The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-05
Important Clue Being Fol-
lowed by States Attorney
Davis -Attoney-G General
F. c. Archibald Came To-
day to Cooperate in In
vestigation-Woman Had
Been Killed Several Hours
Before Body Was Found.


her back with articles of her own under
clothing and with handkerchief and
her shirtwaist knotted about her neck,
the naked body of Mrs Harry E. Broad
well of 6 West street was found early
yesterday morning in the rear of Mrs.
L. c. Wheelock's garden just off North
Main street and part way between the
parallel streets of Keith avenue and
Pearl street. The woman had been
strangled to death, and the authorities
believe that the murder was committed
at some other point and that the body
was brought to the place where it lay
ghastly sight as Harold Jackson, out for
Sunday morning stroll, came along the
bypath between Summer and North
Main streets.
Young Jackson made haste to reach
the police, going to the central office but
finding no one there. Retracing his steps,
he came across Special Officer A. B. Cur
It's on North Main street and almost de
rectly opposite where the body lay some
300 feet back from the street The Off
Ger went where directed and placed his
hand on the body to determine whether
the woman was dead, finding that rigor
mortis had set in. The time was then
$ o'clock, and it is probable that the
body had lain there some hours, being
exposed in the meantime to the light
rain which fell during the early morning.
Pictures of Body and Scene Taken.
Officer Curtis, after a hasty survey,
notified other officers and, in a short
time, Chief Andrew Mitchell, Deputy
Chief Harry A. Gamble, States After
ney Z. r. Davis, Grand Juror A. A. Sar-
gent and DR.. @. G. Stiekney and James
Smart of the board Of health were on
the spot, as well as a fast growing crowd
Of swed people. The body was soon COW
cred with the woman's coat, which lay
nearby, and the police kept the crowd
back TO prevent the trampling of the
dirt while photographer, Fred G.. Eaton,
was summoned. On the arrival Of the
photographer the body was uncovered
as it lay, face downward and still un-
identified, while several pictures were
taken from two positions. Coming with
in the perspective of the camera were
the woman's clothing partly under the
body, her hat living some eight feet away
and perhaps not discernible in the pic
tlre. pocketbook lying about Is feet
on the opposite side of the body from
the hat and her gold watch, the latter
of which had in the meantime been
picked up. The watch was still running.
The pictures taken, the face was uncov-
cred by Health Officer Stickney and 9TH
er officials but still there was no identi-
fication of the remains; and the body
was taken to the undertaking rooms of
Perry & Noonan, where the autopsy was
performed yesterday afternoon. No one
in the large crowd that had assembled
and who could get near enough to look
could remember having seen the woman
anywhere. In fact, it was not until two
hours or more had passed that identifca-
tion, suspected by members of the police
force, was verified by the woman's hus-
band through inspection of the gold
watch.
Body Identified.
This watch was of the closed case va
riety, Waltham make, and ON one case
were the initials 81. p. c." which, as it
turned out, were the initials of Mrs.
Broadwell-Lueina Phillips Courser--
prior to her marriage This was at oncs
identified by Mr.. Broadwell as the prop
erty of his wife, as were several other
articles, including the pocketbook, which
was opened and empty when picked up
by Grand Juror Sargent
As already stated, the woman's body
was unelothed except as to shoes and
stockings. There we're no marks of vio-
lence on the body except on the neck as
revealed when the knotted articles were
removed. On each shoulder there was a.
very slight abrasion which might have
been received in an encounter or which
might have been made in the hurried
moving of the body Both hands were
still encased in yellow kid gloves some<
what soiled, and slightly turned back at
the wrists.
Wornan's Face Marked By Ground
The womans face and the upper part
of her body were at first somewhat
marked by small indentations which
probably were made by the rough surface
Of the ground in the garden and which
probably led to the early report that her
face was so pounded that recognition
was impossible Another false report
was started by the fact that close by
the body the sod had been removed it
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