The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-25
GABRIELLE BIANCHI
AND ED. BARRON
ON THE STAND
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drink any, said "she did not care for
any Then they went to the depot,
taking a train to Montpelier. She met
Barron that night for the first time.
She heard Barron called Frenchy.
She testified relative to book which
her aunt had given her She had the
book with her, both Barron and Long
wrote their names in the book. She
had seen Long on the street since that
time several times and at the Granite
street dance and on Easter Sunday.
She met Long near Jules Johnson's
room in the Buzzell building. There
is a window looking onto a passage
way back of the building. She also
saw Charlie" Long and Johnson in his
room.
In cross examination only one ques-
ton was asked. 1t was relative-to the
time she had seen the book signed
Eddie Barron Takes Stand.
Eddie Barron was the next witness.
Long never moved bit as far as his
face showed when Barron was called
Barron testified he worked at lumber
camp in Waterbury. He used to come
down Saturday and go back Sunday.
He worked for a time in the stoneshed
in Waterbury, then again at the camp.
He testified he could not read or write
He had a room in the Buzzell hotel In
the brick portion of it. II was on the
ground floor. He knew the johnson
boys, He boarded at the Eureka res
taurant, In February he went to
N. H., then TO Greenfield,
Mass. He went for work. Then he
went to work for Hermon Hawks in
Deertield, for whom he worked until
about the last Of March. He has never
returned to Barre since he left Barre
in February. He had not been in Yer
mont since he left until he came here
for the trial He worked for Mr..
Newhall. He then went to Springfield, |
Mass, to visit his. sister and has been
there since that time. At one time he
went to Boston and saw Mr. Wood, |
Mr. Davis and John Proctor. He re-
manned in Boston about three weeks
While he was in Barre he worked as
Jumper.
Barron testified he first saw Long at |
the camp in Waterbury. Long came up |
at night and stayed over night, They |
called him Windy He stopped work |
before Barron did at the camp. They |
met on the street in Waterbury He |
met Long on the street in Barre one |
Saturday night after he came to Barre |
to visit They went into a saloon and |
each paid for drink After coming |
to Barre to work he met Long near the
Park theatre Long told him he was
at sawmilI between Barre
and Montpelier.
Saw Long at "Goldie's".
They saw each other several times /
He had seen Long at Goodies on a
night There were others |
there, They stayed until about 1880 |
o'clock. They had half pint Of bran
dy. Long slept with him at his room |
that night. Long came to his room,
Title Stafford and another
woman. They stayed together until Q |
or 10 o'clock Sunday night. Long gave
him dollar to get some beer. He |
bought six bottles Of beer and they
drank the beer. Then one Sunday
afternoon he and Long were on the
street and they saw "Tillie' and Love |
" girl Later the girls were seen in
Johnson's room about 6 o'clock. Long,
witness and Iillie arid Lovely woman
ate supper at a restaurant and then
had some wine at Barron's room, the
girls leaving about $3.50 o'clock.
Long Took One of Barron's Handker-
chiefs.
He had placed his laundry in the
steam laundry in Barre, with directions
to send it TO Claremont, \ H.. but he
never got it, He has had laundry done
there dozen times The last time
was the Monday preceding his leaving
for Claremont He then testified about
Long getting a handkerchief from his
bureau drawer one day when he, Long,
forgot to put one In his pocket. He
had not seen the handkerchief since
that time.
He heard about the murder in Barre
when he was working at Ernest New
halls, near Greenfield At Springfield
MS HlcNtl 6dlu MI W b10 was tObAllE
for him. Mr.. Barron testified he could
write his name and read a printed page
He identified shirt that he had
showed to Mr.. Wood and the signing
of his name in fillies book He never
loaned a handkerchief to anyone ex
cepting Long. He never knew Mrs
Harry Broadwell He identified check
from the Mad River Valley Lumber
Co. on the back of which he had signed
his name.
Barrons Gross Examination.
Judge Fay cross examined the wit
ness. The witness lived in Barre twice
He came from Canada to Winooski and
lived there until he was % years old.
He lived in Barre about two years ago
and was driving team for Mr.. Caustic,
who had some work in Barre, He
worked for Joe Eldredge of Waterbury.
He thought il was about six weeks be
fore Thanksgiving The witness again
testified about his and Longs associa-
tions for the next few weeks as was
testified in direct evidence. He could