The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-09
WOMAN WAS RED
CROSS WORKER
Mrs. Broadwell, Murdered
at Barre, Had Assisted
48!Local Chapter
MURDER MYSTERY
STILL UNSOLVED
State Officials Conducting Rigid In
vestigation but Secure Little Infor.
mation-Som1e Theories-Barre Min
listers Call for Clean UP.

listers Call for Clean UP.
BARRE, May Yesterday was anoth-
er day of delving into the details of the
case presented by the discovery of the
hnclothed body Of Mrs Harry E. Broad
well. aged % and the mother of three
children, in a garden lot 800 feet off North
Main street last Sunday morning AS
far as outward appearances go there is
nothing to indicate that the inyestiga-
| tors are nearer an arrest of the guilty
party but at the same time there Isl
knowledge that the facts are being woven
together in such a manner as to piece
out the history of the woman's last night
on earth in fairly complete manner as
far as the early events go,
Whether the completion of the fabric
of facts will result III the arrest of a per-
son, or persons, charged with the crime
of murder is not certain, but various
suspects are being eliminated from the
consideration i'll the matter and it is,
therefore, evident that the search is mar
rowing down perceptibly
From the time since Attorney General
Archibald and States Attorney Davis
came down to the latter's Office yester-
i day morning, stream of people, both
men and women, has been going into and
out of the Office where a rigid inquiry has
been conducted The call of the investi-
gators has gone in to various walks of life
and has brought testimony from a wide
field, the evidence being taken down verb
atm and to be used later in all prohabili-
ty.
This testimony and the exhibits thus
far collected have been gone over in a
second thorough inquiry and examination.
When asked 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 mys-
terry
! 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 chat there was such indi
cation, and that, presumably, it took
place a short time before the woman
;, death.
Attorney General Archibald, replying to
= the query whether the state had Offered
reward for the apprehension of the
! murderer OF murderers, stated that NJ
reward had yet been authorized.
Indignation over conditions which arr
: thought to have led up to the tragedy o
! Saturday night was expressed in ful
= measure at a meeting OF clergymen o
the city held in the vestry of the Uni
: versalist church last evening The Rev
: j. b Reardon Of the Universalist churcl
and the five ministers present voiced thei
conviction that there should be a con
= cnrted effort to clean up the places o
!, the city.
!. A vote was taken to instruct Rev Il
= G. Lipsky of the Hedding NJ f. churc
to get into correspondence with a certain
! society of wide reputation in order t
: ascertain what measures could be take
to remove some of the serious condition
:, That correspondence is to be taken u
at once 50 that remedies may be apple
- as early as possible.
At the same time it may be asserte
i that the city government is not lyin
- idle in an effort to aid in this partieula
= case now before the Investigators, an
!, there is reason to believe that some actfo
- viii be taken toward cleaning up tn
places of disrepute in whatever part {
. the city they may be located Ofiicia
have stated to various persons that III
satisfactory conditions were thought I
exist but that heretofore it has not bee
\ possible to bring action against thos
v places in such way as to promise su,
v cess.
The theory that Mrs. Broadwels bod
was carried from an alleged house of
repute outside of the center OF the cit
by means of an automobile and that ii
body was deposited in the heart of II
city, through a darkened locality, is NJ
l" held to be tenable, for it is considere
probable that if an automobile were use
for means of transportation the tr
would have been made to some out of Il
way place beyond the city limits, whel
7 there would have been less likelihood thu
3. the body would be discovered at Il
d break of day, as it was discovered Sunda
IN morning
of 1t is more likely that the murder toe
s place in building nearer where the boo
w was found and that the body was carrie
so to the spot. by one or more men.
at But while these facts and other rumo
8 are being told about the woman who W
n the victim of the terrible tragedy the
or is another. side to the story of her j
it while in Barre which is more pleasing
| rad about and contemplate. This 81
r of the story has to do with her publ
r, spirited, patriotic service when the W
MT was at its height, she having been a Fl
i'll quent visitor to the Red Gross ,wo
5E rooms, where she assisted materially
the work of preparing Articles for use
or American soldiers and for relief of civ
e ians in Europe who Were made destitu
lis by the wars ravages. dait
la This service by Mrs Broadwel cont
as ucd during part of the winter but latt
by " she had not been seen at the rool
= of the Red Cross. The Barre ladies' W
=. were engaged with her in this mercy wo
OF recall her pleasantly and say that s
~. seemed to be a quiet sort of woman a