The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28

| &lyue ldNlSS Ol hlTk street, barre
testified he was living at that address
on May 3. He was a retail milk deal
er. lie started from his home on thu
morning of May A. He went up Ayers
street to West Patterson street, then
down Ayers street to South Main
street. He watered his horse in the
tub In front Of the Parker house. He
saw an automobile near enough to the
tub so that he could almost touch il
The machine was facing toward the
Bradford house The time was be.
tween $3.50 and 4 a, M, just beginning
to get light.
AT O'Clock Lawlss saw a man
working on the ear. He identified Long
as the man working on the car He
was trying to crank the car. as near
as he (Lawlissl could make out. He
noticed the number plates because it
was garage car--G0lS2 1t was q
Saxon car. There was no cross exam
ination of the witness.
Grand Juror Sargent.
A. A. Sargent of Barre, grand Juror,
testified he went to the Wheelock lot
on the morning of May in his official
capacity. The examination was made
by Attorney Hoar. The witness de.
seribed where the body of Mrs. Broad
well was found. The wire fence was
bent down some but not much. Wit
ness examined the ground. He gave
the names of persons present He saw
Alfred 0'Connell, Times reporter,
there, but not inside the fence.
Commencing at the fence he saw no
distinguishing marks, testified Grand
Juror Sargent, but as he approached
the body he saw them more closely. 1t
had the appearance as though some
! thing had been dragged.
Attorney General Archibald asked
that the answer be stricken out, but
the answer was permitted to stand.
| The witness then resumed his ex-
! planation of the surface, describing
the marks as more pronounced as one
| approached the body" a distance, the
witness Judged of four or five feet.
The body lay on grass ground. The
witness said he was on the grounds or
elsewhere on the case all day.
! Witness Sargent had the impression
the watch was running when it was
handed to him. The pocketbook was
picked up at point towards the pick
ct fence. Mr.. Sargent said he took the
| alley near the Buzzell hotel and then
went into room, where it was said
there had been some trouble. He did
not know the number of the room. 1t
was called the Fraser room. He saw
blood on the floor and around the bed.
There was blood on cribbage board.
The room was in general disorder.
There was blood under the foot of the
bed
Witness didn't recall that there was
blood on the bedclothes. Blood could
be traced onto the piazza and out upon
the gravel walk. 1t appeared as though
the blood had thickened on the walk
nd he gathered some of it on a spoon. 1t
did not appear as old as the blood in
the room. The exhibit was taken into
the Fraser room. A pipe was found
near the walk. The stem was broken
off Some tobacco was in the bowl,
about half full
The cross examination of Mr.. Sar.
gent by Mr., Archibald was vigorous.
He asked the witness if he was down
at the Wheelock garden in his "official
capacity" When the witness hesitated,
Mr.. Archibald asked quickly if he didn't
so testify in the direct examination.
Mr. Sargent said he considered he was
acting in his official capacity.
when did you cease as grand
iuror?'
SCI did not caa = % -
"What did you do with the blood
you picked up?'
Il gave it to Mr.. Davis"
"Did you pick it all up?"
81 think ! did; dirt and all"
Wasn't you in Mr.. Davis office most
of the day while Mr.. Broadwell and
Mr.. Courser were there?"
"Not all the time"
AT another time, witness said eve
did" this or that. "Tell us what you
did, not what we did, said Mr.. Archi-
bald, with considerable sarcasm in the
tone.
Emphasizing official capacity Mr.
Archibald asked witness if he made a
certain inspection in that respect. The
witness replied, NO. emphatically.
"Did you 60 out of curiosity?' the
attorney general continued.
mo"
"Did you have any notion at all in
going there?"
81 did"
Witness said he took no notes.
"Hou conducted an examination and
took no notes ," inquired Mr. Archibald.
81 took no written notes"
Witness did not recollect state
ment referred to by Mr.. Archibald. lie
was further questioned about taking
the watch to a jewelers., interrogating
Broadwell and examining the blood
Deputy Chief Gamble.
Officer Harry Gamble, called by the
defense, said he saw Miss Brown, an
employe of the Buzzell hotel, on sun
day, May 4, when he was summoned
there. He saw spots of blood on the
floor of the Fraser room. He saw no
buttons on the floor and had not heard
the subject of buttons discussed. Wit
ness did not see any blood that had
been wiped up in the room.
Mr., Gamble testified to blood on the
back yeranda of the Buzzell hotel He
also found some on the towel in the
bath room in the Buzzell hotel The
bath room was about 40 feet from the
Fraser room, He found pipe, with a
straight stem 1t was about half full
of tobacco, which appeared TO be dry.
Fraser made statement relative to
whether it was his pipe. This came
into the case subject to the objection
of the state.
Harry E. Broadwell, husband of the
dead woman, was again brought into
the case, the witness being asked rela-
tive to his seeing Broadwell about 4 |
O'Clock 1t was rainN weather. more or |