The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-22
Witness in Broadwell Case
Was Located at Leom-
inster, Mass.
STATE WANTS HIM
IN EASY REACH
He Was Ou1 on $1,000 Per-
sonal Recognizance-More
Developments in Case

Irving B. Smith, who got out of touch
with the investigators in the Broadwell
murder case by going to Massachusetts
soon after he was allowed to go on his
own recognizanee in the sum of 81 600
after being suppnaed as a witness, is on
his way back to Barre in company with
Deputy Sheriff Henry G. Lawson, having
been founA at Leominster, Mass, yester-
day. just what action will be taken in
connection with him will be determined
when he returns.
Smith, who was formerly Canadian
soldier, was rooming at house on
Summer street the night of May 81
when Mrs. Lucina G. Broadwell was
strangled to death, and he testified that
he was awakend shortly after midnight
that morning by the barking of dogs
and on looking out Of the window saw
an automobile standing in the street,
which automobile he is alleged to have
identified as the machine which was let
out by Goodfellow's garage to George A.
Long, one of the persons held in county
jail on the charge of murder. The gar
den where Mrs. Broadwell's body was
found is just off Summer street.
Smith was subpGnaed on May l5, at
the same time that Gertrude Hunt, Jo-
seph Shadroui and Gabriel Bianchi were
held as witnesses, and was held in the
sum of 81 900 personal recognizance, aft
er which he was allowed to go. When
found at Leominster he is reported to
have said that he did not think he was
wanted until June 2, when the cases
a;,e vi Are Teaha1 partar
scheduled to come up in Barre city court.
States Attorney Davis said to-day
that the state simply desired to have
Smith within easy access during the
progress Of the investigation and that
when it was learned he had left town it
was thought best to look him up.
Deputy Sheriff Lawson left Montpelier
early yesterday morning at the same
time Detective James r. Wood left, and
their immediate quest was the locating
of Smith
woman's Screams Heard.
The investigation of the murder case
is continuing, with various clues and
suspicious cropping out One Of the facts
reported to the investigators has to do
with a womans screams heard on Glen
aobu dNtHHtg VA ouuLlt h1tiH atAGFts aitu
within almost stones throw of the
| residence of Mrs. Isabel Parker, who,
like Long, Is in jail on the charge Of muir
der. Those screams were heard between
the hours of 10 and II o'clock the night
of the death of Mrs. Broadwell
The fact was reported to the investiga-
tors by reputable citizens in that vicin-
ity and is, no doubt, being considered in
the mass of facts and suspicious brought
to light. The exact minute when the
screams were heard has not been fixed
but the evidence goes to show that the
time was between 10 and H. The
screams were loud enough to awaken
persons in that vicinity. The first of the
two outcries was sharp, even piercing,
betokening woman in distress or great
terror while the second was less pro-
notnced and perhaps shorter than the
first. After that there was silence.
Whether the outeries had anything to do
with the Broadwell case has not been
determined, but inasmueh as the sounds
came from point within short dis
tance of where Mrs. Broadwell was
placed that night by statement Of sew
eral persons the matter is held with con-
siderable weight by some people,
Long Linked Up with Golf Club House
Robbery.
The trail of events connected with
Long leads back to the Barre Golf club
house located on the Dodge farm between
Barre and Montpelier When the club
house was opened for the season it was
found that the building had been broken
into and thoroughly ransaeked, con-
siderable quantity Of goods being carried
away. Some of this property has al
ready been recovered and it Is alleged
that the recent possessors said they got
the articles from Long.
The marauder got into the building
by breaking a rear window and turning
the fastener on the window. Once in
side, at his leisure, he went about the
work of overhauling everything to deter
mine what he wanted Using hammer
he forced open all except one of the two
score or more of lockers and went
through the articles stored there. The
one locker overlooked was in corner,
Nearly all the lockers contained golf
clubs and balls and many of them held
clothing of various sorts. The golhng
paraphernalia was not molested but the
clothing and other articles were carried
away in considerable quantity. 4 crock
cry closet, on which a new lock was
placed last fall, was forced open and
some of the silver.pated knives and
forks were stolen. From a wall was
taken clock, which was, perhaps, the
most valuable single article stolen. This
clock was located yesterday in a home
in Berlin Corners, and the possessor said
the clock was bought of Long
A search at the former quarters of
Long at the Bennett sawmll nearly OPP
posite the golf club and across the river
disclosed quantity of wearing apparel,
some of which is awaiting Identification
bv the owners Some of the property is
at States Attorney Davis office await
ing the owners claim. The golf club
robbery was placed in the hands of the
states attorney few weeks ago, and it
is understood that no suspicion fell on
Long until the Broadwell murder brought
him into suspicion on the far more Sc
rious case.