The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-01
LONG MERELY
SIGHED WHEN
JURY REPORTED
Jury Found That 1t Was
Not Premeditated Muir
der in the killing of Mrs.
Lucina C. Broadwell in
Barre During the Night
of May "a, 1919.

WIN the dlscharge OF the jury IN the
case of State VS.. George A. Long after
the jury had returned a verdict of
guilty of murder in the second degree
in the death of Mrs. Lucina G. Broad
well in Barre the night of May 80,
1919, there ended one of the most pro
tracted trials ever known in Washing
ton county court. The verdict was re-
turned at 320 o'clock yesterday after
noon, practically "a hours after the
case had been turned over to the jury
by Judge u. M. Butler 1t is probable
that sentence will be pronounced on
the man next Wednesday. Life i'm
prisonment in the state prison at hard
labor is the penalty fSSd by the law.
Long took the verdict in rather cool
manner, although he heayed sigh
when the jury rendered the verdict, in
dicating that he probably had been un-
der some mental strain during the long
wait. But if there had been any worry
in his mind he was soon able to wipe
that out, for, on being summoned by
Deputy Sheriff A. A. Emery to be TAX
en- back to the county Jail, where he
had been confined since his arrest on
May Is, Long began joking with the
officer of the law.
When seen last night, Long admit
ted that his name was Wrath, the
name which the detectives found out
shortly after they had taken up the
trail of the man through various parts
of New England. Long declared he
was feeling fine He sat tipped back in
a chair with his feet spread far apart
and resting on the cross bar of his
cage. He was close to the bars in the
position he takes when playing pitch
through the bars. He said he was wait
ing for one of the boys" to come and
have a game with him.
Long said he had nothing in partieu-
lar to complain of but he wanted to
know where the newspapers got the
statements about his previous life, who
authorized the printing of those state
ments, etc He declared he might have
statement to make in the Boston
American. Later he tried to vilify the
name of his wife, relating with consid
erable show Of anger where he alleged
he saw her last.
Not Very Good Prisoner Lately.
There is no secret about the county
Jail that the authorities there will be
glad to get Long off their hands as soon
as sentence is pronounced in county
court 1t is said that Long has not
been a particularly good prisoner since
the time last summer when a revolver
was found in the bedding of his quar-
ters, together with other articles which
would have figured in possible at
tempt to escape from the institution.
The finding of these articles in Longs
quarters was brought out in the ques-
tioning of the prospective jurymen to
determine whether they would be in.
huenced by the statements made in
connection Herewith, but during the
course Of the long trial of Long no
mention of the matter was made by.
either side
The verdict Of guilty of second de-
gree murder was received by the court
room spectators with complete silence,
largely perhaps because of the warninN
given bv Judge Butler that demonstra-
tion of any kind would not be toerat-
ed When it became known that the
Jury was ready to return to the court
room. Judge Butler was sent for and
he came immediately; but before he
allowed the jury to enter, Judge Butler
addressed the spectators, saying that
there had been some thought of clear
ing the courtroom. This idea, however,
would net be carried out, the Judge
said. unless the issue was forced.
Judge Butler said the people had con
Quoted themselves well during the trial
and he did not think it necessary to
exclude them. Neither approving nor
dissenting demonstration would be al
lowed, he said; and he warned that i'll
conduct was contempt Of court. The
Judge then gave instructions TO the
sherifFs, and the jury was allowed to
file in.
The members OF the jury answered
to their names, after which the clerk
asked the foreman, NJ c. Barber of
Waterbury, if they had reached a YER
diet. The jury then stood up and the
foreman stated that they had reached
a verdict and that it was guilty of
murder in the second degree. There
was no demonstration by the crowd or
by Long. The defense took many ex-
ceptions during the trial for carrying
the case higher.
The Death Of Mrs. Broadwell.
The crime Of which Long stands con.
yicted was the killing of Mrs. Lucina G.
Broadwell by strangulation. Long had
admitted in statement to the inyes-