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Show 00 ACQUITTAL . OP Ji AT T IE Verdict of Jury in the Famous Murder Case Is Cheered Cambridge, Mass., Dac. I t. Hat-tie Hat-tie LeBlanc, the 17-year-oid French girl, was acquitted today of the charge of murdering Clarence F. Glover, a laundryman of Walt ham. on November 2ii, Dn!i. The verdict of the jury was cheered by the spectators In the court room. Judge Bond ended his charcc at 9:32 a. m , aud Clerk Dillingham, turning turn-ing toward his little piisoner, said: "Hattle LeBlanc, you now have the opportunity to say anything that you desire." Pale and frightened, the girl rose, folded her arms across her breast and turned toward the jury. Her voice was so faint that her words could be heard only a short distance away. She spoke with a pronounced French accent as she said: ' I did not do it. I want to go home with my father." The jury was unable to hear her because be-cause sho spoke so faintly and hor chief counsel. Air. Johnson, repeated her statement for the benefit of the Jury. 00 |