The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-19
Witness in Broadwell Case
Pleaded Guilty to
Adultery
FRANCISCO MARTINEZ
ALSO UNDER ARREST
Both Admit They Were at
Mrs. Isabel Parker's on
Evening of May 8

vestigators in the Broadwell murder case
feel that they will be able to learn more
| concerning what took place at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Isabel Parker, Il0 South
Main street, where Mrs. Lucina c. Broad
well spent part of the night of May 3-4,
the night when she was strangled to
death and her uncIothed body left in the
Wheelock garden off North Main street
Both Mrs. Pelkey and Martinez have ad-
mitted that they were at the Parker
residence in the evening of May and
state that they returned to their homes
in Graniteville by automobile stage, 60
ing on different vehicles, it is understood.
Mrs. Pelkey was sentenced in Barre
city court this morning to not less than
two years and not more than five years
| IN the state prison at Windsor, after
which she was placed on probation for
five years, with admonition by Judge
Scott to adhere closely to some prehibi-
tions which he named, including no fur
ther association with Martinez. Mrs.
Pelkey had pleaded guilty to the charge
Of adultery as brought by States Attor-
ney Davis After the close of the case,
the secret inquest into the Broadwell
case, which had been started Saturday
afternoon, was resumed at the city court
room, all excepting the court officers and
the Investigators being barred.
Martinez is in Washington county Jail
on the charge of adultery and States
Attorney Davis said he was not certain
when the man will be arraigned.
Mrs, Pelkey was a much interrogated
witness during the early part of the in
vestigation of the Broadwell case but she
later Unexpectedly packed her grip and
left town. She is 81 years of age, ma
tive Of Canada, and gave her occupation
to the court as a housewife. Up to re-
Gently Martinez has not figured very
prominently in the investigation, but it
is said that he was absent from home at
about the time Mrs. Pelkey disappeared.
The two were on the northbound train
when it pulled into Northfeld Saturday
evening, and it is said they came from
Holyoke, Mass. It is understood that
they had engaged an automobile to carry
them from Mortified to Graniteville and
they were considerably surprised to run
into the hands of Chief of Police Jerry
| Donahue of that village, who took them
in charge. Later in the night Deputy
sheriffs H. j. SlaytDn and George A.
| Morris drove to Northfeld and brought
the pair to Barre.
Mrs. Pelkey and Martinez were placed
under surveillance Saturday night and
yesterday afternoon the latter was re-
moved to the county Jail at Montpelier,
a warrant charging adultery having been
served on him Meanwhile Mrs. Pelkev
continued under surveillance until to-
day, when a warrant was served, and has
been frequently questioned by Detective
Wood and States Attorney Davis Mar
tinez says that he left the Parker resi-
dence at $3.50 on the night when Mrs
Broadwell met her fate, while Mrs. Pei
key is reported to have asserted that she
left at about the same time.
Mrs Grace Grimes, friend Of Mrs
Broadwel but who left Barre more than
year ago, is in Barre ready to give
information that she may have concern
ing the friendships formed by Mrs.
Broadwell during the short time the lat
ter had resided in Barre. Mrs Grimes
came to Barre when she learned that
her presence was desired to round out
information concerning Mrs. Broadwel's
friends prior to year ago.
Robberies Being Investigated
In the meantime the Investigators are
not abandoning a trail of events in and
about Barre since last fall which may or
may not involve George A. Long, who,
with Mrs. Isabel Parker, is in Washing
ton county Jail ON the charge of murder.
This trail concerns many robberies which
were committed at Berlin pond, the sum-
mer cottages of w. G. Reynolds, Wilbur
d. Mower, William Holden and L. NJ.
Tobin of Barre and Philip Hornbrook of
Montpelier having been broken into. AL
ready two fishpoles, blankets, etc, which
were stolen from the Reynolds cottage
have been recovered and those who were
in possession of some of the property
when the police called stated that they
bought the property Of Long, the man
under arrest on the charge Of murder.
Long, it has been learned, boarded him
self during the early part of his stay in
Barre after which he was a lodger in
the Buzzell hotel on Pearl street and
more recently at Mrs. parker's on South
Main street, where, according TO his own
statement, he was with Mrs. Broadwel
up to midnight of the night of May ga
He was employed by II. G. Bennett, the
Jefferson street automobile man. who
has lumber job between Barre and
Montpelier
The local police to-day were again in
vestigating a robbery in the Harvey &
Mower repair shop in the Jefferson street
garage which took place last fall the
safe being looted of $l46 in money This
robbery took place in broad daylight
after the bookkeeper had called TO Mr.
Mower of the firm that she was going
out on the street for short time and
if she should lock the safe. Mr. Now
er replied not to lock the safe, as he was
going to be about the place. He then
drove an automobile for few minutes
to test the machine and on his return
the money had been stolen from the safe
This has remained one of the unexplained
robberies Of the long series perpetrated
last fall
In large number of these robberies
entrance was gained to houses and stores
by means of tampering with catches to
the windows, although in the Red Cross
robbery the burglar cl!iseled ont the pan
el of rear door and thrust his body
through the opening, while in the Barre
Electric companys store a hardwood door
was sawed through to enable the robber
to get hold of the lock
The breaks at the summer cottages at
Berlin pond were made by cutting out
a small section Of glass i'll the window
Just above the catch after which it was
an pasV matter TO omen fhp windows