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LEADING FIGURES IN THE WALTHAM TRAGEDY.The woman at the lert is Mrs. Lillian Glover, widow of the .murdered man. The young- woman at the right is Harriett La Blanc, her maid, accused by Glover in his dying- statement as having inflicted the wounds that caused his death later on. Glover is also shown wea ring the same cap that figured in the automobile ride and subsequent stru the laundry.ggle inGLOVER QUARRELLEDWITH LE BLANC GIRLhad never heard of the Glover murder, and stated that she was perfectly willing; to remain here under surveillance until all doubt as to her identity was cleared away. The Waitliajm police 'phoned that they would send an officer here on thefirst train (his morning- to loojc at thegirl, but Captain Thompson, in charge at headquarters, tonight stated that he was certain she was not Hattie Le Blanc.GLOVER IN QUARRELPORTLAND, M*e., Nov. 22.—The po- j the New 'Brunswick Express that leftBoston at 7 o’clock. The call for herlice here arrested a young woman at the Union station late tonight who bears a remarkable similarity, both in j face, figure and speech, to Mattie Le Blanc, wanted by the police of Waltham, Mass.. in connection with themurder oi Clarence E. Glover.She gave the name of Eva Lavoit, claimed to beiong in Fitchburg, Mass., and the authorities here believe herstory to he true. She was tqken fromCHILDRENimping Gn end Off Carsn in one month results from lie Authorities, Newspapers Companycc-to he taken into custodv came over thelong-distance telephone from the Waltham police, who learned that she had rcchecked a trunk at the North Unionstation in Boston for Rogersvillc, N. B.TAKEN TO HEADQUARTERSipany undertook in its endeavor to id towns wherein the Company operand jumping on and off cars has been Company desires to acknowledge the ind police authorities and the news-Tlie girl talks broken English and gave to tlie police addresses of alleged relatives. She was taken to police headquarters. She declared that shewas employed at the Parkhill mill at Fitchburg and worked iu the card room.Passengers on the train claimed that she carried her bat in a box all them t » f ’ 1. ''f. -r V' (P, 'V *|way down on the train and that they noticed while in Boston she went about the station w ithout any covering for her head.In the examination of the girl by detectives, she staled that the foreman of the mill where she was employed is James Wilson, and that she had a brother-in-law named Daniel Slattery, who resides at H 1-2 Boutelle street. Fitchburg. She wore a white sweater,, and skirt of dark material.The young woman claimed that she:eivcd by the Company of children off cars have been decreased fromryone. especially to parents, and the have contributed to this result, but tion toward tho end that the dangcr-thc minimum.Murder Said to be Seouel of TroubleWith Le Blanc Girl Three WeeksAgoWALTHAM, Nov. 22.—That theshooting of Clarence F. Glover in Ins laundry office on the bank of theCharles River. ;ynl his dying accusation of his wife's 16-vear-old cousin. HattieLe Blanc, were the secjucl to a quarrel begun three weeks ago. is indicated by facts unearthed In Po-t reporters to night. jThese facts shed the first rays of light upon Glover's death Saturday evening, the seeming mystery regarding a motive for the crime, and the strange disappearance of the pretty, petite CapeBreton girl. VA Waltham woman was? found who asserts that Mrs. Glover told her two mtvnths ago of domestic troubles resulting from her husband's attentions toMiss Le Rlane.IREPORTS TO POLICE’fills woman at Mrs. Glover’s request went to Patrolman Horace E. Eastman ami without mentioning any names described the circumstances and asked the officer what should be done.As a result of this conference she told , Mrs, Glover to fiotify Mr. Chase of the j Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to) Children, and that he would provide a j home for Hattie Le Blanc where she would receive proper attention and be protected.Continued on T’n cp i!—Ililnl Co in inn
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Nov 23, 1909
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