The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-01

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,ls,whcrc on his Journey through the
woods.
Gillette. you swore the other day
for your counsel that these films hold
here were never exposed. didn't you?'
YES"
"And then after you had sworn 10
that you told your counsel not 10 cX.
anime you any further on that point,
didn't your
II cannot state"
"Now. whose picture Is this which !
show You aud which you swore Ind not
been developedy
ITS n picture or Miss Harriet Bene.
diet OF Cortland"
Gillette identified Il number OF arti
Giles which had been found In his suit
case, and the district attorney pressed
him at length regarding the reason for
his taking his overcoat. umbrella and
tennis racket along on his boat ride
with Grace Brown. He said he took
the overcoat along because he thought
Grace might need II. although IL vas
hot July afternoon.
When questioned about his straw
hat. which was found with the Lain
torn out floating on the lake near the
overturned boat. Gillette said the lin
ing had been torn out of his hat sew
eral months before the tragedy ana
that he had not sought to hide his iden-
tity by tearing il ont before starting
on his walk through the woods TO
Eagle bay.
"Wcll, you expected something TO
happen out there on the lake that day,
didn't your
"No; I did not"
Gillette said that after getting out
of the water where Grace Brown met
death and after changing his clothes he
took soft hat out of his suit case and
put it on his head in place of the
straw hat he left in the water. lie de-
MED strenuously, however, having pro-
vided this soft hat for just such an
emergency.
Gillette was asked about his trip
through the woods to Eagle bay and as
to the prevalence of flies and punkies.
"There were no flies or punkies on
the lake,"
mo"
But you stayed in the brush on
shore for an hour reading"
"Yes."
"Where the flies wereY
Eyes"
District Attorney Ward enumerated
the value of the suit case, umbrella
and tennis racket and other articles
Gillette said he left ashore while he
and the girl continued their row about
the lake short time before the girl
went to her death and asked Gillette
if he wasn't afraid they would be
stolen Defendant said he considered
the articles safe enough.
Gillette stated that his version of the
tragedy as narrated to Undersheriff
Klock few minutes after his arrest
to the effect that the affair was an ac-
cident and that he had tipped the boat
picking pond lilies was lie.
"Now, did your attorneys tell you to
tell different story than the one you
told Unriersheriff KlockW
"They did. They told me 10 tell the
truth"
Witness, describing the girls act in
leaping into the water to her death,
said she jumped from the stern of The
boat that he shouted for help that no
one responded and that he tried to find
out how deep the water was there
did you try to reach her?'
mo"
Yet you say you swan in the Pa
clfc oceanT
81 did"
"And you didn't swim to this girls
aidT
81 did not"
when she leaped into the water from
the boat what did you say she did?"
81 reached out my hand toward her;
then the boat tipped over"
"And you, who had swum in the
lakes in Washington and in the Pacific
ocean, left Grace Brown there without
swimming to her aid?"
81 did"
Robert Clements, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Cortland, said
he had met Gillette frequently.
"His reputation was good, and his
character was good" said the witness.
do you know what his character
wasT asked Mr.. Ward.
| what do you mean by character