The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-24
THE HANDKERCHIEF
IS IDENT|F|E
ED. Barron" Owned the
One Found Around Mrs.
BrOadWelPs Throat
EXPECTED HE WILL
TAKE THE STAND
His Testimony About the Missing
Handkerchief May Be Interesting
Long Felt For His Watch When
Told One Had Been Found.
Especial to The Reformer.)

MONTPELIER, Oct. "a.
identification of the laundry mark .'E
\ II on the handkerchief found wound
about the neck of the murdered Mrs. Lu-
Gina c. Broadwell was made today in the
Long murder trial by Mrs. Laura Hough-
ton, as like that on the clothing in bum
die belonging to ed Barron, which had
been unealled for at the Barre laundry
since Feb. II last. A bundle of under
clothes containing tha. mark and &c X u
were exhibited and identified as Barron's,
who left Barre about that time.
Barron has been located and will take
the stand, 1t is expected, and his testi-
mony as to how the handkerchief came to
be missing may prove enc of the most in
teresting links of the murder case.
Mrs Edison, who testified that Long put
his hand in his pocket to see if his watch
was there when she was telling him about
the murder at Mrs. Parker's house Sunday
noon, May 4, was under cross examina-
| tion by the defense this morning, after
she had kept the court waiting half all
hour for her appearance.
States Attorney Davis identified three
handkerchiefs taken from the Barron bun
die with that which Long tied sample
knots in.
William Nichols said Long told him his
car worked all right Saturday night while
trying to make it run Sunday morning
| Mrs. Daisy Luce, at the time of the
crime a resident of Hill street, Barre,
yesterday said Long called at her house
about $50 o'clock Sunday morning, May
4, to ask Ernest Bailey, roomer, to help
him fix his ear. According to the witness
Long said, Have you heard of the doings
downtown?" The witness answered that
she had and remarked, Isn't it awful"
Longs retort was, "There'll be one less
woman in Barre No mention had been
made by persons in Mrs. Luee's house
that the victim was woman.
Henry Rioux, roomer at Mrs Luce's
corroborated the testimony about the
time Long visited the house and his re-
marks. George Bailey testified that he
was the first to tell Mrs. Luce the news
which, it appeared, was about five min
utes before Longs arrival. Mrs. Nellie
Degreenie supported the testimony thai
Long had called at the Luce house at
o'clock, but failed to rouse anyone theI
and went away. Arthur Holt also sale
he saw Long going to the Luce hous,
about o'clock. Long made two trips.
In the statement Long gave to the de
tectives he fixed the time he first heart
!. about the crime at about $50 o'clock
when he was working on his car at th
garage. When he went to the Luce hous
. his car was still at the Parker hous
, lawn and later was hauled to the garage
Mrs. Edith Edison, who was so dea
that the deputy clerk had to stand besid
the witness box to administer the oath
, proved there were times when she ha
no difficulty in hearing.
. She had occasion to go to the Parke
houes about noon on Sunday, May 4, t
get a key belonging to Jack Fraser,
boarder at her house, which was in tn
possession of Alex Mutch, q rsemer q
Mrs. Parker's place.
As preliminary, she told about ro'
! at the Hotel Buzzell, where she wa
: called Seeing blood scattered around an
g on the face of Jack, she said she too
: him home and locked him in his room
e She described Long and Mrs. Parker .
e sitting down to eat"
/ Asked what she said after she ha
! stated the object of her visit, she replie,
s II asked if they had heard about tn
o murder. Mrs. Parker said No. M
/ Long didn't make any remark except
ask if they found out who did it. | sal
l'No, but they found watch with initia
in it, Long put his hand on his watc
pocket as if to look at his watch. | sal
z I hope they'll find him and shoot hil
) full of bullets Long said, Yes, that
so'"