The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-06
JUDGE DECLARED
INDICTMENT LEGAL
Court Also Asserted That
Long Had Had a Fair
Trial on the Charge of
Numbering Mrs. Ldcina
c. Broadwell in Barre
Last May.

The court having oyerruled his mo-
tion for stay of Judgment and having
sentenced him to the state prison for
life, George A. Long, convicted of. sec
ond degree murder in the death Of Mrs.
Lucina G. Broadwcll in BFre on the
night Of May "a, last, went to Wind.
sor to-day to begin his sentence.
When Sheriff Tracy left the jail by
automobile for Montpelier Junction to
take the Central Vermont train at noon
Long was not handcuffed, as some had
expected he would be- The sheriff had
a talk with Long and informed him
that if Long agreed TO go along with
out trouble the sheriff would not use
the handouts, whereupon Long agreed
to make no trouble. The trip to the
Junction was taken to avoid the crowd
which was expected to gather at the
Montpelier station to see the prisoner
off.
Long is reported to have made the
remark that he would be out of the
state prison inside of five years.
Long told newspaper man also that
he would be back in Montpelier inside
Of year, for he would have his case in
supreme court and possibly back in
county court. Long was not in very
pleasant frame of mind following the
sentence to life Imprisonment. He said
he knew when he had been i'll treated
and he protested that he was man Of
his word. When asked concerning the
reported statement that he could place
his finger on the man who did the
job Long showed considerable anger
and declared he had never made such a
statement
Long, who was found guilty of the
crime last Friday following a sharply
contested trial, was brought into eoun
ty court yesterday afternoon for the
argument on the motion for a stay of
Judgment The defense asked for
stay of judgment on the ground that
the grand jury was not sworn, az least
not legally sworn, and that Long was
not legally indicted.
Judge Butler asked for the indict-
ment and after reading the first part
of the document declared that the jury.
men on their oath stated that they had
been sworn and there was record of
il in the indictment. Hence he over
ruled the motion, and the defense took
exceptions,
The motion for stay of Judgment
having thus been disposed of, the state
moved for judgment ON the verdict,
which was directed. Long was asked il
he had anything TO say why sentence
should not be pronounced He made
the following statement: "rhe crime |
have been convicted of | am absolutely
innocent of; and l am glad to say that
! am going down without a blot on my
conscience as to the crime,
Judge Butler said that Long had
been given a fair trial, that his ease
had been well tried on both sides, that
the respondent had been given every
opportunity for justice and that the
nlrv. after long and careful considera
tion, had found tho respondent guilty
of murder in the second degree, for
which, under the general law, the pen
atty is life Imprisonment. He then or
dered Long committed to the state
prison for the rest of his natural life.
In making the statement he did not
refer to hard labor,
While standing for the sentence Long
held cnto the rail outside the bar, One
leg was slightly bent, while the other
seemed to quiver at times. His face
was very red, in contrast to that mar
bic whiteness which it carried all
through the trial Long jumped up
when Deputy Sheriff A. A. Emery went
to take him back to the county jail.