The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-11
SICK JUROR
IN LONG TRIAL
J. L. Baird Became UncOn.
sciOus While at Break
fast in Hotel
COURT SUSPENDED
UNTIL MONDAY
Is Subject to bad Spells - 0bjec-
tion Made to His Sitting on the
Jury-Some of the Evidence Submit
ted at Yesterdays Session.
Especial to The Reformer.)

-hoN ELLEN, oCt IL
John L. Baird of Waitsfield, one of the
jury in the Long murder case, was taken
sick in the dining room of the Montpe-
fer House this morning just as he sat
down to eat with the other jurors He
was assisted to the anteroom where he
was placed on couch and rapidly became
unconscious. He became conscious again
after doctor and nurse had worked over
him for 10 minutes but his physician
would not permit his removal from the
hotel, and after consulting with counsel
Judge F. NJ Butler suspended court un-
til o'clock Monday morning
Baird has had bad spells before, ac-
cording to his own statement made when
he was being exomined, but had not had
one for a year. Counsel for the prisoner
objected to his sitting but did not chal-
lenge him. 1t is said that he had to take
medicine daily.
4 deputy sheriff is now with the sick
Juror and the others are at the court
ouse where they were taken after break
fast.
Deputy Chief Harris Gamble was the
main witness for the state yesterday and
was on the stand nearly all the afternoon.
| He testified that there was no dirt on
Mrs Broadwells shoes. A heavy rain
| fell during the night. The purpose was
to show that had Mrs. Broadwel walked
| IN the street or even on crossAsalks and
was attacked and killed out CT doors, she
would have had mud on her shoes
| The fact that there was no dirt on
| her shoes supported the theory of the
state that her body was removed in a
vehicle after her life was taken The
witness testified that one could avoid
the business section of the city by
passing up Hill and Perry streets from
the Broadwell house to Kieth avenue or
West street, where Mrs. Broadwell
lived.
The defense met this testimony on
cross-examination by securing an ad-
mission from the witness that there
were sidewalks all the way from the
Parker house over Hill and Perry
streets to Washington and thence to
Currier park and beyond to Averill
and Summer streets off which run
Kieth avenue and Pearl street with
the Wheelock garden between.
A short distance north is West street
extension, where the Broadwell S lived
| The Wheelock garden is in the terri.
tory that lies between the Broadwel
house and West street and on the route
that would be taken to Mrs. Broad
well S home.
Mr.. Gamble testified that he was
called to dance hall in Granite street
about 10 O'Clock Saturday night, May
3, the night of the murder. Mr. Broad
we'll, husband of the dead woman, was
standing on the sidewalk. There were
a dozen or 10 others about. 1t is ex
peeted that the state will seek to show
that at this hour Mrs Broadwell was
at the Parker house in company Will
Long.
The witness, who was on patrol duty
Saturday night, did not hear of tn,
murder until notified by the chief Of
police at the next morning, and h
reached the Wheelock garden about
| o clock. Broadwell was at home will
his fatherin law, George Courser, an,
his three children when he visited hin
and told him that his wife was dead
Later Broadwell went to the office o
the states attorney. Long also wa
brought to the Office of the prosecutor
Il as was Mrs. Parker.
Mr.. Gamble was examined lengthil,
by both sides about the lights in Kietl
$ avenue and Pearl street and the loca
tion of streets and number of peopl
on the street at night