The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-01
DETECTIVES ALLEGE
LONGS LIFE CHECKERED
Investigations of Long, or Wrath, Cow
cred Good Part of New England
and Part of New Brunswick.

The above is a very good likeness Of
George A. Long, or Wrath, who was
convicted yesterday afternoon Of mur-
der in the second degree in killing Mrs
Lucina G. Broadwell
The man was a comparatively new
conner in Barre when he was arrested
on May Is, II days after the body of
Mrs. Broadwell was found in the
Wheelock garden off North Main street
He had arrived in Barre on the pre-
vious September
Long came to Rochester this state
from Boston with gang of men bound
for the woods job Of the American
Realty Co. Long went to the com
panys camp but for some reason did
not 90 TO work, going later to Bethel
where he stayed week and then came
to Montpelier
While working for Edward Demeritt
in Montpelier he was convicted of
forgery and was sent on Nov, Is, 1917
to the house Of correction at Rutland
in which institution he remained a
year On being let out of the house of
correction he came to Barre and resided
in Barre from September, 1918. to May,
1919, being employed a considerable
part Of the time on the lumber job Of
II. G. Bennett il the town al Berlin be-
tween Barre and Montpelier
There are several discrepancies in the
life story which Long, or Wrath. gave
of himself at the time Of the arrest
aud the investigations conducted by the
~, II. Wood detective agency, which
had the Broadwell case in charge. At
the time of the arrest Long said that
ne never had been married; but the
evidence found by the detectives
showed that he, while at the age of 20,
married Miss Haley L. Dow, aged q,
Of Island Falls, Me, following an.
elopement, a previous elopement hav-
ing been stopped through the efforts of
the girls father, John r. Dow of Island
Falls. On the second elopement they
were married at Sherman, Me-. in 1906.
The married life of the couple was
not pleasant, according to the report Of
the detectives; indeed, Long is alleged
to have used his wife shamefully, the
woman being obliged to work to sup
port herself and being finally deserted
by Long, who. while at Houlton, Me-,
sent word to her to come there from
Woodstock, n. b., which request Mrs.
Long complied with, only to fail TO find
Long there to meet her on her arrival
by the train he had stipulated. She did
not see her husband after that.
In giving an account Of himself to
the authorities who investigated the
Broadwell case, Long declared that he
had never been arrested anywhere else
than in Montpelier. The detectives al
lege, however, that his career was de-
cidedly checkered and that he was
charged with various offenses from rob
berry to deeeiving an unmarried girl at
Perth, N. b. The detectives allege
that Long was arrested at Woodstock,
n. b. on the charge of robbery but his
alleged victim dropped the matter
when obscene pictures were found in
Longs possession.
The detectives allege that in 1915
Long was arrested for alleged seduc
tion, carnal knowledge and then for
adultery, but when the cases were
called for trial the complaining wit
nesses could not be found and proseeu
tion did not occur
1t is alleged too, by the detectives
that Long, or Wrath, is absent with
out leave from the Canadian army,
quitting the army in such a manner on
Oct. 0, 1916. Long, however, claims
that he was honorably discharged from
the army
1t was while Long, or Wrath, was