Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-24

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| boat in which Chester Gillette and
Grace Brown venturcd forth upon the
waters Of Big Moose lake last July, the
| girl never to return alive, was the
most important and interesting wit
| ness against Gillette today at his trial
| here on the charge of murder. Cling
ing to the cieats in the bottom of the
boat at the stern. and twining about
| the braces which held the rear scat in
place Were 4 score of strands of long.
dark hair. Robert Morrison, who
| found the boat floating bottom
| side up on the lake. testified that
he had removed enough hair from the
cleats and braces to make q lock the
size of a lead pencil. This hair was
| introduced as evidence.
Then Immediately followed A dra-
matte scene. The prosecutor called to
the stand young Frances Brown, Il sis
ter of the dead girl She had brought
! with her q lock Of hair cut from the
dead girls head after her body was
brought homo. 1t WAS identified, plac-
Ell i'll evidence as an official exhibit
ana attached to 4 piece of paper side
by side with the hair taken from the
bottom OF the boat. Then the paper
was passed to the jurymcn to make
their own COMPARISONS
| The defence fought the Introduction
Of the two samples Of hair and pro-
Tested with especial viEor against the
jurors comparing the locks. Judge.
| DeN cnd0rf oVerrUlcd all of the objcc-
tions of defence but granted the &C.
manGS that exceptions be noted upon
the record.
AT the afternoon session Franz,
Crabb, engineer Of a small lake steam
er. tod the finding of the girls bod;-
in the lake. The eyes We're partly open
and bloodshot. He said the hair was
dishevelled and partly down on the
shoulders After the body had been IN
| deck few minutes blod eliot came
from the nOstrls. The right stocking
| was wei down over the loX cut shoe
ana there WAS 4 piece of red garter at
tachcG to it.
| CHARLES kcrWin. who was one of the
searching party. testified I" the same
effect. but added that there was mark
or bruise near the girls left eye
| Undertaken Gottman of F'rankfo, :
gave more details as to the care Of tie
body after it WAS turned over to him.
He declared that the rurgng from tn
lnoStrilS and mouth was not unuSui IL
as he had found it in many bodies.
even Of persons dyins; from diseases
He asserted further that the discharge
was not Of blood. but was LIQUID
= with possibly a bloodish cast. The I'M
| dertaker was croSs-examincd at length
las to what he knew of the effect Of
cmLalming fluids upon a body ana then
the days session closed with Il wraurI,
of nearly an hour over technical details
Of map Of Big Moose lake ana Vi
entity. which has been evidence since
the beginning Of the trial.
| Herkimer, \. Y, Nov. 23.-With the
second week Of the trial Of Chester Gil
lette, charged with the murder Of his
sweetheart. Grace Brown, drawing t.
/ close. the prosecution has vet many
witnesses to examine before the states
side of the case is closed. The details
of the discovery Of the girls body are
eXnected soon to be heard and then
must follow the technical testimony of
: the physicians who examined the BODY
and performed the AUTOPSY. It is said
that these doctors will be put through
la searching croSS-eXamnation. for it
is the general opinion that much will
depend upon what is actually proved to
have been the condition Of the body as
Regards visible injuries. etc, when
found. 1t is intimated that the defence
may place some medical experts of its
own upon the stand before the case is
done. There has been rumor that no
defence will be offered, the contention
being that the state has failed to make
out good case in the eyes of the law
but this is not generally credited.
There was a smaller crowd in court
{ today than at any other time this
NecE.
The first witness was Thomas Bar.
rett, an Adirondack. guide, who appar
emily was the last person to see the
boat in which Gillette and Grace Brown
We're rowing. About $50 p. N. he saw
the boat coming out of Pumkey bay in
to South bay of Great Moose lake. Gil
lette was rowing listlessly. he said, ant
| was leaning forward on his oars, ap
. parently engaged in earnest converse
, ton with a young woman seated in tn,
stern.
On cross examination the defenc