father, who
was living with the family
George Long and Mrs. Parker, whe
kept a house of shady reputation,
we're arrested, charged with the
crime, 12 days later. Evidence when
finally unravelled pointed strongly
10 those now facing trial. but notsun-
ill the police had been brought face
10 face with the most battling mur-
Ter mystery in the history of crime in
Tho state of Vermont.