The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-10-25
HANDKE ERCH|EF
ABOUT WOMAN s
NECK PRODUCED
Mark On IL Brings Ed. Barron
Into Case
HE TAKES STAND TODAY
Says He Gave Long handkerchief
Some Time Ago--More Circum-
stantial Evidence
HE TAKES STAND TODAY

Montpelier, Oct 24,-The most
damaging evidence that the state has
presented in the trial of George A.,
Long. charged with numbering Mrs
Lucina Broadwell, occurred this after
noon when Eddie Barron testified
that he had given Long a handker-
chief several weeks before the muir
der took place. The defense occupi
ed the major portion of the afternoon
in an effort to break down this story
but il anything, its efforts strength
ened the states point in the case.
Montpelier. Oct. 24.-The identi-
fication of the laundry mark EN- on
the handkerchief found wound about
the neck of Mrs. Lucina c. Broad
well were identified today in the trial
of Geroge Long charged with her mur
der. Mrs. Laura Houghton identified
the handkerchief as like that clothing
in the bundle belonging to Ed. Bar
ron" which had been uncalled for al
the Barre laundry since February H.
last The bundle of underclothes con
tanning that mark and "CXI' were ex-
hibited and identified as Barrons, who
left Barre about that time.
Barron has been located and will
take the stand, it is expected, and
his testimony how the handkerchief
came to be missing may prove one OF
the most interesting links in the muir
der case.
Mrs. Edison. who yesterday testified
that Long put his hand to his pocket
to see if his watch was there when she
was telling about the murder at Mrs.
Parker's house Sunday noon, May 4.
was under cross-eXamination by the
defense this morning, after she kept
the court waiting half an hour for her
appearance.
States Attorney Davis identified
three handkerchefs taken from the
Barron bundle in which Long tied
sample knots William Nichols, who
also testified todae, said Long told
him his car worked all right Satur-
day night, while Nichols was trying
10 make 1t run on Sunday morning.
Mrs. Annie Greig and her son were
called to the witness stand late yester
arrived home between 1890 and
o'clock the night of the murder and
that they did not hear any unusual
noises in the house nor any one going
up nor coming down the stairs Of the
house They lived in the tenement on
the first floor in the Parker house
while Long and Mrs Parker lived on
the second floor Other witnesses
stated they heard no noise about the
house
Several witnesses testified that
Long went to different places to gel
help to work on his automobile Sun
day morning including going to the
house of Mrs. Rose Luce and Mrs.
Spaulding These houses are located
long distance apart in different sec.
tions of the city. The testimony tend
ed to show Long had some reason for
wanting the machine repaired early
in the day and without taking it to
the Goodfellow garage from which he
had obtained it.
Mrs. Edison testified that when she
went to the Parker house Sunday
noon to get Mr.. Frasers keys that
Long and Mrs. Parker were eating
dinner, that they both went into
Mutch's room to get the key belong
ing to Fraser and that while there
she asked Mrs. Parker if she had heard
about the murder, Mrs. Parker said
she had not and inquired about it and
Mrs. Edison said she told them that
they had located a watch with initials
on it and that Long put his hand to
his pocekt as though he wanted to see
if his watch was there.