The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-10
OFFICER CURTIS RELATES
BEING CALLED TO SPOT
Both Testified in Washington County Court To-
day Concerning the Body of Mrs. Lucina C..
Broadwell, Which Was Found in the WheelOck
Garden on May A, 1919.

Of Fred G. Eaton taking the photographs
of the body. The body was not changed
when the pictures were taken.s He re-
mained in the vicinity of the plAte about
three hours. Glenn e. Perry, an under
taker, removed the body. No one bat
the authorities were near the body.
Buttons Fell OFF When Clothing Was
Moved.
The witness believed the corsets were
under the body. These were folded to-
gether. The ground under the body was
little eletated above the surrounding
territory. The clothing was wet. The
buttons ON the clothing fell off when he
raised up the clothing. These were small
gray buttons. He did not think there
was any elastic on the stockings. The
witness said that States Attorney Da-
Wis took charge of the clothing The
witness could not tell whether the cloth
ing had been moved to any extent; the
skirt had been moved little. He saw
the clothing after the murder at the
police station and it was in the same
condition excepting that it had dried out
IL had rained that night. He could not
tell whether there was a grassed plot on
the north side of Keith avenue. The
officer testified as to the contour of the
ground where the body was found
Attorney r. A. Hoar conducted the
cross examination. Mr.. Curtis testified
that there is a picket fence between the
Wheelock garden and Keith avenue. He
did not think person could get from
Keith avenue to the plot without jump
ing the fence. The shortest possible
route to the plot from street would be
from Summer street. He thought this
nearer than from Pearl street. He told
of wire fence between the private way
and the plot where the body was, The
fence was about is inches high The
ground showed it had been gardened.
The ground looked as though body
had been dragged from the private way
towards where the body was found. He
saw Murray with some green strands of
straw in his hand. He saw the hat. The
wire fence is about Ia feet from the
woodworking shop, according to the wit
ness judgment. He thought the wire
fence continued to the picket fence
The distance from the Buzzell automo-
bile stalls is about 20 feet, and some two
or three feet higher than the place where
the body was found. There is no light
on Pearl street TO light the street, while
there are dark alleys coming out on
Pearl street, but he could not tell what
ones were lighted. Mr.. Hoar's eross-ex-
animation indicated that the defense ex-
pected TO show the body was carried to
the plot other than from Keith avenue
Witness did not see eyeglasses embed
ded in hair on the right back side of her
head. He could not tell whether the
glasses were broken. He did not know
whether any part of the corsets We're
broken He could not recall, from having
seen them since, whether the corsets
were damaged any. About 100 were pres
ent around the plot at 0 o'clock, $50 at 10
o'clock, and the crowd was very large
They were in large numbers looking from
the Keith avenue side.
Her hat was near the private road 1t
did not appear to be damaged very
much. He saw pocketbook near the
hat. The pocketbook was south of the
body toward Keith avenue. He picked
up watch near the wire fence about
two feet away. There were no broken
threads on the buttons He did not ex-
anime the buttons closely The top of
the bundle of clothing was dry, while
near the bottom it was wet. He told of
its raining during the night, but the sun
shone the next morning. He did not
! think there was any corset cover with
the clothing. The gloves were on the
hands about to the second joint of the
| fingers and then turned back. He could
not tell where the gloves are now. He
| thought the hat was dark blue or brown.
! The hands were bound together across
the back of the woman. These were
crossed. There was something bound
about her neck with knot on the left
side He could not tell whether it was a
| rope that bound the neck, but believed it
was woman's shirtwaist. He thought
| it was woman's, because it was of
| light or frail material. He placed his
hand on Mrs. Broadwell's body, but he
could not tell whether it was covered
with goose pimples. 1t was a subject of
discussion while he was there. There is
slight depression between the spot
where the body was and the private
way There is one electric light on Keith
avenue, which is almost opposite where
the body was found on the garden. He
did not see Long at the spot that morn
ing. He answered many questions dur
ing the morning.
| Mr.. Archibald conducted the redirect
examination. Mr.. Curtis had noticed a
shed near the picket fence. The dark
mark under the body was as though the
blood had settled under the flesh. He
could not recall accurately just what the
lights are on the streets near the scene.
/ Not Certain if Long Will Take Stand.
| AT ll55 the regular noon recess oc-