The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-08
Not Yet Determined Wheth-
er Mrs. nroadwell Was at
So. ] u Street House
GRf STEVILLE WOMAN
J.yT THERE AT z P. M.
Examination Showed That
Woman's Person Had
Been Violated

the discovery of the unclothed body of
Mrs. Harry f. Broadwell, aged 20 and
the mother Of three children, In garden
lot 300 feet off North Main street last
Sunday morning. AS far as outward
appearances go there is nothing to indi-
cate that the Investigators are nearer an
arrest of the guilty but at the same
time there is knowledge that the facts
are being woven together in such a man
ner as to piece out the history of the
woman's last night on earth in fairly
complete manneri as far as the early
events 90.
Whether the completion of the fabric
of facts will result in the arrest of
person, or persons, charged with the crime
OF murder is not certain, but various sus-
poets are being eliminated from the CON
sideration in the matter and it Is, there.
| fore, evident that the search is narrow
ing down perceptibly. 1t is said that
| one man who has been mentioned in con
neetion with the case was practically
eliminated from the inquiry as to the
major crime being investigated just now.
From the time since Attorney General
Archibald and States Attorney Davis
came down to the latter's office this
morning, stream Of people, both men
and women, has been going into and out
OF the office where rigid inquiry has
been conducted. The call of the investi-
gators has gone into various walks of
life and has brought testimony from a
wide field, the evidence being taken down
verbatim and to be used later in all prob
ability.
This testimony and the exhibits thus
far collected have been gone over in a
second thorough inquiry and examins-
tion. A Graniteville woman who was
said to have been a visitor at a certain
house on South Main street, where Mrs.
Broadwell was reported to have spent a
part of Saturday evening, was to-day
said to have been positively placed in
the house that night but only for the
early part of the evening. So far as the
investigators know, she left the house
around o'clock that night.
This Granitevilie woman has been
sought for the purpose of determining
the truth Of the rumor that Mrs. Broad
well was there that night, at least dur
ing the early part of the night. If this
Granteville woman left the house at
o'clock, as the testimony now stands. she
manifestly could not have seen Mrs.
Broadwell there because all the reputable
testimony thus far given places Mrs
Broadwell in her own home, half mile
away, at 7 o'clock and after that, her
husband stating that she was there at
7l5 when he left after giving her sum
of money to spend for household neces-
sites; and the young woman's father,
George Courser, stated positively that
she left home at 1880 o'clock. saving
that she was going to the pictures"
Inasmuch as the picture shows start
at o'clock for the first display of the
films, Mrs. Broadwell was too late for
the beginning of the first show and about
an hour too early for the beginning Of
the second show If she intended to 90
to the pictures" it is probable that she
must have planned to 90 to the second
show, as it would have taken her perhaps
five to ten minutes to walk to the near
er showhouse, which would have made
her still later for the early performance.
Whether she was at the South Main
street house in the meantime, or after
the Graniteville woman left is not de-
termined as yet. Another woman who
has been called into the case has told the
that she saw woman at the
South Main street house who seemed to
correspond to the description of the
woman who was slain; but that purport-
ed Identification has not been sustained
up to the present time.
When asked to-day what progress had
been made in the case States Attorney
Davis said that he was not prepared to
state but that the Investigators were
digging away at the intricate phases of
the mystery.
Asked directly if the examination of
the body of the woman and the autopsy
gave indication that the person of the
woman had been violated, States Attor-
ney Davis said that there was such indi
,ation and that, presumably, it took
place a short time before The woman's
leath.
Attorney General Archibald, replying
20 the query whether the state had Of
ered reward for the apprehension OF
he murderer or murderers. stated early
his afternoon that no reward had vet
leen authorized.
Clergymen Hold Indignation Meeting.
Indignation over conditions which are
hought to have led up to the tragedy of
night was expressed in full
Measure at a meeting of clergymen Of
he city held IN the yestry Of the Uni
ersalist church last evening The meet
ng was called to order by Rev j. B.
seardon of the Uniyersalist church, and
he five ministers present voiced their
that there should be con-
erted effort to clean up the places of the
ity.
1t was stated by one of the ministers
hat some time ago an effort was made
o clean up certain place and that eyi-
ence Of conclusive nature had been
rought to light at preliminary in
estigation of the conditions but the
states attorney" at that time declined
. prosecute the case in court and some
the witnesses refused to back up their
taetments by appearance in court should
he case come to trial. what can you
o under such circumstances ?" queriel
he man who made the assertion
Another complaint was lodged by
ergyman against the system of proba-
on for convicted offenders in city court,
being stated that convictions were re-
sntly secured in two liquor cases and